2009–10 Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division

Season	2009–10
Champions	FC Sheriff
Champions League	FC Sheriff
Europa League	FC Iskra-Stali, FC Olimpia, FC Dacia
Matches played	198
Goals scored	477 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexandr Maximov, Jymmy França (13)
Biggest home win	CSCA-Rapid - Nistru 6-0
Biggest away win	Sfîntul Gheorghe 0-7 Viitorul Orhei
Highest scoring	Dinamo - Sfîntul Gheorghe 5-3Viitorul Orhei
Average attendance	872
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Moldovan National Division 2009–10 (Romanian: Divizia Naţională) was the 19th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season began on 5 July 2008, with the final round of matches played on 16 May 2009. Sheriff Tiraspol retained their title as defending champions.

Team changes from 2008–09

On 6 June 2009, FC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol announced that the club would dissolve, citing a lack of funds as the reason.^[1] As a consequence, Academia Chişinău were spared from relegation. The 2008–09 season had already been absolved with only eleven teams after FC Politehnica Chişinău withdrew their participation just days before the scheduled start.

The two vacant league spots were filled with 2008–09 Moldovan "A" Division champions Viitorul Orhei and 11th-placed Sfintul Gheorghe, who bought their way into the top level.^{[citation needed]}

Stadia and locations

CSCA-Rapid

Chisinau

Dinamo

Iskra-Stali

Nistru

Olimpia

Sf. Gheorghe

Sheriff
FC Tiraspol

Milsami

Chisinau teams:
Academia
Dacia
Zimbru

Location of teams in National Division 2009–10

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Academia UTM	Chişinău	Dinamo Stadium	2,692
CSCA-Rapid Chişinău	Ghidighici	Ghidighici Stadium	784
FC Dacia	Chişinău	Dinamo Stadium	2,692
FC Dinamo	Bender	Selkovic Stadium	5,061
FC Iskra-Stali	Rîbniţa	Orăşănesc Stadium	4,500
FC Nistru	Otaci	Călărăseuca Stadium	2,000
FC Olimpia	Bălţi	Olimpia Bălţi Stadium	5,953
FC Sfintul Gheorghe	Suruceni	Suruceni Stadium	2,000
FC Sheriff	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	13,460
FC Tiraspol	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	13,460
FC Viitorul	Orhei	Orhei Stadium	2,539
FC Zimbru	Chişinău	Zimbru Stadium	10,600

Managers and captains

Club	Coach	Captain	Replaced coach(es)
FC Academia UTM	Igor Dobrovolskiy	Eugeniu Gorceac
CSCA-Rapid Chişinău	Eugen Marcoci
FC Dacia	Veaceslav Semionov
FC Dinamo	Iuri Hodichin
FC Iskra-Stali	Vlad Goian
FC Nistru	Lilian Popescu
FC Olimpia	Mykhailo Dunets
FC Sfintul Gheorghe	Sergiu Caraman	Vitalie Plămădeală
FC Sheriff	Andrei Sasnitski	Vazha Tarkhnishvili	Leonid Koutchouk
FC Tiraspol	Yuri Blonar
FC Viitorul	Vladimir Gherasimov
FC Zimbru	Ivan Tabanov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	33	27	3	3	75	8	+67	84	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa	33	19	8	6	50	25	+25	65	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3	Olimpia Bălţi	33	17	9	7	45	23	+22	60	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Zimbru Chişinău	33	17	8	8	47	29	+18	59
5	Dacia Chişinău	33	16	10	7	54	30	+24	58	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
6	CSCA–Rapid Chişinău	33	12	9	12	40	39	+1	45
7	Academia UTM Chişinău	33	11	9	13	36	37	−1	42
8	Viitorul Orhei	33	10	6	17	32	45	−13	36
9	Tiraspol	33	8	10	15	20	34	−14	34
10	Dinamo Bendery	33	9	5	19	36	66	−30	32
11	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni	33	6	6	21	29	67	−38	24
12	Nistru Otaci	33	2	5	26	13	74	−61	11

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2rd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th number of wins; 7th Fair play competition.
¹Since Sheriff, winners of the 2009–10 Moldovan Cup, also won the league, Dacia will enter the first and Iskra the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

Official schedule(Romanian)

First and second round

Home \ Away1

ACA

CRC

DAC

DIN

ISK

NIS

OLI

SFG

SHE

TIR

VIT

ZIM

Academia UTM Chişinău

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

3–0

0–0

1–1

0–2

2–2

CSCA–Rapid Chişinău

4–1

0–2

2–1

0–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–6

1–2

1–0

0–1

Dacia Chişinău

1–0

4–0

3–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

Dinamo Bendery

1–4

2–1

2–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

0–5

2–1

1–0

3–1

Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa

2–0

5–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

Nistru Otaci

1–2

0–0

0–6

0–1

1–2

0–6

2–0

0–1

1–1

0–2

0–0

Olimpia Bălţi

2–2

0–2

0–1

3–1

0–1

3–0

4–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni

1–3

0–3

0–0

2–1

0–1

3–01

0–0

2–5

2–0

0–7

0–1

Sheriff Tiraspol

1–0

1–0

0–0

5–0

5–0

5–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

3–0

Tiraspol

1–1

0–0

0–3

4–1

0–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

Viitorul Orhei

2–0

2–2

1–5

3–2

0–3

0–0

0–1

1–0

0–3

1–0

0–3

Zimbru Chişinău

4–1

0–1

2–1

3–1

3–1

4–1

1–4

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match originally finished 0-0, but was declared 3-0 due to Nistru's financial difficulties.^[2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination:

23rd round  24th round 25th round  26th round 27th round  28th round
   1 - 12      1 -  2     2 - 12      1 -  4     3 - 12      1 - 6
   2 - 11      8 -  6     3 -  1      2 -  3     4 -  2      2 - 5
   3 - 10      9 -  5     4 - 11      9 -  7     5 -  1      3 - 4
   4 - 9      10 -  4     5 - 10     10 -  6     6 - 11     10 - 8
   5 - 8      11 -  3     6 -  9     11 -  5     7 - 10     11 - 7
   6 - 7      12 -  7     7 -  8     12 -  8     8 -  9     12 - 9

29th round  30th round 31st round  32nd round 33rd round
   4 - 12      1 -  8     5 - 12      1 - 10     6 - 12
   5 -  3      2 -  7     6 -  4      2 -  9     7 -  5
   6 -  2      3 -  6     7 -  3      3 -  8     8 -  4
   7 -  1      4 -  5     8 -  2      4 -  7     9 -  3
   8 - 11     11 -  9     9 -  1      5 -  6    10 -  2
   9 - 10     12 - 10    10 - 11     12 - 11    11 -  1

Home \ Away1

ACA

CRC

DAC

DIN

ISK

NIS

OLI

SFG

SHE

TIR

VIT

ZIM

Academia UTM Chişinău

3–1

1–0

0–1

3–0

0–2

CSCA–Rapid Chişinău

0–1

0–0

6–0

0–0

2–0

4–1

Dacia Chişinău

2–2

0–0

3–0

2–4

0–0

2–1

Dinamo Bendery

0–4

1–1

0–0

5–3

1–0

Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa

1–0

0–0

3–0

5–0

3–0

0–0

Nistru Otaci

0–2

1–3

1–3

0–1

0–1

Olimpia Bălţi

1–0

2–1

3–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni

1–0

2–2

0–2

0–0

1–5

Sheriff Tiraspol

3–1

3–0

3–0

4–0

1–0

3–1

Tiraspol

0–0

0–2

2–0

0–2

0–2

Viitorul Orhei

1–0

1–3

2–0

3–3

0–0

Zimbru Chişinău

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–1

1–0

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Final classification.

13 goals

• Alexandr Maximov (FC Viitorul)
• Jymmy França (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)

12 goals

• Oleksandr Zgura (FC Dacia)

11 goals

• Alexandr Erokhin (FC Sheriff Tiraspol

10 goals

• Daniil Nicolaev (FC Academia UTM)

9 goals

• Gheorghii Ovseannicov (FC Olimpia)
• Eric Sackey (FC Dacia)

7 goals

• Aliaksei Kuchuk (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
• Nicolae Rudac (FC Iskra-Stali)
• Nicolai Glega (FC Olimpia)

References

1. ^ "Tiligul-Tiras has stopped existing". Moldova.Sports. 6 June 2009. http://moldova.sports.md/en/football/national_division/articles/06-06-2009/1351/tiligul_tiras_has_stopped_existing/. Retrieved 30 June 2009. 
2. ^ Is Nistru withdrawing from the Championship?

External links

• Official page (Romanian)
• Moldova.Sports (English) (Romanian) (Russian)
• Statistic of the Season (Romanian)