Moldova national football team: Difference between revisions

Moldova
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	[[[Football Association of Moldova\|Federația Moldovenească de Fotbal]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Dobrovolski
Captain	Alexandru Epureanu
Most caps	Alexandru Epureanu (75)
Top scorer	Serghei Cleșcenco (11)
Home stadium	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
FIFA code	MDA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	164 (12 January 2017)
Highest	37 (April 2008)
Lowest	173 (October 2016)
First international
	Moldova 2–4 Georgia ; (Chişinău, Moldova; July 2, 1991)
Biggest win
	Moldova 5–0 Pakistan ; (Amman, Jordan; August 18, 1992)
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 6–0 Moldova ; (Gothenburg, Sweden; June 6, 2001)

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 10:04, 2 March 2017

The Moldova national football team (Template:Lang-ro) represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Moldova, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău and their head coach is Igor Dobrovolski. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on July 2, 1991.

Two of their three best results in the 1990s years, came during the qualifiers for the Euro 96, with wins over Georgia (1–0) in Tbilisi and Wales (3–2) in Chișinău. In 2007 Moldova obtained a very good result, beating Hungary 3–0 in Chișinău in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Their best recent result was a 5–2 win over Montenegro during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The team has never qualified for the final stages of the European Championship or the FIFA World Cup.

Following Moldova's 4–0 defeat to England in September 1997, the British writer and comedian Tony Hawks travelled to Moldova to challenge and beat all 11 Moldovan international footballers at tennis. The feature film version of the book of the same name, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, was filmed in and around Chișinău in May and June 2010 and was released in the spring of 2012.

History

The Moldovan Football Federation was founded in 1990. However, Moldova did not play an official international match until 1991, when Moldova lost to Georgia.

Moldova's first attempt to qualify for the FIFA World Cup was in 1998, but they failed to qualify.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930–1938	Part of Romania
1950–1990	Part of Soviet Union
1994	Did Not Enter
1998	Did Not Qualify
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined
Total		0/20

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960–1992	Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
Total		0/15

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D table

Fixtures and results

Recent results

Friendly match

24 March 2016

14:00 CET

Friendly

Malta	0 – 0	Moldova
	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Friendly match

28 March 2016

17:00 CEST

Friendly

Andorra	0–1	Moldova
	Report	Armaș 45+2'

Ta' Qali National Stadium

Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

Friendly match

27 May 2016

20:30 CEST

Friendly

Croatia	1–0	Moldova
Kramarić 9'	Report

Gradski Stadion

Attendance: 3,974

Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Friendly match

3 June 2016

18:00 CEST

Friendly

Switzerland	2–1	Moldova
Namașco 12' (o.g.) Mehmedi 75'	Report	Gînsari 69'

Cornaredo Stadium

Attendance: 5,700

Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

5 September 2016

19:45 BST

Wales	4–0	Moldova
Vokes 38'Allen 44' Bale 51', 90+5' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Cardiff City Stadium

Attendance: 31,731

Referee: Liran Liany (Israel )

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

6 October 2016

21:45 EEST

2018 World Cup qualification

Moldova	0–3	Serbia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kostić 19' Ivanović 37' Tadić 59'

Zimbru Stadium

Attendance: 6,192

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus )

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

9 October 2016

21:45 EEST

2018 World Cup qualification

Moldova	1–3	Republic of Ireland
Bugaiov 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Long 2' McClean 69', 76'

Zimbru Stadium

Attendance: 6,089

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

12 November 2016

21:00 GET

Georgia	1 – 1	Moldova
Qazaishvili 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gațcan 78'

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Attendance: 43,869

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Friendly match

17 January 2017

16:00

Qatar	1 – 1	Moldova
Soria 3'		Cojocari 25'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

Referee: Omar Mubarak Mazaroua Al Yaqoubi (Oman)

Upcoming fixtures

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

24 March 2017

20:45 CET

Austria	–	Moldova

Ernst-Happel-Stadion

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

11 June 2017

19:00 EEST

Moldova	–	Georgia

Zimbru Stadium

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

2 September 2017

18:00 CEST

Serbia	–	Moldova

TBD

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

5 September 2017

21:45 EEST

Moldova	–	Wales

Zimbru Stadium

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

6 October 2017

19:45 BST

Republic of Ireland	–	Moldova

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

9 October 2017

21:45 EEST

Moldova	–	Austria

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Georgia on November 12, 2016.
Caps and goals are correct as of November 12, 2016 after the game against Georgia.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Stanislav Namașco	(1986-11-10) 10 November 1986 (age 38)	43	0	Levadiakos
1GK	Ilie Cebanu	(1986-12-29) 29 December 1986 (age 37)	24	0	Mordovia Saransk

2DF	Alexandru Epureanu (Captain)	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)	76	8	İstanbul Başakşehir
2DF	Victor Golovatenco	(1984-04-28) 28 April 1984 (age 40)	74	4	Zaria Bălți
2DF	Vitalie Bordian	(1984-08-11) 11 August 1984 (age 40)	42	1	Sheriff Tiraspol
2DF	Petru Racu	(1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 37)	39	1	Milsami Orhei
2DF	Vadim Bolohan	(1986-08-15) 15 August 1986 (age 38)	18	0	Milsami Orhei
2DF	Ion Jardan	(1990-01-10) 10 January 1990 (age 34)	15	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
2DF	Veaceslav Posmac	(1990-11-07) 7 November 1990 (age 34)	14	1	Dacia Chișinău
2DF	Cătălin Carp	(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 31)	11	1	Ufa
2DF	Andrian Cașcaval	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37)	8	0	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

3MF	Alexandru Gațcan	(1984-03-27) 27 March 1984 (age 40)	53	4	Rostov
3MF	Alexandru Antoniuc	(1989-05-23) 23 May 1989 (age 35)	24	3	Milsami Orhei
3MF	Gheorghe Andronic	(1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 33)	9	1	Milsami Orhei
3MF	Maxim Mihaliov	(1986-08-22) 22 August 1986 (age 38)	7	0	Zaria Bălți
3MF	Vladislav Ivanov	(1990-05-07) 7 May 1990 (age 34)	5	0	Unattached
3MF	Eugen Zasavitchi	(1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 32)	1	0	GKS Tychy

4FW	Igor Bugaiov	(1984-06-26) 26 June 1984 (age 40)	47	9	Zaria Bălți
4FW	Eugen Sidorenco	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)	32	7	Milsami Orhei
4FW	Radu Gînsari	(1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 33)	12	1	Sheriff Tiraspol

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nicolae Calancea	(1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 38)	18	0	CS U Craiova	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
GK	Alexei Koșelev	(1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Sheriff Tiraspol	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
GK	Artiom Gaiduchevici	(1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 (age 37)	8	0	Unattached	v. Andorra, 28 March 2016

DF	Igor Armaș	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 37)	51	4	Kuban Krasnodar	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
DF	Denis Ilescu	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37)	4	0	Dacia Chișinău	v. Switzerland, 3 June 2016
DF	Sergiu Cojocari	(1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Unattached	v. Andorra, 28 March 2016

MF	Eugeniu Cebotaru	(1984-10-16) 16 October 1984 (age 40)	49	1	Sibir Novosibirsk	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
MF	Alexandru Dedov	(1989-07-26) 26 July 1989 (age 35)	36	2	Milsami Orhei	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
MF	Andrei Cojocari	(1987-01-21) 21 January 1987 (age 37)	26	1	Milsami Orhei	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
MF	Maxim Antoniuc	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)	7	0	Academia Chișinău	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
MF	Artur Ioniță	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34)	24	2	Cagliari	v. Wales, 5 September 2016
MF	Eugeniu Cociuc	(1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 (age 31)	2	0	Zilina	v. Wales, 5 September 2016
MF	Valeriu Andronic	(1982-12-21) 21 December 1982 (age 41)	36	4	Unattached	v. Switzerland, 3 June 2016
MF	Danu Spătaru	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)	5	0	Dinamo București	v. Switzerland, 3 June 2016
MF	Andrei Bugneac	(1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 (age 36)	4	0	Andijan	v. Switzerland, 3 June 2016
MF	Vladimir Ambros	(1993-12-30) 30 December 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Petrocub Hîncești	v. Switzerland, 3 June 2016
MF	Alexandru Suvorov	(1987-02-02) 2 February 1987 (age 37)	50	7	Zaria Bălți	v. Andorra, 28 March 2016

FW	Vitalie Damașcan	(1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Zimbru Chișinău	v. Republic of Ireland, 9 October 2016
FW	Igor Picușceac	(1983-03-27) 27 March 1983 (age 41)	24	3	Zaria Bălți	v. Wales, 5 September 2016
FW	Nicolae Milinceanu	(1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 32)	7	0	Granit Mikashevichi	v. Switzerland, 3 June 2016
FW	Vadim Cemîrtan	(1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37)	2	0	Bunyodkor	v. Andorra, 28 March 2016

Player history

Players in bold are still active.

Last match updated was against Serbia on 7 October 2016.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Alexandru Epureanu	75
2	Radu Rebeja	74
3	Victor Golovatenco	73
4	Serghei Cleșcenco	69
5	Ion Testemițanu	56
6	Valeriu Catinsus	55
7	Serghei Rogaciov	52
8	Alexandru Gațcan	51
9	Alexandru Suvorov	50
9	Igor Armaș	50

49–40 Appearances (12 players)

39–30 Appearances (14 players)

29–20 Appearances (23 players)

19–10 Appearances (27 players)

9–1 Appearances (110 players)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Serghei Cleșcenco	11
2	Serghei Rogaciov	9
3	Sergiu Dadu	8
	Iurie Miterev	8
	Alexandru Epureanu	8
6	Igor Bugaiov	7
	Alexandr Suvorov	7
	Viorel Frunză	7
	Eugen Sidorenco	7
10	Serghei Alexeev	6

4 goals (4 players)

Serghei Alexeev

Valeriu Andronic

3 goals (6 players)

2 goals (13 players)

Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Evgheni Hmaruc	11
2	Stanislav Namașco	10
3	Vasile Coșelev	6
3	Serghei Dinov	6
5	Artiom Gaiduchevici	5
6	Nicolae Calancea	4
6	Ilie Cebanu	4
8	Denis Romanenco	3
9	Alexei Jmurco	1
9	Alexandru Melenciuc	1

Moldova all-time record against all nations

Last match updated was against Republic of Ireland on 9 October 2016.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Georgia	10	4	2	4	11	14	−3	40%
Azerbaijan	9	3	4	2	8	6	+2	33.33%
Lithuania	8	2	4	2	9	11	−2	25%
Turkey	8	0	2	6	2	18	−16	0%
Belarus	7	2	2	3	7	10	−3	28.57%
Hungary	7	1	2	4	6	10	−4	14.29%
Sweden	7	0	0	7	3	20	−17	0%
Malta	7	3	3	1	7	6	+1	42.86%
Poland	6	0	1	5	2	10	−8	0%
Estonia	5	1	1	3	1	3	−2	20%
Greece	5	0	1	4	2	9	−7	0%
Israel	5	0	2	3	3	7	−4	0%
San Marino	5	5	0	0	12	0	+12	100%
Ukraine	5	0	2	3	3	6	−3	0%
Romania	5	0	1	4	3	12	−9	0%
Armenia	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	25%
England	4	0	0	4	0	16	−16	0%
Finland	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	25%
Germany	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0%
Italy	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0%
Luxembourg	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	25%
Netherlands	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0%
Norway	4	0	1	4	1	6	−5	0%
Kazakhstan	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	50%
Austria	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	25%
Montenegro	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	25%
Andorra	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	75%
Albania	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	0%
Latvia	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	33.33%
North Macedonia	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	0%
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	33.33%
Russia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	0%
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0%
Wales	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	33.33%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	50%
Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0%
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0%
Jordan	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50%
Northern Ireland	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0%
Scotland	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	0%
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0%
United States	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	0%
Liechtenstein	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	0%
Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0%
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%
Canada	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Congo	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Cyprus	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0%
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0%
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50%
Iraq	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100%
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100%
Sudan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0%
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0%
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%
Total	204	42	48	114	173	328	−155	20.69%

Managers

^[1]

Period	Coach	Played	Win	Drawn	Loss	% Won
1991–1992	Ion Caras	2	0	1	1	0%
1992	Eugen Piunovschi	5	3	0	2	60%
1992–1997	Ion Caras	27	5	3	19	18.52%
1998–1999	Ivan Danilianț	14	2	7	5	14.29%
1999–2001	Alexandru Mațiura	17	4	4	9	23.53%
2001	Alexandru Spiridon	4	1	0	3	25%
2002–2006	Viktor Pasulko	35	7	8	20	20%
2006–2007	Anatol Teslev	6	1	2	3	16.67%
2007–2009	Igor Dobrovolski	30	7	9	14	23.33%
2010–2011	Gavril Balint	18	5	2	11	27.78%
2012–2014	Ion Caras	27	6	7	14	22.22%
2014–2015	Alexandru Curtianu	10	0	4	6	0%
2015	Ștefan Stoica	4	0	0	4	0%
2016	Igor Dobrovolski	6	1	1	4	16.67%

Current sponsorship

The Official kit provider is currently manufactured by German sports company Jako since 2000.

Official sponsors: Bere Chișinău, Jako, Rusnac, Infront Sports & Media (Moldova), Bemol, iTicket (Moldova), Vizită, Orange (Moldova)

References

^ "Moldova national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

External links

[1] "Moldova national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

[1]

@@ Line 153: / Line 153: @@
 ===Recent results===
-----
-[[Friendly match]]
-<span id="Azerbaijan v Moldova"></span>{{football box
-|date = 17 November 2015
-|time = 18:00 [[UTC+3]]
-|team1 = {{fb-rt|AZE}}
-|score = 2 – 1
-|report = [http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/11/17/world/friendlies/azerbaijan/moldova/2141173/ Report]
-|team2 = {{fb|MDA}}
-|goals1 = [[Cătălin Carp|Carp]] {{goal|32|o.g.}}<br/>[[Ağabala Ramazanov|Ramazanov]] {{goal|49}}
-|goals2 = {{goal|44}} [[Alexandru Antoniuc|Antoniuc]]
-|stadium = [[Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu]], [[Baku]]
-|attendance =
-|referee = Lasha Silagava ([[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]]) }}
 ----
 [[Friendly match]]

v t e Football in Moldova
Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
National teams	Men's U-21 U-19 U-17 Women's U-19 U-17
League system	Super Liga Liga 1 Liga 2 (North & South) Women's League
Domestic cups	Moldovan Cup Moldovan Super Cup Moldovan Women's Cup
List of clubs List of leagues List of stadiums

v t e International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline
World (FIFA)	FIFA World Cup U-20 U-17 FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Gold Cup Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games
Asia (AFC)	AFC Asian Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 AFC Challenge Cup AFC Solidarity Cup Asian Games Regional ASEAN CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Arabian Gulf Cup East Asian Games Far Eastern Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
Africa (CAF)	CAF Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 CAF African Nations Championship African Games Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNIFFAC WAFU Central African Games Indian Ocean Island Games
North America (CONCACAF)	CONCACAF Gold Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Championship CONCACAF Nations League CONCACAF Cup NAFC Championship CCCF Championship Central America and Caribbean Games Regional North American Nations Cup Copa Centroamericana CFU Championship Caribbean Cup LIFA Cup WIFA Cup Central America Games
South America (CONMEBOL)	CONMEBOL Copa América U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 South American Games Regional Bolivarian Games
Oceania (OFC)	OFC Nations Cup U-23 U-19 U-17 Regional Melanesia Cup Polynesia Cup Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games
Europe (UEFA)	UEFA European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 UEFA Nations League Regional Central European Cup Balkan Cup Baltic Cup British Home Championship Nordic Championship
Inter-Continental	CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions CPF Panamerican Championship CAF-AFC Afro-Asian Cup of Nations AFC–OFC Challenge Cup FIFA Arab Cup Palestine Cup Kuneitra Cup Overseas Cup Afro-Asian Games Arab Games Francophone Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Islamic Games Islamic Solidarity Games Lusofonia Games Mediterranean Cup Mediterranean Games Pan American Games
Non-FIFA	CONIFA World Football Cup CONIFA European Football Cup CONIFA South America Football Cup CONIFA Africa Football Cup FIFI Wild Cup UIAFA Great European Tournament Island Games Micronesian Games Universiade World Unity Football Alliance
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football

Revision as of 10:04, 2 March 2017

History

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Fixtures and results

Recent results

Upcoming fixtures

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Player history

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Clean Sheets

Moldova all-time record against all nations

Managers

Current sponsorship

See also

References

External links