2021–22 Moldovan National Division

The 2021–22 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 31st season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season began on 1 July 2021 and will conclude on 14 May 2022. Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1]

Divizia Națională
Season2021–22
Dates1 July 2021 – 14 May 2022
Matches played74
Goals scored242 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Ambros
(12 goals)
Biggest home winSheriff 7–0 Dinamo-Auto
(28 November 2021)
Biggest away winDinamo-Auto 0–7 Sheriff
(25 September 2021)
Highest scoringSheriff 7–1 Dinamo-Auto
(7 August 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run19 matches
Florești
Longest losing run19 matches
Florești
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

Teams

A total of 8 teams are competing in the league. These include 7 teams from the 2020–21 season and one promoted team from the "A" Division: Bălți.

Changes

Bălți (promoted after a two-year absence) were promoted from the "A" Division. Dacia Buiucani (relegated after one year in the top flight) and Codru Lozova (relegated after two years in the top flight) were relegated to "A" Division. Additionally, Speranța Nisporeni were expelled from the league, and thus ending their six-year stay in the top flight.

Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Bălți Bălți Bălți Stadium 7,000
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Igor Dobrovolski
Florești Florești Bender Stadium 5,000 Iurie Groșev
Milsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Serghei Dubrovin
Petrocub Hîncești Hîncești Stadium 1,200 Lilian Popescu
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Zimbru-2 Stadium 1,500 Stanislav Luca
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Yuriy Vernydub
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Michele Bon

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Sfîntul Gheorghe Serghei Cebotari Resigned 27 September 2021 6th Stanislav Luca 28 September 2021[2]
Zimbru Vlad Goian Demoted to assistant coach 18 November 2021 7th Michele Bon 18 November 2021[3]
Bălți Ihor Rakhayev Resigned 2 December 2021[4] 6th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol 17 14 2 1 55 5 +50 44 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 19 13 3 3 38 16 +22 42 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Milsami Orhei 18 12 4 2 38 17 +21 40
4 Sfîntul Gheorghe 18 6 7 5 26 27 −1 25
5 Dinamo-Auto 19 7 2 10 25 53 −28 23
6 Bălți 19 6 2 11 24 31 −7 20
7 Zimbru Chișinău 19 4 4 11 24 32 −8 16 Qualification to Relegation play-off
8 Florești 19 0 0 19 12 61 −49 −6[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Division "A"
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Least red cards; 11) Least yellow cards.[6]
Notes:
  1. Florești had 6 points deducted for match-fixing.[5]

Results

Teams will play each other four times (twice at home, twice away).

Rounds 1−14
Matches 1−14
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 2–4 3–1 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–2 2–1
Dinamo-Auto 1–4 — 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–7 3–3
Florești 1–3 0–1 — 0–3 0–1 1–5 1–3 1–3
Milsami Orhei 1–1 4–1 4–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Petrocub Hîncești 3–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 — 5–0 0–2 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–4 0–1 — 5 Mar 1–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 7–1 4–0 1 Mar 2–0 4–0 — 6–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–3 3–0 4–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2021. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 15−28
Matches 15−28
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 22 Apr 19 Mar 0–1 1–2 17 Apr 2 Apr 8 May
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 — 16 Apr 14 May 12 Mar 0–1 29 Apr 2 Apr
Florești 14 May 1–5 — 29 Apr 3–4 13 Mar 1–3 9 Apr
Milsami Orhei 9 Apr 18 Mar 5–0 — 1–3 2–2 7 May 21 Apr
Petrocub Hîncești 30 Apr 8 May 3 Apr 17 Apr — 1–1 0–0 18 Mar
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–0 8 Apr 7 May 3 Apr 22 Apr — 19 Mar 30 Apr
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 7–0 21 Apr 13 Mar 8 Apr 14 May — 4–0
Zimbru Chișinău 12 Mar 1–2 3–0 1–2 14 May 1–1 16 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Bălți3432333333444445566
Dinamo-Auto7645777777556656655
Florești8888888888888888888
Milsami Orhei5211111111112221333
Petrocub Hîncești2353222222221112112
Sfîntul Gheorghe4567444565665564444
Sheriff Tiraspol6776555444333333221
Zimbru Chișinău1124666656777777777
Source: fmf.md

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[7]

Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Bălți WL DW LW WL DL LL WW LL LL L
Dinamo-Auto LD WL LL LD WW WL LL WL WW L
Florești LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL L
Milsami Orhei DW WW WW WD DW WL WD WL WW
Petrocub-Hîncești WL WW WW WL DW WW WW LW DW D
Sfîntul Gheorghe DD DL WW LL WL DW LD WW DD
Sheriff Tiraspol LW WW WD WW WW WW WW WD W
Zimbru Chișinău WW LL LL DW DL DL LL WL LD L

Top goalscorers
Updated to matches played on 11 December 2021.[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 12
2 Sergiu Istrati Milsami 11
3 Mihai Plătică Petrocub 9
Momo Yansané Sheriff
5 Victor Stînă Sf. Gheorghe 7
Serhii Molochko Bălți
7 Radu Gînsari Milsami 6
Artem Fedorov Petrocub (1) & Dinamo-Auto (5)
Andrei Cobeț Florești
Vadim Gulceac Petrocub
Frank Castañeda Sheriff
Sébastien Thill Sheriff

Hat-tricks


PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Artiom PuntusMilsamiDinamo-Auto4–121 August 2021
Radu GînsariSf. GheorgheMilsami3–425 August 2021
Vladimir AmbrosPetrocubBălți3–026 September 2021
Momo YansanéSheriffZimbru4–011 December 2021

References
  1. "Country ranking". Bert Kassies.
  2. "Luca a preluat conducerea tehnică a echipei".publika.md
  3. "Schimbări la nivel tehnic" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  4. "Игорь Рахаев покинул пост главного тренера ФК "Бэлць" (in Russian).facebook.com
  5. "Comunicat" (in Romanian). FMF. 1 June 2021.
  6. "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2021-22" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2021-22 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
  7. "Results by round". Soccerway.
  8. "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.
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