2017 Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division
Season2017
ChampionsSheriff
Champions LeagueSheriff
Europa LeagueMilsami
Petrocub Hîncești
Zaria Bălți
Matches played90
Goals scored230 (2.56 per match)
Biggest home winZaria 6–0 Dinamo-Auto
Biggest away win
Highest scoringSheriff 6–3 Dacia
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The 2017 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 27th season of top-tier football in Moldova. It was played as a double round-robin tournament. This transitional season was a result of the Moldovan Football Federation's decision to change the Divizia Națională season from an Autumn–Spring schedule to a Spring–Autumn one. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The competition began on 8 July 2017.[1]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2017 Moldovan National Division
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Dacia Chișinău Stadionul Moldova (Speia) 8,550
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300
Milsami Orhei CSR Orhei 2,539
Petrocub-Hîncești Sărata-Galbenă Stadionul Orășenesc Hîncești 1,500
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,746
Speranța Nisporeni Stadionul Orășenesc Hîncești[2] 1,500
Spicul Chișcăreni CSR Orhei[3] 2,539
Zaria Bălți Stadionul Orășenesc Bălți 5,953
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dacia Moldova Viorel Frunză Moldova Alexandru Pașcenco Joma OM
Dinamo-Auto Moldova Iurie Groșev Moldova Dumitru Popovici Joma -
Milsami Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac Moldova Andrei Cojocari Kelme Dufremol
Petrocub-Hîncești Moldova Lilian Popescu Moldova Vladimir Ambros Joma MAIB
Sfîntul Gheorghe Moldova Serghei Secu n/a Macron -
Sheriff Italy Roberto Bordin Bosnia and Herzegovina Mateo Sušić Adidas IDC
Speranța Moldova Cristian Efros Moldova Stefan Efros Nike Orom-Imexpo
Spicul Moldova Denis Calincov Moldova Petru Ojog Joma Salamander
Zaria Romania Stefan Stoica Moldova Alexandru Onica Joma Bălți
Zimbru Moldova Iurie Osipenco Moldova Denis Rusu Joma -

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Vacancy Position Incoming manager Appointment
Milsami Moldova Adrian Sosnovschi Mutual consent 5 June 2016 preseason Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac[4] 5 June 2017
Petrocub-Hîncești Moldova Iurie Osipenco Mutual consent 6 June 2017 preseason Moldova Lilian Popescu[5] 6 June 2017
Zimbru Romania Ștefan Stoica Sacked 11 July 2017 8th Moldova Iurie Osipenco[6] 16 July 2017
Sfîntul Gheorghe Moldova Vadim Boreț[7] Sacked 24 July 2017 10th Moldova Serghei Secu[8] 24 July 2017
Zaria Moldova Vlad Goian[9] Sacked 26 August 2017 9th Romania Ștefan Stoica[10] 28 August 2017

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 18 14 3 1 50 14 +36 45 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Milsami Orhei 18 13 1 4 26 12 +14 40 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Petrocub-Hîncești 18 7 5 6 25 16 +9 26[b]
4 Dacia Chișinău 18 7 5 6 23 26 −3 26[b] withdrew[c]
5 Zaria Bălți 18 7 3 8 28 20 +8 24 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
6 Speranța Nisporeni 18 5 6 7 18 21 −3 21
7 Sfîntul Gheorghe 18 5 5 8 15 27 −12 20
8 Zimbru Chișinău 18 5 4 9 17 21 −4 19
9 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 18 4 3 11 14 38 −24 15
10 Spicul Chișcăreni 18 3 5 10 14 35 −21 14 withdrew[d]
Source: FMF, 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) Less yellow cards; 11) Less red cards.[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winner of the 2017–18 Moldovan Cup (Milsami) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (in this case to the fifth-placed team).
  2. ^ a b Petrocub ahead of Dacia on head-to-head points: Petrocub–Dacia 3–0, Dacia–Petrocub 0–2
  3. ^ Dacia Chișinău completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.[11]
  4. ^ As per regulations, the tenth placed team Spicul Chișcăreni was to be relegated to Divizia A, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.[12]

Results

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The schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 18 matches per team.

Home \ Away DAC DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE SPI ZAR ZIM
Dacia Chișinău — 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 3–2 — 1–4 1–0 2–2 0–4 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–0
Milsami Orhei 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Petrocub-Hîncești 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 — 0–3 2–1 4–3 2–1 0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 6–3 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 — 0–1 5–0 5–0 2–2
Speranța Nisporeni 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–0 2–4 1–0
Spicul Chișcăreni 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–4 1–1 — 0–2 1–0
Zaria Bălți 0–1 6–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 — 3–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 —
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Moldova Vitalie Damașcan Sheriff 13
2 Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub-Hîncești 9
3 Montenegro Stefan Mugoša Sheriff 7
4 Croatia Josip Brezovec Sheriff 5
Ukraine Serhiy Zahynaylov Zaria
Brazil Jairo Sheriff
Moldova Vadim Paireli Petrocub-Hîncești
Moldova Viorel Primac Speranța
Brazil Jean Theodoro Zimbru
10 Cameroon Marius Obekop Zaria 4
Brazil Douglas Zimbru
Moldova Evgheni Oancea Sheriff
Moldova Maxim Mihaliov Zaria
Moldova Veaceslav Sofroni Spicul
Serbia Bratislav Punoševac Dacia
Moldova Sergiu Plătică Speranța
Moldova Alexandru Dedov Milsami
Moldova Alexandru Pașcenco Dacia
Moldova Constantin Bogdan Milsami

Hat-tricks

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Player Home Away Result Date
Moldova Victor Stînă Zimbru Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 15 July 2017
Moldova Vitalie Damașcan Sheriff Dinamo-Auto 3–1 5 August 2017
Montenegro Stefan Mugoša Sheriff Spicul 5–0 20 August 2017
Brazil Jairo Sheriff Dacia 6–3 23 September 2017
Croatia Josip Brezovec Sheriff Dacia 6–3 23 September 2017

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets[15]
1 Moldova Radu Mîțu Milsami 8
2 Moldova Dumitru Celeadnic Petrocub-Hîncești 7
3 Croatia Zvonimir Mikulić Sheriff 6
Moldova Serghei Pașcenco Zaria
5 Moldova Nicolae Țurcan Speranța 5
6 Moldova Dorian Railean Sf. Gheorghe (3) & Dacia (1) 4
7 Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Dacia 3
Moldova Ilie Cebanu Zimbru
Moldova Ion Rîmbu Spicul
10 Moldova Ghenadie Moșneaga Dinamo-Auto 2

Attendance

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Pos Team[16] Played Total High Low Average
1 Zaria Bălți 9 13,900 3,000 500 1,544
2 Sheriff Tiraspol 9 12,100 2,000 700 1,344
3 Milsami Orhei 9 9,100 1,500 700 1,011
4 Zimbru Chișinău 9 8,100 2,000 300 900
5 Petrocub-Hîncești 9 6,400 1,000 300 711
6 Speranța Nisporeni 9 4,000 800 200 444
7 Spicul Chișcăreni 9 2,950 500 200 328
8 Sfîntul Gheorghe 9 2,900 700 100 322
9 Dacia Chișinău 9 1,930 800 50 214
10 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 9 1,250 200 100 139
League total 90 62,630 3,000 50 696


References

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  3. ^ MoldFootball (1 June 2017). "В следующем сезоне мы начнем принимать матчи на центральном стадионе Оргеева". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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  8. ^ MoldFootball (24 July 2017). ""Сфынтул Георге" возглавил Сергей Секу". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  9. ^ Zaria Club Website (26 August 2017). "Влад Гоян уволен с поста главного тренера бельцкой "Зари""". Retrieved 29 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ MoldFootball (28 August 2017). "Штефан Стойка назначен главным тренером "Зари"". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Dacia nu va participa la ediția 2018 a DN" (in Romanian). 13 March 2018.fcdacia.md
  12. ^ "Spicul renunță la participarea in campionatul Moldovei" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 20 April 2018.
  13. ^ "REGULAMENTUL CAMPIONATULUI R. MOLDOVA LA FOTBAL EDIŢIA 2017" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2017 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.
  15. ^ "Clean sheets". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Attendance". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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