# 2016–17 Moldovan Under-19 Division

The 2016–17 Moldovan Under-19 Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională U-19) was the Moldovan annual football tournament. The season began on 4 September 2016 and ended on 29 May 2017. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions.

## Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, with a maximum of five players per team born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 1998 allowed.

## Stadia and locations

| Club | Location |
| Sheriff | Tiraspol |
| Zaria | Bălți |
| ȘS Orhei-Milsami | Orhei |
| Cahul 2005-LS | Cahul |
| Zimbru | Chișinău |
| Buiucani-Dacia | Chișinău |
| Real Succes | Chișinău |
| ȘSSF-Voran | Chișinău |

## Format

In the initial phase of the season, each of the eight teams play the other seven teams two times. After 14 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top four and a bottom four, with each team playing all the other teams in their section twice.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zimbru Chișinău (C) | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 15 | +61 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Youth League first round |
| 2 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 13 | +54 | 45 | |
| 3 | Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 31 | |
| 4 | Real Succes Chișinău | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 26 | withdrew |
| 5 | Cahul 2005-LS | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 24 | withdrew |
| 6 | Zaria Bălți | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 19 | |
| 7 | ȘS Orhei-Milsami | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 18 | withdrew |
| 8 | ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 55 | −37 | 11 | |
* ↑ Real Succes Chișinău completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.
* ↑ Cahul 2005-LS completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.
* ↑ ȘS Orhei-Milsami completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.

## Results
### Matches 1–14

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
| Home \ Away | SHE | ZIM | REA | ORH | VOR | BUI | CAH | ZAR |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 14–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 4–0 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 3–0 |
| Real Succes Chișinău | 1–2 | 0–6 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| ȘS Orhei-Milsami | 1–4 | 0–4 | 3–5 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău | 0–7 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Cahul 2005-LS | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | | 3–2 |
| Zaria Bălți | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | |

### Matches 15–20

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

#### Top four

| Home \ Away | ZIM | SHE | BUI | REA |
| Zimbru Chișinău | | 1–1 | 8–1 | 7–2 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 2–4 |
| Real Succes Chișinău | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | |

### Matches 15–20

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

#### Bottom four

| Home \ Away | ORH | ZAR | CAH | VOR |
| ȘS Orhei-Milsami | | 1–2 | 3–8 | 3–0 |
| Zaria Bălți | 2–2 | | 4–4 | 2–0 |
| Cahul 2005-LS | 2–1 | 6–0 | | 1–1 |
| ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |