2025–26 Moldovan Liga

The 2025–26 Moldovan Liga is the 35th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The league started on 21 June 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026. Milsami Orhei are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club will earn a place in the second qualifying round and the third placed club will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League.

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2025–26 Moldovan Liga

The 2025–26 Moldovan Liga is the 35th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The league started on 21 June 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026. Milsami Orhei are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club will earn a place in the second qualifying round and the third placed club will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Bălți</th><th>Dacia Buiucani</th><th>Milsami</th><th>Petrocub</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Bălți Stadium</td><td>Nisporeni Stadium UEFA</td><td>District Complex UEFA</td><td>Hîncești Stadium</td></tr><tr><td>Capacity: 5,200</td><td>Capacity: 5,200</td><td>Capacity: 3,000</td><td>Capacity: 1,633</td></tr><tr><td>Politehnica UTM</td><td>BălțiMilsamiPetrocubSheriffSpartanii Sportul ChișinăuNisporeniSuruceniChișinău teams: Dacia Buiucani Politehnica UTM Zimbru</td><td>Sheriff</td></tr><tr><td>Suruceni Stadium</td><td>Sheriff small Arena UEFA</td></tr><tr><td>Capacity: 350</td><td>Capacity: 9,181</td></tr><tr><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>Zimbru</td></tr><tr><td>Suruceni Stadium</td><td>Zimbru Stadium UEFA</td></tr><tr><td>Capacity: 350</td><td>Capacity: 10,104</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Head coach</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit maker</th><th>Kit sponsors</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Main</td><td>Other(s)0</td></tr><tr><td>Bălți</td><td>Veaceslav Rusnac</td><td>Álvaro Bely</td><td>Joma</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Dacia Buiucani</td><td>Igor Negrescu</td><td>Ștefan Efros</td><td>Joma</td><td>Primăria Chișinău</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Milsami</td><td>Vladimir Gudev</td><td>Radu Gînsari</td><td>Macron</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Petrocub</td><td>Shota Makharadze</td><td>Vladimir Ambros</td><td>Puma</td><td>Ebury</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Sheriff</td><td>Victor Mihailov</td><td>Peter Ademo</td><td>Adidas</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbru</td><td>Oleg Kubarev</td><td>Mihail Ștefan</td><td>Macron</td><td>Nova Post, ProPay</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Politehnica UTM</td><td>Vitali Rashkevich</td><td>Alexandru Mardari</td><td>Joma</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>Adrian Sosnovschi</td><td>Dan Spătaru</td><td>Macron</td><td>None</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Petrocub</td><td>Andrei Prepeliță</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>22 May 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Shota Makharadze</td><td>1 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbru</td><td>Hikmet Karaman</td><td>5 June 2025</td><td>Oleg Kubarev</td><td>8 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Politehnica UTM</td><td>Ilie Pinteac</td><td>Change of role</td><td>31 July 2025</td><td>7th</td><td>Vitali Rashkevich</td><td>31 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>Igor Ursachi</td><td>29 August 2025</td><td>Adrian Sosnovschi</td><td>29 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sheriff</td><td>Victor Mihailov</td><td>3 September 2025</td><td>1st</td><td>Vadim Skripchenko</td><td>3 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Vadim Skripchenko</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>5 November 2025</td><td>2nd</td><td>Victor Mihailov</td><td>5 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Dacia Buiucani</td><td>Viorel Frunză</td><td>5 December 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>Igor Negrescu</td><td>12 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Milsami</td><td>Igor Picușceac</td><td>21 January 2026</td><td>4th</td><td>Vladimir Gudev</td><td>29 January 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Phase I

2025–26 Moldovan Liga

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Petrocub Hîncești</td><td>21</td><td>14</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>44</td><td>14</td><td>+30</td><td>48</td><td>Qualification to Phase II</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Zimbru Chișinău</td><td>21</td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>52</td><td>21</td><td>+31</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol</td><td>21</td><td>13</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>43</td><td>17</td><td>+26</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Milsami Orhei</td><td>21</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>42</td><td>25</td><td>+17</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Bălți</td><td>21</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>27</td><td>29</td><td>−2</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Dacia Buiucani</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>14</td><td>24</td><td>39</td><td>−15</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Politehnica UTM</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>16</td><td>24</td><td>61</td><td>−37</td><td>13</td><td>Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>21</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>63</td><td>−50</td><td>11</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

2025–26 Moldovan Liga

Points gained between the top 6 teams in Phase I are halved, rounded downwards, and no other records are carried over.

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Petrocub Hîncești</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>+4</td><td>21</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Zimbru Chișinău</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>+3</td><td>21</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>+4</td><td>20</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Milsami Orhei</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>−2</td><td>12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Bălți</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>−3</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Dacia Buiucani</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>−6</td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

For matches 1–10, each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Dzianis Kazlouski</td><td>Zimbru</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Petru Popescu</td><td>Petrocub</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Andrei Cobeț</td><td>Milsami</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Amarildo Gjoni</td><td>Sheriff</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Zé Flores</td><td>Sheriff (1) & Bălți (7)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Ndiaga Yade</td><td>Sheriff</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Marin Căruntu</td><td>Bălți (0) & Dacia Buiucani (6)</td></tr><tr><td>Samuel Gandi</td><td>Politehnica UTM</td></tr><tr><td>Ion Jardan</td><td>Petrocub</td></tr><tr><td>Vladimir Fratea</td><td>Zimbru</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>For</th><th>Against</th><th>Result</th><th>Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Marin Căruntu4</td><td>Dacia Buiucani</td><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>5–1 (H)</td><td>21 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Guy Dahan</td><td>Zimbru</td><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>6–0 (A)</td><td>13 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Ndiaga Yade</td><td>Sheriff</td><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>5–0 (H)</td><td>19 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Dzianis Kazlouski</td><td>Zimbru</td><td>Bălți</td><td>3–1 (A)</td><td>9 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Ion Jardan</td><td>Petrocub</td><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>8–0 (A)</td><td>30 November 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Clean sheets

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Emil Tîmbur</td><td>Sheriff (3) & Milsami (4)</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Victor Dodon</td><td>Petrocub</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Ivan Dokić</td><td>Zimbru</td></tr><tr><td>Victor Străistari</td><td>Sheriff</td></tr><tr><td>Artur Nazarciuc</td><td>Bălți</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Ivan Dyulgerov</td><td>Sheriff</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Silviu Șmalenea</td><td>Petrocub</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Daniel Vîrlan</td><td>Spartanii Sportul</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Filip Dujmović</td><td>Milsami</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Sebastian Agachi</td><td>Zimbru</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table>