2016–17 Moldovan "A" Division

The 2016–17 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 26th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. Fifteen teams competed in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Divizia Națională teams. The season began on 5 August 2016 and ended on 31 May 2017.

Divizia A

Season	2016–17
Champions	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol
Promoted	Sfîntul Gheorghe Spicul Chișcăreni
Relegated	Prut Leova
Matches played	210
Goals scored	777 (3.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Artiom Zabun (21 goals)
← 2015–16 2017 →

Spicul Chișcăreni were the defending champions, after winning their first title in the competition in the previous season.

Teams

Chișinău

Sf. Gheorghe

Spicul

Victoria

Intersport

Sheriff-2

Edineț

Sîngerei

Gagauziya

Iskra

Sparta

Codru

Prut

Chișinău teams:
Dacia-2
Real Succes
Zimbru-2

Location of teams in Moldovan "A" Division 2016–17

Club	Location
Sfîntul Gheorghe	Suruceni
Spicul	Chișcăreni
Dacia-2 Buiucani	Chișinău
Victoria	Bardar
Sheriff-2	Tiraspol
Intersport-Aroma	Cobusca Nouă
Zimbru-2	Chișinău
Edineț	Edineț
Sîngerei	Sîngerei
Gagauziya-Oguzsport	Comrat
Iskra	Rîbnița
Sparta	Selemet
Codru	Lozova
Real Succes	Chișinău
Prut	Leova

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol (C)	28	22	2	4	94	19	+75	68	Ineligible for promotion
2	Sfîntul Gheorghe (P)	28	21	3	4	79	23	+56	66[a]	Promotion to Divizia Națională
3	Spicul Chișcăreni (P)	28	21	3	4	62	22	+40	66[a]
4	Victoria Bardar	28	20	4	4	78	26	+52	64
5	Zimbru-2 Chișinău	28	13	5	10	57	38	+19	44	Ineligible for promotion
6	Sparta Selemet	28	13	2	13	51	61	−10	41
7	Sîngerei	28	13	1	14	48	53	−5	40
8	Edineț	28	11	3	14	55	57	−2	36
9	Iskra Rîbnița	28	10	5	13	39	50	−11	35
10	Dacia-2 Buiucani	28	10	4	14	39	45	−6	34	withdrew[b]
11	Real Succes Chișinău	28	9	2	17	37	54	−17	29[c]
12	Gagauziya-Oguzsport	28	9	2	17	51	74	−23	29[c]	withdrew[d]
13	Codru Lozova	28	8	3	17	48	81	−33	27
14	Intersport-Aroma	28	6	4	18	20	50	−30	22	withdrew[e]
15	Prut Leova (R)	28	2	1	25	19	124	−105	7	Relegation to Divizia B

Source: 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) Fairplay ranking.^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Sf. Gheorghe ahead of Spicul on head-to-head points: Spicul–Sf. Gheorghe 0–1, Sf. Gheorghe–Spicul 3–0
2. Dacia-2 Buiucani completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
3. Real Succes ahead of Gagauziya-Oguzsport on head-to-head goal difference: Gagauziya-Oguzsport–Real Succes 4–0, Real Succes–Gagauziya-Oguzsport 6–0
4. Gagauziya-Oguzsport completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
5. As per regulations, the fourteenth placed team, Intersport-Aroma was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.

Results

Home \ Away	SFÎ	VIC	ZIM	SHE	DAC	EDI	GAG	INT	REA	PRU	SÎN	COD	SPA	SPI	ISK
Sfîntul Gheorghe		1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–4	4–1	3–0	8–0	4–0	2–3	3–1	3–0	4–0
Victoria Bardar	2–2		1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	6–1	2–3	7–1	5–0	5–2	4–1	3–2	4–1
Zimbru-2 Chișinău	2–2	0–2		0–3	0–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	6–0	0–0	4–0	4–3	1–4	4–0
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	1–0	3–2	2–1		4–0	5–0	9–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	9–0	15–0	2–0	4–1
Dacia-2 Buiucani	0–6	1–5	1–2	1–2		4–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	9–1	4–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–1
Edineț	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–4	4–1		6–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	1–3	3–0	1–2	1–4	1–1
Gagauziya-Oguzsport	0–7	1–2	2–4	3–6	0–2	1–1		3–0	4–0	5–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–0
Intersport-Aroma	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–3		1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0
Real Succes Chișinău	0–3	0–4	1–0	0–3	1–3	2–3	6–0	1–3		3–1	3–0	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–3
Prut Leova	1–5	0–5	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–5	0–8	2–0	1–2		1–7	2–3	0–3	1–2	0–0
Sîngerei	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	6–1		5–2	1–4	0–3	3–1
Codru Lozova	3–5	0–1	2–6	0–6	1–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	3–6	8–1	3–1		3–2	1–4	2–3
Sparta Selemet	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–4	4–1	5–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–0		1–5	2–1
Spicul Chișcăreni	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	9–1	2–1	0–0	3–3		3–0
Iskra Rîbnița	2–1	2–3	4–3	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	5–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Artiom Zabun	Victoria	21
2	Oleg Molla	Spicul	18
3	Sergiu Popovici	Edineț	17
4	Alexandru Maxim	Sfîntul Gheorghe	16
	Marin Căruntu	Sheriff-2
6	Roman Șumchin	Gagauziya-Oguzsport	15
7	Veaceslav Sofroni	Spicul	14
	Vitalie Greciuhin	Edineț
9	Artiom Puntus	Sheriff-2	13
10	Nicolae Nemerenco	Sfîntul Gheorghe (4) & Codru (8)	12
	Alexandru Bezimov	Victoria
	Andrian Apostol	Dacia-2 Buiucani
	Ghenadie Orbu	Victoria