2015–16 Moldovan National Division

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All statistics correct as of 24 May 2016.

The 2015–16

Milsami Orhei
are the defending champions.

Teams

FC Petrocub Hîncești, runners-up of the 2014–15 "A" Division, promoted to the National Division for the first time since the 2002–03 season. Speranța Nisporeni, which became third in the 2014–15 "A" Division, returns to the highest level for the first time since the 1997–98 season. Both teams achieved their second consecutive promotion. The champions of the 2014–15 "A" Division, FC Sheriff-2, are not allowed to play in the same league as the first Sheriff team, and thus were not promoted.

Stadia and locations

Academia
Dacia
Zimbru
Tiraspol teams: Dinamo-Auto Sheriff
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
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Location of teams in National Division 2015–16
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Academia Chișinău Chișinău
Stadionul CPSN
 1,000
CS Petrocub Sărata-Galbenă
Stadionul Orășenesc Hîncești
 1,500
Dacia Chișinău Chișinău Stadionul Moldova (Speia) 8,550
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300
Milsami Orhei
 Orhei CSR Orhei 2,539
Zaria Bălți
 Bălți
Olimpia Bălți Stadium
 5,953
Saxan Gagauz Yeri
 Ceadîr-Lunga Ceadîr-Lunga Stadium 2,000
Sheriff Tiraspol Tiraspol
Sheriff Stadium
 12,746
CSF Speranța Nisporeni Stadionul Mircea Eliade 2,500
Zimbru Chișinău Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Home city Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Academia Chișinău Moldova Vlad Goian Macron
CS Petrocub Sărata-Galbenă Moldova Eduard Blănuță Joma
Moldova Agroindbank
Dacia Chișinău
Oleg Bezhenar
Puma
 -
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
Nicolae Mandrîcenco
 Umbro Ipotecniy
Milsami
 Orhei Moldova Adrian Sosnovschi Joma Dufremol
Zaria
 Bălți Ukraine Ihor Rakhayev Acerbis Simtravel
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga
 Ceadîr-Lunga Moldova Oleg Fistican Kelme
Sheriff Tiraspol Croatia Zoran Vulić Adidas IDC
CSF Speranța Nisporeni Moldova Cristian Efros Nike Orom Imexpo
Zimbru Chișinău Romania Flavius Stoican
Puma
Obolon

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sheriff
 Croatia Zoran Zekić Mutual consent 26 May 2015[1] preseason Moldova Lilian Popescu 1 June 2015[2]
Saxan
 Moldova Ivan Burduniuc Mutual consent 29 May 2015 preseason Moldova Vlad Goian 29 May 2015[3]
Zimbru Chișinău
 Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac Mutual consent 16 June 2015 preseason Romania Ștefan Stoica 16 June 2015[4]
Dinamo-Auto Moldova Igor Negrescu Mutual consent 29 June 2015 preseason
Nicolae Mandrîcenco
 29 June 2015[5]
Zaria Bălți
 Moldova Serghei Dubrovin Mutual consent 24 July 2015 preseason Moldova Veaceslav Rogac 24 July 2015
Academia Moldova Vladimir Vusatîi Mutual consent 24 July 2015 preseason Ukraine Yuriy Hroshev 24 July 2015[6]
Dacia Chișinău Russia Igor Dobrovolski Sacked 4 August 2015 8
Oleg Valeriyovych Bezhenar
 		4 August 2015[7]
Saxan
 Moldova Vlad Goian Mutual consent 16 September 2015 10 Moldova Nicolae Panu (caretaker) 16 September 2015[8]
Sheriff
 Moldova Lilian Popescu Mutual consent 5 October 2015[9] 2 Croatia Zoran Vulić 7 October 2015[10]
Academia Ukraine Yuriy Hroshev Mutual consent 26 October 2015 9 Moldova Vlad Goian 26 October 2015[11]
Milsami Orhei Moldova Iurie Osipenco Mutual consent 3 November 2015 7 Moldova Vladimir Veber (caretaker) 3 November 2015[12]
Milsami Orhei Moldova Vladimir Veber (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 16 November 2015 7 Moldova Iurie Osipenco 16 November 2015[13]
Zimbru Chișinău
 Romania Ștefan Stoica Mutual consent 24 November 2015[14] 3 Portugal Simão Freitas 24 December 2015[15]
Zaria Bălți
 Moldova Veaceslav Rogac Mutual consent 12 January 2016 5 Ukraine Ihor Rakhayev[16] 12 January 2016
Milsami Orhei Moldova Iurie Osipenco Mutual consent 3 February 2016 7 Moldova Adrian Sosnovschi 3 February 2016[17]
FC Saxan
 Moldova Nicolae Panu (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 8 February 2016 10 Moldova Oleg Fistican 8 February 2016[18]
Zimbru Chișinău
 Portugal Simão Freitas Mutual consent 3 May 2016[19] 3 Romania Flavius Stoican 11 May 2016[20]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 27 20 5 2 50 11 +39 65[a] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dacia Chișinău 27 20 5 2 44 12 +32 65[a] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
3 Zimbru Chișinău 27 15 4 8 42 26 +16 49
4
Zaria Bălți
 27 12 6 9 36 29 +7 42
5 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 27 12 5 10 33 34 −1 41
6 Milsami Orhei 27 10 6 11 33 23 +10 36
7 Speranța Nisporeni 27 8 7 12 24 36 −12 31
8 Petrocub Hîncești 27 6 3 18 21 53 −32 21[c]
9 Academia Chișinău 27 5 6 16 18 42 −24 21[c]
10
Saxan
 27 1 5 21 10 45 −35 8
Source: Moldovan Football Federation, 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) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking.[22]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b According to section 10.5 of the Moldovan Football Championship Regulations, 2015-2016 Edition, an extra match was played to determine the Moldovan champions.[21][22] The match was played on 29 May 2016 and was won by Sheriff Tiraspol who became league champions.[23]
  2. Zaria Bălți qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Moldovan Cup
  3. ^ a b Petrocub Hîncești ahead of Academia Chișinău on head-to-head record; Petrocub–Academia 0–0, Academia–Petrocub 1–0, Petrocub–Academia 4–2.

Gold Match

The gold match was played on 29 May 2016 at Zimbru Stadium. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 22 May 2016.[24]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 Dacia Chișinău
29 May 2016 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 Dacia Chișinău Chișinău
Galešić 88' Report Stadium: Zimbru Stadium

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 18 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 27 games per team.

First and second round

Home \ Away ACA DAC DIN MIL
ZAR
SAX
 SHE SPE ZIM PET
Academia Chișinău 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–5 1–0
Dacia Chișinău 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–4 2–0
Milsami Orhei 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 5–0 0–2 2–2
Zaria Bălți
 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–1
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga
 0–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 4–0
CSF Speranța 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Zimbru Chișinău 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–0
CS Petrocub 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–2
Source: Moldovan Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away ACA DAC DIN MIL
ZAR
SAX
 SHE SPE ZIM PET
Academia Chișinău 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–0
Dacia Chișinău 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Milsami Orhei 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–1
Zaria Bălți
 0–1 0–2 2–0 4–2 4–2
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga
 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0
CSF Speranța 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–4
Zimbru Chișinău 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
CS Petrocub 4–2 1–4 2–0 0–1 0–2
Source: Moldovan Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscoring

Top goalscorers

Updated to matches played on 30 May 2016.[25]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Danijel Subotić Sheriff Tiraspol 12
2 Moldova Andrei Bugneac Dinamo-Auto 11
3 Ukraine Serhiy Zahynaylov
Dacia Chișinău
 10
Moldova Gheorghe Boghiu
Zaria
 10
5
Rui Miguel
Zimbru Chișinău
 9
6 Moldova Vadim Cemîrtan
Dacia Chișinău
 7 (4 + 3)
Moldova Sergiu Istrati
FC Saxan & Academia Chișinău
 7 (5 + 2)
Moldova Roman Șumchin CS Petrocub 7
9
Ricardinho
 Sheriff Tiraspol 6
Moldova Vladimir Ambros CS Petrocub 6

Hat-tricks

Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
Player Home Away Result Date
Rui Miguel Rodrigues
 Academia Chișinău
Zimbru Chișinău
 1–5 18 September 2015
Ukraine Serhiy Zahynaylov Academia Chișinău
Dacia Chișinău
 0–3 4 February 2016

Clean sheets

As of 30 May 2016
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Moldova Artiom Gaiduchevici
Dacia Chișinău
 15
Alexei Coșelev
 Sheriff Tiraspol 15
3 Cape Verde Vozinha
Zimbru Chișinău
 12
4 Moldova Nicolae Țurcan Speranța Nisporeni 11
5 Moldova Cristian Avram Academia Chișinău 9
6 Moldova Radu Mîțu Milsami 7
Moldova Alexandru Zveaghințev Dinamo-Auto 7
8 Moldova Vladimir Livșiț
Zaria Bălți
 5
Moldova Victor Buga CS Petrocub 5

Disciplinary

Rank Player Club Yellow card Double Yellow Card/Ejection Double Yellow Card/Ejection Red Card Points
1 Moldova Andrei Cojocari Milsami Orhei 8 1 0 10
2 Moldova Vadim Cemîrtan
Dacia Chișinău
 9 0 0 9 (7 + 2)
3
Rui Miguel
Zimbru Chișinău
 5 0 1 8
Alex Bruno
Zimbru Chișinău
 6 1 0 8
5
Alexandru Onică
Zaria Bălți
 7 0 0 7
Ghana Samuel Duah
FC Saxan
 4 0 1 7
Cameroon Salif Inoua
FC Saxan
 7 0 0 7
Moldova Alexandru Starîș
Zimbru Chișinău
 7 0 0 7
Moldova Victor Mudrac Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 7 0 0 7
Moldova Roman Șumchin CS Petrocub 7 0 0 7
Ghana Seidu Yahaya Sheriff Tiraspol 4 0 1 7
Eugen Celeadnic
 Academia Chișinău 5 1 0 7

Attendances

Updated to matches played on 24 May 2016.[26]
As of 24 May 2016
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1
Zaria Bălți
 30,850 5,000 850 2,925 +265.6%†
2 Sheriff Tiraspol 30,260 4,500 1,100 2,800 +70.7%†
3 Milsami Orhei 22,500 3,000 600 1,800 +9.1%†
4
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga
 17,600 2,500 900 1,700 −26.1%†
5 Zimbru Chișinău 14,895 4,000 395 2,198 +9.9%†
6 CS Petrocub 11,550 1,000 400 700 n/a†
7 CSF Speranța 8,700 2,000 300 1,150 n/a†
8 Dacia Chișinău 8,280 3,000 150 1,575 +350.0%†
9 Academia Chișinău 3,350 500 50 275 −15.4%†
10 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 3,230 1,000 80 540 +208.6%†
League total 150,215 5,000 50 2,525 +24.7%†

Source: [citation needed]

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