Moldova national football team

Moldova

Association	Football Association of Moldova (Federaţia moldovenească de fotbal)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	vacant
Most caps	Radu Rebeja (74)
Top scorer	Serghei Cleşcenco (11)
Home stadium	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
FIFA code	MDA
FIFA ranking	88
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	149 (May 1994)
Elo ranking	90
Highest Elo ranking	86 (February 2008)
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 auspice 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 within a month of each other in the mid-1990s, during the qualifiers for Euro 96. On September 7, 1994, they beat Georgia 1-0 in Tbilisi with a goal from Igor Oprea. A month later, on October 12, 1994, they defeated Wales 3-2 in Chişinău; the Moldovan scorers were Sergiu Secu, Serghei Belous, and Valerii Pogorelov. However, they could not keep up the momentum and finished well out of contention in the group.

World Cup record

• 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

European Championship record

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

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e 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 –

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent
14 October, 2009	World Cup 2010	Riga	Latvia
10 October, 2009	World Cup 2010	Ramat Gan	Israel

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
9 September, 2009	World Cup 2010	Chisinau	Greece	Drew 1:1	Valeriu Andronic
5 September, 2009	World Cup 2010	Chisinau	Luxembourg	Drew 0:0
12 August, 2009	Friendly	Yerevan	Armenia	Won 4:1	Victor Golovatenco (2), Valeriu Andronic, Alexandru Epureanu
10 June, 2009	Friendly	Barysaw	Belarus	Drew 2:2	Denis Calincov, Valeriu Andronic
6 June, 2009	Friendly	Tbilisi	Georgia	Won 2:1	Veaceslav Sofroni, Victor Golovatenco
1 April, 2009	World Cup 2010	Geneva	Switzerland	Lost 2:0
28 March, 2009	World Cup 2010	Chisinau	Switzerland	Lost 0:2
11 February, 2009	Friendly	Antalya	Macedonia	Drew 1:1	Valeriu Andronic
19 November, 2008	Friendly	Tallinn	Lithuania	Drew 1:1	Igor Bugaev
18 November, 2008	Friendly	Tallinn	Estonia	Lost 1:0
15 October, 2008	World Cup 2010		Luxembourg	Drew 0:0
11 October, 2008	World Cup 2010	Piraeus	Greece	Lost 3:0

Players

The following players have been called up for the friendly match vs Georgia, that will take place on June 6, 2009^[1].

Caps and goals are correct as of June 9, 2009.

Current squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Nicolae Calancea August 29, 1986 (1986-08-29) (age 23) 11 0 Zimbru Chişinău GK Stanislav Namaşco November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 23) 11 0 Sheriff Tiraspol GK Evgheni Matiughin October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 28) 2 0 Dacia Chişinău DF Alexandru Epureanu September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 23) 26 1 FC Moscow DF Alexei Savinov April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19) (age 30) 23 0 Baku DF Victor Golovatenco April 28, 1984 (1984-04-28) (age 25) 20 1 Khimki DF Igor Armaş July 14, 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 22) 9 0 Hammarby DF Dumitru Popovici August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 26) 1 0 Dacia Chişinău MF Andrei Corneencov April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01) (age 27) 23 0 Sheriff Tiraspol MF Valeriu Andronic December 21, 1982 (1982-12-21) (age 26) 18 2 Bohemians Prague MF Alexandru Suvorov February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 22) 13 0 Sheriff Tiraspol MF Serghei Namaşco June 19, 1984 (1984-06-19) (age 25) 13 0 Tiraspol MF Igor Tîgîrlaş February 24, 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 25) 10 0 Ventspils MF Eugeniu Cebotaru October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 25) 10 0 Ceahlăul MF Alexandru Onica July 29, 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 25) 6 0 Dacia Chişinău MF Victor Bulat January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05) (age 24) 5 0 Dacia Chişinău MF Artur Ioniţă August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (age 19) 1 0 Aarau FW Igor Bugaiov June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) (age 24) 21 5 Metalurh Zaporizhya FW Serghei Alexeev May 31, 1986 (1986-05-31) (age 23) 15 3 Aarau FW Denis Calincov September 15, 1985 (1985-09-15) (age 24) 9 1 Academia UTM Chişinău FW Gheorghe Ovseannicov October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12) (age 24) 8 0 Olimpia Bălţi FW Veaceslav Sofroni April 30, 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 25) 2 1 Zimbru Chişinău

Recent call-up

Recent call-up last matches.

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Mihai Moraru October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 30) 1 -1 Petrolul 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 DF Serghei Laşcencov March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24) (age 29) 32 0 Olimpik Baku 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 MF Alexandru Gaţcan March 27, 1984 (1984-03-27) (age 25) 18 1 Rostov 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 MF Denis Zmeu May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 24) 12 0 Vaslui 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 MF Victor Marian September 10, 1984 (1984-09-10) (age 25) 1 0 Rocar 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 FW Vitalie Manaliu March 23, 1985 (1985-03-23) (age 24) 4 0 Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009

Coaches

External links

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

See also

• Cat:Moldovan footballers
• Cat:Moldova international footballers
• Cat:Moldovan football biography stubs

References

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