The 2016–17 Moldovan National Division () is the 26th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The competition began on 23 July 2016 and ended in May 2017.
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityCS PetrocubSărata-GalbenăStadionul Orășenesc Hîncești1,500 Academia ChișinăuChișinău Ghidighici Stadium1,500CF UngheniUngheniStadionul Mircea Eliade2,500Dacia ChișinăuChișinăuStadionul Moldova (Speia)8,550Dinamo-Auto TiraspolTiraspolDinamo-Auto Stadium1,300Milsami OrheiOrheiCSR Orhei2,539Zaria BălțiBălțiStadionul Orășenesc Bălți5,953Sheriff TiraspolTiraspolSheriff Stadium12,746CSF SperanțaNisporeniStadionul Mircea Eliade2,500 Zimbru ChișinăuChișinăuZimbru Stadium10,400Saxan Gagauz YeriCeadîr-LungaCeadîr-Lunga Stadium2,000
Personnel and sponsorship TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorPetrocub-Hîncești Iurie Osipenco Maxim Focșa Sportika MAIBAcademia Serghei Secu Eugen Celeadnic Sportika Ungheni Igor Ursachi Roman Gușan Kelme BriconeDacia Viorel Frunză Simeon Bulgaru Puma OMDinamo-Auto Iurie Groșev Dumitru Popovici JomaMilsami Adrian Sosnovschi Vadim Bolohan Kelme DufremolZaria Vlad Goian Alexandru Onica Joma BălțiSheriff Roberto Bordin Josip Brezovec Adidas IDCSperanța Cristian Efros Mihail Bolun Nike Orom-ImexpoZimbru Ștefan Stoica Denis Rusu Joma Favorit-TurSaxan Ivan Tabanov Ismaila Soro Kelme Gagauz Yeri
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in table Incoming managerDate of appointment Zaria Bălți Ihor Rakhayev Mutual consent 9 June 2016 preseason Vlad Goian 10 June 2016 FC Sheriff Zoran Vulić Mutual consent 16 June 2016 preseason Bruno Irles 20 June 2016 CF Ungheni Dorin Bambuleac Mutual consent 22 June 2016 preseason Constantin Arbănaș & Igor Ursachi 22 June 2016 FC Sheriff Bruno Irles Mutual consent 23 September 2016 preseason Roberto Bordin 4 October 2016
League table
Gold Match Since Dacia Chișinău and Sheriff Tiraspol finished level on points at the end of the season, a "Gold Match" was played to decide the title. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 23 May 2017.
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 20 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 30 games per team.
First and second round
Third round
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 RicardinhoSheriff152 Josip BrezovecSheriff123 Cheikh-Alan DiarraDacia (5) & Dinamo-Auto (4)9 Sergiu PlăticăSperanța5 Octavian OnofreiDinamo-Auto8 Igor BugaiovZaria7 Maksym FeshchukDacia7 Ilya BelousMilsami Viorel PrimacUngheni Georgi SarmovDacia Maxim MihaliovZaria Igor BanovićMilsami
Hat-tricks
Player Home Away Result Date Dacia Ungheni 3–0 Ricardinho Sheriff Speranța 4–1 Ricardinho Ungheni Sheriff 0–6
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Radu MîțuMilsami182 Alexei KoșelevSheriff17 Dorian RaileanDacia174 Denis RusuZimbru115 Vasile BuzaPetrocub9 Serghei PașcencoZaria97 Vladimir LivșițZaria6 Andrei ColibabaSaxan69 Nicolae ȚurcanSperanța5
Disciplinary Updated to matches played on 13 June 2017.
Rank Player Club Points1 Eugen CeleadnicAcademia1010122 Michael GnolouSaxan611113 Igor BanovićMilsami7109 Vasile RusuPetrocub6019 Alexandru VremeaAcademia9009 Alexandru DedovMilsami9009 Constantin CalmîșSaxan (4) & Speranța (5)90098 Cristin JalbăAcademia (7) & Dacia Chișinău (1)5018 Roman GușanUngheni5018 Maxim AntoniucAcademia (3) & Petrocub (5)5018 Vladimir RassulovDinamo-Auto8008 Mihai RoșcaAcademia8008 Vitalie NegruSperanța (4) & Ungheni (4)8008
References
External links Official website uefa.com