2018 Moldovan "A" Division

The 2018 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 28th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 21 April 2018 and ended on 3 November 2018. Victoria Bardar were the defending champions, after winning their first title in the competition in the previous season.

Divizia A

Season	2018
Dates	21 April 2018 – 3 November 2018
Champions	Codru
Promoted	Codru
Matches played	132
Goals scored	509 (3.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ghenadie Orbu (21 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Denis Cristofovici (7 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Saxan 8–0 Sparta (14 October 2018) Cahul-2005 9–1 Ungheni (3 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Real Succes 1–7 Codru (21 April 2018)
Highest scoring	Real Succes 5–8 Ungheni (13 October 2018)
Longest winning run	5 matches Codru
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches Codru
Longest winless run	11 matches Iskra
Longest losing run	5 matches Saxan Real Succes
← 2017 2019 →

Teams

Chișinău

Cahul-2005

Codru

Florești

Grănicerul

Iskra

Saxan

Sîngerei

Sireți

Ungheni

Victoria

Chișinău teams:
Real Succes
Sparta

Location of teams in 2018 Divizia A

Club	Location
Cahul-2005	Cahul
Codru	Lozova
Florești	Florești
Grănicerul	Glodeni
Iskra	Rîbnița
Real Succes	Chișinău
Saxan	Ceadîr-Lunga
Sîngerei	Sîngerei
Sireți	Sireți
Sparta	Chișinău
Ungheni	Ungheni
Victoria	Bardar

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Codru Lozova (C, P)	22	14	6	2	53	20	+33	48	Promotion to Divizia Națională
2	Florești	22	12	4	6	40	27	+13	40
3	Sîngerei	22	10	6	6	47	42	+5	36
4	Victoria Bardar	22	10	5	7	51	43	+8	35
5	Grănicerul Glodeni	22	10	4	8	43	35	+8	34
6	Saxan	22	9	3	10	41	31	+10	30	Expelled[a]
7	Ungheni	22	7	7	8	50	65	−15	28
8	Cahul-2005	22	7	6	9	38	31	+7	27
9	Sireți	22	6	5	11	36	47	−11	23
10	Real Succes	22	6	4	12	49	75	−26	22
11	Sparta Chișinău	22	5	6	11	34	51	−17	21
12	Iskra Rîbnița[b]	22	4	8	10	27	42	−15	20

Source: FMF, 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) Less red cards; 10) Less yellow cards.^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Saxan completed the season but failed to get the license for the 2019 season and were expelled from the league.^[1]
2. As per regulations, the twelfth placed team, Iskra Rîbnița was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club spared relegation due to lack of teams.

Results

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away	CAH	COD	FLO	GRĂ	ISK	REA	SAX	SÎN	SIR	SPA	UNG	VIC
Cahul-2005	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	4–1	9–1	1–1
Codru Lozova	2–0	—	2–2	3–0	4–0	6–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1
Florești	3–1	1–0	—	3–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–3
Grănicerul Glodeni	2–2	2–2	2–0	—	2–0	1–2	5–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	6–3	1–2
Iskra Rîbnița	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	—	3–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–0
Real Succes	2–2	1–7	1–3	3–2	3–4	—	2–1	0–3	4–3	1–1	5–8	3–5
Saxan	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	6–3	—	0–1	1–0	8–0	6–2	2–0
Sîngerei	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	—	3–0	5–3	1–2	4–3
Sireți	2–1	1–3	2–4	1–4	1–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	4–1	3–1
Sparta Chișinău	0–2	2–3	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–4	1–0	3–2	1–2	—	1–1	2–2
Ungheni	4–1	0–3	0–3	4–2	1–1	2–5	4–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	—	4–4
Victoria Bardar	1–4	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	5–2	3–0	6–3	2–2	4–2	2–0	—

Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Cahul-2005	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W
Codru Lozova	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L
Florești	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Grănicerul Glodeni	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W
Iskra Rîbnița	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	L
Real Succes	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D
Saxan	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W
Sîngerei	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W
Sireți	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Sparta Chișinău	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D
Ungheni	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L
Victoria Bardar	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	L

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Ghenadie Orbu	Victoria	21
2	Dmitri Maneacov	Sîngerei (19) & Grănicerul (1)	20
3	Radu Lazar	Sireți	18
4	Vladimir Haritov	Cahul-2005	14
	Nicolae Nemerenco	Codru
6	Roman Șumchin	Ungheni	13
	Igor Bîcicov	Victoria (2) & Florești (11)
8	Steven Alfred	Saxan	11
	Artiom Zabun	Victoria
10	Vadim Crîcimari	Codru	10
	Maxim Bucătaru	Ungheni

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[4]
1	Denis Cristofovici	Grănicerul	7
2	Ion Rîmbu	Codru	6
	Ruslan Istrati	Saxan
4	Andrei Chilari	Sîngerei	5
5	Cristian Apostolachi	Codru	4
6	Evgheni Gorbunov	Cahul-2005	3
	Andrei Vicol	Victoria
8	Adrian Golubciuc	Florești	2
	Anatolie Cebotari	Iskra
	Andrian Gulienco	Sparta
	Ghenadie Moșneaga	Florești