The 2018 Moldovan National Division () was the 28th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 1 April 2018 and ended on 24 November 2018. Fixtures were announced on 19 March 2018. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.
Teams
Number of teams by region Region Number of teams Club(s) Transnistria2Dinamo-Auto and Sheriff Bălți1Zaria ChișinăuZimbru HînceștiPetrocub-Hîncești IaloveniSfîntul Gheorghe NisporeniSperanța OrheiMilsami
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityDinamo-AutoTiraspolDinamo-Auto Stadium, Tîrnauca1,300MilsamiOrheiComplexul Sportiv Raional3,000Petrocub-HînceștiSărata-GalbenăStadionul Municipal, Hîncești1,000Sfîntul GheorgheSuruceniSuruceni Stadium1,500SheriffTiraspolSheriff Stadium12,726SperanțaNisporeniComplexul Sportiv Raional, Orhei3,000ZariaBălțiStadionul Orășenesc7,000ZimbruChișinăuZimbru Stadium10,400
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Dinamo-Auto Veaceslav Semionov End of caretaker spell End of 2017 seasonsports.mdPre-season Viorel Frunză 20 January 2018moldfootball.com Zimbru Iurie Osipenco Sacked End of 2017 seasonmoldfootball.com Vladimir Aga 23 February 2018zimbru.md Zaria Ștefan Stoica Sacked 13 December 2017fczaria.md Vlad Goian 5 February 2018sports.md Dinamo-Auto Viorel Frunză Demoted to assistant coach 19 March 2018sports.md Igor Dobrovolski 19 March 2018moldfootball.com Sfîntul Gheorghe Serghei SecuResigned 15 April 2018 8th Serghei Cebotari 15 April 2018publika.md Sheriff Roberto BordinResigned 24 April 2018fc-sheriff.com 1st Victor Mihailov (interim) 24 April 2018fc-sheriff.com Victor MihailovEnd of caretaker spell 7 June 2018 1st Goran Sablić 7 June 2018fc-sheriff.com Zimbru Vladimir AgaRemoved from position 12 June 2018 7th Serghei Secu 12 June 2018zimbru.md Serghei SecuSacked 1 August 2018 5th Sorin Colceag 1 August 2018publika.md Zaria Vlad GoianSacked 25 October 2018 8th Alexandru Patraman (interim) 25 October 2018fczaria.md
League table
Results Matches 1−14 Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).
Matches 15−28 Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).
Results by round The following table represents the teams game results in each round. Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728Dinamo-AutoWDDLLWLDDLDDLLLLLLWLWWDLLLWWMilsami OrheiWWLWDLWDWWWWDWDDLWWLLLLDWWLLPetrocub-HînceștiLLWWDLDWLWDDWWWDLDWWDDWDWWLLLDLLDWDDWLLDLDWLWLLWLLWDLLDLSheriff TiraspolWWWWDWWLDWWWDWLWWWWWWDDDWWLWDLDDDWDLDDDLWDDLWWLWWLDWLLWWZaria BălțiDDDLDLLWDLLDWLDWLDLLLWDLLLDLZimbru ChișinăuLDDDWLDDLDDLLLDWWLLLDWLWWWWW
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub122 Alhaji KamaraSheriff93 Ziguy BadibangaSheriff8 Gerson RodriguesSheriff5 Eugeniu RebenjaDinamo-Auto7 Mihai PlăticăMilsami Alexandru AntoniucMilsami8 Sergiu IstratiSf. Gheorghe69 Ion NicolaescuZimbru5 Aleksandr ButenkoMilsami Artiom PuntusSf. Gheorghe (3) & Petrocub (2) Denis JanuDinamo-Auto Evgheni OanceaSheriff Alexandru BejanPetrocub (3) & Dinamo-Auto (2) Vadim GulceacZaria Alexandru SuvorovSf. Gheorghe Ilie DamașcanZimbru
Hat-tricks
Player Home Away Result Date Sheriff Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 Conrado Zaria Milsami 3–4
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Serghei PașcencoSheriff112 Daniil AvdyushkinSperanța9 Radu MîțuMilsami Dumitru CeleadnicPetrocub5 Cristian AvramDinamo-Auto86 Dorian RaileanSf. Gheorghe67 Mickaël MeiraZimbru5 Zvonimir MikulićSheriff9 Vladimir LivșițZaria410 Victor BugaZimbru3
Attendances
Notes
References
External links Official website uefa.com