2020–21 Moldovan National Division

The 2020–21 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 30th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 3 July 2020 and will conclude on 22 May 2021. Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1]

Divizia Națională
Season2020–21
Dates3 July 2020 – 22 May 2021
Matches played103
Goals scored278 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Castañeda
(13 goals)
Biggest home winPetrocub 7–0 Codru
(17 July 2020)
Dinamo-Auto 7–0 Codru
(11 September 2020)
Biggest away winFlorești 0–5 Dinamo-Auto
(18 September 2020)
Highest scoringPetrocub 7–0 Codru
(17 July 2020)
Dinamo-Auto 7–0 Codru
(11 September 2020)
Longest winning run15 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run19 matches
Codru
Longest losing run9 matches
Codru
← 2019
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 29 November 2020.

Teams

A total of 10 teams competing in the league. These include 8 teams from the 2019 season and two promoted teams from the "A" Division: Florești and Dacia Buiucani, both making their debut in the top flight.

Milsami
Tiraspol
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
Chișinău
Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Zimbru
Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Codru Lozova Nicolae Simatoc 1,100 Sergiu Chirilov
Dacia Buiucani Chișinău Zimbru-2 Stadium 2,000 Andrei Martin
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 Suruceni Stadium 1,500 Serghei Cebotari
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Yuriy Vernydub
Speranța Nisporeni CSR Orhei 3,000 Iurie Osipenco
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Vlad Goian

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Zimbru Veaceslav Sofroni End of caretaker spell 11 December 2019 Pre-season Sandro Pochesci 11 December 2019[2]
Codru Valeriu Andronic Signed by Moldova U15/U16 24 December 2019[3] Simeon Bulgaru 23 January 2020[4]
Milsami Veaceslav Rusnac Signed by Kyzylzhar 9 January 2020[5] Serghei Dubrovin 11 March 2020[6]
Speranța Cristian Efros Resigned 1 February 2020[7] Iurie Osipenco 4 February 2020[8]
Florești Oleg Șișchin Demoted to assistant coach 6 February 2020 Iurie Groșev 6 February 2020[9]
Zimbru Sandro Pochesci Resigned 7 February 2020 Giovanni Scanu 7 February 2020[10]
Zimbru Giovanni Scanu Released 4 March 2020[11] Vlad Goian 10 June 2020[12]
Codru Simeon Bulgaru Resigned 2 June 2020[13] Sergiu Chirilov 4 July 2020[14]
Zimbru Vlad Goian Promoted to academy technical director 16 October 2020 9th Simeon Bulgaru (interim) 16 October 2020[15]
Sheriff Zoran Zekić Resigned 21 October 2020 1st Victor Mihailov (interim) 21 October 2020[16]
Victor Mihailov End of caretaker spell 14 January 2021 1st Yuriy Vernydub 14 January 2021[17]
Zimbru Simeon Bulgaru Resigned 17 January 2021[18] 9th Vlad Goian 18 January 2021[19]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol 20 18 1 1 53 5 +48 55 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 21 15 4 2 47 12 +35 49 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Sfîntul Gheorghe 20 12 4 4 36 19 +17 40
4 Milsami Orhei 20 11 5 4 30 13 +17 38
5 Dinamo-Auto 21 7 8 6 35 30 +5 29
6 Dacia Buiucani 21 7 6 8 19 21 −2 27
7 Speranța Nisporeni 20 4 6 10 20 30 −10 18
8 Florești 21 4 3 14 11 44 −33 15
9 Zimbru Chișinău 21 2 4 15 15 37 −22 10 Qualification to Relegation play-off
10 Codru Lozova 21 1 3 17 12 67 −55 6 Relegation to Division "A"
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. 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.[20]

Results

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

Matches 1−18
Home \ Away COD DAC DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova — 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–4 1–4 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2
Dacia Buiucani 4–0 — 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–3 0–3 2–1
Dinamo-Auto 7–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–1
Florești 1–0 1–0 0–5 — 0–4 0–4 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0
Milsami Orhei 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0
Petrocub Hîncești 7–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–4 — 0–1 1–0 2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 6–0 0–0 6–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 20 Feb — 2–0 2–0
Speranța Nisporeni 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–2 — 2–2
Zimbru Chișinău 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 24 Feb 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2020. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 19−36
Home \ Away COD DAC DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova — 6 Mar 2–1 23 Feb
Dacia Buiucani — 23 Feb 0–0
Dinamo-Auto 1–1 — 2–1 1 Mar
Florești — 0–1 28 Feb
Milsami Orhei — 1–3 1 Mar 20 Feb
Petrocub Hîncești 27 Feb 1–1 —
Sfîntul Gheorghe 2–2 8 Mar 25 Feb — 0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 6–0 6 Mar — 3–0 4–0
Speranța Nisporeni 24 Feb 7 Mar — 2–2
Zimbru Chișinău 28 Feb 1–3 7 Mar 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Codru Lozova101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Dacia Buiucani436554666666665556666
Dinamo-Auto244445555555556665555
Florești867788988888888888888
Milsami Orhei575666444422344333434
Petrocub Hîncești622222222233222222222
Sfîntul Gheorghe153333333344433444343
Sheriff Tiraspol311111111111111111111
Speranța Nisporeni999999877777777777777
Zimbru Chișinău788877799999999999999
Source: fmf.md

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[21]

Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Codru Lozova LL LL LL LL LD DL LL LL LL DW L
Dacia Buiucani WD LW LW LL LW LW LD WD LD WD D
Dinamo-Auto WL WW LL DL WW DL DD LD DW WD D
Florești LW LL DL LW LL DL WD LL WL LL L
Milsami Orhei DD WL LW WW WW WW DL WW DW LD
Petrocub Hîncești DW WW WW WL WL DW WD WW WW WD W
Sfîntul Gheorghe WL WW WW LW WD WD DW LW WD LW
Sheriff Tiraspol WW WW WW WW WW WW WW WL DW WW
Speranța Nisporeni LD LL DL WW LL WL DD LD WL LD
Zimbru Chișinău LD LL WL DL LL LL LW LD LL LD L

Top goalscorers
Updated to matches played on 29 November 2020.[22]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Frank Castañeda Sheriff 13
2 Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 10
3 Sergiu Nazar Milsami 8
Andriy Bliznichenko Sheriff
5 Sergiu Plătică Petrocub 7
Maxim Mihaliov Dinamo-Auto
Vadim Paireli Dinamo-Auto
Roman Volkov Sf. Gheorghe
Peter Wilson Sheriff
10 Vadim Crîcimari Buiucani 6
Ion Jardan Petrocub

Hat-tricks


PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Vladimir AmbrosPetrocubCodru7–017 July 2020
Anatole AbangSheriffDinamo-Auto6–026 July 2020
Maxim MihaliovFloreștiDinamo-Auto0–518 September 2020
Andriy BliznichenkoSheriffFlorești5–024 October 2020

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