2018 Moldovan National Division

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Divizia Națională
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	144
Top goalscorer	Alhaji Kamara (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Sheriff 4–0 Sf. Gheorghe (16 June 2018) Sheriff 5–1 Zaria (1 July 2018) Milsami 4–0 Dinamo-Auto (1 July 2018)
Biggest away win	Dinamo-Auto 0–5 Sheriff (10 June 2018)
Highest scoring	Sf. Gheorghe 3–6 Petrocub (14 April 2018)
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The 2018 Moldovan National Division is the 28th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 1 April 2018 and is scheduled to finish on 24 November 2018. Fixtures were announced on 19 March 2018. Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs would earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Dinamo-Auto	Tiraspol	Dinamo-Auto Stadium, Tîrnauca	1,300
Milsami	Orhei	Complexul Sportiv Raional	3,000
Petrocub-Hîncești	Sărata-Galbenă	Stadionul Municipal, Hîncești	1,000
Sfântul Gheorghe	Suruceni	Suruceni Stadium	1,500
Sheriff	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	12,726
Speranța	Nisporeni	Complexul Sportiv Raional, Orhei	3,000
Zaria	Bălți	Stadionul Orășenesc	7,000
Zimbru	Chișinău	Zimbru Stadium	10,400

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dinamo-Auto	Igor Dobrovolski	Vitalie Bordian	Joma	OM
Milsami	Veaceslav Rusnac	Andrei Cojocari	Kelme	Dufremol, Avia Invest, Moldclassica
Petrocub-Hîncești	Lilian Popescu	Vladimir Ambros	Joma	CUN Auto Rentals, MAIB
Sfântul Gheorghe	Serghei Cebotari	Dorian Railean	Macron	Niagara fitness club, Craft Meat
Sheriff	Goran Sablić	Mateo Sušić	Adidas	IDC
Speranța	Cristian Efros	Ștefan Efros	Nike	Orom Imexpo, Mticket.md
Zaria	Vlad Goian	Vladimir Livșiț	Joma	Fundația Renato Usatîi, Bălți, OM
Zimbru	Serghei Secu	Ion Jardan	Joma	Chateau Vartely, amg-holding.md

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Dinamo-Auto	Veaceslav Semionov	End of caretaker spell	End of 2017 season	Pre-season	Viorel Frunză	20 January 2018
Zimbru	Iurie Osipenco	Sacked	End of 2017 season		Vladimir Aga	23 February 2018
Zaria	Ștefan Stoica	Sacked	13 December 2017		Vlad Goian	5 February 2018
Dinamo-Auto	Viorel Frunză	Demoted to assistant coach	19 March 2018		Igor Dobrovolski	19 March 2018
Sfântul Gheorghe	Serghei Secu	Resigned	15 April 2018	8th	Serghei Cebotari	15 April 2018
Sheriff	Roberto Bordin	Resigned	24 April 2018	1st	Victor Mihailov (interim)	24 April 2018
	Victor Mihailov	End of caretaker spell	7 June 2018	1st	Goran Sablić	7 June 2018
Zimbru	Vladimir Aga	Sacked	12 June 2018	7th	Serghei Secu	12 June 2018

League table

Template:2018 Moldovan National Division table

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
Dinamo-Auto	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L
Milsami Orhei	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Petrocub-Hîncești	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W
Sfântul Gheorghe	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D
Sheriff Tiraspol	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W
Speranța Nisporeni	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D
Zaria Bălți	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L
Zimbru Chișinău	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L

Top goalscorers

Updated to matches played on 1 July 2018.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alhaji Kamara	Sheriff	8
2	Vladimir Ambros	Petrocub-Hîncești	6
3	Ziguy Badibanga	Sheriff	5
	Vadim Gulceac	Zaria
	Alexandru Antoniuc	Milsami
6	Vitalie Damașcan	Sheriff	4
	Igor Bugaiov	Milsami
	Ion Nicolaescu	Zimbru
	Evgheni Oancea	Sheriff
10	Sergiu Istrati	Sfântul Gheorghe	3
	Vladislav Ivanov	Petrocub-Hîncești
	Victor Stînă	Zimbru
	Gheorghe Ovseanicov	Zaria
	Dan Taras	Petrocub-Hîncești
	Gerson Rodrigues	Sheriff
	Alexandru Suvorov	Sfântul Gheorghe
	Maxim Iurcu	Speranța

Top assists

Updated to matches played on 1 July 2018.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Artur Pătraș	Petrocub-Hîncești	5
	Ziguy Badibanga	Sheriff
3	Yury Kendysh	Sheriff	4
	Mihai Plătică	Milsami
	Vadim Gulceac	Zaria
	Alexandru Onica	Zimbru
	Vadim Rață	Milsami

Best Goals

As of matches played on 13 May 2018

Round	Player	Club	Procent
Round 1	Iaser Țurcan	Dinamo-Auto	53%
Round 2	Mihai Plătică	Milsami	47%
Round 3	Vadim Gulceac	Zaria	53%
Round 4	Valeriy Kutsenko	Speranța	21%
Round 5	Denis Janu	Dinamo-Auto	29%
Round 6	Mihail Bolun	Speranța	35%
Round 7	Vadim Calugher	Sfântul Gheorghe	29%

External links

• Official website
• uefa.com

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