Moldova national under-19 football team

Moldova Under-19
NicknameTricolorii juniori (The Junior Tricolours)
AssociationMoldovan Football Federation (FMF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSimeon Bulgaru
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeMDA
First colours
Second colours
First international
Official:
 Belarus 3–4 Moldova 
(Kyustendil, Bulgaria; 13 September 1994)
Biggest win
 Moldova 3–0 Estonia 
(Huskvarna, Sweden; 10 October 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Moldova 0–9 England 
(Irthlingborough, England; 5 November 2002)
Websitefmf.md (in Romanian)

The Moldova national under-19 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held every year. Since the establishment of the Moldovan under-19 team, the under-19 side has never reached a final tournament of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Simeon Bulgaru.[1]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2025

19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) Friendly Azerbaijan  0–0  Moldova Qabala, Azerbaijan
Report Stadium: Gabala City Stadium 2
22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) Friendly Azerbaijan  1–4  Moldova Qabala, Azerbaijan
Cabrayizade 57' Report Tonica 7'
Musteață 38', 65', 68'
Stadium: Gabala City Stadium 2
6 June 2025 (2025-06-06) Friendly Moldova  2–1  Georgia Nisporeni, Moldova
Bulmaga 90+3'
Sava 90+5'
Report Gvasalia 45' Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni
Referee: Nicolae Bălțătescu (Moldova)
8 June 2025 (2025-06-08) Friendly Armenia  0–1  Moldova Nisporeni, Moldova
Report Musteață 61' Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni
Referee: Oleg Stoianov (Moldova)
4 September 2025 (2025-09-04) Friendly Albania  0–1  Moldova Tirana, Albania
Report Tonica 42' Stadium: Shtëpia e Futbollit
Referee: Silvio Dyrmishi (Albania)
6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) Friendly Moldova  3–4  Kosovo Tirana, Albania
Sava 9'
Musteață 84' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
Report Vitija 2', 42'
Maksutaj 3'
Haxhiu 75'
Stadium: Shtëpia e Futbollit
Referee: Dionis Kushta (Albania)
11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Friendly Moldova  1–0  Bulgaria Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
Bețivu 90+2' Report Stadium: Stadionul CPSM
Referee: Ivan Todos (Moldova)
14 October 2025 (2025-10-14) Friendly Moldova  0–2  Bulgaria Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
Report Stoyanchov 40'
Dimitrov 87'
Stadium: Stadionul CPSM
Referee: Andrei Cojocari (Moldova)
12 November 2025 (2025-11-12) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying Italy  8–0  Moldova Acireale, Italy
  • Ciardi 5', 58'
  • Mosconi 13'
  • Coletta 16'
  • Sala 20'
  • Cocchi 69'
  • Cacciamani 72'
  • Cerpelletti 83'
Report Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mihály Káprály (Hungary)
15 November 2025 (2025-11-15) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying Poland  2–1  Moldova Acireale, Italy
Report Caragheorghi 31' Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea
Attendance: 88
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)
18 November 2025 (2025-11-18) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying Moldova  1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Acireale, Italy
Bejenaru 16' Report Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea
Attendance: 50
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)

2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Group B5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or transfer
1  Netherlands (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Round 2 League A
2  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Round 2 League B
3  North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2026 UEFA Euro U19 qualifying matches against Italy, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12, 15 and 18 November 2025, respectively.[2]

Squad is correct as of 18 November 2025, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Maxim Gumenco (2007-09-13) 13 September 2007 Bacău U18
12 1GK Maxim Marandici (2007-07-30) 30 July 2007 Viktoria Žižkov U19

2 2DF Nichita Lipcan (2007-10-04) 4 October 2007 Politehnica UTM
3 2DF Daniil Dimitrișin (2007-05-05) 5 May 2007 Bologna Primavera
4 2DF David Dimitrișin (2007-05-07) 7 May 2007 Chievo
5 2DF Daniel Tonica (captain) (2007-07-31) 31 July 2007 Legnano Salus
6 2DF Ivan Graminschii (2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 St Patrick's Athletic Academy
13 2DF Alexandru Egupov (2007-09-18) 18 September 2007 Sheriff Tiraspol U19
14 2DF Vadim Burca (2007-06-07) 7 June 2007 Sheriff Tiraspol U17
15 2DF Ilie Negru (2006-09-16) 16 September 2006 Zimbru Chișinău U19

7 3MF Vadim Bejenaru (2007-02-28) 28 February 2007 Vedeggio
8 3MF Alexandru Muntean (2007-07-11) 11 July 2007 Dacia Buiucani
16 3MF Paolo Sula (2007-03-31) 31 March 2007 Mercantil U19
17 3MF Iustin Cornescu (2008-07-16) 16 July 2008 Sassuolo U18
18 3MF Gheorghe Moșneagu (2007-04-30) 30 April 2007 Shelbourne Academy
19 3MF Alexandru Bețivu (2007-06-21) 21 June 2007 Tunari
20 3MF Leonard Bulmaga (2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 Spartanii Sportul

9 4FW Mihail Sava (2007-09-01) 1 September 2007 Spartanii Sportul
10 4FW Bogdan Musteață (2007-12-14) 14 December 2007 Politehnica UTM
11 4FW Nichita Caragheorghi (2007-10-04) 4 October 2007 Sammaurese

Competition history

Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 19 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January. Starting with qualification for the 2002 tournament, the competition was renamed from Under-18 Championship to Under-19 Championship, but the eligibility rules did not change.

UEFA U-18/19 European Championship

Under-18 era, 1995–2001
Under-19 era, 2002–present

  Hosted tournament  Hosted qualifying
UEFA U-18/19 European Championship record UEFA U-18/19
Qualification record[3]
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Squad Pld W D L GF GA GD Campaign
1995 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 6 7 −1 1995
1996 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 1996
1997 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 1997
1998 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1998
1999 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 1999
2000 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 2000
2001 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 2001
2002 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 2002
2003 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 2003
2004 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2004
2005 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 2005 2005
2006 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 2006
2007 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2007
2008 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 2008 2008
2009 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 2009
2010 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 2010
2011 6 1 1 4 3 17 −14 2011 2011
2012 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 2012
2013 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 2013
2014 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 2014
2015 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 2015
2016 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 2016
2017 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 2017
2018 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2018
2019 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 2019
2020 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 2020
2022 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 2022
2023 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 2023
2024 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 2024
2025 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2025
2026 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 2026
2027 In progress 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2027
2028 To be determined To be determined
2029
Total 0/31 99 12 16 71 61 248 −187

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 18 November 2025.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Noutăți". fmf.md.
  2. ^ Lot fmf.md
  3. ^ "Statistics". RSSSF.
  4. ^ "H2H". fmf.md.