2019 Moldovan "A" Division

The 2019 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 29th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 6 April 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019.

Divizia A

Season	2019
Dates	6 April 2019 – 9 November 2019
Champions	Florești
Promoted	Florești Dacia Buiucani
Relegated	Sîngerei
Matches played	210
Goals scored	826 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Artiom Litviacov (30 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Dumitru Coval (12 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Tighina 13–0 Sireți (1 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Sparta 0–12 Tighina (22 June 2019)
Highest scoring	Zaria 10–3 Ungheni (27 April 2019) Tighina 13–0 Sireți (1 September 2019)
Longest winning run	12 matches Florești
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Florești
Longest winless run	28 matches Sparta
Longest losing run	25 matches Sparta
← 2018 2020–21 →

Teams

Chișinău

Cahul-2005

Florești

Grănicerul

Iskra

Sîngerei

Sireți

Spartanii

Speranța

Tighina

Ungheni

Victoria

Zaria

Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Real Succes
Sparta

Club	Location
Cahul-2005	Cahul
Dacia Buiucani	Chișinău
Florești	Florești
Grănicerul	Glodeni
Iskra	Rîbnița
Real Succes	Chișinău
Sîngerei	Sîngerei
Sireți	Sireți
Sparta	Chișinău
Spartanii	Selemet
Speranța	Drochia
Tighina	Bender
Ungheni	Ungheni
Victoria	Bardar
Zaria	Bălți

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Florești (C, P)	28	22	3	3	71	29	+42	69[a]	Promotion to Divizia Națională
2	Dacia Buiucani (P)	28	22	3	3	68	17	+51	69[a]
3	Spartanii Selemet	28	20	2	6	72	28	+44	62	Qualification to Promotion play-off
4	Tighina	28	19	3	6	84	31	+53	60
5	Cahul-2005	28	14	6	8	60	34	+26	48
6	Victoria Bardar	28	14	1	13	58	54	+4	43
7	Speranța Drochia	28	12	5	11	44	37	+7	41
8	Grănicerul Glodeni	28	10	4	14	47	66	−19	34
9	Sireți	28	10	3	15	48	83	−35	33
10	Zaria Bălți	28	9	4	15	65	60	+5	31[b]
11	Iskra Rîbnița	28	9	4	15	51	62	−11	31[b]
12	Real Succes	28	9	4	15	59	63	−4	31[b]
13	Ungheni	28	9	3	16	55	83	−28	30	withdrew[c]
14	Sîngerei (R)	28	6	3	19	38	72	−34	21	Relegation to Divizia B
15	Sparta Chișinău	28	0	2	26	6	107	−101	2	withdrew[d]

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Florești ahead of Dacia Buiucani on head-to-head points: Florești–Dacia Buiucani 2–1, Dacia Buiucani–Florești 1–2
2. Head-to-head points: Zaria 10, Iskra 4, Real Succes 3
3. As per regulations, the thirteenth placed team, Ungheni was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.
4. Sparta Chișinău withdrew from the league after round 14. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0–3 against them.^[1]

Results

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

Home \ Away	CAH	DAC	FLO	GRĂ	ISK	REA	SÎN	SIR	SPC	SPS	SPE	TIG	UNG	VIC	ZAR
Cahul-2005	—	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–0
Dacia Buiucani	1–0	—	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	7–0	3–1	1–0
Florești	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	2–3	5–1	5–1	7–0	3–0[a]	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0
Grănicerul Glodeni	1–4	0–0	2–0	—	4–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–0[a]	0–4	0–1	1–3	7–4	1–3	4–3
Iskra Rîbnița	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	—	4–2	6–1	1–5	3–0[a]	4–6	0–0	2–4	3–4	1–0	1–1
Real Succes	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	4–3	—	2–3	4–0	3–0[a]	0–3[b]	2–1	0–4	2–3	3–0	0–2
Sîngerei	0–3[c]	1–1	1–3	2–4	0–2	0–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	2–4	4–2	2–1	7–2
Sireți	2–6	0–1	2–2	5–2	4–3	1–5	6–2	—	3–0[a]	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–4
Sparta Chișinău	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–10	0–3[a]	1–4	—	0–3[a]	0–4	0–12	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]
Spartanii Selemet	1–3	1–2	1–2	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	11–0	—	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0[d]	3–2
Speranța Drochia	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	7–0	3–0[a]	0–2	—	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–1
Tighina	3–1	0–2	1–2	5–2	1–0	5–2	3–2	13–0	3–0[a]	0–0	3–1	—	4–2	2–1	3–1
Ungheni	2–4	1–6	1–2	5–3	1–2	3–3	3–1	1–3	3–0[e]	3–4	2–2	1–0	—	2–0	1–7
Victoria Bardar	3–2	1–3	1–5	4–1	6–2	4–3	0–1	1–3	5–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	—	2–1
Zaria Bălți	1–1	0–4	3–3	2–3	2–0	4–1	4–2	5–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–3	10–3	4–5	—

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

1. Technical wins/losses
2. Real Succes received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Spartanii Selemet due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–1 draw.^[3]
3. Sîngerei received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Cahul-2005. The match was not played due to unsatisfactory pitch condition.^[4]
4. Victoria Bardar received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Spartanii Selemet due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–0 victory for Victoria Bardar.^[5]
5. Sparta Chișinău received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Ungheni due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–0 victory for Ungheni.^[6]

Results by round

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Cahul-2005	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W[a]	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W[a]	W
Dacia Buiucani	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W[a]	W	W	W	L
Florești	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W[a]	L	L	W	W	W	W
Grănicerul Glodeni	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W[a]	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W
Iskra Rîbnița	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W[a]	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
Real Succes	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W[a]	D	L[b]
Sîngerei	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L[b]	L	W	L	L	W	W[a]	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L
Sireți	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W[a]
Sparta Chișinău	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L[b]	L	L	L	L	L	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]	L[b]
Spartanii Selemet	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W[a]	W[a]	W	L	W	D	L	W[a]
Speranța Drochia	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W[a]	L	W	D	L	L	D	L
Tighina	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W[a]	W	D	L	W
Ungheni	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W[a]	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W[a]	D	L	L	L
Victoria Bardar	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W[a]	W	L	L[b]	L	D	L	W	W	L	W
Zaria Bălți	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W[a]	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Artiom Litviacov	Tighina	30
2	Octavian Onofrei	Spartanii	29
3	Eugeniu Borovschi	Iskra	20
4	Oleg Andronic	Ungheni	16
	Vadim Crîcimari	Florești
6	Alexandru Bezimov	Victoria	14
	Igor Bîcicov	Sîngerei
	Abdoul Fadika	Zaria
	Vladimir Haritov	Cahul-2005
10	Andrian Apostol	Dacia Buiucani	13
	Marius Iosipoi	Dacia Buiucani
	Andrei Stratan	Ungheni

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[8]
1	Dumitru Coval	Dacia Buiucani	12
2	Sergiu Nicolaev	Speranța	11
3	Ion Rîmbu	Florești	8
4	Denis Cristofovici	Grănicerul	5
	Evgheni Gorbunov	Cahul-2005
	Eugeniu Madan	Sireți (1) & Spartanii (4)
7	Anatolie Cebotari	Iskra	4
	Anton Coval	Tighina
	Stanislav Samson	Tighina (3) & Sîngerei (1)
10	Ruslan Istrati	Ungheni	3
	Nicolae Țurcan	Spartanii
	Andrei Vicol	Victoria

Notes

1. Technical win
2. Technical loss