# 2014–15 Moldovan National Division

The 2014–15 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 24th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The competition began in July 2014 and ended in May 2015.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Academia Chișinău | Chișinău | Stadionul CPSN | 1,000 |
| FC Costuleni | Costuleni | Ghidighici Stadium | 1,500 |
| Dacia Chișinău | Chișinău | Stadionul Moldova (Speia) | 8,550 |
| Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | Tiraspol | Dinamo-Auto Stadium | 3,525 |
| Milsami Orhei | Orhei | CSR Orhei | 2,539 |
| Zaria Bălți | Bălți | Olimpia Bălți Stadium | 5,953 |
| Saxan Gagauz Yeri | Ceadîr-Lunga | Ceadîr-Lunga Stadium | 2,000 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | Tiraspol | Sheriff Stadium | 13,460 |
| FC Tiraspol | Tiraspol | Sheriff Stadium | 13,460 |
| Veris Chișinău | Chișinău | CSR Orhei | 2,539 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | Chișinău | Zimbru Stadium | 10,600 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Home city | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Academia | Chișinău | Vladimir Vusatîi | Macron | |
| Costuleni | Costuleni | Laurențiu Tudor | Joma | Cavio |
| Dacia | Chișinău | Igor Dobrovolski | Puma | - |
| Dinamo-Auto | Tiraspol | Igor Negrescu | Umbro | Ipotecniy |
| Milsami | Orhei | Iurie Osipenco | Joma | Dufremol |
| Zaria | Bălți | Serghei Dubrovin | Acerbis | Simtravel |
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | Ceadîr-Lunga | Ivan Burduniuc | Kelme | |
| Sheriff | Tiraspol | Zoran Zekić | Adidas | IDC |
| Tiraspol | Tiraspol | Lilian Popescu | Adidas | Tirotex |
| Veris | Chișinău | Lilian Popescu | Joma | Moldcell |
| Zimbru | Chișinău | Veaceslav Rusnac | Puma | Obolon |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Academia Chișinău | Valeriu Catană | End of Contract | 25 July 2014 | Pre-season | Vladimir Vusatîi | 25 July 2014 |
| Sheriff | Veaceslav Rusnac | Sacked | 14 August 2014 | 7 | Zoran Zekić | 14 August 2014 |
| Dinamo-Auto | Dumitru Arabadji | Sacked | 17 August 2014 | 11 | Nicolae Mandrîcenco (caretaker) | 17 August 2014 |
| Dinamo-Auto | Nicolae Mandrîcenco (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 3 September 2014 | 11 | Igor Negrescu | 3 September 2014 |
| Zaria Bălți | Nicolae Bunea | Mutual agreement | 1 November 2014 | 9 | Leonid Tcaci | 1 November 2014 |
| Dacia Chișinău | Dejan Vukićević | Sacked | 4 November 2014 | 4 | Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) | 4 November 2014 |
| FC Tiraspol | Vlad Goian | Sacked | 15 December 2014 | 5 | Lilian Popescu | 15 December 2014 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | Oleg Kubarev | Mutual agreement | 17 December 2014 | 6 | Veaceslav Rusnac | 17 December 2014 |
| Dacia Chișinău | Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 20 January 2014 | 1 | Oleg Kubarev | 20 January 2014 |
| Dacia Chișinău | Oleg Kubarev | Sacked | 9 March 2015 | 2 | Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) | 9 March 2015 |
| Zaria Bălți | Leonid Tcaci | Mutual agreement | 11 March 2015 | 8 | Serghei Dubrovin | 11 March 2015 |
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | Volodymyr Lyutyi | Sacked | 19 April 2015 | 6 | Ivan Burduniuc (caretaker) | 19 April 2015 |
| Dacia Chișinău | Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 26 April 2015 | 1 | Igor Dobrovolski | 26 April 2015 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milsami Orhei (C) | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 15 | +35 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dacia Chișinău | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 13 | +35 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Tiraspol | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 44 | Team was dissolved after the season |
| 5 | Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Zimbru Chișinău | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 27 | |
| 7 | Academia Chișinău | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 47 | −29 | 17 | |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 14 | |
| 9 | Zaria Bălți | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 66 | −56 | 12 | |
| 10 | Veris Chișinău | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team withdrawn |
| 11 | Costuleni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team withdrawn |
* 1 2 Tiraspol, the fourth-placed team, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but were dissolved at the end of the 2014–15 season. As a result, the berth was given to Saxan, the fifth-placed team of the league.
* ↑ FC Veris were officially withdrawn from the league on 5 December 2014.
* ↑ FC Costuleni were officially withdrawn from the league on 20 November 2014.

### Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
* Leader
* 2nd place
* 3rd place
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Academia Chișinău | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Dacia Chișinău | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Milsami Orhei | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tiraspol | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Zaria Bălți | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

## Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 20 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 30 games per team.

### First and second round

| Home \ Away | ACA | DAC | DIN | MIL | ZAR | SAX | SHE | TIR | ZIM |
| Academia Chișinău | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Dacia Chișinău | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–5 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Milsami Orhei | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Zaria Bălți | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 3–0 | 1–2 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Tiraspol | 3–1 | 0–0 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | | 2–1 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |

### Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 36 games):
| Home \ Away | ACA | DAC | DIN | MIL | ZAR | SAX | SHE | TIR | ZIM |
| Academia Chișinău | | | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | |
| Dacia Chișinău | 8–1 | | 6–2 | | | 3–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | | |
| Milsami Orhei | | 2–1 | | | 5–0 | | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Zaria Bălți | | 0–4 | 1–5 | | | | | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | | | | 2–3 | 6–0 | | | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Tiraspol | 5–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | | 3–1 | | | |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | | | | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

    Updated to matches played on 21 May 2015.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ricardinho | Sheriff Tiraspol | 19 |
| 2 | Gheorghe Boghiu | Tiraspol | 13 |
| 3 | Romeo Surdu | Milsami Orhei | 12 |
| 4 | Petru Leucă | Dacia Chișinău | 11 |
| 5 | Cristian Bud | Milsami Orhei | 9 |
| 6 | Juninho Potiguar | Sheriff Tiraspol | 8 |
| 7 | Vadim Cemîrtan | Dinamo-Auto | 7 |
| 8 | Gheorghe Ovseanicov | Tiraspol | 5 |
| 8 | Radu Gînsari | Sheriff Tiraspol | 5 |
| 8 | Maxim Mihaliov | Dinamo-Auto | 5 |
| 8 | Serhiy Shapoval | FC Tiraspol | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

Key :
| $^4$ | Player scored four goals |
| $^5$ | Player scored five goals |
| Player | Home | Away | Result | Date |
| Romeo Surdu | Milsami Orhei | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 6–0 | 29 August 2014 |
| Ricardo Cavalcante Mendes | FC Tiraspol | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–4 | 25 October 2014 |
| $^4$ Ricardo Cavalcante Mendes | Sheriff Tiraspol | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 7–2 | 13 December 2014 |
| Vadim Cemîrtan | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | Zaria Bălți | 4–0 | 4 March 2015 |
| Viorel Frunză | Dacia Chișinău | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 6–2 | 20 March 2015 |
| Gheorghe Boghiu | FC Tiraspol | Academia Chișinău | 5–0 | 20 March 2015 |
| Petru Leucă | Dacia Chișinău | Academia Chișinău | 8–1 | 15 May 2015 |
| Irakli Goginashvili | Academia Chișinău | Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 1–4 | 20 May 2015 |

## Clean sheets

    As of 21 May 2015
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Dorian Railean | Dacia Chișinău | 12 |
| 1 | Serghei Pașcenco | Sheriff Tiraspol | 12 |
| 3 | Radu Mîțu | Milsami Orhei | 11 |
| 3 | Alexei Coșelev | Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga (6) & FC Tiraspol (5) | 11 |
| 5 | Denis Rusu | Zimbru Chișinău | 8 |
| 6 | Georgi Georgiev | FC Tiraspol | 6 |
| 7 | Artiom Gaiduchevici | Dacia Chișinău | 5 |
| 8 | Ghenadie Moșneaga | Zaria Bălți | 3 |
| 8 | Anatolii Chirinciuc | Zimbru Chișinău | 3 |
| 8 | Dmitri Radu | Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 3 |
| 8 | Matías Omar Degra | Sheriff Tiraspol | 3 |

## Disciplinary

    As of 22 May 2015
| Rank | Player | Club | | | | Points |
| 1 | Eugen Celeadnic | Academia Chișinău | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Yacouba Hamba | FC Saxan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Victor Mudrac | Dinamo-Auto | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Kouassi Kouadja | FC Saxan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Andrei Novicov | FC Tiraspol | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Vladimir Cheptenari | Zaria Bălți | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Akhmet Barakhoyev | Dacia Chișinău | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Maxim Boghiu | Academia Chișinău | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Yevhen Smyrnov | FC Tiraspol | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Kyrylo Sydorenko | FC Tiraspol | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Alexandru Cheltuială | Academia Chișinău | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Volodymyr Zastavnyi | Dacia Chișinău | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Maksym Havrylenko | Dacia Chișinău | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Vitalie Grijuc | Zaria Bălți | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Adil Rhaili | Milsami Orhei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Gheorghe Andronic | Milsami Orhei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Ricardinho | Sheriff Tiraspol | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Alexandru Onică | Zimbru Chișinău | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Victor Truhanov | FC Saxan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Denis Iliescu | Dinamo-Auto | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Maxim Focşa | Dinamo-Auto(3) & Academia Chișinău (2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

## Fair-Play Award

    As of 20 May 2015
| Rank | Club | | | | Points | Worst Disciplinary Player |
| 1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 29 | 1 | 1 | 34 | Ricardinho (5 point's) |
| 2 | Zaria Bălți | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Vladimir Cheptenari (6 point's) |
| 3 | Milsami Orhei | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 | Adil Rhaili, Gheorghe Andronic (5 point's) |
| 4 | Dacia Chișinău | 41 | 0 | 1 | 44 | Akhmet Barakhoyev (6 point's) |
| 5 | Tiraspol | 43 | 1 | 0 | 45 | Andrei Novicov (6 point's) |
| 6 | Zimbru Chișinău | 44 | 1 | 0 | 46 | Alexandru Onică (6 point's) |
| 7 | Saxan | 37 | 2 | 3 | 50 | Yacouba Hamba (8 point's) |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 49 | 2 | 0 | 53 | Victor Mudrac (7 point's) |
| 9 | Academia Chișinău | 43 | 4 | 2 | 57 | Eugen Celeadnic (9 point's) |
Points are allocated points to each yellow (1 point), two yellow (2 points) and red card (3 points) for ranking purposes. This does not represent any official rankings.

## Attendance

    As of 22 May 2015
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 23,600 | 4,000 | 600 | 2,300 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 14,980 | 2,800 | 480 | 1,640 | +86.2%$^†$ |
| 3 | Milsami Orhei | 13,650 | 3,000 | 300 | 1,650 | +94.1%$^†$ |
| 4 | Zimbru Chișinău | 11,900 | 3,800 | 200 | 2,000 | −14.9%$^†$ |
| 5 | Zaria Bălți | 6,600 | 1,500 | 100 | 800 | −38.5%$^†$ |
| 6 | Tiraspol | 3,520 | 850 | 100 | 475 | +26.7%$^†$ |
| 7 | Dacia Chișinău | 3,400 | 600 | 100 | 350 | −30.0%$^†$ |
| 8 | Academia Chișinău | 3,250 | 600 | 50 | 325 | +18.2%$^†$ |
| 9 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 1,700 | 300 | 50 | 175 | −30.0%$^†$ |
| | League total | 82,600 | 4,000 | 50 | 2,025 | −10.0%$^†$ |
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