Liga 1 is the second-level division of Moldovan Football league system, The championship is composed of 12 teams and the top two teams are promoted to the Moldovan Liga, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Moldovan Liga 2.
Former name Divizia A – 1992–2022
Current clubs
The following clubs compete in the 2026–27 season of Liga 1. ClubLocationFăleștiFăleștiIskraRîbnițaNaționalIaloveniOguzComratSpartanii SportulSelemetStăuceniStăuceniFCM UngheniUngheniUniverComratVictoriaIaloveniVulturii CutezătoriSîngereiZimbru-2Chișinău
Champions SeasonChampionsLeague Leading Goalscorers1992Nistru Otaci Igor Ursachi (Valeologia Chișinău) (19)1992–93Vilia Briceni Sergiu Varzari (Izvoraș Drăsliceni) (16)1993–94MHM 93 Chişinău Igor Ursachi (MHM-93 Chișinău) (29)1994–95Constructorul Chişinău Gabriel Rotaru (Locomotiva Basarabeasca) (31)1995–96Locomotiva Basarabeasca Alexandru Pocinciuc (Locomotiva Basarabeasca) (31)1996–97Moldova-Gaz Chişinău Dmitrii Koshakov (Moldova-Gaz Chișinău) (23)1997–98Sheriff Tiraspol Veaceslav Untilă (Dumbrava Cojușna) (23)1998–99Zimbru-2 Chişinău Veaceslav Untilă (Dumbrava Cojușna) & (Petrocub Hîncești) (23)1999–2000Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Eduard Blănuță (Petrocub Hîncești) (17)2000–01Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Andriy Nesteruk (Sheriff-2 Tiraspol) (21)2001–02Dacia Chişinău Alexandru Golban (Dacia Chişinău) (21)2002–03Tiligul Tiraspol Oleg Hromțov (Tiligul Tiraspol) (21)2003–04Steaua Chişinău Gheorghe Boghiu (Olimpia Bălți), Vladimir Șohirev (Steaua Chișinău) & Vladimir Ciubco (Iskra-Stal) (18)2004–05Dinamo Bender Gheorghe Boghiu (Olimpia Bălți) (34)2005–06Zimbru-2 Chişinău Alexandru Gheorghiev (Gagauziya) (21)2006–07Zimbru-2 Chişinău Alexandru Maximov (Rapid Ghidighici) (20)2007–08Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Artur Calinin (Viitorul Orhei) (21)2008–09Viitorul Orhei Sergiu Baran (Podiș Inești) (30)2009–10Costuleni Mihai Cojusea (Lilcora) & (Gagauziya) (33)2010–11Locomotiva Bălţi Maxim Antoniuc (Zimbru-2) (19)2011–12Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Evgeny Dovbyshenko (Speranța Crihana Veche) (23)2012–13Veris Drăgănești Viorel Frunză (Veris Drăgănești) (30)2013–14Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga Alexandru Răilean (Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni) (20)2014–15Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Vladimir Ambros (Petrocub) (25)2015–16Spicul Chișcăreni Ghenadie Orbu (Codru Lozova) (22)2016–17Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Artiom Zabun (Victoria Bardar) (21)2017Victoria Bardar Ghenadie Orbu (Victoria Bardar) (19)2018Codru Lozova Ghenadie Orbu (Victoria Bardar) (21)2019Florești Artiom Litviacov (Tighina) (30)2020–21Bălți Clement Udeh Godday (Sucleia) (25)2021–22Sheriff-2 Tiraspol Nicolai Porojniuc (FCM Ungheni) (12)2022–23Dacia Buiucani Dmitri Maneacov (Fălești), Ghenadie Orbu (Victoria Bardar), Marin Stan (Victoria Bardar) & Roman Șumchin (Spartanii Selemet) (13)2023–24Florești Eugen Sidorenco (FCM Ungheni) (15)2024–25Dacia Buiucani Bogdan Musteață (Saksan) (20)2025–26Politehnica UTM Andrei Stratan (FCM Ungheni) & Nicolae Țelic (FC Stăuceni) (17)
Performance by club
ClubWinnersWinning Years Sheriff-2 Tiraspol 7 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021–22 Zimbru-2 Chişinău 3 1999, 2006, 2007 Dacia Chișinău / Dacia Buiucani 3 2002, 2022–23, 2024–25 Florești 2 2019, 2023–24 Nistru Otaci 1 1992 Vilia Briceni 1 1993 MHM 93 Chişinău 1 1994 Constructorul Chişinău 1 1995 Locomotiva Basarabeasca 1 1996 Moldova-Gaz Chişinău 1 1997 Sheriff Tiraspol 1 1998 Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol 1 2003 Steaua Chişinău 1 2004 Dinamo Bender 1 2005 Viitorul Orhei 1 2009 Costuleni 1 2010 Locomotiva Bălţi 1 2011 Veris Drăgănești 1 2013 Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga 1 2014 Spicul Chișcăreni 1 2016 Victoria Bardar 1 2017 Codru Lozova 1 2018 Bălți 1 2020–21 Politehnica UTM 1 2025–26
References
External links Moldligue.com - Site exclusively dedicated to Moldavian Divizia A tournament Official Site Divizia-A.md - Site exclusively dedicated to Moldovan Divizia A tournament "A" Division - Moldfoodball.com "A" Division - divizia nationala