# 2022–23 Moldovan Super Liga

The 2022–23 Moldovan Super Liga was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 30 July 2022 and ended on 20 May 2023. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club earned a place in the second qualifying round and the third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league. The top 7 teams from the 2021–22 season and one promoted team from the Divizia A: Dacia Buiucani, returning to the top tier after one year absence.
| Team | Place | Ground | Capacity | Coach |
| Bălți | Bălți | Bălți Stadium | 5,953 | Veaceslav Rusnac |
| Dacia Buiucani | Chișinău | Suruceni Stadium | 350 | Andrei Martin |
| Dinamo-Auto | Tiraspol | Dinamo-Auto | 1,300 | Novruz Azimov |
| Milsami | Orhei | Orhei Stadium | 2,539 | Serghei Dubrovin |
| Petrocub | Hîncești | Hîncești Stadium | 1,100 | Ivan Tabanov |
| Sfîntul Gheorghe | Suruceni | Zimbru-2 Stadium | 1,500 | Nicolai Mandrîcenco |
| Sheriff | Tiraspol | Sheriff Stadium | 12,798 | Roberto Bordin |
| Zimbru | Chișinău | Zimbru Stadium | 10,104 | Lilian Popescu |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Petrocub | Lilian Popescu | Resigned | 16 May 2022 | Pre-season | Alexei Savinov | 1 June 2022 |
| Sheriff | Yuriy Vernydub | Resigned | 8 June 2022 | Pre-season | Stjepan Tomas | 21 June 2022 |
| Zimbru | Michele Bon | Released | 17 June 2022 | Pre-season | Vlad Goian | 26 June 2022 |
| Petrocub | Alexei Savinov | No UEFA Pro Licence | 1 July 2022 | Pre-season | Ivan Tabanov | 1 July 2022 |
| Dinamo-Auto | Oleg Bejenar | Released | 1 July 2022 | Pre-season | Anatol Teslev (caretaker) | 6 August 2022 |
| Zimbru | Vlad Goian | Resigned | 30 August 2022 | 7th | Lilian Popescu | 31 August 2022 |
| Dinamo-Auto | Anatol Teslev | End of caretaker period | 9 September 2022 | 8th | Novruz Azimov | 9 September 2022 |
| Bălți | Serghei Cebotari | Resigned | 10 October 2022 | 6th | Veaceslav Rusnac | 11 October 2022 |
| Sheriff | Stjepan Tomas | Resigned | 25 October 2022 | 1st | Victor Mihailov (caretaker) | 25 October 2022 |
| Sheriff | Victor Mihailov | End of caretaker period | 9 January 2023 | 1st | Roberto Bordin | 9 January 2023 |

## Phase I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 33 | Qualification to Phase II |
| 2 | Petrocub Hîncești | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 27 | Qualification to Phase II |
| 3 | Zimbru Chișinău | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 19 | Qualification to Phase II |
| 4 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 19 | Qualification to Phase II |
| 5 | Milsami Orhei | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 17 | Qualification to Phase II |
| 6 | Bălți | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 17 | Qualification to Phase II |
| 7 | Dacia Buiucani | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 0 | Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II |
* 1 2 Zimbru ahead of Sfîntul Gheorghe on head-to-head points: Zimbru : 4p, Sfîntul Gheorghe : 1p.
* 1 2 Milsami ahead of Bălți on head-to-head points: Milsami : 4p, Bălți : 1p.
* ↑ Dinamo-Auto had 6 points deducted for match-fixing allegations.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BĂL | DAC | DIN | MIL | PET | SFÎ | SHE | ZIM |
| Bălți | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Dacia Buiucani | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo-Auto | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Milsami Orhei | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Petrocub Hîncești | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sfîntul Gheorghe | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — |

## Phase II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sheriff Tiraspol (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 24 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Petrocub Hîncești | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 21 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Zimbru Chișinău | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Milsami Orhei | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 11 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 7 | Dissolved after the season |
| 6 | Bălți | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | |
* ↑ Sfîntul Gheorghe withdrew before the start of the next season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | SHE | PET | ZIM | SFÎ | MIL | BĂL |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Petrocub Hîncești | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Sfîntul Gheorghe | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Milsami Orhei | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Bălți | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rasheed Akanbi | Sheriff | 8 |
| 1 | Alexandru Dedov | Zimbru | 8 |
| 3 | Marius Iosipoi | Petrocub | 7 |
| 4 | Radu Gînsari | Milsami | 6 |
| 5 | Jibril Ibrahim | Sf. Gheorghe | 5 |
| 5 | Vladimir Ambros | Petrocub | 5 |
| 5 | Victor Bogaciuc | Petrocub | 5 |
| 8 | Steve Ambri | Sheriff | 4 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Alaribe | Zimbru | 4 |
| 8 | Eugen Sidorenco | Zimbru | 4 |
| 8 | Mouhamed Diop | Sheriff | 4 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | Home | Away | Result | Date |
| Alexandru Dedov | Zimbru | Sf. Gheorghe | 3–3 | 11 September 2022 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Nikos Giannakopoulos | Zimbru | 10 |
| 2 | Razak Abalora | Sheriff | 7 |
| 2 | Cristian Avram | Petrocub | 7 |
| 4 | Sebastian Agachi | Zimbru (0) & Dacia (6) | 6 |
| 4 | Victor Străistari | Sf. Gheorghe (3) & Bălți (3) | 6 |
| 6 | Dumitru Celeadnic | Sheriff | 5 |
| 6 | Nicolai Calancea | Sf. Gheorghe | 5 |
| 8 | Emil Tîmbur | Milsami | 4 |
| 9 | Maksym Koval | Sheriff | 3 |
| 9 | Igor Mostovei | Petrocub | 3 |
| 9 | Victor Buga | Milsami | 3 |
| 9 | Dallian Allogho | Dinamo-Auto | 3 |
| 9 | Stanislav Namașco | Bălți | 3 |