2021–22 Moldovan National Division

The 2021–22 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 31st season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 1 July 2021 and ended on 14 May 2022. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned 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
ChampionsSheriff
20th title
RelegatedFlorești
Champions LeagueSheriff
Conference LeaguePetrocub
Milsami
Sf. Gheorghe
Matches played112
Goals scored343 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Ambros
(17 goals)
Best goalkeeperGeorgios Athanasiadis
(13 clean sheets)
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 run18 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run28 matches
Florești
Longest losing run28 matches
Florești

Teams

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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

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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   Serghei Cebotari
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300   Oleg Bejenar
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   Nicolai Mandrîcenco
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726   Victor Mihailov
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400   Michele Bon

Managerial changes

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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   Serghei Cebotari 10 January 2022[5]
Sheriff   Yuriy Vernydub Temporary leave to join Ukrainian Army 28 February 2022[6] 1st   Victor Mihailov (caretaker) 1 March 2022
Dinamo-Auto   Igor Dobrovolski UEFA Pro Licence expired on 31.12.2021 13 March 2022 5th   Oleg Bejenar 13 March 2022[7]
Sfîntul Gheorghe   Stanislav Luca No UEFA Pro Licence 19 March 2022 4th   Nicolai Mandrîcenco 19 March 2022[8]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 28 22 4 2 75 8 +67 70 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 28 20 4 4 62 20 +42 64 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Milsami Orhei 28 15 6 7 50 31 +19 51
4 Sfîntul Gheorghe 28 10 8 10 38 39 −1 38
5 Bălți 28 11 3 14 39 39 0 36
6 Dinamo-Auto 28 9 5 14 35 72 −37 32
7 Zimbru Chișinău (O) 28 7 6 15 32 46 −14 27 Qualification to Relegation play-off
8 Florești (R) 28 0 0 28 12 88 −76 −6[a] Relegation to Liga 1[b]
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.[12]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Florești had 6 points deducted for alleged match-fixing.[9]
  2. ^ On 17 January 2022, Florești were excluded from competition for match-fixing allegations and relegated to the second tier league for next season. All remaining 9 matches were awarded 0–3 against them.[10][11]

Results

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

Rounds 1−14

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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 0–3 1–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 7–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 6–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–3 3–0 4–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 15−28

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Matches 15−28
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți 3–0 3–0[a] 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 3–0[a] 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0
Florești 0–3[a] 1–5 0–3[a] 3–4 0–3[a] 1–3 0–3[a]
Milsami Orhei 0–2 2–5 5–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 3–0
Petrocub Hîncești 3–2 5–0 3–0[a] 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–0 4–0 3–0[a] 2–0 0–4 0–2 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 7–0 3–0[a] 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Technical wins/losses

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Bălți3432333333444445566666666655
Dinamo-Auto7645777777556656655555555566
Florești8888888888888888888888888888
Milsami Orhei5211111111112221333333333333
Petrocub Hîncești2353222222221112112222222222
Sfîntul Gheorghe4567444565665564444444444444
Sheriff Tiraspol6776555444333333221111111111
Zimbru Chișinău1124666656777777777777777777
Source: fmf.md

Results by round

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The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[13]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Bălți W L D W L W W L D L L L W W L L L L L L W[a] L W D W L W W[a]
Dinamo-Auto L D W L L L L D W W W L L L W L W W L D W D L W[a] L L L D
Florești L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b]
Milsami Orhei D W W W W W W D D W W L W D W L W W L W L L L L W W[a] D D
Petrocub Hîncești W L W W W W W L D W W W W W L W D W D D W W[a] L W W W W W
Sfîntul Gheorghe D D D L W W L L W L D W L D W W D D L W[a] L W W D L L W[a] L
Sheriff Tiraspol L W W W W D W W W W W W W W W D W W W L W W W D W[a] W D W
Zimbru Chișinău W W L L L L D W D L D L L L W L L D L W L D W[a] D L W L L

Relegation play-off

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A play-off match was played between the seventh-placed team from Divizia Națională and the fourth-placed team from Divizia A for one place in the next season. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined in a draw held on 19 May 2022.[14]

Spartanii Selemet0–1Zimbru Chișinău
Report O. Gomes   17'
Attendance: 580
Referee: Petru Stoianov

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[15]
1   Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 17
2   Sergiu Istrati Milsami 15
3   Momo Yansané Sheriff 11
  Mihai Plătică Petrocub
5   Emmanuel Alaribe Bălți 8
  Adama Traoré Sheriff
7   Victor Stînă Sf. Gheorghe 7
  Artem Fedorov Petrocub (2) & Dinamo-Auto (5)
  Serhii Molochko Bălți
  Nichita Moțpan Bălți

Hat-tricks

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Player Home Away Result Date
  Artiom Puntus Milsami Dinamo-Auto 4–1 21 August 2021
  Radu Gînsari Sf. Gheorghe Milsami 3–4 25 August 2021
  Vladimir Ambros Petrocub Bălți 3–0 26 September 2021
  Momo Yansané Sheriff Zimbru 4–0 11 December 2021
  Vladimir Ambros Petrocub Dinamo-Auto 5–0 8 May 2022

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets[16]
1   Georgios Athanasiadis Sheriff 13
2   Emil Tîmbur Milsami 8
3   Igor Mostovei Petrocub 6
  Mickaël Meira Petrocub
  Nicolai Calancea Sf. Gheorghe
6   Victor Străistari Bălți 4
  Maxim Bardîș Dinamo-Auto
8   Razak Abalora Sheriff 3
  Silviu Șmalenea Zimbru
10   Dušan Marković Sheriff 2
  Cristian Apostolachi Dinamo-Auto

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Technical win
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Technical loss

References

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  5. ^ "Сергей Чеботарь занял пост главного тренера ФК Бэлць" (in Russian).facebook.com
  6. ^ "Vernydub joined Ukrainian Army".goal.com
  7. ^ "Match report".soccerway.com
  8. ^ "Match report".soccerway.com
  9. ^ "Comunicat" (in Romanian). FMF. 1 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Excluderea din Divizia Națională" (in Romanian). FMF. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Cererea de apel" (in Romanian). FMF. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2021-22" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2021-22 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
  13. ^ "Results by round". Soccerway.
  14. ^ "Play-off draw". fmf.md.
  15. ^ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.
  16. ^ "Clean sheets". soccerway.com.
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