2025–26 Moldovan Liga

Liga
Season2025–26
Dates21 June 2025 – 17 May 2026
ChampionsPetrocub
2nd title
RelegatedSpartanii Sportul
Champions LeaguePetrocub
Europa LeagueSheriff
Conference LeagueZimbru
Milsami
Matches114
Goals336 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerDzianis Kazlouski
(20 goals)
Best goalkeeperSilviu Șmalenea
Emil Tîmbur
(10 clean sheets each)
Biggest home winZimbru 7–0 Politehnica UTM
(3 August 2025)
Biggest away winSpartanii Sportul 0–8 Petrocub
(30 November 2025)

The 2025–26 Moldovan Liga was the 35th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The league started on 21 June 2025 and ended on 17 May 2026. Milsami Orhei were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League, the third placed club earned a spot in the second qualifying round and the fourth placed club in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Bălți Dacia Buiucani [n 1] Milsami Petrocub
Bălți Stadium Nisporeni Stadium
UEFA StarStar		 District Complex
UEFA StarStar		 Hîncești Stadium
Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 1,633
Politehnica UTM [n 2] Sheriff
Suruceni Stadium Sheriff small Arena [n 4]
UEFA StarStarStar
Capacity: 350 Capacity: 9,181
Spartanii Sportul [n 5] Zimbru
Suruceni Stadium Zimbru Stadium [n 6]
UEFA StarStarStarStar
Capacity: 350 Capacity: 10,104

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit maker Kit sponsors
Main Other(s)
Bălți Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac [note 2] Argentina Álvaro Bely [note 3] Joma None
Dacia Buiucani Moldova Viorel Frunză [note 5] Moldova Maxim Focșa [note 6] Joma Primăria Chișinău
List
    • Back: Art Sport, BYD Horizon Auto
    • Sleeves: OM, Intact Asigurări
    • Shorts: Creatlon
Milsami Moldova Igor Picușceac [note 7] Bosnia and Herzegovina Filip Dujmović [note 8] Macron None
Petrocub Georgia (country) Shota Makharadze Moldova Vladimir Ambros [note 9] Puma Ebury
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: CUN Auto Rentals
    • Shorts: None
Sheriff Moldova Victor Mihailov [note 10] Burkina Faso Cyrille Bayala [note 11] Adidas None
Zimbru Belarus Oleg Kubarev Moldova Mihail Ștefan [note 12] Macron Nova Post, ProPay
List
    • Back: Geosport
    • Sleeves: A.M.G, apă pură
    • Shorts: Vadalex agro
Politehnica UTM Belarus Vitali Rashkevich [note 13] Moldova Alexandru Mardari [note 14] Joma None
Spartanii Sportul Moldova Igor Ursachi [note 16] Moldova Dan Spătaru [note 17] Macron [n 7] None

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Incoming manager Date of appointment
Petrocub Romania Andrei Prepeliță Mutual consent 22 May 2025[1] Pre-season Georgia (country) Shota Makharadze 1 June 2025[2]
Zimbru Turkey Hikmet Karaman 5 June 2025[3] Belarus Oleg Kubarev 8 June 2025[4]
Politehnica UTM Moldova Ilie Pinteac Change of role 31 July 2025 7th Belarus Vitali Rashkevich 31 July 2025[5]
Spartanii Sportul Moldova Igor Ursachi 29 August 2025 Moldova Adrian Sosnovschi 29 August 2025[6]
Sheriff Moldova Victor Mihailov 3 September 2025 1st Belarus Vadim Skripchenko 3 September 2025[7]
Belarus Vadim Skripchenko Mutual consent 5 November 2025[8] 2nd Moldova Victor Mihailov 5 November 2025
Dacia Buiucani Moldova Viorel Frunză 5 December 2025[9] 6th Moldova Igor Negrescu 12 January 2026[10]
Milsami Moldova Igor Picușceac 21 January 2026[11] 4th Moldova Vladimir Gudev 29 January 2026[12]
Moldova Vladimir Gudev Resigned 18 April 2026[13] Moldova Alexei Savinov 24 April 2026[14]

Phase I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Petrocub Hîncești 21 14 6 1 44 14 +30 48 Qualification to Phase II
2 Zimbru Chișinău 21 13 5 3 52 21 +31 44
3 Sheriff Tiraspol 21 13 2 6 43 17 +26 41
4 Milsami Orhei 21 11 4 6 42 25 +17 37
5 Bălți 21 8 5 8 27 29 −2 29
6 Dacia Buiucani 21 4 3 14 24 39 −15 15
7 Politehnica UTM 21 4 1 16 24 61 −37 13 Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II
8 Spartanii Sportul 21 3 2 16 13 63 −50 11
Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.[15]

Results

For matches 1–14, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 15–21, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away).

Home \ Away BĂL DAC MIL PET POL SHE SPA ZIM BĂL DAC MIL PET POL SHE SPA ZIM
Bălți — 0–0 3–3 0–1 3–2 0–3 4–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–1 — — — — 1–3
Dacia Buiucani 2–3 — 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 5–1 0–3 — — 0–2 — — 0–4 0–1 2–2
Milsami Orhei 2–1 3–2 — 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 — — — 1–2 — 1–0 0–0 0–3
Petrocub Hîncești 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 — — 4–1 4–2 — —
Politehnica UTM 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–5 — 0–4 4–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–5 — — 1–2 — —
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 — 5–1 2–3 1–2 — — — — — 5–0 0–1
Spartanii Sportul 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–3 — 0–6 2–0 — — 0–8 1–2 — — —
Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 7–0 2–0 5–0 — — — — 0–0 4–2 — 2–3 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Phase II

Points gained between the top 6 teams in Phase I are halved, rounded downwards, and no other records are carried over.[a]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Petrocub Hîncești (C) 10 8 1 1 20 3 +17 40 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Sheriff Tiraspol 10 7 2 1 14 5 +9 34 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
3 Zimbru Chișinău 10 5 3 2 18 11 +7 32 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4 Milsami Orhei 10 2 3 5 5 13 −8 19 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
5 Bălți 10 2 2 6 4 15 −11 16
6 Dacia Buiucani 10 0 1 9 6 20 −14 2
Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.[15]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Petrocub started with 15 points, Zimbru with 14, Sheriff with 11, Milsami with 10, Bălți with 8, Dacia Buiucani with 1.
  2. ↑ Sheriff Tiraspol qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the 2025–26 Moldovan Cup winners.

Results

For matches 1–10, each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away PET ZIM SHE MIL BĂL DAC
Petrocub Hîncești — 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
Zimbru Chișinău 1–1 — 2–2 3–1 4–1 3–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 1–0 — 3–1 2–0 2–0
Milsami Orhei 0–3 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
Bălți 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 — 0–0
Dacia Buiucani 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[16]
1 Belarus Dzianis Kazlouski Zimbru 20
2 Moldova Petru Popescu Petrocub 15
3 Moldova Andrei Cobeț Milsami 9
Brazil Zé Flores Sheriff (2) & Bălți (7)
Moldova Ion Jardan Petrocub
6 Albania Amarildo Gjoni Sheriff 8
Moldova Vladimir Fratea Zimbru
8 Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 7
Moldova Marin Căruntu Bălți (1) & Dacia Buiucani (6)
10 Mauritania Ndiaga Yade Sheriff 6
Colombia Jayder Asprilla Sheriff
Moldova Mihai Lupan Petrocub
Mali Sibiry Keita Milsami
Sierra Leone Samuel Gandi Politehnica UTM
Moldova Vlad Lupașco Dacia Buiucani
Moldova Victor Bogaciuc Petrocub

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Moldova Marin Căruntu4Dacia BuiucaniSpartanii Sportul5–1 (H)21 June 2025
Israel Guy DahanZimbruSpartanii Sportul6–0 (A)13 July 2025
Mauritania Ndiaga YadeSheriffSpartanii Sportul5–0 (H)19 October 2025
Belarus Dzianis KazlouskiZimbruBălți3–1 (A)9 November 2025
Moldova Ion JardanPetrocubSpartanii Sportul8–0 (A)30 November 2025
Colombia Jayder AsprillaSheriffMilsami3–1 (H)11 April 2026
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Moldova Silviu Șmalenea Petrocub 10
Moldova Emil Tîmbur Sheriff (6) & Milsami (4)
3 Moldova Artur Nazarciuc Bălți 8
4 Serbia Ivan Dokić Zimbru 7
5 Moldova Victor Străistari Sheriff 6
Moldova Victor Dodon Petrocub
Bosnia and Herzegovina Filip Dujmović Milsami
8 Bulgaria Ivan Dyulgerov Sheriff 5
9 Moldova Daniel Vîrlan Spartanii Sportul 4
10 Moldova Sebastian Agachi Zimbru 3

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 12
    • Moldova Vladislav Boico (Bălți)
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Nigeria Christopher Nwaeze (Milsami)
    • Moldova Vladislav Boico (Bălți)

Club

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Dacia Buiucani are playing their home matches at the Nisporeni Stadium in Nisporeni, instead of their stadium, the Joma Arena in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.
  2. ↑ Politehnica UTM are playing their home matches at the Suruceni Stadium in Suruceni, instead of their stadium, the UTM Stadium in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.
  3. ↑ Spartanii Sportul based in Selemet, between round 1 and 10 represented Chișinău.
  4. ↑ Sheriff Arena used as home ground in round 6 (Phase I), round 8 (Phase I) and round 10 (Phase I).
    Sheriff Indoor Arena used as home ground in round 2 (Phase II) and round 3 (Phase II).
  5. ↑ Spartanii Sportul are playing their home matches at the Suruceni Stadium in Suruceni, instead of their stadium in Selemet, and until round 10 in Budești, which did not meet requirements.
  6. ↑ CPTF Stadium used as home ground in round 2 (Phase II).
  7. ↑ Joma (match 11).
  1. ↑ Veaceslav Rusnac was serving a two match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
  2. ↑ Veaceslav Rusnac (matches 1–21), Alexandr Patraman (matches 22–23) [note 1], Veaceslav Rusnac (matches 24–31).
  3. ↑ Álvaro Bely started the match as captain twenty-eight times, and Andrei Rusnac three times.
  4. ↑ Viorel Frunză was serving a two match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
  5. ↑ Viorel Frunză (matches 1–17), Cristian Cîrlan (matches 18–19) [note 4], Viorel Frunză (matches 20–21), Igor Negrescu (matches 22–31).
  6. ↑ Maxim Focșa started the match as captain twenty-one times, Ștefan Efros nine times, and Igor Lambarschi once.
  7. ↑ Igor Picușceac (matches 1–21), Vladimir Gudev (matches 22–27), Alexei Savinov (matches 28–31).
  8. ↑ Filip Dujmović started the match as captain ten times, Emil Tîmbur nine times, Vasile Jardan six times, Radu Gînsari four times, Danny Lupano once, and Abdoul Yoda once.
  9. ↑ Vladimir Ambros started the match as captain sixteen times, Ion Jardan thirteen times, Maxim Potîrniche once, and Sergiu Plătică once.
  10. ↑ Victor Mihailov (matches 1–11), Vadim Skripchenko (matches 12–18), Victor Mihailov (matches 19–31).
  11. ↑ Cyrille Bayala started the match as captain seventeen times, and Peter Ademo fourteen times.
  12. ↑ Mihail Ștefan started the match as captain twenty-two times, Ștefan Burghiu six times, and Nicolae Cebotari three times.
  13. ↑ Ilie Pinteac (matches 1–6), Vitali Rashkevich (matches 7–21).
  14. ↑ Alexandru Mardari started the match as captain eighteen times, Ovidiu David once, Artiom Dijinari once, and Cristian Gonța once.
  15. ↑ Adrian Sosnovschi was serving a two match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
  16. ↑ Igor Ursachi (matches 1–10), Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 11–16), Igor Ursachi (matches 17–18) [note 15], Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 19–21).
  17. ↑ Dan Spătaru started the match as captain seven times, Petru Leuca five times, Daniel Vîrlan four times, Leonardo Bulmaga three times, and Pavel Nazari twice.
  1. ↑ Voting on Instagram among the highest-rated players from each match based on Sofascore was not conducted. Roman Grygoryan, Tsimafei Sharkouski, Nabil Khali and Ilie Botnari received the best Sofascore ratings.[24]

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