2024–25 Moldovan Super Liga

Super Liga
Season	2024–25
Dates	3 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played	56
Goals scored	153 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Justice Ohajunwa; (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Sheriff 8–0 Florești; (9 November 2024)
Biggest away win	Florești 0–8 Zimbru; (18 August 2024)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Moldovan Super Liga is the 34th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The league started on 3 August 2024 and will conclude on 18 May 2025. Petrocub Hîncești are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2025–26 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 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Bălți	Dacia Buiucani ^{[n 1]}	Florești ^{[n 2]}	Milsami
Bălți Stadium	Zimbru-2 Stadium	Bender Stadium UEFA	District Sport Complex UEFA
Capacity: 5,200	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 4,981	Capacity: 3,000

Petrocub	Bălți Dacia Florești Milsami Petrocub Sheriff Spartanii Zimbru Nisporeni Bender		Sheriff
Hîncești Stadium			Sheriff Arena ^{[n 3]} UEFA
Capacity: 1,100			Capacity: 12,746

Spartanii Sportul ^{[n 4]}			Zimbru
Nisporeni Stadium			Zimbru Stadium UEFA
Capacity: 5,200			Capacity: 10,104

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor
Sheriff	Mislav Karoglan ^{[note 1]}	Dumitru Celeadnic	Adidas	none
Zimbru	Hikmet Karaman ^{[note 2]}	Ștefan Burghiu	Macron	ProPay, Geosport, A.M.G, apă pură
Petrocub	Andrei Martin	Vladimir Ambros	Puma	none
Bălți	Veaceslav Rusnac	Álvaro Bely	Joma	Primăria Municipiului Bălți
Milsami	Igor Picușceac	Vadim Bolohan	Macron	none
Spartanii Sportul	Vacant ^{[note 3]}	Alexandru Dedov	Erreà	Ceek, Samaritan
Dacia Buiucani	Viorel Frunză	Maxim Focșa ^{[note 4]}	Joma	Primăria Chișinău, Art Sport, OM, Creatlon
Florești	Nicolai Țurcan ^{[note 5]}	Alexandru Osipov ^{[note 6]}	Joma	none

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sheriff	Yuriy Hura	Mutual consent	5 August 2024^[1]	2nd	Mislav Karoglan	5 August 2024^[2]
Zimbru	Lilian Popescu	Mutual consent	8 October 2024^[3]	4th	Hikmet Karaman	18 October 2024^[4]
Spartanii	Adrian Sosnovschi	Resigned	9 November 2024	6th

Phase I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	14	11	3	0	33	6	27	36	Qualification to Phase II
2	Zimbru Chișinău	14	8	1	5	32	16	16	25
3	Petrocub Hîncești	14	6	5	3	20	9	11	23^[a]
4	Bălți	14	6	5	3	18	9	9	23^[a]
5	Milsami Orhei	14	6	3	5	30	18	12	21
6	Spartanii Sportul	14	3	5	6	12	17	−5	14
7	Dacia Buiucani	14	2	5	7	8	19	−11	11	Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II
8	Florești	14	0	1	13	0	59	−59	1	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 goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.^[5]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Petrocub ahead of Bălți on goal difference:Petrocub : 11, Bălți : 9.

Results

Home \ Away	BĂL	DAC	FLO	MIL	PET	SHE	SPA	ZIM
Bălți	—	0–0	5–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Dacia Buiucani	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1
Florești	0–4	0–3	—	0–5	0–5	0–4	0–0	0–8
Milsami Orhei	0–2	7–0	6–0	—	0–2	0–4	3–0	3–1
Petrocub Hîncești	1–0	2–0	3–0^[a]	2–1	—	1–1	2–2	0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	2–0	8–0	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	4–2
Spartanii Sportul	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–3
Zimbru Chișinău	4–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	—

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

^ Florești was awarded a technical loss against Petrocub due to their failure to appear at their round 2 match.^[6]

Phase II

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Zimbru Chișinău	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Petrocub Hîncești	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4	Bălți
5	Milsami Orhei
6	Spartanii Sportul

First match(es) will be played: 8 March 2025. 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.^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	SHE	ZIM	PET	BĂL	MIL	SPA
Sheriff Tiraspol	—
Zimbru Chișinău		—
Petrocub Hîncești			—
Bălți				—
Milsami Orhei	^[a]				—
Spartanii Sportul	^[a]	^[b]				—

First match(es) will be played: 8 March 2025. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 23 November 2024^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Justice Ohajunwa	Zimbru	8
2	Vlad Răileanu	Zimbru	7
2	Isaac Oppong	Spartanii Sportul	7
4	João Paulino	Zimbru	6
5	Radu Gînsari	Milsami	5
5	Vladimer Mamuchashvili	Sheriff	5
7	Eugeniu Rebenja	Bălți	4
	Marin Căruntu	Petrocub
	Denys Dedechko	Zimbru
	Caio Martins	Bălți
	Rasheed Akanbi	Sheriff
	Ayyoub Allach	Sheriff

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Justice Ohajunwa⁴	Zimbru	Florești	8–0 (A)	18 August 2024
Isaac Oppong	Spartanii Sportul	Zimbru	3–2 (A)	14 September 2024
Vladimer Mamuchashvili	Sheriff	Dacia Buiucani	3–1 (A)	29 September 2024
Stephen Gopey	Milsami	Florești	5–0 (A)	26 October 2024
Rasheed Akanbi	Sheriff	Florești	8–0 (H)	9 November 2024

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of 23 November 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Dumitru Celeadnic	Sheriff	8
2	Artur Nazarciuc	Bălți	7
3	Nicolae Cebotari	Zimbru	5
3	Victor Străistari	Dacia Buiucani	5
5	Mihail Cioban	Milsami	4
5	Silviu Șmalenea	Petrocub	4
7	Daniel Vîrlan	Spartanii Sportul	2
	Victor Dodon	Petrocub
	Sebastian Agachi	Zimbru
	Andrews Owusu	Spartanii Sportul

Notes

^ Dacia Buiucani are playing their home matches at the Zimbru-2 Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their stadium, the Joma Arena in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.
^ Florești are playing their home matches in Bender, instead of their stadium in Florești, which did not meet requirements.
^ Sheriff small Arena used as home ground in round 2 (Phase I) and in round 3 (Phase I).
^ Spartanii Sportul are playing their home matches in Nisporeni, instead of their stadium in Budești, which did not meet requirements.

^ Yuriy Hura (match 1), Mislav Karoglan (matches 2–3), Marijan Karoglan (match 4), Mislav Karoglan (matches 5–)
^ Lilian Popescu (matches 1–9), Dumitru Arabadji (match 10), Hikmet Karaman (matches 11–
^ Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 1–7), Valentin Furdui (match 8), Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 9–12), Andrian Bogdan (matches 13–14).
^ Maxim Focșa started the match as captain thirteen times, and Ștefan Efros once.
^ Igor Ursachi (matches 1–6), Nicolai Țurcan (matches 7–14).
^ Alexandru Osipov started the match as captain twelve times, and Oleg Gavriușen once.

^ ^a ^b Sheriff will host
^ Zimbru will host

References

^ "Thank you, Yuiri Hura". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ "Mislav Karoglan is the new head coach". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ "Mulțumim, Lilian Popescu". zimbru.md. FC Zimbru. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ "Hikmet Karaman, Noul antrenor al F.C. Zimbru Chișinău". zimbru.md. FC Zimbru. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2024-25" [Regulations edition 2024-25 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
^ Discipline Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 14 August 2024
^ "Goalscorers". Soccerway.

External links

[table_hth_PET0.87541361706118-15] Petrocub ahead of Bălți on goal difference:Petrocub : 11, Bălți : 9.

[table_note_1_PET_FLO0.64448205458209-18] Florești was awarded a technical loss against Petrocub due to their failure to appear at their round 2 match.^[6]

[Dacia_Buiucani-1] Dacia Buiucani are playing their home matches at the Zimbru-2 Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their stadium, the Joma Arena in Chișinău, which did not meet requirements.

[Florești2-2] Florești are playing their home matches in Bender, instead of their stadium in Florești, which did not meet requirements.

[Sheriff-3] Sheriff small Arena used as home ground in round 2 (Phase I) and in round 3 (Phase I).

[Spartanii_Sportul-4] Spartanii Sportul are playing their home matches in Nisporeni, instead of their stadium in Budești, which did not meet requirements.

[5] Yuriy Hura (match 1), Mislav Karoglan (matches 2–3), Marijan Karoglan (match 4), Mislav Karoglan (matches 5–)

[6] Lilian Popescu (matches 1–9), Dumitru Arabadji (match 10), Hikmet Karaman (matches 11–

[7] Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 1–7), Valentin Furdui (match 8), Adrian Sosnovschi (matches 9–12), Andrian Bogdan (matches 13–14).

[8] Maxim Focșa started the match as captain thirteen times, and Ștefan Efros once.

[9] Igor Ursachi (matches 1–6), Nicolai Țurcan (matches 7–14).

[10] Alexandru Osipov started the match as captain twelve times, and Oleg Gavriușen once.

[Sheriff_will_host-19] Sheriff will host

[Zimbru_will_host-20] Zimbru will host

[11] "Thank you, Yuiri Hura". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

[12] "Mislav Karoglan is the new head coach". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

[13] "Mulțumim, Lilian Popescu". zimbru.md. FC Zimbru. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

[14] "Hikmet Karaman, Noul antrenor al F.C. Zimbru Chișinău". zimbru.md. FC Zimbru. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[MoldovaRules-16] "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2024-25" [Regulations edition 2024-25 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.

[17] Discipline Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 14 August 2024

[Goalscorers-21] "Goalscorers". Soccerway.

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