Moldova national football team

Moldova

Association	Federaţia Moldovenească de Fotbal
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gavril Balint
Captain	Alexandru Epureanu
Most caps	Radu Rebeja (74)
Top scorer	Serghei Cleşcenco (11)
Home stadium	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
FIFA code	MDA
FIFA ranking	89
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	149 (May 1994)
Elo ranking	107
Highest Elo ranking	86 (February 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	130 (October/November 2002)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Moldova 2 - 4 Georgia (Chişinău, Moldova; July 2, 1991)
Biggest win
Moldova 5 - 0 Pakistan (Amman, Jordan; August 18, 1992)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 6 - 0 Moldova (Gothenburg, Sweden; June 6, 2001)

The Moldova national football team is the national football team of Moldova under the auspices of the Football Association of Moldova. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on July 2, 1991.

Their two best results came during the qualifiers for Euro 96, with wins over Georgia (1-0) in Tbilisi and Wales (3-2) in Chişinău. The team has never qualified for the final stages of the European Championship or the FIFA World Cup.

Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău and their head coach is Gavril Balint.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

• 1930 to 1938 - Did not enter, was part of Romania
• 1950 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

UEFA European Championship

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Switzerland 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21  Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20  Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +3 17  Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +10 16  Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 −21 5  Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 −12 3

Greece  – 2 – 1 5 – 2 2 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 2 Israel  1 – 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 2 Latvia  0 – 2 1 – 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 2 Luxembourg  0 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 4 – 0 – 0 0 – 3 Moldova  1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 2 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 Switzerland  2 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 0 –

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 12  Hungary 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 9  Sweden 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6  Moldova 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6  Finland 4 1 0 3 10 6 +4 3  San Marino 5 0 0 5 0 29 −29 0

Finland  — 1–2 2 Sep '11 6 Sep '11 8–0 7 Oct '11 Hungary  11 Oct '11 — 2–1 25 Mar '11 8–0 2 Sep '11 Moldova  2–0 6 Sep '11 — 0–1 11 Oct '11 3 Jun '11 Netherlands  2–1 29 Mar '11 7 Oct '11 — 2 Sep '11 4–1 San Marino  3 Jun '11 7 Jun '11 0–2 0–5 — 6 Sep '11 Sweden  7 Jun '11 2–0 29 Mar '11 11 Oct '11 6–0 —

2010 fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent
7 September 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Budapest	Hungary
8 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Chişinău	Netherlands
12 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Serravalle	San Marino

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
3 March 2010	International Friendly	Antalya	Kazakhstan	Won 1:0	Alexandru Epureanu
26 May 2010	International Friendly	Seekirchen	Azerbaijan	Drew 1:1	Andrei Cojocari
29 May 2010	International Friendly	Anif	United Arab Emirates	Lost 3:2	Igor Ţîgîrlaş, Simeon Bulgaru
11 August 2010	International Friendly	Chisinau	Georgia	Drew 0:0
3 September 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Chişinău	Finland	Won 2-0	Alexandr Suvorov, Anatoli Doros

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Azerbaijan on 26 May 2010 and The United Arab Emirates on 29 May 2010 ^[1].

Caps and goals are correct as of 17 June 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Stanislav Namaşco 10 November 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 24) 16 0 Kuban Krasnodar 12 GK Artiom Gaiduchevici 22 April 1987 (1987-04-22) (age 23) 2 0 Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa 2 DF Serghei Gafina 10 November 1984 (1984-11-10) (age 26) 0 0 Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa 3 DF Oleg Ichem 27 October 1979 (1979-10-27) (age 31) 1 0 Neman Grodno 4 DF Simeon Bulgaru 26 May 1985 (1985-05-26) (age 25) 5 1 Viborg FF 5 DF Alexandru Epureanu 27 September 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 24) 30 3 Dinamo Moscow 16 DF Alexandru Cheltuială 5 December 1983 (1983-12-05) (age 27) 1 0 Olimpia Bălţi 18 DF Vadim Bolohan 15 August 1986 (1986-08-15) (age 24) 3 0 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 6 MF Andrei Cojocari 21 January 1987 (1987-01-21) (age 24) 3 1 Dacia Chişinău 7 MF Igor Ţîgîrlaş 24 February 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 26) 12 1 Metalurh Zaporizhya 8 MF Nicolae Josan 18 September 1983 (1983-09-18) (age 27) 11 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 14 MF Alexandru Onica 25 July 1984 (1984-07-25) (age 26) 10 0 Vorskla Poltava 15 MF Alexei Savinov 19 April 1979 (1979-04-19) (age 31) 33 0 Baku 17 MF Eugeniu Cebotaru 16 October 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 26) 14 0 Ceahlăul 19 MF Denis Zmeu 8 May 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 25) 11 0 Vaslui 9 FW Anatoli Doros 21 March 1983 (1983-03-21) (age 27) 5 0 Olimpik Baku 10 FW Denis Calincov 15 September 1985 (1985-09-15) (age 25) 19 2 Khazar Lankaran 11 FW Serghei Dadu 23 January 1981 (1981-01-23) (age 30) 27 7 Alania Vladikavkaz 13 FW Alexandr Suvorov 2 February 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 24) 17 1 Cracovia Kraków 20 FW Veaceslav Sofroni 30 April 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 26) 9 2 Baku 21 FW Eugen Sidorenco 19 March 1989 (1989-03-19) (age 21) 1 0 Zimbru Chişinău 22 FW Alexandru Antoniuc 23 May 1989 (1989-05-23) (age 21) 1 0 Rubin Kazan

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Moldova squad recently.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Callup DF Igor Armaş 14 July 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 23) 13 0 Kuban Krasnodar Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010 MF Vadim Boreţ 5 September 1976 (1976-09-05) (age 34) 34 1 Baku Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010 DF Victor Golovatenco 28 April 1984 (1984-04-28) (age 26) 25 2 Kuban Krasnodar Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010 FW Igor Bugaiov 26 June 1984 (1984-06-26) (age 26) 26 4 Lokomotiv Astana Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010 FW Alexandru Golban 28 February 1979 (1979-02-28) (age 31) 15 4 Simurq Zagatala Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010 MF Eugen Gorceac 10 March 1987 (1987-03-10) (age 23) 3 0 Dacia Chişinău Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010 MF Valeriu Andronic December 21, 1982 (1982-12-21) (age 28) 25 4 Lokomotiv Astana Friendly vs Kazakhstan, on 3 March 2010

Player history

Players in bold are still active.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Managers

Period	Coach
1991–1992	Ion Caras
1992	Eugen Piunovschi
1992–1997	Ion Caras
1998–1999	Ivan Danilianţ
1999–2001	Alexandru Maţiura
2001	Alexandru Spiridon
2002–2006	Viktor Pasulko
2006–2007	Anatol Teslev
2007–2009	Igor Dobrovolski
2010–Present	Gavril Balint

External links

• Football Association of Moldova (Romanian) / (English)
• RSSSF archive of results: 1991-present
• www.football.md (Russian)

See also

• Moldova national football team matches
• Category:Moldovan footballers
• Category:Moldova international footballers
• Category:Moldovan football biography stubs

References

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