# 2009–10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season

The 2009–10 Moldovan National Division season was FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 12th Moldovan National Division season, during which they retained the League and Cup titles. Sheriff were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League at the Third Qualifying round by Olympiacos, dropping into the UEFA Europa League, where they finished third in their group.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 May 2010
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Dmitri Stajila | GK | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 20) | | 2007 |
| 25 | Vladislav Stoyanov | GK | (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 22) | Chernomorets Burgas | 2010 |
| | Alexandru Melenciuc | GK | (1979-03-20)20 March 1979 (aged 31) | Tiraspol | 2006 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | DF | (1971-08-25)25 August 1971 (aged 38) | Locomotive Tbilisi | 1999 |
| 6 | Alexandru Scripcenco | DF | (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 19) | | 2009 |
| 13 | Serghei Diulgher | DF | (1991-03-21)21 March 1991 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 |
| 16 | Artyom Khachaturov | DF | (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2009 |
| 18 | Constantin Arbănaș | DF | (1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 26) | Gloria Bistrița | 2006 |
| 20 | Rustam Tsynya | DF | (1991-06-17)17 June 1991 (aged 18) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2007 |
| 26 | Miral Samardžić | DF | (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 23) | Maribor | 2010 |
| 28 | Nadson | DF | (1984-10-18)18 October 1984 (aged 25) | Nacional | 2005 |
| 30 | Vladimir Branković | DF | (1985-09-22)22 September 1985 (aged 24) | Partizan | 2009 |
| | Vadim Costandachi | DF | (1991-09-22)22 September 1991 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2009 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Vladimir Volkov | MF | (1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 23) | OFK Beograd | 2009 |
| 7 | Baćo Nikolić | MF | (1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 24) | Lovćen | 2009 |
| 8 | Serghei Gheorghiev | MF | (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2008 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | MF | (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 20) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2007 |
| 11 | Žarko Korać | MF | (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 22) | Zeta | 2010 |
| 14 | Wilfried Balima | MF | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 25) | US Ouagadougou | 2005 |
| 17 | Florent Rouamba | MF | (1986-12-31)31 December 1986 (aged 23) | ASFA Yennenga | 2006 |
| 19 | Marko Đurović | MF | (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 22) | Lovćen | 2010 |
| 22 | Luis Antonio Rodríguez | MF | (1985-03-04)4 March 1985 (aged 25) | Temperley | 2008 |
| 23 | Eduard Hoderean | MF | (1990-01-07)7 January 1990 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2009 |
| 27 | Vitalie Bulat | MF | (1987-09-14)14 September 1987 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2003 |
| 44 | Miloš Adamović | MF | (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 21) | OFK Beograd | 2010 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Jymmy | FW | (1984-04-15)15 April 1984 (aged 26) | Spartak Trnava | 2009 |
| 21 | Amath Diedhiou | FW | (1989-11-19)19 November 1989 (aged 20) | | 2009 |
| | Constantin Mandrîcenco | FW | (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 4 | Djibril Paye | DF | (1990-02-26)26 February 1990 (aged 20) | | 2008 |
| 15 | Ihar Karpovich | DF | (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 21) | Lida | 2007 |
| | Fred | MF | (1986-07-22)22 July 1986 (aged 23) | | |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Stanislav Namașco | GK | (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 23) | Tiraspol | 2008 |
| 2 | Serjão | DF | (1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 24) | CRAC | 2008 |
| 4 | Andrei Verbetchi | MF | | | |
| 7 | Andrei Corneencov | MF | (1982-04-01)1 April 1982 (aged 28) | Tiraspol | 2006 |
| 11 | Alexandru Suvorov | MF | (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 23) | Tiraspol | 2009 |
| 19 | Victor Truhanov | MF | (1991-01-30)30 January 1991 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2008 |
| 24 | Abdoul-Gafar Mamah | DF | (1985-08-24)24 August 1985 (aged 24) | US Ouagadougou | 2005 |
| 88 | Aliaksei Kuchuk | MF | (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 23) | loan from Kuban Krasnodar | 2009 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GUI | Djibril Paye (at Tiraspol) |
| 15 | DF | BLR | Ihar Karpovich (at Partizan Minsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Fred (at Tiraspol) |

## Transfer
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 2009 | DF | Rustam Tsynya | Chornomorets Odesa | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | MF | Vadim Costandachi | Youth Team | Free |
| Summer 2009 | MF | Andrei Verbetchi | Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol | End of Season |
| Summer 2009 | MF | Vladimir Branković | Partizan | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | FW | Jymmy | Spartak Trnava | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | FW | Amath Diedhiou | | |
| Winter 2010 | GK | Vladislav Stoyanov | Chernomorets Burgas | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | DF | Miral Samardžić | Maribor | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Eduard Hoderean | Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Marko Đurović | Lovćen | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Žarko Korać | Zeta | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Miloš Adamović | Beograd | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | FW | Baćo Nikolić | Lovćen | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 15 July 2009 | DF | Kwami Eninful | US Monastir | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | DF | Gheorghi Nicologlo | Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | DF | Ionuț Rada | FCM Bacău | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | FW | Serghei Alexeev | Aarau | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2009 | FW | Igor Picușceac | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | GK | Stanislav Namașco | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | DF | Serjão | Mixto | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | DF | Abdoul-Gafar Mamah | Alania Vladikavkaz | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Andrei Corneencov | Tobol | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Victor Truhanov | Iskra-Stal | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | MF | Andrei Verbetchi | Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2010 | FW | Alexandru Suvorov | Cracovia | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer 2009 | FW | | Aliaksei Kuchuk | Kuban Krasnodar | Winter 2010 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2009 | DF | Djibril Paye | Tiraspol | End of Season |
| Summer 2009 | MF | Fred | Tiraspol | End of Season |
| Winter 2010 | DF | Ihar Karpovich | Partizan Minsk | Winter 2010 |

## Competitions
### National Division
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sheriff Tiraspol (C) | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 8 | +67 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Olimpia Bălți | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Zimbru Chișinău | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 59 | |
| 5 | Dacia Chișinău | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since Sheriff, winners of the 2009–10 Moldovan Cup, also won the league, Dacia will enter the first and Iskra-Stal the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | TWE | SHF | STE |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Twente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 30 May 2010

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Divizia Naţională | Divizia Naţională | Moldovan Cup | Moldovan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | MF | SRB | Vladimir Volkov | 38 | 9 | 18+10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MDA | Alexandru Scripcenco | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MNE | Baćo Nikolić | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MDA | Serghei Gheorghiev | 14 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Jymmy | 26 | 14 | 16+5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 35 | 11 | 22+6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MNE | Žarko Korać | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MDA | Dmitri Stajila | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MDA | Sergey Dulgher | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BFA | Wilfried Balima | 30 | 4 | 14+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | MDA | Artiom Haceaturov | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BFA | Florent Rouamba | 33 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Constantin Arbănaș | 28 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MNE | Marko Đurović | 8 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Rustam Tsynya | 19 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SEN | Amath Diedhiou | 37 | 7 | 17+9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Luis Antonio Rodríguez | 27 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MDA | Eduard Hoderean | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | BUL | Vladislav Stoyanov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SVN | Miral Samardžić | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MDA | Vitalie Bulat | 35 | 3 | 13+17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Nadson | 27 | 4 | 20+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SRB | Vladimir Branković | 24 | 3 | 20+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Miloš Adamović | 14 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | MDA | Alexandru Melenciuc | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MDA | Vadim Costandachi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | MDA | Constantin Mandrîcenco | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sheriff on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | BLR | Ihar Karpovich | 12 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sheriff during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Serjão | 17 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | MDA | Andrei Verbetchi | 16 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MDA | Andrei Corneencov | 20 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MDA | Alexandru Suvorov | 22 | 3 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MDA | Victor Truhanov | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TOG | Abdoul-Gafar Mamah | 14 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BLR | Aliaksei Kuchuk | 20 | 7 | 7+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | National Division | Moldovan Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Jymmy | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 3 | Vladimir Volkov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 88 | Aliaksei Kuchuk | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 21 | Amath Diedhiou | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Wilfried Balima | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 28 | Nadson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Alexandru Suvorov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 27 | Vitalie Bulat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 30 | Vladimir Branković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 17 | Florent Rouamba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Andrei Corneencov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | 8 | Serghei Gheorghiev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 44 | Miloš Adamović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | 8 | Constantin Mandricenco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 19 | Victor Truhanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 2 | Serjão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 18 | Constantin Arbănaș | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 19 | Marko Đurović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 7 | Baćo Nikolić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 23 | Eduard Hoderean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 75 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 90 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | National Division | National Division | Moldovan Cup | Moldovan Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Vladimir Volkov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Baćo Nikolić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jymmy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Wilfried Balima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Artiom Haceaturov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Florent Rouamba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Constantin Arbănaș | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Marko Đurović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Rustam Tsynya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Amath Diedhiou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Luis Antonio Rodríguez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Eduard Hoderean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Vitalie Bulat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Nadson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Vladimir Branković | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Miloš Adamović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from Sheriff Tiraspol on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | Ihar Karpovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Andrei Verbetchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Andrei Corneencov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Alexandru Suvorov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Abdoul-Gafar Mamah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Aliaksei Kuchuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 89 | 2 |