# 2021–22 Moldovan "A" Division

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.

## Teams

| 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 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 2 | Victoria Bardar | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 49 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 48 | −28 | 16 | |
| 12 | Cahul-2005 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 58 | −52 | 2 | withdrew |
* 1 2 Sheriff-2 ahead of Victoria on goal difference:Sheriff-2 : +34, Victoria : +27.
* ↑ Victoria Bardar were refused the necessary licence to compete in the 2022–23 Super Liga season.
* ↑ Iskra Rîbnița have been relegated voluntarily.
* ↑ Speranța Drochia spared relegation due to lack of teams.
* ↑ Cahul-2005 withdrew from the league after round 11. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0–3 against them.

### 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 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 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 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Spartanii Selemet | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Speranța Drochia | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Sporting Trestieni | 3–0 | 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 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Technical wins/losses

## 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 |
| Cahul-2005 | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Dacia Buiucani | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | 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 | W | W | L | L | L |
| Olimp Comrat | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | 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 | L |
| Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Spartanii Selemet | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | 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 |
| Sporting Trestieni | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | 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 | W | W | L |
| FCM Ungheni | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | 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 | W | W | W | W |

## Top goalscorers

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

## Clean sheets

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