2017_Moldovan_National_Division Knowpia

Moldovan National Division
Season	2017
Champions	Sheriff
Champions League	Sheriff
Europa League	Milsami; Petrocub Hîncești; Zaria Bălți
Matches played	90
Goals scored	230 (2.56 per match)
Biggest home win	Zaria 6–0 Dinamo-Auto
Biggest away win	Dinamo-Auto 0–4 Sheriff; Spicul 0–4 Sheriff; Spicul 0–4 Petrocub;
Highest scoring	Sheriff 6–3 Dacia
	← 2016–17 2018 →

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 edit

Chișinău

Tiraspol

Chișinău teams:
Dacia
Zimbru

Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff

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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 edit

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

Managerial changes edit

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

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^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).
^ ^a ^b Petrocub ahead of Dacia on head-to-head points: Petrocub–Dacia 3–0, Dacia–Petrocub 0–2
^ Dacia Chișinău completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.^[11]
^ 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 edit

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 edit

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

Hat-tricks edit

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

Clean sheets edit

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

Attendance edit

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 edit

^ "FMF Executive Committee Decisions". Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ MoldFootball (2 June 2017). "В сезоне 2017 "Сперанца" будет принимать соперников в Хынчештах". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ MoldFootball (1 June 2017). "В следующем сезоне мы начнем принимать матчи на центральном стадионе Оргеева". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ MoldFootball (5 June 2017). "Вячеслав Руснак стал главным тренером "Милсами"". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ MoldFootball (6 June 2017). "Лилиан Попеску назначен главным тренером "Петрокуба-Хынчешть"". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ MoldFootball (16 July 2017). "Юрий Осипенко - новый главный тренер "Зимбру"". Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ MoldFootball (24 July 2017). ""Сфынтул Георге" расстался с Вадимом Борцом и Константином Арбэнашем". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^ MoldFootball (24 July 2017). ""Сфынтул Георге" возглавил Сергей Секу". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^ Zaria Club Website (26 August 2017). "Влад Гоян уволен с поста главного тренера бельцкой "Зари""". Retrieved 29 August 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ MoldFootball (28 August 2017). "Штефан Стойка назначен главным тренером "Зари"". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Dacia nu va participa la ediția 2018 a DN" (in Romanian). 13 March 2018.fcdacia.md
^ "Spicul renunță la participarea in campionatul Moldovei" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 20 April 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.
^ "Clean sheets". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "Attendance". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

External links edit

Official website
uefa.com

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.84063980069041-11] 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).

[table_hth_PET0.84063980069041-12] Petrocub ahead of Dacia on head-to-head points: Petrocub–Dacia 3–0, Dacia–Petrocub 0–2

[table_note_res_W10.84063980069041-14] Dacia Chișinău completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.^[11]

[table_note_res_W20.84063980069041-16] 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]

[1] "FMF Executive Committee Decisions". Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[2] MoldFootball (2 June 2017). "В сезоне 2017 "Сперанца" будет принимать соперников в Хынчештах". Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[3] MoldFootball (1 June 2017). "В следующем сезоне мы начнем принимать матчи на центральном стадионе Оргеева". Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[4] MoldFootball (5 June 2017). "Вячеслав Руснак стал главным тренером "Милсами"". Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[5] MoldFootball (6 June 2017). "Лилиан Попеску назначен главным тренером "Петрокуба-Хынчешть"". Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[6] MoldFootball (16 July 2017). "Юрий Осипенко - новый главный тренер "Зимбру"". Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[7] MoldFootball (24 July 2017). ""Сфынтул Георге" расстался с Вадимом Борцом и Константином Арбэнашем". Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[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.

[13] "Dacia nu va participa la ediția 2018 a DN" (in Romanian). 13 March 2018.fcdacia.md

[15] "Spicul renunță la participarea in campionatul Moldovei" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 20 April 2018.

[MoldovaRules-17] "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.

[Goalscorers-18] "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.

[19] "Clean sheets". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[20] "Attendance". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

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