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2020–21 Moldovan National Division

The 2020–21 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 30th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 3 July 2020 and ended on 26 May 2021. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1]

Divizia Națională
Season2020–21
Dates3 July 2020 – 26 May 2021
ChampionsSheriff
19th title
RelegatedBuiucani
Champions LeagueSheriff
Conference LeagueSf. Gheorghe
Petrocub
Milsami
Matches played180
Goals scored562 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Castañeda
(28 goals)
Best goalkeeperCristian Avram
(15 clean sheets)
Biggest home winPetrocub 7–0 Codru
(17 July 2020)
Dinamo-Auto 7–0 Codru
(11 September 2020)
Sheriff 7–0 Dinamo-Auto
(6 March 2021)
Biggest away winSperanța 0–10 Sheriff
(16 April 2021)
Highest scoringCodru 1–9 Petrocub
(23 February 2021)
Speranța 0–10 Sheriff
(16 April 2021)
Longest winning run15 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run24 matches
Petrocub
Longest winless run19 matches
Codru
Longest losing run14 matches
Codru
← 2019

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.

Tiraspol
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
Chișinău
Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Zimbru
TeamPlaceGroundCapacityCoach
CodruLozovaNicolae Simatoc Stadium1,100 Alexei Savinov
Dacia BuiucaniChișinăuZimbru-2 Stadium2,000 Andrei Martin
Dinamo-AutoTiraspolDinamo-Auto Stadium1,300 Igor Dobrovolski
FloreștiFloreștiBender Stadium5,000 Iurie Groșev
MilsamiOrheiCSR Orhei3,000 Serghei Dubrovin
PetrocubHînceștiHîncești Stadium1,200 Lilian Popescu
Sfîntul GheorgheSuruceniSuruceni Stadium1,500 Serghei Cebotari
SheriffTiraspolSheriff Stadium12,726 Yuriy Vernydub
SperanțaNisporeniCSR Orhei3,000 Volodymyr Prokopynenko
ZimbruChișinăuZimbru Stadium10,400 Vlad Goian

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure		Date of vacancyPosition
in table		Replaced byDate of appointment
Zimbru Veaceslav SofroniEnd of caretaker spell11 December 2019Pre-season Sandro Pochesci11 December 2019[2]
Codru Valeriu AndronicSigned by Moldova U15/U1624 December 2019[3] Simeon Bulgaru23 January 2020[4]
Milsami Veaceslav RusnacSigned by Kyzylzhar9 January 2020[5] Serghei Dubrovin11 March 2020[6]
Speranța Cristian EfrosResigned1 February 2020[7] Iurie Osipenco4 February 2020[8]
Florești Oleg ȘișchinDemoted to assistant coach6 February 2020 Iurie Groșev6 February 2020[9]
Zimbru Sandro PochesciResigned7 February 2020 Giovanni Scanu7 February 2020[10]
Zimbru Giovanni ScanuReleased4 March 2020[11] Vlad Goian10 June 2020[12]
Codru Simeon BulgaruResigned2 June 2020[13] Sergiu Chirilov4 July 2020[14]
Zimbru Vlad GoianPromoted to academy technical director16 October 20209th Simeon Bulgaru (interim)16 October 2020[15]
Sheriff Zoran ZekićResigned21 October 20201st Victor Mihailov (interim)21 October 2020[16]
Victor MihailovEnd of caretaker spell14 January 20211st Yuriy Vernydub14 January 2021[17]
Zimbru Simeon BulgaruResigned17 January 2021[18]9th Vlad Goian18 January 2021[19]
Codru Sergiu ChirilovReleased18 January 202110th Alexei Savinov18 January 2021[20]
Speranța Iurie OsipencoReleased24 February 20217th Volodymyr Prokopynenko24 February 2021[21]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Sheriff Tiraspol (C)3632311167+10999Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2Petrocub Hîncești3625838218+6483Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3Milsami Orhei3622777137+3473
4Sfîntul Gheorghe36214116543+2267
5Dacia Buiucani (R)36139144445−148[b]Relegation to Division "A"[c]
6Dinamo-Auto361212125358−548[b]
7Florești3695223785−4832
8Zimbru Chișinău3667233963−2425
9Speranța Nisporeni3658232987−5823Expelled[d]
10Codru Lozova36233126119−939Withdrew[e]
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.[25]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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

Rounds 1−18

Matches 1−18
Home \ AwayCODDACDINFLOMILPETSFÎSHESPEZIM
Codru Lozova—0–11–41–11–41–40–01–20–10–2
Dacia Buiucani4–0—4–02–00–00–00–40–30–32–1
Dinamo-Auto7–01–0—3–11–11–10–11–23–31–1
Florești1–01–00–5—0–40–41–40–11–11–0
Milsami Orhei3–12–01–03–0—0–01–10–13–02–0
Petrocub Hîncești7–02–03–14–01–2—1–01–02–02–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe5–12–11–12–03–10–4—0–11–02–0
Sheriff Tiraspol6–00–06–05–01–04–14–1—2–02–0
Speranța Nisporeni3–00–01–20–00–11–40–21–2—2–2
Zimbru Chișinău3–10–10–00–20–10–11–30–40–2—
Source: FMF,Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19−36

Matches 19−36
Home \ AwayCODDACDINFLOMILPETSFÎSHESPEZIM
Codru Lozova—0–40–22–12–41–91–20–61–21–5
Dacia Buiucani5–1—2–12–20–01–21–00–44–11–1
Dinamo-Auto1–01–1—2–12–00–00–20–70–03–0
Florești2–12–04–1—2–50–10–40–34–43–1
Milsami Orhei7–23–02–23–2—1–32–10–13–02–1
Petrocub Hîncești1–04–11–14–01–1—2–00–13–0[a]3–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe2–22–03–13–21–30–3—0–23–0[a]4–3
Sheriff Tiraspol6–01–17–06–06–00–02–0—3–04–0
Speranța Nisporeni0–3[a]0–3[a]0–41–30–41–30–30–10—2–2
Zimbru Chișinău2–11–31–13–01–20–02–30–16–0—
Source: FMF,Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Codru Lozova101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Dacia Buiucani436554666666665556666666666666665555
Dinamo-Auto244445555555556665555555555555556666
Florești867788988888888888888888888777777777
Milsami Orhei575666444422344333433333333333333333
Petrocub Hîncești622222222233222222222222222222222222
Sfîntul Gheorghe153333333344433444344444444444444444
Sheriff Tiraspol311111111111111111111111111111111111
Speranța Nisporeni999999877777777777777777777888899999
Zimbru Chișinău788877799999999999999999999999988888
Source: fmf.md

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[26]

Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Codru LozovaLLLLLLLLLDDLLLLLLLDWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLW[a]L
Dacia BuiucaniWDLWLWLLLWLWLDWDLDWDDDLWWLLDLWLLWW[a]WD
Dinamo-AutoWLWWLLDLWWDLDDLDDWWDDWLLWDWLDLDLLDWW
FloreștiLWLLDLLWLLDLWDLLWLLLLDDLLLWWLLWWLLWL
Milsami OrheiDDWLLWWWWWWWDLWWDWLDWWLWWDWDWWWLWWLW
Petrocub HînceștiDWWWWWWLWLDWWDWWWWWDWWWWWDWDDWWWW[a]WLD
Sfîntul GheorgheWLWWWWLWWDWDDWLWWDLWLLWWLWWWLWLWWLLW[a]
Sheriff TiraspolWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLDWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWD
Speranța NisporeniLDLLDLWWLLWLDDLDWLLDLLDLLLLLWLDLL[b]L[b]L[b]L[b]
Zimbru ChișinăuLDLLWLDLLLLLLWLDLLLDLLWLLLDWWLLWLDLD

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[27]
1 Frank CastañedaSheriff28
2 Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub16
3 Alexandru AntoniucMilsami15
4 Roman VolkovSf. Gheorghe12
Maxim MihaliovDinamo-Auto
6 Andrei CobețFlorești11
Sergiu PlăticăPetrocub
8 Artiom PuntusMilsami10
Dimitris KolovosSheriff
Vadim CrîcimariBuiucani
Artur PătrașZimbru

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets[28]
1 Cristian AvramPetrocub15
2 Emil TîmburMilsami14
3 Dumitru CovalBuiucani12
4 Dušan MarkovićSheriff10
Zvonimir MikulićSheriff
6 Dumitru CeleadnicSheriff9
7 Victor StrăistariDinamo-Auto6
Nicolai CalanceaSf. Gheorghe
9 Vladislav LiharevFlorești5
10 Mickaël MeiraPetrocub4
Anatol ChirinciucSperanța

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
Vladimir AmbrosCodruPetrocub1–923 February 2021
Alexandru DedovMilsamiCodru7–212 March 2021
Shahrom SamievDinamo-AutoZimbru3–012 March 2021
Lovro BizjakSperanțaSheriff0–1016 April 2021
Peter BandaCodruSheriff0–629 April 2021
Frank CastañedaDinamo-AutoSheriff0–715 May 2021
Roman VolkovFloreștiSf. Gheorghe0–416 May 2021

Notes

References

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