2019 Moldovan "A" Division

Divizia A
Season2019
Dates6 April 2019 – 9 November 2019
ChampionsFlorești
PromotedFlorești
Dacia Buiucani
RelegatedSîngerei
Matches played210
Goals scored826 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorerArtiom Litviacov (30 goals)
Best goalkeeperDumitru Coval (12 clean sheets)
Biggest home winTighina 13–0 Sireți
(1 September 2019)
Biggest away winSparta 0–12 Tighina
(22 June 2019)
Highest scoringZaria 10–3 Ungheni
(27 April 2019)
Tighina 13–0 Sireți
(1 September 2019)
Longest winning run12 matches
Florești
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Florești
Longest winless run28 matches
Sparta
Longest losing run25 matches
Sparta
← 2018

The 2019 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 29th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 6 April 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019.

Teams

Club Location
Cahul-2005 Cahul
Dacia Buiucani Chișinău
Florești Florești
Grănicerul Glodeni
Iskra Rîbnița
Real Succes Chișinău
Sîngerei Sîngerei
Sireți Sireți
Sparta Chișinău
Spartanii Selemet
Speranța Drochia
Tighina Bender
Ungheni Ungheni
Victoria Bardar
Zaria Bălți

Season summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Florești (C, P) 28 22 3 3 71 29 +42 69[a] Promotion to Divizia Națională
2 Dacia Buiucani (P) 28 22 3 3 68 17 +51 69[a]
3 Spartanii Selemet 28 20 2 6 72 28 +44 62 Qualification to Promotion play-off
4 Tighina 28 19 3 6 84 31 +53 60
5 Cahul-2005 28 14 6 8 60 34 +26 48
6 Victoria Bardar 28 14 1 13 58 54 +4 43
7 Speranța Drochia 28 12 5 11 44 37 +7 41
8 Grănicerul Glodeni 28 10 4 14 47 66 −19 34
9 Sireți 28 10 3 15 48 83 −35 33
10 Zaria Bălți 28 9 4 15 65 60 +5 31[b]
11 Iskra Rîbnița 28 9 4 15 51 62 −11 31[b]
12 Real Succes 28 9 4 15 59 63 −4 31[b]
13 Ungheni 28 9 3 16 55 83 −28 30 withdrew[c]
14 Sîngerei (R) 28 6 3 19 38 72 −34 21 Relegation to Divizia B
15 Sparta Chișinău 28 0 2 26 6 107 −101 2 withdrew[d]
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Less red cards; 10) Less yellow cards.[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Florești ahead of Dacia Buiucani on head-to-head points: Florești–Dacia Buiucani 2–1, Dacia Buiucani–Florești 1–2
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Zaria 10, Iskra 4, Real Succes 3
  3. ^ As per regulations, the thirteenth placed team, Ungheni was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.
  4. ^ Sparta Chișinău withdrew from the league after round 14. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0–3 against them.[1]

Results

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away CAH DAC FLO GRĂ ISK REA SÎN SIR SPC SPS SPE TIG UNG VIC ZAR
Cahul-2005 — 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 2–0
Dacia Buiucani 1–0 — 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 7–0 3–1 1–0
Florești 2–0 2–1 — 0–0 2–3 5–1 5–1 7–0 3–0[a] 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
Grănicerul Glodeni 1–4 0–0 2–0 — 4–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0[a] 0–4 0–1 1–3 7–4 1–3 4–3
Iskra Rîbnița 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 — 4–2 6–1 1–5 3–0[a] 4–6 0–0 2–4 3–4 1–0 1–1
Real Succes 3–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 4–3 — 2–3 4–0 3–0[a] 0–3[b] 2–1 0–4 2–3 3–0 0–2
Sîngerei 0–3[c] 1–1 1–3 2–4 0–2 0–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–4 4–2 2–1 7–2
Sireți 2–6 0–1 2–2 5–2 4–3 1–5 6–2 — 3–0[a] 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–5 1–4
Sparta Chișinău 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–10 0–3[a] 1–4 — 0–3[a] 0–4 0–12 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a]
Spartanii Selemet 1–3 1–2 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 11–0 — 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0[d] 3–2
Speranța Drochia 1–2 0–0 4–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 7–0 3–0[a] 0–2 — 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–1
Tighina 3–1 0–2 1–2 5–2 1–0 5–2 3–2 13–0 3–0[a] 0–0 3–1 — 4–2 2–1 3–1
Ungheni 2–4 1–6 1–2 5–3 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–3 3–0[e] 3–4 2–2 1–0 — 2–0 1–7
Victoria Bardar 3–2 1–3 1–5 4–1 6–2 4–3 0–1 1–3 5–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 — 2–1
Zaria Bălți 1–1 0–4 3–3 2–3 2–0 4–1 4–2 5–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 10–3 4–5 —
Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Technical wins/losses
  2. ^ Real Succes received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Spartanii Selemet due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–1 draw.[3]
  3. ^ Sîngerei received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Cahul-2005. The match was not played due to unsatisfactory pitch condition.[4]
  4. ^ Victoria Bardar received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Spartanii Selemet due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–0 victory for Victoria Bardar.[5]
  5. ^ Sparta Chișinău received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Ungheni due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–0 victory for Ungheni.[6]

Results by round

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Cahul-2005 L L W L L D W D W[a] W W L W W W L W D W W D W D D L L W[a] W
Dacia Buiucani W W W W W W W W W W W D W L W L W W W D D W W W[a] W W W L
Florești W W D W L W W W W W W W W W W W W D D W W W[a] L L W W W W
Grănicerul Glodeni L W L L W L L L L D W W W L L W[a] L L D W L D D L L W W W
Iskra Rîbnița W W W D L L W L L W L L D W W L W[a] L D L L W L L D L L L
Real Succes L D L L D W L W L L W W W L L L L L L W L D W L W W[a] D L[b]
Sîngerei L W D L L L W L L W L[b] L W L L W W[a] L L L L L D D L L L L
Sireți L D D W W L L L L L W W L W L L L D L L L L L W W W W W[a]
Sparta Chișinău D L D L L L L L L[b] L L L L L L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b] L[b]
Spartanii Selemet W D W W W W L W W L W W L W L W W W W W W[a] W[a] W L W D L W[a]
Speranța Drochia W W W W D L W L L W L D L L W W W W D L W[a] L W D L L D L
Tighina L W W L W W W W W W W L L L W W D W W W W W D W[a] W D L W
Ungheni L D L L L W L L W W[a] L L L W L W L D L L W W W W[a] D L L L
Victoria Bardar W L L W W W L L L L W W L W W L W W[a] W L L[b] L D L W W L W
Zaria Bălți D L L L W L L W W L L L D L W[a] L L D W L L W D W L W W L

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Moldova Artiom Litviacov Tighina 30
2 Moldova Octavian Onofrei Spartanii 29
3 Moldova Eugeniu Borovschi Iskra 20
4 Moldova Oleg Andronic Ungheni 16
Moldova Vadim Crîcimari Florești
6 Moldova Alexandru Bezimov Victoria 14
Moldova Igor Bîcicov Sîngerei
Ivory Coast Abdoul Fadika Zaria
Moldova Vladimir Haritov Cahul-2005
10 Moldova Andrian Apostol Dacia Buiucani 13
Moldova Marius Iosipoi Dacia Buiucani
Moldova Andrei Stratan Ungheni

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[8]
1 Moldova Dumitru Coval Dacia Buiucani 12
2 Moldova Sergiu Nicolaev Speranța 11
3 Moldova Ion Rîmbu Florești 8
4 Moldova Denis Cristofovici Grănicerul 5
Moldova Evgheni Gorbunov Cahul-2005
Moldova Eugeniu Madan Sireți (1) & Spartanii (4)
7 Moldova Anatolie Cebotari Iskra 4
Moldova Anton Coval Tighina
Moldova Stanislav Samson Tighina (3) & Sîngerei (1)
10 Moldova Ruslan Istrati Ungheni 3
Moldova Nicolae Țurcan Spartanii
Moldova Andrei Vicol Victoria

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Technical win
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Technical loss

References

  1. ^ "Retragerea echipei Sparta" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  2. ^ "Regulamentul Campionatului R.Moldova la fotbal edția 2019" [Regulation of Competitions] (PDF) (in Romanian). fmf.md. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-01.
  3. ^ Discipline Commission Decision Archived 2019-11-15 at the Wayback Machine. Moldovan Football Federation. 15 November 2019
  4. ^ Discipline Commission Decision Archived 2019-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. Moldovan Football Federation. 1 July 2019
  5. ^ Discipline Commission Decision Archived 2019-09-25 at the Wayback Machine. Moldovan Football Federation. 25 September 2019
  6. ^ Discipline Commission Decision Archived 2019-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Moldovan Football Federation. 20 June 2019
  7. ^ "Goalscorers - Divizia A - Moldova" (in Romanian). Divizia-A.md.
  8. ^ "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.