2022–23_Moldovan_Super_Liga

2022–23 Moldovan Super Liga

Football league season

The 2022–23 Moldovan Super Liga was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 30 July 2022 and ended on 20 May 2023. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club earned a place in the second qualifying round and the third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Super Liga
Season	2022–23
Dates	30 July 2022 – 20 May 2023
Champions	Sheriff 21st title
Relegated	Dinamo-Auto
Champions League	Sheriff
Conference League	Petrocub Zimbru Milsami
Matches played	86
Goals scored	183 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rasheed Akanbi Alexandru Dedov (8 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Nikos Giannakopoulos (10 clean sheets)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league. The top 7 teams from the 2021–22 season and one promoted team from the Divizia A: Dacia Buiucani, returning to the top tier after one year absence.

Chișinău

Tiraspol

Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Zimbru

Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff

Locations of the 2022–23 teams

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Team	Place	Ground	Capacity	Coach
Bălți	Bălți	Bălți Stadium	5,953	Veaceslav Rusnac
Dacia Buiucani	Chișinău	Suruceni Stadium	350	Andrei Martin
Dinamo-Auto	Tiraspol	Dinamo-Auto	1,300	Novruz Azimov
Milsami	Orhei	Orhei Stadium	2,539	Serghei Dubrovin
Petrocub	Hîncești	Hîncești Stadium	1,100	Ivan Tabanov
Sfîntul Gheorghe	Suruceni	Zimbru-2 Stadium	1,500	Nicolai Mandrîcenco
Sheriff	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	12,798	Roberto Bordin
Zimbru	Chișinău	Zimbru Stadium	10,104	Lilian Popescu

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Petrocub	Lilian Popescu	Resigned	16 May 2022^[1]	Pre-season	Alexei Savinov	1 June 2022^[2]
Sheriff	Yuriy Vernydub	Resigned	8 June 2022^[3]		Stjepan Tomas	21 June 2022^[4]
Zimbru	Michele Bon	Released	17 June 2022^[5]		Vlad Goian	26 June 2022^[6]
Petrocub	Alexei Savinov	No UEFA Pro Licence	1 July 2022		Ivan Tabanov	1 July 2022^[7]
Dinamo-Auto	Oleg Bejenar	Released	1 July 2022		Anatol Teslev (caretaker)	6 August 2022^[8]
Zimbru	Vlad Goian	Resigned	30 August 2022^[9]	7th	Lilian Popescu	31 August 2022^[10]
Dinamo-Auto	Anatol Teslev	End of caretaker period	9 September 2022	8th	Novruz Azimov	9 September 2022^[11]
Bălți	Serghei Cebotari	Resigned	10 October 2022	6th	Veaceslav Rusnac	11 October 2022
Sheriff	Stjepan Tomas	Resigned	25 October 2022^[12]	1st	Victor Mihailov (caretaker)	25 October 2022
Sheriff	Victor Mihailov	End of caretaker period	9 January 2023	1st	Roberto Bordin	9 January 2023^[13]

Phase I

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	14	10	3	1	24	6	+18	33	Qualification to Phase II
2	Petrocub Hîncești	14	8	3	3	20	11	+9	27
3	Zimbru Chișinău	14	4	7	3	17	17	0	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Sfîntul Gheorghe	14	6	1	7	18	22	−4	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Milsami Orhei	14	4	5	5	12	14	−2	17^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Bălți	14	5	2	7	13	13	0	17^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Dacia Buiucani	14	4	4	6	14	14	0	16	Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II
8	Dinamo-Auto	14	1	3	10	5	26	−21	0^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II

Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.^[15]
Notes:

Zimbru ahead of Sfîntul Gheorghe on head-to-head points: Zimbru : 4p, Sfîntul Gheorghe : 1p.
Milsami ahead of Bălți on head-to-head points: Milsami : 4p, Bălți : 1p.
Dinamo-Auto had 6 points deducted for match-fixing allegations.^[14]

Results

More information Home \ Away, BĂL ...

Home \ Away	BĂL	DAC	DIN	MIL	PET	SFÎ	SHE	ZIM
Bălți	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–3	0–2
Dacia Buiucani	0–0	—	5–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0
Dinamo-Auto	0–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	0–0
Milsami Orhei	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–0
Petrocub Hîncești	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	2–2
Sfîntul Gheorghe	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	—	1–3	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	—	0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	0–3	3–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	—

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Phase II

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	10	7	3	0	15	3	+12	24	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Petrocub Hîncești	10	6	3	1	16	6	+10	21	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Zimbru Chișinău	10	3	3	4	10	9	+1	12	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4	Milsami Orhei	10	3	2	5	10	16	−6	11
5	Sfîntul Gheorghe	10	1	4	5	4	13	−9	7	Dissolved after the season^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Bălți	10	0	5	5	5	13	−8	5

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 away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Least red cards; 11) Least yellow cards.^[15]
(C) Champions
Notes:

Sfîntul Gheorghe withdrew before the start of the next season.^[16]

Results

More information Home \ Away, SHE ...

Home \ Away	SHE	PET	ZIM	SFÎ	MIL	BĂL
Sheriff Tiraspol	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Petrocub Hîncești	1–1	—	3–2	3–0	2–1	0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	0–2	1–2	—	0–0	0–1	1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe	0–2	0–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1
Milsami Orhei	0–4 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–2	0–3	3–0	—	1–0
Bălți	1–1 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–3 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–1	0–2	2–2	—

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[17]
1	Rasheed Akanbi	Sheriff	8
1	Alexandru Dedov	Zimbru	8
3	Marius Iosipoi	Petrocub	7
4	Radu Gînsari	Milsami	6
5	Jibril Ibrahim	Sf. Gheorghe	5
	Vladimir Ambros	Petrocub
	Victor Bogaciuc	Petrocub
8	Steve Ambri	Sheriff	4
	Emmanuel Alaribe	Zimbru
	Eugen Sidorenco	Zimbru
	Mouhamed Diop	Sheriff

Hat-tricks

More information Player, Home ...

Player	Home	Away	Result	Date
Alexandru Dedov	Zimbru	Sf. Gheorghe	3–3	11 September 2022

Clean sheets

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Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[18]
1	Nikos Giannakopoulos	Zimbru	10
2	Razak Abalora	Sheriff	7
2	Cristian Avram	Petrocub	7
4	Sebastian Agachi	Zimbru (0) & Dacia (6)	6
4	Victor Străistari	Sf. Gheorghe (3) & Bălți (3)	6
6	Dumitru Celeadnic	Sheriff	5
6	Nicolai Calancea	Sf. Gheorghe	5
8	Emil Tîmbur	Milsami	4
9	Maksym Koval	Sheriff	3
	Igor Mostovei	Petrocub
	Victor Buga	Milsami
	Dallian Allogho	Dinamo-Auto
	Stanislav Namașco	Bălți

Notes

Sheriff hosted
Petrocub hosted

References

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"Lilian Popescu, antrenorul sinonim cu performanța" (in Romanian).petrocub.md
[2]
"Alexei Savinov este noul antrenor al echipei Petrocub" (in Romanian).petrocub.md
[3]
"Thank you, Yuri Vernidub".fc-sheriff.com
[4]
"Stjepan Tomas – noul principal" (in Romanian).fc-sheriff.com
[5]
"Зимбру уволил итальянца Микеле Бона с поста главного тренера основной команды" (in Russian).sports.md
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"Известно имя нового главного тренера" (in Russian).sports.md
[7]
"Squad".uefa.com
[8]
"Match report" (PDF).soccerway.com
[9]
"Vlad Goian a reziliat contractul" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
[10]
"Lilian Popescu este noul antrenor al echipei Zimbru" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
[11]
"Главный тренер из Азербайджана" (in Russian).dinamo-auto.com
[12]
"Спасибо, Степан Томас". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). 25 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
[13]
"Welcome back".fc-sheriff.com
[14]
"Echipa Dinamo-Auto a fost depunctată" (in Romanian). FMF. 18 July 2022.
[15]
"Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2022-23" [Regulations edition 2022-23 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
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"Astăzi povestea clubului a ajuns la final" (in Romanian).facebook.com
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"Players - Super Liga". Soccerway.
[18]
"Clean sheets". soccerway.com.

External links

Official website
uefa.com

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