2020–21 Moldovan "A" Division

The 2020–21 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 30th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 24 July 2020 and ended on 25 May 2021.

Divizia A

Season	2020–21
Dates	24 July 2020 – 25 May 2021
Champions	Bălți
Promoted	Bălți
Relegated	Grănicerul Fălești
Matches played	182
Goals scored	713 (3.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clement Godday (25 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Dmitrii Burac (8 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Victoria 9–0 Sireți (5 September 2020) Real Succes 9–0 Sireți (21 May 2021)
Biggest away win	Sireți 0–11 Bălți (16 May 2021)
Highest scoring	Sireți 4–9 Fălești (25 May 2021)
Longest winning run	9 matches Bălți
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Cahul-2005
Longest winless run	12 matches Sireți
Longest losing run	9 matches Sireți
← 2019 2021–22 →

Teams

Bălți

Cahul-2005

Fălești

Grănicerul

Iskra

Olimp

Real Succes

Sheriff-2

Sireți

Spartanii

Speranța

Sucleia

Tighina

Victoria

Club	Location
Bălți	Bălți
Cahul-2005	Cahul
Fălești	Fălești
Grănicerul	Glodeni
Iskra	Rîbnița
Olimp	Comrat
Real Succes	Chișinău
Sheriff-2	Tiraspol
Sireți	Sireți
Spartanii	Selemet
Speranța	Drochia
Sucleia	Sucleia
Tighina	Bender
Victoria	Bardar

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bălți (C, P)	26	23	0	3	85	17	+68	69	Promotion to Divizia Națională
2	Cahul-2005[a]	26	18	3	5	70	23	+47	57
3	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	26	17	3	6	46	24	+22	54	Ineligible for promotion
4	Spartanii Selemet	26	14	4	8	57	42	+15	46[b]
5	Sucleia	26	14	4	8	64	38	+26	46[b]
6	Speranța Drochia	26	12	6	8	49	41	+8	42
7	Olimp Comrat	26	11	5	10	51	44	+7	38
8	Iskra Rîbnița	26	9	8	9	53	49	+4	35
9	Tighina	26	9	3	14	42	61	−19	30	withdrew[c]
10	Real Succes	26	7	7	12	44	35	+9	28
11	Victoria Bardar	26	7	5	14	61	65	−4	26
12	Grănicerul Glodeni[d] (R)	26	7	1	18	25	61	−36	22	Relegation to Divizia B
13	Fălești (R)	26	6	0	20	40	92	−52	18
14	Sireți	26	2	3	21	26	121	−95	9	withdrew[e]

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.^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Cahul-2005 had the opportunity to be promoted but the club did not apply for the National club license for the 2021–22 Divizia Națională season.^[1]
2. Spartanii ahead of Sucleia on head-to-head points:Spartanii : 6p, Sucleia : 0p.
3. Tighina completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
4. Grănicerul Glodeni have been relegated voluntarily due to financial reasons and will be taking part in the third tier league next season.^[2]
5. As per regulations, the fourteenth placed team, Sireți was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.

Results

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

Home \ Away	BĂL	CAH	FĂL	GRĂ	ISK	OLI	REA	SHE	SIR	SPA	SPE	SUC	TIG	VIC
Bălți	—	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–0	7–0	4–0	4–1
Cahul-2005	1–2	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	6–0
Fălești	0–6	1–10	—	1–2	1–5	3–5	0–3	1–2	1–3	1–4	0–7	2–0	4–1	3–2
Grănicerul Glodeni	0–3	1–3	2–0	—	1–5	4–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–4	0–4
Iskra Rîbnița	1–2	2–4	3–1	3–1	—	3–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–1
Olimp Comrat	0–2	0–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	—	0–0	2–3	5–0	2–3	3–1	3–2	2–1	4–1
Real Succes	0–3	1–3	1–2	7–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	9–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–3
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	8–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	4–0	2–0
Sireți	0–11	2–9	4–9	0–2	4–4	1–2	1–2	1–0	—	0–4	2–3	0–9	1–6	3–7
Spartanii Selemet	4–2	0–5	8–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	3–1	1–4	1–0
Speranța Drochia	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–2	6–1	1–0	1–1	5–2	5–1	—	0–3	1–3	1–0
Sucleia	1–3	1–0	4–2	5–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0[a]	1–2	1–1	—	2–2	1–1
Tighina	0–3	1–3	6–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	0–6	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–6	—	3–1
Victoria Bardar	2–4	4–3	4–1	0–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–2	9–0	1–7	2–2	4–6	8–0	—

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

1. Sireți received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Sucleia for fielding an ineligible player. The original match ended in a 5–2 victory for Sucleia.^[4]

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.^[5]

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
Bălți	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Cahul-2005	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Fălești	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W
Grănicerul Glodeni	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Iskra Rîbnița	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W
Olimp Comrat	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W
Real Succes	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W
Sireți	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L[a]	L	D	L	L	L
Spartanii Selemet	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W
Speranța Drochia	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W
Sucleia	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W[b]	W	D	W	W	L
Tighina	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Victoria Bardar	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Clement Godday	Sucleia	25
2	Serhii Molochko	Bălți	24
3	Roman Șumchin	Cahul-2005	18
4	Mihai Țurcan	Speranța	17
5	Octavian Onofrei	Spartanii	15
6	Nichita Moțpan	Bălți	13
	Vasile Noroc	Speranța
	Ghenadie Orbu	Victoria
	Iuri Stancev	Cahul-2005
	Evgheni Țiverenco	Tighina

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[7]
1	Dmitrii Burac	Bălți	8
2	Kelvin Enyeribe	Bălți	6
	Ruslan Istrati	Sucleia
4	Mihail Cioban	Sheriff-2	5
	Denis Cristofovici	Grănicerul
	Nicolae Garanovschi	Real Succes
	Nicolae Țurcan	Iskra (1) & Cahul-2005 (4)
8	Anton Coval	Tighina	4
	Dan Stancov	Cahul-2005
10	Vladislav Chiaburu	Speranța	3
	Dmitri Cîlcic	Olimp
	Pavel Galac	Spartanii
	Alexei Samoilenco	Sheriff-2

Notes

1. Technical loss
2. Technical win