2023–24 Moldovan Super Liga

Super Liga
Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 – 18 May 2024
Champions	Petrocub; 1st title
Champions League	Petrocub
Europa League	Sheriff
Conference League	Zimbru; Milsami
Matches	86
Goals	254 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Radu Gînsari; (13 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Silviu Șmalenea; (9 clean sheets)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Super Liga was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Moldova. The league started on 5 August 2023 and ended on 18 May 2024. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions for the eighth consecutive season. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 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 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league. 6 teams from the 2022–23 season and two promoted teams from the Liga 1: Florești, returning to the top tier after one year absence and Spartanii Sportul, who played their first season in the top division.

Stadiums and locations

Bălți	Dacia Buiucani ^{[n 1]}	Florești ^{[n 2]}	Milsami
Bălți Stadium	Zimbru-2 Stadium ^{[n 3]}	Bender Stadium ^{[n 4]} UEFA	District Complex UEFA
Capacity: 5,200	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 4,981	Capacity: 3,000

Petrocub	Bălți Dacia Florești Milsami Petrocub Sheriff Spartanii Zimbru Suruceni Bender		Sheriff
Hîncești Stadium			Sheriff small Arena ^{[n 5]} UEFA
Capacity: 1,100			Capacity: 9,181

Spartanii Sportul ^{[n 6]}			Zimbru
Suruceni Stadium ^{[n 7]}			Zimbru Stadium ^{[n 8]} UEFA
Capacity: 350			Capacity: 10,104

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor
Sheriff	Roman Pylypchuk ^{[note 1]}	Ricardinho ^{[note 2]}	Adidas	none
Petrocub	Andrei Martin ^{[note 3]}	Vladimir Ambros ^{[note 4]}	Puma	none
Milsami	Vladimir Gudev	Vadim Bolohan ^{[note 5]}	Macron	none
Zimbru	Lilian Popescu	Ștefan Burghiu ^{[note 6]}	Macron	Chateau Vartely, A.M.G, apă pură
Bălți	Veaceslav Rusnac ^{[note 9]}	Ruslan Chelari ^{[note 10]}	Joma	Bălți, Floris
Dacia Buiucani	Viorel Frunză ^{[note 12]}	Eugen Zasavițchi ^{[note 13]}	Joma	Chișinău, Art Sport, OM, BP
Florești	Nicolai Țurcan ^{[note 14]}	Maxim Mihaliov ^{[note 15]}	Joma	none
Spartanii Sportul	Vlad Goian ^{[note 17]}	Roman Șumchin ^{[note 18]}	Joma	none

Phase I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	14	11	1	2	35	7	+28	34	Qualification to Phase II
2	Petrocub Hîncești	14	8	4	2	29	7	+22	28^[a]
3	Milsami Orhei	14	9	1	4	20	14	+6	28^[a]
4	Zimbru Chișinău	14	8	1	5	17	11	+6	25
5	Bălți	14	7	1	6	26	22	+4	22
6	Dacia Buiucani	14	3	3	8	14	32	−18	12
7	Florești	14	3	1	10	18	33	−15	10	Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II
8	Spartanii Sportul	14	0	2	12	9	42	−33	2	Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II

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.^[1]
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Petrocub : 4, Milsami : 1.

Results

For matches 1–14, each team plays every other team twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away	BĂL	DAC	FLO	MIL	PET	SHE	SPA	ZIM
Bălți	—	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	0–1
Dacia Buiucani	1–5	—	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–3
Florești	2–3	2–2	—	1–0	0–1	0–4	4–0	1–2
Milsami Orhei	2–1	3–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0
Petrocub Hîncești	3–0	0–0	6–0	2–0	—	0–1	3–2	0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	4–0	5–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	—	4–0	2–0
Spartanii Sportul	1–5	1–4	1–3	1–2	0–7	0–2	—	0–1
Zimbru Chișinău	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	—

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Phase II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Petrocub Hîncești (C)	10	7	3	0	30	5	+25	24	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sheriff Tiraspol	10	5	3	2	16	9	+7	18	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Zimbru Chișinău	10	5	2	3	16	12	+4	17	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Milsami Orhei	10	2	4	4	11	12	−1	10	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
5	Bălți	10	2	2	6	7	22	−15	8
6	Dacia Buiucani	10	0	4	6	6	26	−20	4

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.^[1]
(C) Champions

Results

For matches 1–10, each team plays every other team twice. Sheriff will play (7 at home and 3 away), Petrocub (6 at home and 4 away), Milsami and Zimbru (5 at home and 5 away), Bălți (4 at home and 6 away), Dacia Buiucani (3 at home and 7 away).

Home \ Away	SHE	PET	MIL	ZIM	BĂL	DAC	SHE	PET	MIL	ZIM	BĂL	DAC
Sheriff Tiraspol	—	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	3–0
Petrocub Hîncești	2–1	—	3–0	4–1	5–0	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	7–0
Milsami Orhei	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Zimbru Chișinău	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	3–0	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bălți	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dacia Buiucani	—	—	1–4	0–2	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Radu Gînsari	Milsami	13
2	Vladimir Ambros	Petrocub	10
2	Mihai Plătică	Petrocub	10
4	Amine Talal	Sheriff	8
5	Henrique Luvannor	Sheriff	7
	Nicolai Solodovnicov	Florești
	João Paulino	Zimbru
	Nicky Cleșcenco	Petrocub
	Cedric Badolo	Sheriff
	Emmanuel Alaribe	Zimbru

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[3]
1	Silviu Șmalenea	Petrocub	9
2	Nicolae Cebotari	Zimbru	8
3	Emil Tîmbur	Milsami	7
4	Razak Abalora	Petrocub (5) & Sheriff (1)	6
4	Toni Silić	Sheriff	6
6	Maksym Koval	Sheriff	4
7	Stanislav Namașco	Bălți	3
8	Igor Mostovei	Zimbru	2
8	Maxim Bardîș	Florești	2
10	Victor Străistari	Sheriff	1
10	Victor Dodon	Dacia Buiucani	1

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 7
- Igor Lambarschi (Milsami)
- Daniel Lisu (Milsami)
- Dumitru Bivol (Dacia Buiucani)

Most red cards: 2
- Vadim Paireli (Milsami)
- Ștefan Efros (Dacia Buiucani)

Club

Most yellow cards: 55
- Milsami

Fewest yellow cards: 28
- Spartanii Sportul

Most red cards: 4
- Milsami

Fewest red cards: 0^[4]

Notes

↑ Dacia Buiucani are playing their home matches at the Zimbru-2 Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their stadium, the Joma Arena in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.
↑ Florești are playing their home matches in Bender, instead of their stadium in Florești, which did not meet requirements.
↑ Joma Arena used as home ground in round 13 (Phase I) and in round 2 (Phase II).
↑ Sheriff Indoor Arena used as home ground in round 14 (Phase I).
↑ Sheriff Indoor Arena used as home ground in round 1 (Phase II) and in round 2 (Phase II).
↑ Spartanii Sportul are playing their home matches in Suruceni, instead of their stadium in Selemet, which did not meet requirements.
↑ Joma Arena used as home ground in round 14 (Phase I).
↑ CPTF Stadium used as home ground in round 14 (Phase I).

↑ Roberto Bordin (matches 1–7), Victor Mihailov (match 8), Roman Pylypchuk (matches 9–16), Victor Mihailov (matches 17–22), Yuriy Hura (matches 23–24).
↑ Ricardinho started the match as captain eleven times, Amine Talal seven times, Moussa Kyabou four times, Maksym Koval once, and Henrique Luvannor once.
↑ Ivan Tabanov (match 1), Andrei Martin (matches 2–24).
↑ Vladimir Ambros started the match as captain nineteen times, and Ion Jardan five times.
↑ Vadim Bolohan started the match as captain twenty-three times, and Radu Gînsari once.
↑ Ștefan Burghiu started the match as captain fourteen times, Alexandru Dedov five times, Denys Dedechko four times, and Nicolae Cebotari once.
↑ Veaceslav Rusnac was serving a three match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
↑ Veaceslav Rusnac was serving a three match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
↑ Alexandru Patraman (matches 1–3) ^{[note 7]}, Veaceslav Rusnac (matches 4–20), Alexandru Patraman (matches 21–23) ^{[note 8]}, Veaceslav Rusnac (match 24).
↑ Ruslan Chelari started the match as captain seventeen times, and Stanislav Namașco seven times.
↑ Andrei Martin left his position before the match and the assistant coach led the team.
↑ Andrei Martin (match 1), Andrei Vicolaș (match 2) ^{[note 11]}, Viorel Frunză (matches 3–24).
↑ Eugen Zasavițchi started the match as captain eighteen times, Ștefan Efros five times, and Mihail Țîpac once.
↑ Nicolai Țurcan (matches 1–12), Igor Ursachi (matches 13–14).
↑ Maxim Mihaliov started the match as captain six times, Ivan Voropai three times, Alexandru Suvorov twice, Vadim Cemîrtan once, Vladimir Covcenco once, and Artiom Bilinschii once.
↑ Viorel Cojocaru does not hold UEFA Pro Licence and led the team as an assistant coach.
↑ Vlad Goian (matches 1–8), Viorel Cojocaru (matches 9–14) ^{[note 16]}.
↑ Roman Șumchin started the match as captain eight times, Igor Arhirii three times, Victor Buga once, Alexei Ciopa once, and Victor Beșeti once.

References

1 2 "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2023-24" [Regulations edition 2023-24 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
↑ "Players - Super Liga". Soccerway.
↑ "Clean sheets". soccerway.com.
↑ "Discipline - Super Liga". fmf.md.

External links

[table_hth_PET0.62604654283544-27] 1 2 Head-to-head points: Petrocub : 4, Milsami : 1.

[Dacia_Buiucani-1] Dacia Buiucani are playing their home matches at the Zimbru-2 Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their stadium, the Joma Arena in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.

[Florești2-2] Florești are playing their home matches in Bender, instead of their stadium in Florești, which did not meet requirements.

[Dacia-3] Joma Arena used as home ground in round 13 (Phase I) and in round 2 (Phase II).

[Florești-4] Sheriff Indoor Arena used as home ground in round 14 (Phase I).

[Sheriff-5] Sheriff Indoor Arena used as home ground in round 1 (Phase II) and in round 2 (Phase II).

[Spartanii_Sportul-6] Spartanii Sportul are playing their home matches in Suruceni, instead of their stadium in Selemet, which did not meet requirements.

[Spartanii-7] Joma Arena used as home ground in round 14 (Phase I).

[Zimbru-8] CPTF Stadium used as home ground in round 14 (Phase I).

[9] Roberto Bordin (matches 1–7), Victor Mihailov (match 8), Roman Pylypchuk (matches 9–16), Victor Mihailov (matches 17–22), Yuriy Hura (matches 23–24).

[10] Ricardinho started the match as captain eleven times, Amine Talal seven times, Moussa Kyabou four times, Maksym Koval once, and Henrique Luvannor once.

[11] Ivan Tabanov (match 1), Andrei Martin (matches 2–24).

[12] Vladimir Ambros started the match as captain nineteen times, and Ion Jardan five times.

[13] Vadim Bolohan started the match as captain twenty-three times, and Radu Gînsari once.

[14] Ștefan Burghiu started the match as captain fourteen times, Alexandru Dedov five times, Denys Dedechko four times, and Nicolae Cebotari once.

[15] Veaceslav Rusnac was serving a three match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.

[16] Veaceslav Rusnac was serving a three match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.

[17] Alexandru Patraman (matches 1–3) ^{[note 7]}, Veaceslav Rusnac (matches 4–20), Alexandru Patraman (matches 21–23) ^{[note 8]}, Veaceslav Rusnac (match 24).

[18] Ruslan Chelari started the match as captain seventeen times, and Stanislav Namașco seven times.

[19] Andrei Martin left his position before the match and the assistant coach led the team.

[20] Andrei Martin (match 1), Andrei Vicolaș (match 2) ^{[note 11]}, Viorel Frunză (matches 3–24).

[21] Eugen Zasavițchi started the match as captain eighteen times, Ștefan Efros five times, and Mihail Țîpac once.

[22] Nicolai Țurcan (matches 1–12), Igor Ursachi (matches 13–14).

[23] Maxim Mihaliov started the match as captain six times, Ivan Voropai three times, Alexandru Suvorov twice, Vadim Cemîrtan once, Vladimir Covcenco once, and Artiom Bilinschii once.

[24] Viorel Cojocaru does not hold UEFA Pro Licence and led the team as an assistant coach.

[25] Vlad Goian (matches 1–8), Viorel Cojocaru (matches 9–14) ^{[note 16]}.

[26] Roman Șumchin started the match as captain eight times, Igor Arhirii three times, Victor Buga once, Alexei Ciopa once, and Victor Beșeti once.

[MoldovaRules-28] 1 2 "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2023-24" [Regulations edition 2023-24 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.

[Goalscorers-29] "Players - Super Liga". Soccerway.

[30] "Clean sheets". soccerway.com.

[Discipline-31] "Discipline - Super Liga". fmf.md.

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