The 2020–21 Moldovan National Division () was the 30th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 3 July 2020 and ended on 26 May 2021. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Teams A total of 10 teams competing in the league. These include 8 teams from the 2019 season and two promoted teams from the "A" Division: Florești and Dacia Buiucani, both making their debut in the top flight.
TeamPlaceGroundCapacityCoachCodru Lozova Nicolae Simatoc Stadium 1,100 Alexei SavinovDacia Buiucani Chișinău Zimbru-2 Stadium 2,000 Andrei MartinDinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Igor DobrovolskiFlorești Florești Bender Stadium 5,000 Iurie GroșevMilsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Serghei DubrovinPetrocub Hîncești Hîncești Stadium 1,200 Lilian Popescu Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500 Serghei CebotariSheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Yuriy VernydubSperanța Nisporeni CSR Orhei 3,000 Iurie OsipencoZimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Vlad Goian
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Zimbru Veaceslav SofroniEnd of caretaker spell 11 December 2019Pre-season Sandro Pochesci 11 December 2019publika.md Codru Valeriu AndronicSigned by Moldova U15/U16 24 December 2019fmf.md Simeon Bulgaru 23 January 2020sports.md Milsami Veaceslav RusnacSigned by Kyzylzhar 9 January 2020petropavltv.kz Serghei Dubrovin 11 March 2020moldfootball.com Speranța Cristian EfrosResigned 1 February 2020publika.md Iurie Osipenco 4 February 2020publika.md Florești Oleg ȘișchinDemoted to assistant coach 6 February 2020 Iurie Groșev 6 February 2020ipn.md Zimbru Sandro PochesciResigned 7 February 2020 Giovanni Scanu 7 February 2020protv.md Zimbru Giovanni ScanuReleased 4 March 2020zimbru.md Vlad Goian 10 June 2020zimbru.md Codru Simeon BulgaruResigned 2 June 2020publika.md Sergiu Chirilov 4 July 2020fmf.md Zimbru Vlad GoianPromoted to academy technical director 16 October 2020 9th Simeon Bulgaru (interim) 16 October 2020zimbru.md Sheriff Zoran ZekićResigned 21 October 2020 1st Victor Mihailov (interim) 21 October 2020fc-sheriff.com Victor Mihailov End of caretaker spell 14 January 2021 1st Yuriy Vernydub 14 January 2021fc-sheriff.com Zimbru Simeon Bulgaru Resigned 17 January 2021moldfootball.com 9th Vlad Goian 18 January 2021zimbru.md Codru Sergiu Chirilov Released 18 January 2021 10th Alexei Savinov 18 January 2021moldfootball.com Speranța Iurie Osipenco Released 24 February 2021 7th Volodymyr Prokopynenko 24 February 2021fmf.md
League table
Results Teams will play each other four times (twice at home, twice away).
Rounds 1−18
Rounds 19−36
Positions by round
Results by round The following table represents the teams game results in each round. Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536Codru LozovaLLLLLLLLLDDLLLLLLLDWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLWLDacia BuiucaniWDLWLWLLLWLWLDWDLDWDDDLWWLLDLWLLWWWDDinamo-AutoWLWWLLDLWWDLDDLDDWWDDWLLWDWLDLDLLDWWFloreștiLWLLDLLWLLDLWDLLWLLLLDDLLLWWLLWWLLWLMilsami OrheiDD WLLWWWWWWWDLWWDWLDWWLWWDWDWWWLWWLWPetrocub HînceștiDWWWWWWLWLDWWDWWWWWDWWWWWDWDDWWWWWLDWLWWWWLWWDWDDWLWWDLWLLWWLWWWLWLWWLLWSheriff TiraspolWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLDWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWDLDLLDLWWLLWLDDLDWLLDLLDLLLLLWLDLLLLLZimbru ChișinăuLDLLWLDLLLLLLWLDLLLDLLWLLLDWWLLWLDLD
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Frank CastañedaSheriff282 Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub163 Alexandru AntoniucMilsami154 Roman VolkovSfîntul Gheorghe12 Maxim MihaliovDinamo-Auto6 Andrei CobețFlorești11 Sergiu PlăticăPetrocub8 Artiom PuntusMilsami10 Dimitris KolovosSheriff Vadim CrîcimariDacia Buiucani Artur PătrașZimbru
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Cristian AvramPetrocub152 Emil TîmburMilsami143 Dumitru CovalDacia Buiucani124 Dušan MarkovićSheriff10 Zvonimir MikulićSheriff6 Dumitru CeleadnicSheriff97 Victor StrăistariDinamo-Auto6 Nicolae CalanceaSfîntul Gheorghe9 Vladislav LiharevFlorești510 Mickaël MeiraPetrocub4 Anatol ChirinciucSperanța
Hat-tricks
Player Home Away Result Date Petrocub Codru 7–0 Sheriff Dinamo-Auto 6–0 Florești Dinamo-Auto 0–5 Sheriff Florești 5–0 Codru Petrocub 1–9 Milsami Codru 7–2 Dinamo-Auto Zimbru 3–0 Speranța Sheriff 0–10 Codru Sheriff 0–6 Dinamo-Auto Sheriff 0–7 Florești Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–4
Notes
References
External links Official website uefa.com