2019 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season

The 2019 season was FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 23rd season, and their 22nd in the Divizia Naţională, the top-flight of Moldovan football. Sheriff defended their Divizia Naţională title, winning it for the 18th time whilst also winning the 2018–19 Moldovan Cup and progressing to the Quarterfinal stage of the 2019–20 Moldovan Cup that will take place in the 2020 season. In Europe, Sheriff were knocked out of the Champions League by Saburtalo Tbilisi in the first qualifying round and then by AIK at the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

Sheriff Tiraspol

2019 season
Chairman	Viktor Gushan
Manager	Goran Sablić (until 27 April) Zoran Zekić (from 30 April)
Stadium	Sheriff Stadium
Divizia Naţională	1st
2018–19 Moldovan Cup	Winners
2019–20 Moldovan Cup	Quarter-final
Moldovan Super Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	First qualifying round
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Yury Kendysh (13) All: Yury Kendysh (20)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018 2020–21 →

Season events

On 27 April, Goran Sablić resigned as manager,^[1] with Zoran Zekić returning as manager on 30 April.^[2] On 14 November, Cristiano extended his contract with Sheriff Tiraspol, which was due to end at the end of the 2020 season.^[3]

Squad

As of match 9 November 2019^[4]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Dumitru Celeadnic		GK	(1992-04-23)23 April 1992 (aged 27)	Petrocub Hîncești	2019[5]		30	0
20	Zvonimir Mikulić		GK	(1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 29)	Osijek	2017		52	0
33	Serghei Pașcenco		GK	(1982-12-18)18 December 1982 (aged 36)	Zaria Bălți	2018		127+	0
Defenders
3	Mateo Mužek		DF	(1995-04-29)29 April 1995 (aged 24)	St Mirren	2019[6]		14	0
4	Matej Palčič		DF	(1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (aged 26)	Wisła Kraków	2019[7]		6	0
14	Wilfried Balima		DF	(1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 34)	US Ouagadougou	2005		390+	61+
15	Cristiano		DF	(1993-08-29)29 August 1993 (aged 26)	Volta Redonda	2018		100	2
17	Alexandr Belousov		DF	(1998-05-14)14 May 1998 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2018		40	4
22	Vadim Dijinari		DF	(1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2019		5	2
23	Artem Hordiyenko		DF	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 28)	Zorya Luhansk	2019[8]		14	1
44	Andrej Lukić		DF	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 25)	loan from Braga	2019[9]		15	3
90	Veaceslav Posmac		DF	(1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 29)	Dacia Chișinău	2017		95	5
91	Ousmane N'Diaye		DF	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 28)	Osmanlıspor	2019[10]		20	2
Midfielders
6	Denis Macalici		MF	(2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2019		1	0
7	Andriy Bliznichenko		MF	(1994-07-24)24 July 1994 (aged 25)	Kardemir Karabükspor	2019		5	3
8	Mihail Ghecev		MF	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 22)	Petrocub Hîncești	2019[11]		10	5
16	Ariel Borysiuk		MF	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 28)	Lechia Gdańsk	2019[12]		12	1
18	Gheorghe Anton		MF	(1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 26)	Zimbru Chișinău	2017		80	3
19	Antun Palić		MF	(1998-06-25)25 June 1998 (aged 21)	Dinamo București	2018		37	4
27	Liridon Latifi		MF	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 25)	loan from Puskás Akadémia	2019[13]	2020	19	5
32	Nichita Kholodov		MF	(2003-05-28)28 May 2003 (aged 16)	Youth Team	2019		2	0
77	Yury Kendysh		MF	(1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 29)	BATE Borisov	2018		77	24
98	Maxim Cojocaru		MF	(1998-01-13)13 January 1998 (aged 21)	Petrocub Hîncești	2019[14]		33	4
Forwards
24	Evghenii Berco		FW	(1999-10-09)9 October 1999 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2019		3	0
29	Robert Tambe		FW	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 25)	loan from CFR Cluj	2019[15]		35	17
70	Leandro		FW	(1995-01-13)13 January 1995 (aged 24)	Dila Gori	2019[16]		30	9
76	Gabrijel Boban		FW	(1989-07-23)23 July 1989 (aged 30)	NK Osijek	2019[17]		17	6
Out on loan
4	Artiom Rozgoniuc		DF	(1995-10-01)1 October 1995 (aged 24)	Trainee	2013		33	0
21	Nicolai Cebotari		GK	(1997-05-24)24 May 1997 (aged 22)	Sfântul Gheorghe	2018		2	0
	Vadim Paireli		MF	(1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 24)	Trainee	2013		66	6
Left during the season
6	Jarosław Jach		DF	(1994-02-17)17 February 1994 (aged 25)	loan from Crystal Palace	2019[18]		23	1
9	Patrick Pedersen		FW	(1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 27)	Valur	2019[19]		19	5
10	José Ángel		MF	(1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 27)	Bodø/Glimt	2019[20]		18	3
23	Vladimir Kovačević		DF	(1993-08-29)29 August 1993 (aged 26)	loan from Kortrijk	2018		25	2
32	Evgheni Oancea		MF	(1996-01-05)5 January 1996 (aged 23)	Trainee	2016		70	14
39	Ziguy Badibanga		FW	(1991-11-26)26 November 1991 (aged 27)	Omonia	2017		64	20
55	Mateo Sušić		DF	(1990-11-18)18 November 1990 (aged 28)	CFR Cluj	2015		144	4

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  MDA Artiom Rozgoniuc (at Sfântul Gheorghe) 21 GK  MDA Nicolai Cebotari (at Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MDA Vadim Paireli (at Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
12 December 2018	FW		Patrick Pedersen	Valur	Undisclosed	[19]
21 December 2018	FW		Leandro	Dila Gori	Undisclosed	[16]
4 January 2019	GK		Dumitru Celeadnic	Petrocub Hîncești	Undisclosed	[5]
18 January 2019	DF		Maxim Cojocaru	Petrocub Hîncești	Undisclosed	[14]
6 March 2019	MF		Mihail Ghecev	Petrocub Hîncești	Undisclosed	[11]
6 June 2019	DF		Artem Hordiyenko	Zorya Luhansk	Undisclosed	[8]
24 June 2019	DF		Matej Palčič	Wisła Kraków	Undisclosed	[7]
26 June 2019	FW		Gabrijel Boban	NK Osijek	Undisclosed	[17]
27 June 2019	DF		Ousmane N'Diaye	Osmanlıspor	Undisclosed	[10]
4 July 2019	DF		Mateo Mužek	St Mirren	Undisclosed	[6]
29 July 2019	MF		Ariel Borysiuk	Lechia Gdańsk	Free	[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
22 June 2018	MF		Rifet Kapić	Grasshoppers	22 January 2019	[21][22]
24 June 2019	MF		Liridon Latifi	Puskás Akadémia	12 July 2020	[13]
25 June 2018	DF		Vladimir Kovačević	Kortrijk	30 June 2019	[23][24]
24 January 2019	FW		Robert Tambe	CFR Cluj		[15]
2 February 2019	DF		Jarosław Jach	Crystal Palace	31 August 2019	[18][25]
15 February 2019	MF		José Ángel	Bodø/Glimt	27 August 2019	[20][26]
1 August 2019	DF		Andrej Lukić	Braga	Undisclosed	[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
16 January 2019	FW		Gerson Rodrigues	Júbilo Iwata	Undisclosed	[27]
30 January 2019	DF		Ante Kulušić	Ankaragücü	Undisclosed	[28]
10 June 2019	DF		Mateo Sušić	CFR Cluj	Undisclosed	[29]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2018	MF		Vadim Paireli	Sfântul Gheorghe	End of Season
Winter 2018	GK		Nicolai Cebotari	Sfântul Gheorghe	End of Season
April 2019	DF		Artiom Rozgoniuc	Sfântul Gheorghe	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2018	MF		Jeremy de Nooijer	Sūduva	6 March 2019	[30]
Winter 2018	FW		Abdoul Gafar Sirima	Artsakh
16 December 2018	DF		Petru Racu	Neftchi Baku	15 February 2019	[31][32]
31 December 2018	FW		Jô Santos	Ventspils	25 January 2019	[5][33]
31 December 2018	FW		Alhaji Kamara	Vendsyssel	19 February 2019	[5][34]
3 April 2019	FW		Ziguy Badibanga	Ordabasy	4 April 2019	[35][36]
Summer 2019	MF		Evgheni Oancea	Torpedo Minsk
1 July 2019	FW		Patrick Pedersen	Valur		[37]
31 December 2019	DF		Wilfried Balima	Retired	24 January 2020	[38]
31 December 2019	DF		Mateo Mužek	AEL
31 December 2019	MF		Yury Kendysh	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1 January 2019	[39]
31 December 2019	MF		Antun Palić	Kaposvári Rákóczi
31 December 2019	MF		Gheorghe Anton	Zira	25 January 2020	[40]
31 December 2019	MF		Denis Macalici
31 December 2019	MF		Artem Hordiyenko	Oleksandriya
31 December 2019	FW		Evghenii Berco

Friendlies

Sheriff Tiraspol v Široki Brijeg

3 February 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–2	Široki Brijeg	Belek, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kendysh	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol v Olimpik Donetsk

7 February 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–2	Olimpik Donetsk	Belek, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Jach	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol v Daejeon Citizen

11 February 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–1	Daejeon Citizen	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tambe Cojocaru	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol v Dila Gori

20 February 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	Dila Gori	Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Palić	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol v Spartak Moscow

23 February 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kovačević Palić	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

26 February 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–2	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Belek, Turkey
EET (UTC+2)	Pedersen	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol v Altyn Asyr

1 March 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Altyn Asyr	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cojocaru Tambe (pen.)	Report

Competitions

Moldovan Super Cup

Main article: 2019 Moldovan Super Cup

Sheriff Tiraspol v Milsami Orhei

10 March 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Milsami Orhei	Tiraspol
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Palić  42' Cristiano  72'	Report	Rusnac  62' Rață  65' G.Andronic  72' Onica  75' Antoniuc  86'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alexandr Tean
	Penalties
	Oancea Pedersen Tambe Anton Cristiano		Bolohan Crăciun Onica G.Andronic Mîțu

Divizia Națională

Main article: 2019 Moldovan National Division

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	22	4	2	60	9	+51	70	12	1	1	31	5	+26	10	3	1	29	4	+25

Last updated: 9 November 2019.
Source: See Results

Results

Sheriff Tiraspol v Speranța Nisporeni

16 March 2019 1	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	Speranța Nisporeni	Tiraspol
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tambe  69' Bliznichenko 82'	Report	Sandu  35' M.Bolun  85'	Stadium: Malaya Sportivnaya Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Gabriel Tupicico

Sheriff Tiraspol v Zimbru Chișinău

29 March 2019 2	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiraspol
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tambe 19', 39' Leandro 51' Kendysh  88'	Report	A.Cojocari  34' P.Neagu  89'	Stadium: Malaya Sportivnaya Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrei Bregutse

Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol v Sheriff Tiraspol

3 April 2019 3	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	0–4	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Bilinschii  52' Macrițchii  77' Bugaiov 86'	Report	Bliznichenko 15', 90' Pedersen  24' José Ángel 45' (pen.) Ghecev  69' Kovačević 79' Sušić  85'	Stadium: Dinamo-Auto Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrei Cheband

Sheriff Tiraspol v Milsami Orhei

7 April 2019 4	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1	Milsami Orhei	Tiraspol
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pedersen  62' Tambe  68' Jach  84'	Report	Plătică 17'  19'  48' Mîțu  88' Rusnac  90'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexandr Tean

Sfântul Gheorghe v Sheriff Tiraspol

12 April 2019 5	Sfântul Gheorghe	0–3	Sheriff Tiraspol	Suruceni
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	G.Kirakosyan  30' Focșa  54' D.Reniță  77'	Report	Posmac 27' Kendysh 34' Cojocaru  39' Pedersen 46'	Stadium: Suruceni Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ion Orlik

Sheriff Tiraspol v Codru Lozova

19 April 2019 6	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Codru Lozova	Tiraspol
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Oancea 32' Ángel 52' Palić  83'	Report	I.Mamaliga 42' Costin  30'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Andrei Bregutse

Petrocub Hîncești v Sheriff Tiraspol

26 April 2019 7	Petrocub Hîncești	1–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Hîncești
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Taras 70' G.Coșcodan  80' Puntus  90+1' Jardan  90+3'	Report	Leandro  70'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vladislav Ivanchenko

Speranța Nisporeni v Sheriff Tiraspol

3 May 2019 8	Speranța Nisporeni	0–4	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nisporeni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Palić 45+1' Balima 51' Pedersen 79' Leandro 88' Posmac  90'	Stadium: Stadionul Mircea Eliade Attendance: 200 Referee: Alexander Tyan

Zimbru Chișinău v Sheriff Tiraspol

12 May 2019 9	Zimbru Chișinău	0–4	Sheriff Tiraspol	Chișinău
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Furtună  23' Iurașco  33' Pîslă  73'  79'	Report	Tambe 35', 66' Cojocaru 51' Pedersen 87'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alexander Tyan

Sheriff Tiraspol v Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol

18 May 2019 10	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	Tiraspol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Oancea 8', 55' Leandro 30' Ghecev  63' Ángel  85'	Report	N.Ciumacenko  20' Nihaev  25' Macriţchii  89'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Andrei Cheban

Milsami Orhei v Sheriff Tiraspol

26 May 2019 11	Milsami Orhei	1–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Orhei
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Plătică  40' Ibrian 76' Rusnac  90'	Report	Kendysh 11' Cojocaru 48' Sušić  72' Anton  81'	Stadium: CSR Orhei Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Peter Staryanov

Sheriff Tiraspol v Sfântul Gheorghe

31 May 2019 12	Sheriff Tiraspol	5–0	Sfântul Gheorghe	Tiraspol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mazur 17' (o.g.) Kendysh 30' Tambe 58' Kovačević 62' Cojocaru 74'	Report	Cemîrtan  4'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ion Orlik

Codru Lozova v Sheriff Tiraspol

15 June 2019 13	Codru Lozova	0–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Chișinău
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bursuc  45' D.Janu  74' Zabun  84'	Report	Kendysh 27', 54' Jach  36' Cojocaru  49'	Stadium: Baza Zimbru Attendance: 250 Referee: Gabriel Tupicico

Sheriff Tiraspol v Petrocub Hîncești

21 June 2019 14	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	Petrocub Hîncești	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kendysh 12' (pen.)  42' Balima 24' Belousov  81' Anton  88'	Report		Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Petru Stoianov

Sheriff Tiraspol v Speranța Nisporeni

29 June 2019 15	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Speranța Nisporeni	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Posmac 17'  70' Kendysh 29' Cojocaru 51' Leandro  71'	Report	M.Bolun  58'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Alexander Tian

Sheriff Tiraspol v Zimbru Chișinău

4 August 2019 16	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tambe 61', 72' Leandro 66' Anton  87'	Report	Scoarță  44'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Andrei Bregute

Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol v Sheriff Tiraspol

11 August 2019 17	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	0–3	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	M.Gorbakov  49' Novruzov  52'	Report	Ghecev 6', 59' Tambe 84'	Stadium: Dinamo-Auto Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Iurie Covtun

Sheriff Tiraspol v Milsami Orhei

18 August 2019 18	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Milsami Orhei	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kendysh 3' Ghecev  31' Belousov  34' Boban 40'	Report	Bogdan  23' Stînă 41'  44'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alexandr Tean

Sheriff Tiraspol v Sfântul Gheorghe

24 August 2019 19	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Sfântul Gheorghe	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Belousov 10' Kendysh 35'	Report	Plămădeală  40' Ojog  54' Mandrîcenco 55'	Stadium: Malaya Sportivnaya Arena Attendance: 950 Referee: Vladislav Ivancenco

Sheriff Tiraspol v Codru Lozova

31 August 2019 20	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Codru Lozova	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ghecev  24' Kendysh 65' Balima 79'	Report	D.Buhanenco  50' C.Ursu  67' Belevschi  77'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 940 Referee: Andrei Breguța

Petrocub Hîncești v Sheriff Tiraspol

14 September 2019 21	Petrocub Hîncești	0–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Hîncești
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Borysiuk  32' Cristiano  42' Boban  73' Cojocaru  86'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 500 Referee: Gabriel Tupichko

Speranța Nisporeni v Sheriff Tiraspol

21 September 2019 22	Speranța Nisporeni	0–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nisporeni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	N'Diaye  70'	Stadium: Stadionul Mircea Eliade Attendance: 100 Referee: Alexander Tyan

Zimbru Chișinău v Sheriff Tiraspol

28 September 2019 23	Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Chișinău
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pîslă  55' 67' Arhirii  70' Bogaciuc  75'	Report	Kendysh 27', 84'  69' N'Diaye  73' Lukić  80'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Petru Stoianov

Sheriff Tiraspol v Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol

6 October 2019 24	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lukić 35', 41' Latifi  59'	Report	Bugaiov  38' Masalov  84' N.Solodovnikov  90+1'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 510 Referee: Yuri Kovtun

Milsami Orhei v Sheriff Tiraspol

19 October 2019 25	Milsami Orhei	1–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	Orhei
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bogdan 38' Plătică  53' Rusnac  60' Jardan  63'	Report	Latifi 49'  68' Lukić  51' Celeadnic  90+6'	Stadium: CSR Orhei Attendance: 500 Referee: Veaceslav Banari

Sfântul Gheorghe v Sheriff Tiraspol

26 October 2019 26	Sfântul Gheorghe	0–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	Suruceni
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rozgoniuc  24'	Report	Lukić 80'	Stadium: Suruceni Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Vyacheslav Banary

Codru Lozova v Sheriff Tiraspol

2 November 2019 27	Codru Lozova	0–3	Sheriff Tiraspol	Chișinău
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	E.Zaplitnîi  64' G.Coșcodan  66'	Report	Kendysh 30' V.Dijinari 35' Lukić  70' Tambe 86'	Stadium: Baza Zimbru Attendance: 50 Referee: Ion Bila

Sheriff Tiraspol v Petrocub Hîncești

9 November 2019 28	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	Petrocub Hîncești	Tiraspol
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Borysiuk 69'	Report	Țurcan 7' Bejan  52' Avram  90'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Referee: Alexander Tyan

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	28	22	4	2	60	9	+51	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sfîntul Gheorghe	28	16	5	7	40	28	+12	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Petrocub-Hîncești	28	14	8	6	34	21	+13	50
4	Dinamo-Auto	28	12	5	11	38	37	+1	41
5	Milsami Orhei	28	10	9	9	30	28	+2	39

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) Less red cards; 11) Less yellow cards.^[41]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of 2019–20 Moldovan Cup, Petrocub-Hîncești, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).

Moldovan Cup

2018–19

Main article: 2018–19 Moldovan Cup

Sheriff Tiraspol v Milsami Orhei

16 April 2019 Semifinal 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	Milsami Orhei	Tiraspol
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kendysh  41' Posmac  51' Cristiano  65' Tambe 79', 84'	Report	Bolohan  45' Plătică  90'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Referee: Gabriel Tupicko

Milsami Orhei v Sheriff Tiraspol

7 May 2019 Semifinal 2nd leg	Milsami Orhei	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Orhei
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	M.Antoniuc  8' Plătică  10' Crăciun  17' Stînă  57'	Report	Jach  22' Anton  23'	Stadium: CSR Orhei Attendance: 960 Referee: Vladislav Ivanchenko

Final

Sheriff Tiraspol v Sfântul Gheorghe

22 May 2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sfântul Gheorghe	Chișinău
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ghecev  77' Leandro 92' Kendysh  99'	Report	Svinarenco  45' Rozgoniuc  108' Focșa  108'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Istvan Kovac

2019–20

Main article: 2019–20 Moldovan Cup

Sheriff Tiraspol v Sireți

25 June 2019 Last 16 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	12–0	Sireți	Tiraspol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Anton 20' Tambe 24', 79' Leandro 39' Palić 44' Jach 55' Pedersen 63', 80' V.Dijinari 68' Ghecev 72', 74', 88'	Report		Stadium: Malaya Sportivnaya Arena Referee: Ion Orlik

Sireți v Sheriff Tiraspol

5 July 2019 Last 16 2nd leg	Sireți	0–15 (0–27 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	P.Ursu  34' Y.Mihaj  37'	Report	Latifi 5', 52', 79' Tambe 7', 12' Hordiyenko 21' Kendysh 34', 52', 69', 89' Boban 43', 48' Leandro 59', 84' Ángel 87'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Referee: Andrei Diordiev
Note: Match moved to the Sheriff Stadium on 1 July 2019.[42]

Sheriff Tiraspol v Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol

25 September 2019 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	Tiraspol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D.Macalici  9' Hordiyenko  61' Boban 79' Posmac  90+3'	Report	Rogac  90+3' Rebenja  90+3'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Andrei Diordiev

Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol v Sheriff Tiraspol

29 October 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	0–5 (0–6 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tîrnauca
13:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Kendysh 24', 90+2' Boban 28' N'Diaye 39' Leandro 66'	Stadium: Dinamo-Auto Stadium Referee: Gennady Sidenko

Semifinals took place during the 2020 season.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Sheriff Tiraspol v Saburtalo Tbilisi

10 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–3	Saburtalo Tbilisi	Tiraspol, Moldova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kendysh  34'	Report	Rolović 30' Kokhreidze  44' 67' Lakvekheliani  58' Kakubava 71'  78'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 5,706[43] Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

Saburtalo Tbilisi v Sheriff Tiraspol

16 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Saburtalo Tbilisi	1–3 (4–3 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tbilisi, Georgia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	G.Kokhreidze  23' Gonçalves  39' Rolović 59' G.Margvelashvili  78'	Report	Latifi 3' Margvelashvili 8' (o.g.) Tambe 11' Palčič  12'  72' Hordiyenko  22' N'Diaye  62' Kendysh  62'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Note: Saburtalo Tbilisi played their home match at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, instead of their regular stadium Bandela Stadium, Tbilisi which does not meet UEFA requirements.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Partizani v Sheriff Tiraspol

25 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Partizani	0–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tirana, Albania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ibrahimi  20'	Report	Tambe 24'  58' N'Diaye  37' Anton  47' Balima  90+7'	Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 1,750[44] Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Sheriff Tiraspol v Partizani

1 August 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Partizani	Tiraspol, Moldova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Anton  9' Mužek  53' N'Diaye  61' 63' Jach  87' Balima  90+5'	Report	Solomon  28' Asani 29' Boldor  62' Mala  65' Broja  80' Belica  90+2'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 5,248[44] Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

Sheriff Tiraspol v AIK

8 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–2	AIK	Tiraspol, Moldova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kendysh 56' (pen.) Tambe  75' Lukić  84'	Report	Lukić 12' (o.g.) Kolbeinn 14' Dimitriadis  55' Elyounoussi  57'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 6,341[45] Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

AIK v Sheriff Tiraspol

15 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	AIK	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Stockholm, Sweden
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Elyounoussi  57' Bahoui 61'	Report	Mužek  27' Kendysh  39' Lukić  44' Boban 86'	Stadium: Friends Arena Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 9 November 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Divizia Națională		2018–19 Moldovan Cup		2019–20 Moldovan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MDA	Dumitru Celeadnic	30	0	24	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	CRO	Mateo Mužek	14	0	6+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	SVN	Matej Palčič	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF	MDA	Denis Macalici	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	UKR	Andriy Bliznichenko	5	3	3+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	MDA	Mihail Ghecev	10	5	5+2	2	1	0	0+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	BFA	Wilfried Balima	22	3	9+4	3	1+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
15	DF	BRA	Cristiano	36	0	23+1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
16	MF	POL	Ariel Borysiuk	12	1	9+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	MDA	Alexandr Belousov	28	1	21+1	1	1	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	MDA	Gheorghe Anton	30	1	10+9	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	1+1	0	3	0
19	MF	CRO	Antun Palić	20	2	10+2	1	1+2	0	1	1	1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
20	GK	CRO	Zvonimir Mikulić	12	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
22	DF	MDA	Vadim Dijinari	5	2	2+2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	UKR	Artem Hordiyenko	14	1	3+3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2+2	0
24	FW	MDA	Evghenii Berco	3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ALB	Liridon Latifi	19	5	9+2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	4	0
29	FW	CMR	Robert Tambe	36	17	14+9	9	3	2	3	4	1	0	1+1	1	4	1
32	MF	MDA	Nichita Kholodov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	CRO	Andrej Lukić	15	3	9+2	3	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
70	FW	BRA	Leandro	30	9	12+9	4	1+2	1	2+2	4	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
76	FW	CRO	Gabrijel Boban	17	6	8	1	0	0	2+1	4	0	0	2	0	4	1
77	MF	BLR	Yury Kendysh	38	20	24+1	13	2+1	0	3	6	1	0	2	0	4	1
90	DF	MDA	Veaceslav Posmac	31	2	20+1	2	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
91	DF	SEN	Ousmane N'Diaye	20	2	12+1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
98	DF	MDA	Maxim Cojocaru	32	5	18+5	4	2	1	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	0+3	0
Players away on loan :
4	DF	MDA	Artiom Rozgoniuc	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season:
6	DF	POL	Jarosław Jach	23	1	14	0	1+1	0	1	1	0	0	1+1	0	0+4	0
10	MF	ESP	José Ángel	18	3	7+6	2	2	0	1+1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	DEN	Patrick Pedersen	18	5	6+8	3	1+1	0	0+1	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	SRB	Vladimir Kovačević	10	2	4+2	2	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	MDA	Evgheni Oancea	13	3	9+1	3	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	BIH	Mateo Sušić	12	1	9+1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Divizia Națională	2018–19 Moldovan Cup	2019–20 Moldovan Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	MF		77	Yury Kendysh	13	0	6	0	0	1	20
2	FW		29	Robert Tambe	9	2	4	0	1	1	17
3	FW		70	Leandro	4	1	4	0	0	0	9
4	FW		76	Gabrijel Boban	1	0	4	0	0	1	6
5	FW		9	Patrick Pedersen	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
	MF		8	Mihail Ghecev	2	0	3	0	0	0	5
	MF		27	Liridon Latifi	1	0	3	0	1	0	5
8	DF		98	Maxim Cojocaru	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
9	MF		7	Andriy Bliznichenko	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	MF		32	Evgheni Oancea	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	DF		14	Wilfried Balima	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	DF		44	Andrej Lukić	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	MF		10	José Ángel	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
14	DF		23	Vladimir Kovačević	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	DF		90	Veaceslav Posmac	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		19	Antun Palić	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	DF		22	Vadim Dijinari	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	DF		91	Ousmane N'Diaye	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
20	DF		17	Alexandr Belousov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		16	Ariel Borysiuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		18	Gheorghe Anton	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		6	Jarosław Jach	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		23	Artem Hordiyenko	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	60	3	33	0	3	4	103

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Divizia Națională		2018–19 Moldovan Cup		2019–20 Moldovan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Dumitru Celeadnic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Mateo Mužek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
4		DF	Matej Palčič	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
6		MF	Denis Macalici	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Mihail Ghecev	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
14		DF	Wilfried Balima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
15		DF	Cristiano	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Ariel Borysiuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Alexandr Belousov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Gheorghe Anton	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
19		MF	Antun Palić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Artem Hordiyenko	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	Liridon Latifi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29		FW	Robert Tambe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
44		DF	Andrej Lukić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
70		FW	Leandro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
76		FW	Gabrijel Boban	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Yury Kendysh	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
90		DF	Veaceslav Posmac	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
91		DF	Ousmane N'Diaye	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
98		DF	Maxim Cojocaru	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season:
6		DF	Jarosław Jach	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
9		FW	Patrick Pedersen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	José Ángel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		DF	Mateo Sušić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	39	0	7	0	3	0	2	0	6	1	12	0	71	1

Notes