2021–22 Moldovan "A" Division

Divizia A
Season2021–22
Dates30 July 2021 – 13 May 2022
ChampionsSheriff-2
PromotedBuiucani
RelegatedIskra
Matches played132
Goals scored424 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorerNicolae Porojniuc (12 goals)
Best goalkeeperNicolae Garanovschi (8 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSpartanii 6–0 Real Succes
(22 April 2022)
Biggest away winSucleia 1–7 Buiucani
(2 April 2022)
Highest scoringSucleia 1–7 Buiucani
(2 April 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches
Victoria
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Buiucani
Longest winless run22 matches
Cahul-2005
Longest losing run18 matches
Cahul-2005

The 2021–22 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 31st season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 30 July 2021 and ended on 13 May 2022.[1]

Teams

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Divizia A
Club Location
Cahul-2005 Cahul
Dacia Buiucani Chișinău
Iskra Rîbnița
Olimp Comrat
Real Succes Chișinău
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol
Spartanii Selemet
Speranța Drochia
Sporting Valea-Trestieni
Sucleia Sucleia
FCM Ungheni Ungheni
Victoria Bardar

Season summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sheriff-2 Tiraspol (C) 22 15 4 3 49 15 +34 49[a] Ineligible for promotion
2 Victoria Bardar[b] 22 15 4 3 51 24 +27 49[a]
3 Dacia Buiucani (P) 22 14 6 2 58 15 +43 48 Promotion to Super Liga
4 Spartanii Selemet 22 13 5 4 46 26 +20 44 Qualification to Promotion play-off
5 Sporting Trestieni 22 12 0 10 31 31 0 36
6 Olimp Comrat 22 10 5 7 41 36 +5 35
7 Sucleia 22 8 3 11 34 40 −6 27
8 Iskra Rîbnița (R) 22 7 4 11 28 44 −16 25 Relegation to Liga 2[c]
9 FCM Ungheni 22 6 6 10 38 42 −4 24
10 Real Succes 22 5 3 14 22 45 −23 18
11 Speranța Drochia[d] 22 4 4 14 20 48 −28 16
12 Cahul-2005 22 0 2 20 6 58 −52 2 withdrew[e]
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.[4]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Sheriff-2 ahead of Victoria on goal difference:Sheriff-2 : +34, Victoria : +27.
  2. ^ Victoria Bardar were refused the necessary licence to compete in the 2022–23 Super Liga season.[2]
  3. ^ Iskra Rîbnița have been relegated voluntarily.
  4. ^ Speranța Drochia spared relegation due to lack of teams.
  5. ^ Cahul-2005 withdrew from the league after round 11. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0–3 against them.[3]

Results

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

Home \ Away CAH DAC ISK OLI REA SHE SPA SPE SPO SUC UNG VIC
Cahul-2005 — 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–1
Dacia Buiucani 2–0 — 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 6–1 3–2 5–1 2–2 1–2
Iskra Rîbnița 3–1 0–5 — 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 3–3 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–1
Olimp Comrat 2–2 0–3 1–2 — 4–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 1–2
Real Succes 4–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 — 0–3 0–3 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–0
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol 3–0[a] 1–1 3–1 3–3 2–0 — 4–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–1
Spartanii Selemet 3–0[a] 1–1 1–0 2–2 6–0 1–0 — 0–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Speranța Drochia 3–0[a] 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–5 1–4 — 0–2 2–4 2–1 0–2
Sporting Trestieni 3–0[a] 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–4 3–0 — 2–1 2–1 0–4
Sucleia 2–0 1–7 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 — 1–3 2–5
FCM Ungheni 3–3 0–3 5–0 2–3 3–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 — 2–2
Victoria Bardar 3–0[a] 2–2 5–1 3–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 —
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 Technical wins/losses

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[5]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Cahul-2005 L L D D L L L L L L L L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a] L[a]
Dacia Buiucani W L W D W D W D D W W W[b] W W L W W W W D D W
Iskra Rîbnița W D L L W W L L D L L D W L L D W[b] W W L L L
Olimp Comrat D W D W L L W D W W L L W W[b] W D L W L D W L
Real Succes L L D L L W L L L W W D W L L L L L L D W[b] L
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol W W W W D L D W L W L D W W W W W W W[b] W D W
Spartanii Selemet D W W W D W W W D L W W W[b] W W L D L W W D L
Speranța Drochia L D L L L L W D D L W L L L L L W D L L L W[b]
Sporting Trestieni W W L L W W W W W W L W L L L W[b] W L L L L W
Sucleia L D W L L L W L W L D W L L W L D L W[b] W W L
FCM Ungheni W L L D W L L W D D L D L D W[b] W L D L L L W
Victoria Bardar L W W D D W W L D D W W L W W W W W[b] W W W W

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Moldova Nicolae Porojniuc FCM Ungheni 12
2 Moldova Ghenadie Orbu Victoria 10
Moldova Marin Stan Victoria
4 Moldova Sorin Chele Real Succes 8
Moldova Oleg Molla Victoria
Moldova Eugeniu Gliga Sheriff-2
7 Moldova Vasile Bîtlan Buiucani 7
Moldova Constantin Iavorschi Sporting
Moldova Ion Mamaliga Spartanii
Moldova Nicu Namolovan Buiucani
Moldova Octavian Onofrei Spartanii
Nigeria Abdullahi Shuaibu Sucleia

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[7]
1 Moldova Nicolae Garanovschi Spartanii 8
2 Moldova Victor Colibă-Verde Sporting 7
3 Moldova Dumitru Coval Buiucani (4) & Real Succes (2) 6
Moldova Victor Dodon Buiucani
5 Moldova Ivan Marcov Sucleia 5
Moldova Serghei Savocica Sheriff-2
7 Moldova Sergiu Nicolaev Speranța 4
8 Moldova Mihail Cioban Sheriff-2 3
Moldova Victor Secrieru FCM Ungheni
10 Moldova Dmitri Burac Victoria 2
Moldova Roman Dumenco Sheriff-2
Moldova Andrei Vicol Victoria
Moldova Dmitri Cîlcic Olimp
Moldova Anatolie Cebotari Iskra

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Technical loss
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Technical win

References

  1. ^ "Divizia A va demara pe 30 iulie". fmf.md.
  2. ^ "Licențiere. Decizia organului directiv" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Retragerea echipei Cahul-2005". fmf.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  4. ^ "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2021-22" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2021-22 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
  5. ^ "Results by round". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Goalscorers - Divizia A - Moldova" (in Romanian). Divizia-A.md.
  7. ^ "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.