# 2023–24 Moldovan Liga 1

The 2023–24 Moldovan Liga 1 was the 33rd season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 18 August 2023 and concluded on 8 May 2024, with play-off matches played between 4 and 23 May for a place in Super Liga next season.

## Teams

| Club | Location | Ground |
| Dinamo-Auto | Tiraspol | Dinamo-Auto (Tîrnauca) |
| Fălești | Fălești | Fălești Stadium |
| Iskra | Rîbnița | Rîbnița Stadium |
| Olimp | Comrat | Comrat Stadium |
| Real Succes | Chișinău | Real Succes |
| Saksan | Ceadîr-Lunga | Ceadîr-Lunga Stadium |
| Sheriff-2 | Tiraspol | Sheriff training field |
| Speranis | Nisporeni | Mircea Eliade |
| Speranța | Drochia | Drochia Stadium |
| Univer | Comrat | Comrat Stadium |
| FCM Ungheni | Ungheni | Ungheni Stadium |
| Victoria | Chișinău | Joma Arena |
| Florești | Florești | Bender Stadium (Bender) |
| Spartanii Sportul | Selemet | Real Succes (Chișinău) |

## Phase I
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Victoria Chișinău | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 34 | Phase II Group 1 |
| 2 | Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 32 | Phase II Group 2 |
| 3 | Speranța Drochia | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 21 | Phase II Group 1 |
| 4 | Iskra Rîbnița | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 21 | Phase II Group 2 |
| 5 | FCM Ungheni | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 20 | Phase II Group 2 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 62 | −56 | 1 | Phase II Group 2 |
* ↑ Ineligible for Phase II Group 1
* 1 2 Speranța ahead of Iskra on goal difference:Speranța : –1, Iskra : –8.

### Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | ISK | SHE | SPE | UNG | VIC | DIN | ISK | SHE | SPE | UNG | VIC |
| Dinamo-Auto | — | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | — | — | 0–7 | 1–3 | — | — |
| Iskra Rîbnița | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | — | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | 8–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Speranța Drochia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | — | 2–1 |
| FCM Ungheni | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 7–0 | — | — | 0–0 | — | 3–6 |
| Victoria Chișinău | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | — | 3–0 | 7–1 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ Dinamo-Auto was awarded a technical loss against Victoria due to their failure to appear at their round 14 match.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saksan | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 35 | Phase II Group 1 |
| 2 | Univer Comrat | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 33 | Phase II Group 1 |
| 3 | Speranis Nisporeni | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 19 | Phase II Group 2 |
| 4 | Fălești | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 17 | Phase II Group 2 |
| 5 | Olimp Comrat | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 17 | Phase II Group 2 |
| 6 | Real Succes | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 4 | Phase II Group 2 |
* 1 2 Fălești ahead of Olimp on head-to-head points: Fălești : 6p, Olimp : 3p.

### Results

| Home \ Away | FĂL | OLI | REA | SAK | SPE | UNI | FĂL | OLI | REA | SAK | SPE | UNI |
| Fălești | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–5 | 4–7 | — | — |
| Olimp Comrat | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 0–3 | 3–1 | — |
| Real Succes | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | — | — | 1–5 | 1–2 |
| Saksan | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | — | 6–0 | — | 5–0 | — |
| Speranis Nisporeni | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | 4–4 | — | — | — | — | 2–4 |
| Univer Comrat | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — |

## Phase II
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification | FLO | VIC | SAK | SPA | UNI | SPE |
| 1 | Florești (C, P) | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 23 | Promotion to Super Liga | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Victoria Chișinău (O) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 22 | Play-offs | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Saksan | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | Play-offs | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Spartanii Sportul (P) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 13 | Play-offs | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Univer Comrat | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 11 | Play-offs | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 7–0 |
| 6 | Speranța Drochia | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 29 | −25 | 1 | Play-offs | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
* 1 2 3 Victoria and subsequently Saksan, Univer and Iskra failed to obtain the necessary license to compete in the 2024–25 Super Liga season. As a consequence, Spartanii Sportul were promoted instead.

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SHE | OLI | SPE | UNG | FĂL | ISK | REA | DIN |
| 1 | Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 19 | | | 3–1 | — | 6–1 | 9–0 | 3–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Olimp Comrat | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 15 | Play-offs | — | | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | — |
| 3 | Speranis Nisporeni | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Play-offs | 0–1 | — | | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | FCM Ungheni | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 11 | Play-offs | — | — | 2–2 | | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Fălești | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 10 | Play-offs | — | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | | — | 3–2 | — |
| 6 | Iskra Rîbnița | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | Play-offs | — | — | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | | 3–0 | — |
| 7 | Real Succes (R) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | Liga 2 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | | 3–0 |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | withdrew | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | — | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | |
* ↑ Ineligible for play-offs
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Technical wins/losses
* ↑ Dinamo-Auto withdrew from the league after winter break. All remaining matches are awarded 0–3 against them.

## Promotion play-offs
### Bracket

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | | | | |
| | | Spartanii Sportul | 1 | | | |
| | | Iskra Rîbnița | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) | 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) | |
| | | | | | Saksan | 4 |
| | | | | | Iskra Rîbnița | 0 |
| | | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | | | | |
| | | Saksan (p) | 0(5) | | | |
| 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | | Saksan (p) | 0(5) | | | |
| 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | Olimp Comrat | 0(4) | | | |
| Olimp Comrat | 3 | Olimp Comrat | 0(4) | | | |
| Olimp Comrat | 3 | | | | | | 23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) | 23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) |
| Fălești | 0 | | | | | | 23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) | 23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) |
| Fălești | 0 | | | | | | Victoria Chișinău | 1 |
| | | | | | | | Saksan | 0 |
| | | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | | | | | |
| | | Victoria Chișinău | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | | Victoria Chișinău | 3 | | | | |
| 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | 4 May 2024 (2024-05-04) | Speranis Nisporeni | 0 | | | | | |
| Speranis Nisporeni | 3 | Speranis Nisporeni | 0 | | | | | |
| Speranis Nisporeni | 3 | | | | 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) | 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) | | |
| FCM Ungheni | 2 | | | | 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) | 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) | | |
| FCM Ungheni | 2 | | | | Victoria Chișinău | 3 | | |
| | | | | | Univer Comrat | 0 |
| | | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | | | | |
| | | Univer Comrat | 2 | | | |
| | | Speranța Drochia | 1 | | | |

### Fourth round
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eugen Sidorenco | FCM Ungheni | 15 |
| 2 | Florin Cojocaru | FCM Ungheni | 13 |
| 2 | Lamah Bamba | Saksan | 13 |
| 2 | Veaceslav Cozma | Univer | 13 |
| 5 | Alexandru Popovici | Olimp (4) & Iskra (8) | 12 |
| 6 | Serghei Decev | Olimp | 11 |
| 6 | Oleg Molla | Victoria | 11 |
| 8 | Rayan Guibero | Saksan | 10 |
| 8 | Nicolai Spatar | Sheriff-2 | 10 |
| 8 | Ghenadie Orbu | Victoria | 10 |
| 8 | Adrian Rusu | Victoria (5) & Speranța (5) | 10 |

## Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Cristian Leu | Saksan | 11 |
| 2 | Roman Dumenco | Sheriff-2 | 8 |
| 3 | Artiom Cubani | Speranis | 6 |
| 3 | Victor Buga | Victoria | 6 |
| 5 | Ivan Marcov | Olimp | 5 |
| 5 | Maxim Bardîș | Florești | 5 |
| 7 | Anton Coval | Univer | 4 |
| 7 | Oleg Malac | Victoria | 4 |
| 9 | Victor Secrieru | FCM Ungheni | 3 |
| 9 | Dumitru Burac | Fălești | 3 |
| 9 | Anatolie Cebotari | Iskra | 3 |
| 9 | Serghei Obîscalov | Sheriff-2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sergiu Nicolaev | Speranța | 3 |