# 2016–17 Moldovan "A" Division

The 2016–17 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 26th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. Fifteen teams competed in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Divizia Națională teams. The season began on 5 August 2016 and ended on 31 May 2017.
Spicul Chișcăreni were the defending champions, after winning their first title in the competition in the previous season.

## Teams

| Club | Location |
| Sfîntul Gheorghe | Suruceni |
| Spicul | Chișcăreni |
| Dacia-2 Buiucani | Chișinău |
| Victoria | Bardar |
| Sheriff-2 | Tiraspol |
| Intersport-Aroma | Cobusca Nouă |
| Zimbru-2 | Chișinău |
| Edineț | Edineț |
| Sîngerei | Sîngerei |
| Gagauziya-Oguzsport | Comrat |
| Iskra | Rîbnița |
| Sparta | Selemet |
| Codru | Lozova |
| Real Succes | Chișinău |
| Prut | Leova |

## Season summary
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sheriff-2 Tiraspol (C) | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 19 | +75 | 68 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 2 | Sfîntul Gheorghe (P) | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 66 | Promotion to Divizia Națională |
| 3 | Spicul Chișcăreni (P) | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 66 | Promotion to Divizia Națională |
| 4 | Victoria Bardar | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 26 | +52 | 64 | |
| 5 | Zimbru-2 Chișinău | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 44 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 6 | Sparta Selemet | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 41 | |
| 7 | Sîngerei | 28 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 40 | |
| 8 | Edineț | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Iskra Rîbnița | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 35 | |
| 10 | Dacia-2 Buiucani | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 34 | withdrew |
| 11 | Real Succes Chișinău | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 29 | |
| 12 | Gagauziya-Oguzsport | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 29 | withdrew |
| 13 | Codru Lozova | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 81 | −33 | 27 | |
| 14 | Intersport-Aroma | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 22 | withdrew |
| 15 | Prut Leova (R) | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 124 | −105 | 7 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 Sf. Gheorghe ahead of Spicul on head-to-head points: Spicul–Sf. Gheorghe 0–1, Sf. Gheorghe–Spicul 3–0
* ↑ Dacia-2 Buiucani completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
* 1 2 Real Succes ahead of Gagauziya-Oguzsport on head-to-head goal difference: Gagauziya-Oguzsport–Real Succes 4–0, Real Succes–Gagauziya-Oguzsport 6–0
* ↑ Gagauziya-Oguzsport completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
* ↑ As per regulations, the fourteenth placed team, Intersport-Aroma was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | SFÎ | VIC | ZIM | SHE | DAC | EDI | GAG | INT | REA | PRU | SÎN | COD | SPA | SPI | ISK |
| Sfîntul Gheorghe | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Victoria Bardar | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| Zimbru-2 Chișinău | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 5–0 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 15–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Dacia-2 Buiucani | 0–6 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 9–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Edineț | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Gagauziya-Oguzsport | 0–7 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Intersport-Aroma | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Real Succes Chișinău | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Prut Leova | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–8 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–7 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Sîngerei | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | | 5–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Codru Lozova | 3–5 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–6 | 8–1 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| Sparta Selemet | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–5 | 2–1 |
| Spicul Chișcăreni | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 3–0 |
| Iskra Rîbnița | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Artiom Zabun | Victoria | 21 |
| 2 | Oleg Molla | Spicul | 18 |
| 3 | Sergiu Popovici | Edineț | 17 |
| 4 | Alexandru Maxim | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 16 |
| 4 | Marin Căruntu | Sheriff-2 | 16 |
| 6 | Roman Șumchin | Gagauziya-Oguzsport | 15 |
| 7 | Veaceslav Sofroni | Spicul | 14 |
| 7 | Vitalie Greciuhin | Edineț | 14 |
| 9 | Artiom Puntus | Sheriff-2 | 13 |
| 10 | Nicolae Nemerenco | Sfîntul Gheorghe (4) & Codru (8) | 12 |
| 10 | Alexandru Bezimov | Victoria | 12 |
| 10 | Andrian Apostol | Dacia-2 Buiucani | 12 |
| 10 | Ghenadie Orbu | Victoria | 12 |