The 2010–11 Moldovan National Division () was the 20th season of top-tier football in Moldova. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions, having won their tenth Moldovan championship, all consecutively, the previous season. The competition began on 24 July 2010.
Teams FC Costuleni and CF Gagauziya were promoted from the Moldovan "A" Division as champions and runners-up, respectively, to the National Division. None of the teams competing in the 2009–10 season were relegated, leaving 14 teams to contest the league, with one relegation place for the team finishing bottom.
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAcademia UTM ChişinăuChişinău Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău)2,888CostuleniCSR Orhei2,539GhidighiciGhidighici Stadium1,500Dacia ChişinăuChişinăuDinamo Stadium (Chişinău)2,692Dinamo BenderBenderDinamo Stadium (Bender)5,061Iskra-Stal RîbnițaRîbnițaOrăşenesc Stadium2,000Gagauziya ComratComratSuruceni Stadium2,000Milsami OrheiOrheiCSR Orhei2,539Nistru OtaciOtaciCălărăseuca Stadium2,000Olimpia BălţiBălţiOlimpia Bălţi Stadium5,953Sfîntul Gheorghe SuruceniSuruceniSuruceni Stadium2,000Sheriff TiraspolTiraspolSheriff Stadium13,460TiraspolSheriff Stadium13,460Zimbru ChişinăuChişinăuZimbru Stadium10,600
Managers and captains ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coach(es)Academia UTM Alexandru Cojuhari Eugeniu Gorceac Igor DobrovolskiCostuleni Ruslan Barburoş Denis Orbu Ilie VieruCSCA-Rapid Serghei SârbuDacia Igor Dobrovolski Ghenadie Orbu Veaceslav SemionovDinamo Iuri Hodichin Pavel MartînencoGagauziya Serghei BotnaraşIskra-Stal Vlad Goian Andrei BurcovskiMilsami Ştefan Stoica Vladimir GherasimovNistru Lilian Popescu Dumitri DolgovOlimpia Nicolai BuneaSfîntul Gheorghe Sergiu Caraman Sheriff Vitali Rashkevich Vazha Tarkhnishvili Andrei SasnitskiTiraspol Yuri BlonarZimbru Ivan Tabanov Victor Berco
League table
Round by round
Results The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 26 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 39 games per team.
First and second round
Third round Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):
27th round28th round29th round30th round31st round32nd round33rd round1 – 1414 – 82 – 1414 – 93 – 1414 – 104 – 142 – 139 – 73 – 110 – 84 – 211 – 95 – 33 – 1210 – 64 – 1311 – 75 – 112 – 86 – 24 – 1111 – 55 – 1212 – 66 – 1313 – 77 – 15 – 1012 – 46 – 1113 – 57 – 121 – 68 – 136 – 913 – 37 – 101 – 48 – 112 – 59 – 127 – 81 – 28 – 92 – 39 – 103 – 410 – 11 34th round35th round36th round37th round38th round39th round14 – 115 – 1414 – 126 – 1414 – 137 – 1412 – 106 – 413 – 117 – 51 – 128 – 613 – 97 – 31 – 108 – 42 – 119 – 51 – 88 – 22 – 99 – 33 – 1010 – 42 – 79 – 13 – 810 – 24 – 911 – 33 – 610 – 134 – 711 – 15 – 812 – 24 – 511 – 125 – 612 – 136 – 713 – 1
Top goalscorers Including matches played on 22 May 2011; Source: Soccerway
Rank Player Club Goals1 Gheorghe BoghiuMilsami Orhei262 Ghenadie OrbuDacia Chişinău213 Mahai CojuseaGagauziya Comrat194 Alexandru PopoviciIskra-Stal Rîbnița165 Levan KorgalidzeDacia Chişinău 13 Amath DiedhiouSheriff Tiraspol137 Radu GînsariAcademia UTM Chişinău12 Volodymyr KilikevychIskra-Stal Rîbnița128 Edgars GauračsSheriff Tiraspol109 Oleg AndronicZimbru Chişinău9 Daniil NikolaevAcademia UTM Chişinău 9 Gheorghe OvseannicovOlimpia Bălţi9 Oleksandr SuchuIskra-Stal Rîbnița9
8 goals (4 players)
Julius Adaramola (FC Olimpia Bălţi) Adrian Grigoruță (FC Milsami) Ademar Xavier (FC Milsami) Dmitri Vornişel (FC Tiraspol)
7 goals (2 players)
Sergiu Gheorghiev (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Eduard Tomaşcov (FC Costuleni)
6 goals (10 players)
Wilfried Benjamin Balima (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Aleksandr Yerokhin (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Eugen Gorodeţchi (FC Iskra-Stal Rîbnița) Stanislav Luca (Rapid Ghidighici) Renat Murguleţ (FC Nistru Otaci) Gheorghe Nicologlo (FC Tiraspol) Eugen Sidorenco (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Andrei Tcaciuc (FC Olimpia) Mihai Ţurcan (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Sergiu Zacon (FC Tighina)
5 goals (16 players)
Maxim Antoniuc (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Jymmy Dougllas França (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Maxim Franțuz (Rapid Ghidighici) Davit Gamezardashvili (FC Dacia Chişinău) Alexandru Golban (FC Milsami) Jean-Robens Jerome (FC Olimpia) Giga Mamulashvili (FC Tiraspol) Maxim Mihaliov (FC Dacia Chişinău) Andrei Novicov (FC Iskra-Stal Rîbnița) Christopher Omoseibi (FC Tiraspol) Mihail Paseciniuc (FC Olimpia) Aleksandar Pešić (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Aleksey Procopiev (FC Tighina) Oleg Şişchin (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Adrian Sosnovschi (FC Milsami) Claudiu Octavian Vâlcu (FC Nistru Otaci)
4 goals (13 players)
Andrei Bugneac (Rapid Ghidighici) Adrian Caragea (FC Tiraspol) Anatol Cheptine (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Valentin Furdui (FC Milsami) Sergiu Grițuc (FC Nistru Otaci) Oleg Hromţov (CF Gagauziya) Alexandru Maxim (Rapid Ghidighici) Petru Ojog (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Marcel Reşitca (FC Costuleni) Razak Salifu (FC Zimbru) Dalibor Volaš (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Vladimir Volkov (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Nail Zamaliyev (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
3 goals (30 players)
Igor Bridnea (FC Tiraspol) Andrei Burcovschi (FC Iskra-Stal Rîbnița) Denis Calincov (Rapid Ghidighici) Ion Demerji (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Caio Suguino (FC Milsami) Eugen Golubovschi (FC Tighina) Alexandru A. Grosu (Rapid Ghidighici) Eduard Hoderean (FC Tiraspol) Claudiu Ionescu (FC Milsami) Sergiu Jăpălău (Rapid Ghidighici) Dmytro Kryvyy (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Petru Leucă (FC Academia Chişinău) Igor Maliarenco (FC Nistru Otaci) Oleg Molla (FC Dacia Chişinău)) Jude Ogada (FC Olimpia) Ghenadie Olexici (FC Milsami) Nicolae Orlovschi (FC Olimpia) Alexandr Paşcenco (Rapid Ghidighici) Veaceslav Posmac (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Vladimir Potlog (FC Academia Chişinău) Andrei Prepeliţă (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) German Pyatnikov (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Alexandru Răilean (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Nicolae Rudac (FC Iskra-Stal Rîbnița) Eugen Slivca (FC Academia Chişinău) Oluwaunmi Somide (FC Olimpia) Marian Stoleru (CF Gagauziya) Eugen Ţiverenco (FC Tighina) Andrei Vrabie (FC Costuleni) Vitalii Yezhov (FC Tiraspol)
2 goals (39 players)
Ilie Bălaşa (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Victor Berco (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Artem Bludnov (FC Academia Chişinău) Vladimir Branković (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Vitalie Bulat (FC Iskra-Stal) Andrey Burdian (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Christian Camacho (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Adrian Caşcaval (FC Academia Chişinău) Denis Ciobanu (FC Tighina) Sergiu Ciuico (FC Costuleni) Valeriu Ciupercă (FC Academia Chişinău) Andrei Custurov (CF Gagauziya) Fred Nélson de Olivera (FC Tiraspol) Dumitru Dolgov (FC Nistru Otaci) Vladimir Dragovozov (FC Dacia Chişinău) Vasil Ghutchashvili (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Eugen Gorceac (FC Dacia Chişinău) Sergiu Gusacov (FC Olimpia) Serghei Epureanu (FC Nistru Otaci) Ruslan Kartoev (CF Gagauziya) Yuriy Komyagin (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Thomas Kourouma (FC Olimpia) Vitaly Ledenev (FC Dacia Chişinău) Andrei Marina (FC Academia Chişinău) Nurudeen Mohammed (FC Milsami) Alexandru Onica (FC Dacia Chişinău) Mihail Plătică (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Andrei Porfireanu (FC Iskra-Stal) Maxim Potîrniche (FC Academia Chişinău) Maxim Repinețchi (FC Olimpia) Marius Robert Roman (FC Milsami) Eric Sackey (FC Dacia Chişinău) Miral Samardžić (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Sandro Shugladze (FC Iskra-Stal) Vazha Tarkhnishvili (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Alexandru Tcaciuc (FC Nistru Otaci) Andrei Verbeţchi (FC Tiraspol) Alexandru Zislis (CF Gagauziya)
1 goals (87 players)
Miloš Adamović (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Stanislav Agafonov (FC Tighina) Ion Arabadji (Rapid Ghidighici) Ruslan Barburoş (FC Costuleni) Titi Belle (FC Nistru Otaci) Iurii Bondarciuc (FC Tiraspol) Victor Bulat (FC Dacia Chişinău) Ştefan Burghiu (FC Nistru) Iulian Bursuc (FC Dacia Chişinău) Dumitru Chiriloae (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Sergiu Cojocari (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Baba Collins (FC Dacia Chişinău) Andrei Corneencov (FC Tiraspol) Andrian Cucovei (FC Milsami) Sergiu Cuznețov (FC Academia Chişinău) Alexandru Dedov (FC Dacia Chişinău) Sergiu Diulgher (FC Tiraspol) Alexei Dîzov (FC Tighina) Lucian Dobre (FC Iskra-Stal) Sergiu Dubac (FC Costuleni) Valerian Gârlă (FC Milsami) Alexandru S. Grosu (Rapid Ghidighici) Artem Khachaturov (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Maxim Hovanschi (FC Olimpia) Petru Hvorosteanov (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Oleg Ichim (FC Tighina) Daniel Indoitu (FC Academia Chişinău) Maxim Iurcu (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Ion Jardan (Rapid Ghidighici) Alexei Josan (FC Costuleni) Davit Kakulia (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Ghandy Kassanu (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Evgeny Khorolskyy (FC Olimpia) Anton Kovalevsky (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Denis Kravtsov (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Igor Lambarschi (FC Academia Chişinău) Eugen Lavrinovici (FC Costuleni) Cătălin Lichioiu (FC Olimpia) Maksym Maksymenko (FC Tiraspol) Vitalie Manaliu (Rapid Ghidighici) Petru Marcov (CF Gagauziya) Andrei Martin (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe]) Alexandru Maximov (Rapid Ghidighici) Nicolai Mincev (FC Iskra-Stal) Sergiu Mocanu (FC Costuleni) Ilie Mostovei (CF Gagauziya) Anton Munten (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Igor Nagirnyi (FC Tiraspol) Sergiu Namaşco (FC Dacia Chişinău) Aleksandr Nechayev (FC Dacia Chişinău) Andrei Negara (CF Gagauziya) Igor Negrescu (FC Dacia Chişinău) David Ogoazi (FC Olimpia) Jude Nonso Okoye (CF Gagauziya) Denis Orbu (FC Costuleni) Sergiu Paşcenco (FC Olimpia) Djibril Tamsir Paye (FC Tiraspol) Vitalie Plămădeală (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Sergiu Plătică (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Dumitru Popovici (FC Dacia Chişinău) Andrei Radiola (FC Tiraspol) Ionuţ Florin Radu (FC Nistru Otaci) Oleksyi Remezovskyi (FC Olimpia) Iurie Romaniuc (CF Gagauziya) Dorin Rotaru (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Vasile Rusu (Rapid Ghidighici) Denis Rusu (Rapid Ghidighici) Carlos Santana de la Vega (FC Olimpia) Andrei Secrieru (FC Zimbru Chişinău) Maxim Şoimu (FC Tiraspol) Tudor Starciuc (FC Costuleni) Petru Stîngă (FC Milsami) Alexandru Şveț (FC Tighina) Vladimir Ţăranu (FC Iskra-Stal) Valentin Ternavschi (FC Olimpia) Nicolae Titucenco (FC Tighina) Eugeniu Tocilin (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe) Alexandru Tofan (Rapid Ghidighici) Abu Tommy (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) Ousmane Traore (FC Milsami) Nicolae Triboi (FC Academia Chişinău) Victor Truhanov (FC Iskra-Stal) Giorgi Tukhashvili (FC Nistru Otaci) Viktor Uzbek (FC Iskra-Stal) Evgeniy Vishnyakov (FC Iskra-Stal) Vitalie Sidorov (FC Olimpia) Marko Đurović (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
Hat-tricks Key4Player scored four goals5Player scored five goals
Player Home Away Result Date FC Costuleni FC Academia Chişinău 1–5 FC Academia Chişinău CF Gagauziya 3–0 4 FC Costuleni FC Milsami 0–7 FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 CF Gagauziya FC Dacia Chişinău 1–4 FC Dacia Chişinău FC Academia Chişinău 3–1 FC Dacia Chişinău FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 7–0 5 FC Tighina FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7 4 CF Gagauziya FC Tighina 5–4 CF Gagauziya FC Tighina 5–4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol CF Gagauziya 5–1 4 FC Milsami FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 FC Nistru Otaci FC Tighina 4–0 FC Tighina FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7 4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Costuleni 4–0 FC Milsami FC Tighina 7–2
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Nicolae CalanceaFC Zimbru Chișinău202 Artiom GaiducheviciFC Iskra & FC Dacia Chișinău193 Mihai MoraruFC Milsami Orhei184 Eugen MatiughinFC Dacia Chișinău165 Dumitru StajilaFC Sheriff Tiraspol13 Denis Rusu FC Rapid Ghidighici137 Serghei PașcencoFC Olimpia11 Alexandru ZveaghințevFC Tiraspol119 Vladislav StoyanovFC Sheriff Tiraspol1010 Maxim CopeliciucFC Academia9
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