The 2025–26 Moldovan Liga was the 35th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The league started on 21 June 2025 and ended on 17 May 2026. Milsami Orhei were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League, the third placed club earned a spot in the second qualifying round and the fourth placed club in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League.
Teams
Stadiums and locations Bălți Dacia Buiucani Milsami Petrocub Bălți Stadium Nisporeni StadiumUEFA District ComplexUEFA Hîncești Stadium Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 1,633 Politehnica UTM Sheriff Suruceni Stadium Sheriff small Arena UEFA Capacity: 350 Capacity: 9,181 Spartanii Sportul Zimbru Suruceni Stadium Zimbru Stadium UEFA Capacity: 350 Capacity: 10,104
Personnel and kits + Team Head coach Captain Kit maker Kit sponsorsMainOther(s)
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Positionin table Incoming manager Date of appointment Petrocub Andrei PrepelițăMutual consent 22 May 2025Pre-season Shota Makharadze 1 June 2025 Zimbru Hikmet Karaman 5 June 2025 Oleg Kubarev 8 June 2025 Ilie PinteacChange of role 31 July 2025 7th Vitali Rashkevich 31 July 2025 Spartanii Sportul Igor Ursachi 29 August 2025 Adrian Sosnovschi 29 August 2025Sheriff Victor Mihailov 3 September 2025 1st Vadim Skripchenko 3 September 2025 Vadim SkripchenkoMutual consent 5 November 2025 2nd Victor Mihailov 5 November 2025 Dacia Buiucani Viorel Frunză 5 December 2025 6th Igor Negrescu 12 January 2026 Milsami Igor Picușceac 21 January 2026 4th Vladimir Gudev 29 January 2026 Vladimir Gudev Resigned 18 April 2026 Alexei Savinov 24 April 2026
Phase I
Results For matches 1–14, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 15–21, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away).
Phase II Points gained between the top 6 teams in Phase I are halved, rounded downwards, and no other records are carried over.
Results For matches 1–10, each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Dzianis KazlouskiZimbru202 Petru PopescuPetrocub153 Andrei CobețMilsami9 Zé FloresSheriff (2) & Bălți (7) Ion JardanPetrocub6 Amarildo GjoniSheriff8 Vladimir FrateaZimbru8 Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub7 Marin CăruntuBălți (1) & Dacia Buiucani (6)10 Ndiaga YadeSheriff6 Jayder AsprillaSheriff Mihai LupanPetrocub Sibiry KeitaMilsami Samuel GandiPolitehnica UTM Vlad LupașcoDacia Buiucani Victor BogaciucPetrocub
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Marin Căruntu4Dacia BuiucaniSpartanii Sportul5–1 (H) Guy DahanZimbruSpartanii Sportul6–0 (A) Ndiaga YadeSheriffSpartanii Sportul5–0 (H) Dzianis KazlouskiZimbruBălți3–1 (A) Ion JardanPetrocubSpartanii Sportul8–0 (A) Jayder AsprillaSheriffMilsami3–1 (H) 4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Silviu ȘmaleneaPetrocub10 Emil TîmburSheriff (6) & Milsami (4)3 Artur NazarciucBălți84 Ivan DokićZimbru75 Victor StrăistariSheriff6 Victor DodonPetrocub Filip DujmovićMilsami8 Ivan DyulgerovSheriff59 Daniel VîrlanSpartanii Sportul410 Sebastian AgachiZimbru3
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 12 Vladislav Boico (Bălți)
Most red cards: 2 Christopher Nwaeze (Milsami) Vladislav Boico (Bălți)
Club Most yellow cards: 82 Milsami Bălți
Fewest yellow cards: 48 Spartanii Sportul
Most red cards: 6 Politehnica UTM Bălți
Fewest red cards: 1 Spartanii Sportul Sheriff
Awards
Phase I RoundPlayer of the RoundRound 1 Emil Tîmbur MilsamiRound 2 Bruno Paz ZimbruRound 3 Dan Boțan BălțiRound 4 Guy Dahan ZimbruRound 5 Diogo Rodrigues ZimbruRound 6 Victor Stînă ZimbruRound 7Undetermined Round 8 Emil Tîmbur MilsamiRound 9 Zé Flores BălțiRound 10 Vladislav Costin BălțiRound 11 Vladimir Fratea ZimbruRound 12 Daniel Cucer Politehnica UTMRound 13 Ivan Dokić ZimbruRound 14 Matteo Amoroso ZimbruRound 15 Caio Dantas ZimbruRound 16 Filip Dujmović MilsamiRound 17 Emil Tîmbur MilsamiRound 18 Artur Sprinsean Politehnica UTMRound 19 Vladimir Ambros PetrocubRound 20 Dehninio Muringen MilsamiRound 21 Danila Forov Sheriff
Phase II RoundPlayer of the RoundRound 1 Baye Assane Ciss SheriffRound 2 Welington Taira BălțiRound 3 Baye Assane Ciss SheriffRound 4 Dzianis Kazlouski ZimbruRound 5 Jayder Asprilla SheriffRound 6 Dzianis Kazlouski ZimbruRound 7 Cătălin Cucoș PetrocubRound 8 Cătălin Cucoș PetrocubRound 9 Dan Pușcaș PetrocubRound 10 Ciprian Tuhar Dacia Buiucani
Notes
References
External links Official website uefa.com