Moldovan National Division
The Moldovan National Division is the top association football division of the Moldovan football league system. The competition was established in 1992, when the country became independent from the Soviet Union.
There are currently 10 teams in the competition. At the end of the season, the bottom club is relegated to the "A" Division and replaced by the lower league's champion.
Sheriff Tiraspol is the most successful league club with 18 titles, followed by Zimbru Chișinău with 8 wins. Dacia Chișinău, FC Tiraspol and Milsami Orhei also conquered the title on one occasion each.
Clubs
;2020 clubs- Codru Lozova
- Dacia Buiucani
- Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
- Florești
- Milsami Orhei
- Petrocub Hîncești
- Sfântul Gheorghe
- Sheriff Tiraspol
- Speranța Nisporeni
- Zimbru Chișinău
UEFA ranking
- 31 ' Slovak Super Liga
- 32 ' Liechtenstein Football Cup
- 33 ' Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- 34 ' Moldovan National Division
- 35 ' Úrvalsdeild
- 36 ' Erovnuli Liga
- 37 ' Veikkausliiga
- 159
Winners
Season | Champions | Runner-Up | Third Place | League Leading Goalscorer | Goals | Winning Coach |
1992 | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | Bugeac Comrat | ![]() ![]() | 13 | ![]() |
Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | Moldova Boroseni | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | |
1993–94 | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | Codru Călărași | ![]() | 24 | ![]() |
1994–95 | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | Olimpia Bălți | ![]() | 20 | ![]() |
1995–96 | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | Constructorul Chișinău | ![]() | 34 | ![]() |
1996–97 | Constructorul Chișinău | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | ![]() | 35 | ![]() |
1997–98 | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | Constructorul Chișinău | ![]() | 25 | ![]() |
1998–99 | Zimbru Chișinău | Constructorul Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | ![]() | 21 | ![]() |
1999–00 | Zimbru Chișinău | Sheriff Tiraspol | Constructorul Chișinău | ![]() | 20 | ![]() |
2000–01 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | ![]() ![]() | 17 | ![]() |
2001–02 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Nistru Otaci | Zimbru Chișinău | ![]() | 17 | ![]() |
2002–03 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Zimbru Chișinău | Nistru Otaci | ![]() | 19 | ![]() |
2003–04 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Nistru Otaci | Zimbru Chișinău | ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
2004–05 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Nistru Otaci | Dacia Chișinău | ![]() | 16 | ![]() |
2005–06 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Zimbru Chișinău | Tiraspol | ![]() | 13 | ![]() |
2006–07 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Zimbru Chișinău | Nistru Otaci | ![]() | 17 | ![]() |
2007–08 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dacia Chișinău | Nistru Otaci | ![]() | 14 | ![]() |
2008–09 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dacia Chișinău | Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | ![]() | 16 | ![]() |
2009–10 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | Olimpia Bălți | ![]() ![]() | 13 | ![]() |
2010–11 | Dacia Chișinău | Sheriff Tiraspol | Milsami Orhei | ![]() | 26 | ![]() |
2011–12 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dacia Chișinău | Zimbru Chișinău | ![]() | 18 | ![]() |
2012–13 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dacia Chișinău | Tiraspol | ![]() | 16 | ![]() |
2013–14 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Tiraspol | Veris Chișinău | ![]() ![]() | 26 | ![]() |
2014–15 | Milsami Orhei | Dacia Chișinău | Sheriff Tiraspol | ![]() | 19 | ![]() |
2015–16 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dacia Chișinău | Zimbru Chișinău | ![]() | 12 | ![]() |
2016–17 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dacia Chișinău | Milsami Orhei | ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
2017 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Milsami Orhei | Petrocub-Hîncești | ![]() | 13 | ![]() |
2018 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Milsami Orhei | Petrocub Hîncești | ![]() | 12 | ![]() |
2019 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni | Petrocub Hîncești | ![]() | 12 | ![]() |
Performance by club
- bold clubs playing in the first league
- italic clubs are dissolved
Clean sheets
Season | Name | Clean Sheets | Club |
2009–10 | ![]() | 16 | Iskra-Stal Rîbnița |
2010–11 | ![]() | 20 | Zimbru Chișinău |
2011–12 | ![]() | 17 | Olimpia Bălți |
2012–13 | ![]() | 17 | Tiraspol |
2013–14 | ![]() | 17 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
2014–15 | ![]() ![]() | 12 | Dacia Chișinău, Sheriff Tiraspol |
2015–16 | ![]() ![]() | 15 | Dacia Chișinău, Sheriff Tiraspol |
2016–17 | ![]() | 17 | Milsami Orhei |
2017 | ![]() | 8 | Milsami Orhei |
2018 | ![]() | 11 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
2019 | ![]() | 15 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
Top assist
Season | Name | Assist's | Club |
2015–16 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | Dacia Chișinău, Sheriff Tiraspol |
2016–17 | ![]() | 14 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
2017 | ![]() | 14 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
2018 | ![]() | 8 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
2019 | ![]() | 10 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol |
Disciplinary
Season | Name | Points | Club |
2009–10 | ![]() | 15 | Sfântul Gheorghe |
2010–11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | Olimpia Bălți, Iskra-Stal Rîbnița, Olimpia Bălți |
2011–12 | ![]() | 17 | Olimpia Bălți |
2012–13 | ![]() | 15 | Academia Chișinău |
2013–14 | ![]() ![]() | 11 | Costuleni, Milsami Orhei |
2014–15 | ![]() | 9 | Academia Chișinău |
2015–16 | ![]() | 10 | Milsami Orhei |
2016–17 | ![]() | 12 | Academia Chișinău |
2017 | ![]() | 9 | Speranța Nisporeni |
2018 | ![]() | 17 | Zimbru Chișinău |
2019 | ![]() | 12 | Milsami Orhei |
All-time table
The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons. Teams in bold are currently playing in Moldovan National Division.Rank | Club | Seasons2 | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals | 1Points3 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 22 | 649 | 480 | 112 | 57 | 1341-323 | 1552 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Zimbru Chișinău | 29 | 842 | 470 | 193 | 179 | 1473-601 | 1539 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
3 | Tiraspol | 21 | 625 | 290 | 160 | 175 | 904-577 | 1024 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Zaria Bălți | 23 | 678 | 261 | 154 | 263 | 827-837 | 983 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Dacia Chișinău | 16 | 475 | 259 | 115 | 101 | 727-379 | 892 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
6 | Nistru Otaci | 21 | 619 | 242 | 144 | 233 | 802-746 | 858 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | 17 | 492 | 225 | 126 | 141 | 763-502 | 743 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
8 | Milsami Orhei | 11 | 326 | 167 | 57 | 102 | 478-289 | 558 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Tighina | 13 | 390 | 107 | 85 | 198 | 417-697 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Agro Chișinău | 12 | 340 | 101 | 70 | 169 | 378-516 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | 7 | 234 | 90 | 65 | 79 | 263-246 | 335 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12 | Rapid Ghidighici | 10 | 315 | 79 | 64 | 172 | 272-529 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Speranța Nisporeni | 11 | 299 | 76 | 83 | 140 | 281-414 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Unisport-Auto Chișinău | 10 | 274 | 87 | 53 | 134 | 304-406 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Academia Chișinău | 9 | 282 | 72 | 61 | 149 | 277-452 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Petrocub Hîncești | 6 | 159 | 54 | 46 | 59 | 179-196 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
17 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 7 | 188 | 53 | 34 | 101 | 201-345 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Codru Călărași | 5 | 146 | 61 | 28 | 57 | 209-210 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Sfântul Gheorghe | 6 | 179 | 46 | 40 | 93 | 167-310 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Gagauzia | 6 | 177 | 60 | 24 | 93 | 204-352 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Costuleni | 4 | 138 | 35 | 32 | 71 | 123-203 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Politehnica Chișinău | 6 | 174 | 29 | 48 | 97 | 126-266 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Moldova-Gaz Chișinău | 3 | 86 | 33 | 15 | 38 | 97-109 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Torentul Chișinău | 5 | 138 | 35 | 32 | 71 | 155-240 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MHM-93 Chișinău | 3 | 86 | 29 | 19 | 38 | 103-109 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Roma Bălți | 3 | 86 | 24 | 18 | 44 | 85-125 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Nistru Cioburciu | 4 | 121 | 29 | 26 | 66 | 114-225 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Moldova Boroseni | 3 | 82 | 28 | 18 | 36 | 85-120 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
29 | Veris Chișinău | 1 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 74-25 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
30 | Locomotiva Basarabeasca | 2 | 56 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 65-101 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Cristalul Fălești | 4 | 108 | 21 | 18 | 69 | 99-227 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Progresul Briceni | 3 | 86 | 20 | 11 | 55 | 68-213 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Spumante Cricova | 2 | 60 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 77-75 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Saxan | 3 | 81 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 53-132 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Speranța Crihana Veche | 2 | 66 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 55-161 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Ciuhur Ocnița | 1 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20-97 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Sinteza Căușeni | 1 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 22-51 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | CF Ungheni | 1 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19-79 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Tricon Cahul | 1 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25-53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Happy End Camenca | 1 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23-69 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | FC Spicul Chișcăreni | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14-35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Stimold-MIF Chișinău | 1 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19-60 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Universul Ciuciuleni | 1 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21-59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Energhetic Dubăsari | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13-100 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Constructurul Leova | 1 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11-63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Codru Lozova | 1 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 8-55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Attila Ungheni | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10-141 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- For clubs that have been renamed, their name at the time of their most recent season in the Divizia Nationala is given. The current members are listed in bold.
- Includes championship play-offs, don't includes relegation play-offs.
- For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-point system was adopted in 1995.
Soviet time winners
- 1945 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1946 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1947 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1948 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1949 : Burevestnik Bender
- 1950 : Krasnoe Znamia Chișinău
- 1951 : Krasnoe Znamia Chișinău
- 1952 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1953 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1954 : KSKhI Chișinău
- 1955 : Burevestnik Bender
- 1956 : Spartak Tiraspol
- 1957 : KSKhI Chișinău
- 1958 : Moldavkabel' Bender
- 1959 : NIISVIV Chișinău
- 1960 : Tiraspol
- 1961 : KSKhI Chișinău
- 1962 : Universitet Chișinău
- 1963 : Temp Tiraspol
- 1964 : Temp Tiraspol'
- 1965 : Energhia Tiraspol
- 1966 : Stroindustria Bălți
- 1967 : Nistrul Bender
- 1968 : Temp Tiraspol
- 1969 : Politehnik Chișinău
- 1970 : Politehnik Chișinău
- 1971 : Pișcevik Bender
- 1972 : Kolhoz im. Lenina Edineț
- 1973 : Pișcevik Bender
- 1974 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1975 : Dinamo Chișinău
- 1976 : Stroitel Tiraspol
- 1977 : Stroitel Tiraspol
- 1978 : Nistru Tiraspol
- 1979 : Nistru Ciobruciu
- 1980 : Nistru Ciobruciu
- 1981 : Grănicerul Glodeni
- 1982 : Grănicerul Glodeni
- 1983 : Grănicerul Glodeni
- 1984 : Grănicerul Glodeni
- 1985 : Iskra-Stal
- 1986 : Avangard Lazovsk
- 1987 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol
- 1988 : Tighina Bender
- 1989 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol
- 1990 : Moldovgidromaș Chișinău
- 1991 : Speranța Nisporeni
Source
Participating clubs
- District's who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Anenii Noi, Cantemir, Călărași, Cimișlia, Criuleni, Dondușeni, Drochia, Edineț, Florești, Glodeni, Rezina, Soroca, Șoldănești, Taraclia, Telenești
- Transinstrian districts who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Grigoriopol