2025–26 Moldovan Liga

Liga
Season2025–26
Dates21 June 2025 – 17 May 2026
Matches84
Goals269 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerDzianis Kazlouski
(15 goals)
Biggest home winZimbru 7–0 Politehnica UTM
(3 August 2025)
Biggest away winSpartanii Sportul 0–8 Petrocub
(30 November 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 30 November 2025.

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

Bălți Dacia Buiucani [n 1] Milsami Petrocub
Bălți Stadium Nisporeni Stadium
UEFA 		District Complex
UEFA 		Hîncești Stadium
Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 1,633
Politehnica UTM [n 2]
Sheriff
Suruceni Stadium Sheriff Arena [n 4]
UEFA
Capacity: 350 Capacity: 12,746
Spartanii Sportul [n 5] Zimbru
Suruceni Stadium Zimbru Stadium
UEFA
Capacity: 350 Capacity: 10,104

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit maker Kit sponsors
Main Other(s)
Bălți Veaceslav Rusnac Álvaro Bely [note 1] Joma None
Dacia Buiucani Vacant [note 3] Maxim Focșa [note 4] Joma Primăria Chișinău
List
    • Back: Art Sport, BYD Horizon Auto
    • Sleeves: OM, Intact Asigurări
    • Shorts: Creatlon
Milsami Igor Picușceac Radu Gînsari [note 5] Macron None
Petrocub Shota Makharadze Vladimir Ambros [note 6] Puma Ebury
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: CUN Auto Rentals
    • Shorts: None
Sheriff Victor Mihailov [note 7] Cyrille Bayala [note 8] Adidas None
Zimbru Oleg Kubarev Mihail Ștefan [note 9] Macron ProPay, Nova Post
List
    • Back: Geosport
    • Sleeves: A.M.G, apă pură
    • Shorts: None
Politehnica UTM Vitali Rashkevich [note 10] Alexandru Mardari [note 11] Joma None
Spartanii Sportul Adrian Sosnovschi [note 13] Dan Spătaru [note 14] Macron [n 6] None

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position
in table 		Incoming manager Date of appointment
Petrocub Andrei Prepeliță Mutual consent 22 May 2025[1] Pre-season Shota Makharadze 1 June 2025[2]
Zimbru Hikmet Karaman 5 June 2025[3] Oleg Kubarev 8 June 2025[4]
Politehnica UTM Ilie Pinteac Change of role 31 July 2025 7th Vitali Rashkevich 31 July 2025[5]
Spartanii Sportul Igor Ursachi 29 August 2025 Adrian Sosnovschi 29 August 2025[6]
Sheriff Victor Mihailov 3 September 2025 1st Vadim Skripchenko 3 September 2025[7]
Vadim Skripchenko Mutual consent 5 November 2025[8] 2nd Victor Mihailov 5 November 2025
Dacia Buiucani Viorel Frunză 5 December 2025[9] 6th

Phase I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Petrocub Hîncești 21 14 6 1 44 14 +30 48 Qualification to Phase II
2 Zimbru Chișinău 21 13 5 3 52 21 +31 44
3 Sheriff Tiraspol 21 13 2 6 43 17 +26 41
4 Milsami Orhei 21 11 4 6 42 25 +17 37
5 Bălți 21 8 5 8 27 29 −2 29
6 Dacia Buiucani 21 4 3 14 24 39 −15 15
7 Politehnica UTM 21 4 1 16 24 61 −37 13 Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II
8 Spartanii Sportul 21 3 2 16 13 63 −50 11
Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.[10]

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).

Home \ Away BĂL DAC MIL PET POL SHE SPA ZIM BĂL DAC MIL PET POL SHE SPA ZIM
Bălți — 0–0 3–3 0–1 3–2 0–3 4–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–1 — — — — 1–3
Dacia Buiucani 2–3 — 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 5–1 0–3 — — 0–2 — — 0–4 0–1 2–2
Milsami Orhei 2–1 3–2 — 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 — — — 1–2 — 1–0 0–0 0–3
Petrocub Hîncești 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 — — 4–1 4–2 — —
Politehnica UTM 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–5 — 0–4 4–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–5 — — 1–2 — —
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 — 5–1 2–3 1–2 — — — — — 5–0 0–1
Spartanii Sportul 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–3 — 0–6 2–0 — — 0–8 1–2 — — —
Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 7–0 2–0 5–0 — — — — 0–0 4–2 — 2–3 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Phase II

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 Petrocub Hîncești 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Zimbru Chișinău 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Sheriff Tiraspol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4 Milsami Orhei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
5 Bălți 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
6 Dacia Buiucani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
First match(es) will be played: 7 March 2026. Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 Moldovan Cup also qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the Moldovan Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

For matches 1–10, each team plays every other team twice. Petrocub will play (7 at home and 3 away), Zimbru (6 at home and 4 away), Sheriff and Milsami (5 at home and 5 away), Bălți (4 at home and 6 away), Dacia Buiucani (3 at home and 7 away).

Home \ Away PET ZIM SHE MIL BĂL DAC PET ZIM SHE MIL BĂL DAC
Petrocub Hîncești — 21 Mar 8 Mar — — — —
Zimbru Chișinău — 14 Mar — — — — —
Sheriff Tiraspol 14 Mar — — — — — — —
Milsami Orhei 7 Mar — 15 Mar — — — — — —
Bălți — 21 Mar 8 Mar — — — — — — —
Dacia Buiucani — — 20 Mar — — — — — — —
First match(es) will be played: 7 March 2026. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2025[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dzianis Kazlouski Zimbru 15
2 Petru Popescu Petrocub 11
3 Andrei Cobeț Milsami 9
4 Amarildo Gjoni Sheriff 8
5 Zé Flores Bălți 7
6 Ndiaga Yade Sheriff 6
Marin Căruntu Dacia Buiucani
Samuel Gandi Politehnica UTM
Ion Jardan Petrocub
10 Guy Dahan Zimbru 5
Mihai Lupan Petrocub
Victor Bogaciuc Petrocub
Sibiry Keita Milsami
Vladimir Fratea Zimbru

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Marin Căruntu4 Dacia Buiucani Spartanii Sportul 5–1 (H) 21 June 2025
Guy Dahan Zimbru Spartanii Sportul 6–0 (A) 13 July 2025
Ndiaga Yade Sheriff Spartanii Sportul 5–0 (H) 19 October 2025
Dzianis Kazlouski Zimbru Bălți 3–1 (A) 9 November 2025
Ion Jardan Petrocub Spartanii Sportul 8–0 (A) 30 November 2025
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of 30 November 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Victor Dodon Petrocub 6
Ivan Dokić Zimbru
Victor Străistari Sheriff
4 Ivan Dyulgerov Sheriff 5
Artur Nazarciuc Bălți
6 Emil Tîmbur Milsami 4
Daniel Vîrlan Spartanii Sportul
8 Sebastian Agachi Zimbru 3
Silviu Șmalenea Petrocub
10 Roman Dumenco Dacia Buiucani 2
Filip Dujmović Milsami

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ Dacia Buiucani are playing their home matches at the Nisporeni Stadium in Nisporeni, instead of their stadium, the Joma Arena in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.
  2. ^ Politehnica UTM are playing their home matches at the Suruceni Stadium in Suruceni, instead of their stadium, the UTM Stadium in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.
  3. ^ Spartanii Sportul based in Selemet, between round 1 and 10 represented Chișinău.
  4. ^ Sheriff small Arena used as home ground in round 2 (Phase I), round 4 (Phase I), round 12 (Phase I), round 14 (Phase I), round 16 (Phase I), round 18 (Phase I), and round 20 (Phase I).
  5. ^ Spartanii Sportul are playing their home matches at the Suruceni Stadium in Suruceni, instead of their stadium in Selemet, and until round 10 in Budești, which did not meet requirements.
  6. ^ Joma (match 11).
  1. ^ Álvaro Bely started the match as captain nineteen times, and Andrei Rusnac twice.
  2. ^ Viorel Frunză was serving a two match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
  3. ^ Viorel Frunză (matches 1–17), Cristian Cîrlan (matches 18–19) [note 2], Viorel Frunză (matches 20–21)
  4. ^ Maxim Focșa started the match as captain twenty-one times.
  5. ^ Emil Tîmbur started the match as captain nine times, Vasile Jardan six times, Radu Gînsari four times, Danny Lupano once, and Abdoul Yoda once.
  6. ^ Ion Jardan started the match as captain twelve times, Vladimir Ambros seven times, Maxim Potîrniche once, and Sergiu Plătică once.
  7. ^ Victor Mihailov (matches 1–11), Vadim Skripchenko (matches 12–18)
  8. ^ Cyrille Bayala started the match as captain seventeen times, and Peter Ademo four times.
  9. ^ Mihail Ștefan started the match as captain twelve times , Ștefan Burghiu six times, and Nicolae Cebotari three times.
  10. ^ Ilie Pinteac (matches 1–6), Vitali Rashkevich (matches 7–21).
  11. ^ Alexandru Mardari started the match as captain eighteen times, Ovidiu David once, Artiom Dijinari once, and Cristian Gonța once.
  12. ^ Adrian Sosnovschi was serving a two match suspension and the assistant coach led the team.
  13. ^ Igor Ursachi (matches 1–10), Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 11–16), Igor Ursachi (matches 17–18) [note 12], Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 19–21).
  14. ^ Dan Spătaru started the match as captain seven times, Petru Leuca five times, Daniel Vîrlan four times, Leonardo Bulmaga three times, and Pavel Nazari twice.
  1. ^ Voting on Instagram among the top 4 highest-rated players based on Sofascore was not conducted in round 7. Roman Grygoryan, Tsimafei Sharkouski, Vladimir Fratea and Nabil Khali received the best Sofascore ratings.[18]

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  32. ^ "Danila Forov este Jucătorul Etapei finale a primei faze!". Instagram. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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