2025–26 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season

The 2025–26 season is FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 29th season, and their 28th in the Moldovan Super Liga, the top-flight of Moldovan football.

Sheriff Tiraspol

2025–26 season
Chairman	Viktor Gushan
Manager	Victor Mihailov (Interim)
Stadium	Sheriff Stadium
Super Liga	1st
Moldovan Cup	Preseason
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round vs Utrecht
UEFA Conference League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Amarildo Gjoni (5) All: Amarildo Gjoni (5)
Highest home attendance	6,223 vs Prishtina (10 July 2025)
Lowest home attendance	1,470 vs Bălți (13 July 2025)
Average home league attendance	2,679 (27 July 2025)
Home colours Away colours
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Season events

On 10 June, Sheriff announced the singing of Mollo Bessala on loan from LNZ Cherkasy.^[1][2]

On 11 June, Sheriff announced the singing of Ibrahima Soumah from Zimbru Chișinău.^[3]

On 20 June, Sheriff announced the singing of Fernando Neto from Gomel, Átila from Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Amarildo Gjoni from Elbasani.^[4][5][6]

On 23 June, Sheriff announced the singing of Ivan Dyulgerov from CSKA Sofia.^[7]

On 25 June, Sheriff announced that Vladimer Mamuchashvili was leaving the club to sign for Torpedo Kutaisi.^[8]

On 1 July, Sheriff announced the singing of Mamady Diarra from Győri ETO, and the departures of Moussa Kyabou, Rasheed Akanbi, João Paulo Fernandes and Rashed Al-Tumi.^{[9][10][11][12]}

On 9 July, Sheriff announced the singing of Abdoulaye Diarra from AS Bakaridjan.^[13]

On 18 July, Sheriff announced the singing of Daba Diakité from Djoliba AC.^[14]

Squad

As of match played 10 August 2025^[15]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Victor Străistari		GK	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 26)	Sfîntul Gheorghe	2023[16]		16	0
21	Ivan Dyulgerov		GK	(1999-07-15) 15 July 1999 (age 26)	CSKA Sofia	2025[7]		10	0
25	Roman Dumenco		GK	(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004 (age 21)	Academy	2024		0	0
28	Emil Velić		GK	(1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 30)	NK Radomlje	2024[17]		5	0
Defenders
2	Átila		DF	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 23)	Arsenal Dzerzhinsk	2025[5]		7	0
3	Kwame Boakye		DF	(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 27)	Nations	2024[18]		48	3
4	Natus Jamel Swen		DF	(2004-11-18) 18 November 2004 (age 20)	Mġarr United	2025[19]		18	0
6	Raí		DF	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 25)	Dinamo Minsk	2025[20]		29	0
29	Soumaïla Magossouba		DF	(2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 (age 21)	Stade Malien	2025[21]		26	1
44	Alesio Mija		DF	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 24)	Dinamo City	2024[22]		30	4
Midfielders
7	Fernando Neto		MF	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003 (age 22)	Gomel	2025[4]		4	0
8	Ibrahima Soumah		MF	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21)	Zimbru Chișinău	2025[3]		12	0
17	Johan Rodallega		MF	(2005-04-24) 24 April 2005 (age 20)	Millonarios	2025[23]		1	0
18	Daba Diakité		MF	(2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 21)	Djoliba AC	2025[14]		0	0
24	Danila Forov		MF	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 21)	HNK Rijeka	2023		20	4
33	Mihail Corotcov		MF	(2008-07-24) 24 July 2008 (age 17)	Academy	2025		5	0
36	Nichita Sandetchi		MF	(2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 (age 20)	Academy	2023		1	0
69	Peter Ademo		MF	(2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 22)	DFK Dainava	2024		47	6
Forwards
9	Amarildo Gjoni		FW	(1999-07-25) 25 July 1999 (age 26)	Elbasani	2025[6]		12	6
10	Artur Serobyan		FW	(2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 22)	on loan from Ararat-Armenia	2025[24]	2025[24]	25	4
11	Cyrille Bayala		FW	(1996-05-24) 24 May 1996 (age 29)	AC Ajaccio	2024[25]		71	17
12	Elijah Odede		FW	(2007-01-12) 12 January 2007 (age 18)	Unattached	2025[26]		23	7
15	Abdoulaye Diarra		FW	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 19)	AS Bakaridjan	2025[13]		2	1
22	Mollo Bessala		FW	(2003-10-10) 10 October 2003 (age 21)	on loan from LNZ Cherkasy	2025[1]	2026[2]	6	0
27	Vyacheslav Kozma		FW	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 20)	Academy	2024		11	3
31	Dan-Angelo Botan		FW	(2005-02-19) 19 February 2005 (age 20)	Academy	2023		6	0
42	Konan Jaures-Ulrich Loukou		FW	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 (age 20)	Issia Wazy	2023		21	1
70	Luis Phelipe		FW	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 24)	Unattached	2025[27]		8	1
77	Mamady Diarra		FW	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 25)	Győri ETO	2025		10	0
90	Papa Ndiaga Yade		FW	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 25)	Metz	2024[28]		43	10
Out on loan
26	Artiom Dijinari		DF	(2005-10-26) 26 October 2005 (age 19)	Academy	2022		4	0
	Danila Ignatov		DF	(2001-06-19) 19 June 2001 (age 24)	Academy	2020		4	1
	Roman Novicov		MF	(2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 (age 22)	Academy	2023		1	0
Left during the season
7	Abou Ouattara		FW	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 25)	Valenciennes	2022[29]		32	4
16	Rashed Al-Tumi		GK	(2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24)	Sliema Wanderers	2024[30]		6	0
18	Moussa Kyabou		MF	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 27)	USC Kita	2021[31]		99	0
61	Rasheed Akanbi		FW	(1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 26)	Kocaelispor	2022[32]		83	31
71	Vladimer Mamuchashvili		MF	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27)	Dinamo Batumi	2024[33]		24	10
88	João Paulo Fernandes		MF	(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 27)	Feirense	2023[16]		59	6

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 June 2025	MF		Ibrahima Soumah	Zimbru Chișinău	Undisclosed	[3]
20 June 2025	MF		Fernando Neto	Gomel	Undisclosed	[4]
20 June 2025	DF		Átila	Arsenal Dzerzhinsk	Undisclosed	[5]
20 June 2025	FW		Amarildo Gjoni	Elbasani	Undisclosed	[6]
23 June 2025	GK		Ivan Dyulgerov	CSKA Sofia	Undisclosed	[7]
1 July 2025	FW		Mamady Diarra	Győri ETO	Undisclosed	[9]
9 July 2025	FW		Abdoulaye Diarra	AS Bakaridjan	Undisclosed	[13]
18 July 2025	MF		Daba Diakité	Djoliba AC	Undisclosed	[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
14 January 2025	FW		Artur Serobyan	Ararat-Armenia	31 December 2025	[24][34]
10 June 2025	FW		Mollo Bessala	LNZ Cherkasy	30 June 2026	[1][2]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2025	MF		Vladimer Mamuchashvili	Torpedo Kutaisi	Undisclosed	[8]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
8 July 2025	DF		Artiom Dijinari	Politehnica UTM	31 December 2025

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
17 June 2025	DF		Armel Zohouri	Iberia 1999	17 June 2025	[35][36]
20 June 2025	DF		Jocelin Behiratche	Oleksandriya	7 July 2025	[36][37]
20 June 2025	DF		Matheus Lins	Port FC		[36]
20 June 2025	MF		Gideon Uche Goodlad	Icon Allah FA		[36]
1 July 2025	GK		Rashed Al-Tumi	Sliema Wanderers	11 July 2025	[10]
1 July 2025	MF		João Paulo Fernandes	Oțelul Galați	1 July 2025	[11][38]
1 July 2025	MF		Moussa Kyabou	Gençlerbirliği	5 July 2025	[10][39]
1 July 2025	FW		Abou Ouattara			[12]
1 July 2025	FW		Rasheed Akanbi	Boluspor	14 July 2025	[12][40]

Friendlies

Sheriff Tiraspol v Spartanii Sportul

11 June 2025	Sheriff Tiraspol	8–2	Spartanii Sportul	Tiraspol
EET (UTC+2)	Odede Swen Bayala Raí Trialist Trialist Trialist Trialist	Report		Stadium: Sheriff Arena
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Sheriff Tiraspol v Dacia Buiucani

14 June 2025	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	Dacia Buiucani	Tiraspol
EET (UTC+2)	Mamuchashvili	Report		Stadium: Sheriff Arena
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super Liga	22 June 2025		Matchday 1		8	6	1	1	19	5	+14	075.00
Moldovan Cup	2025		Round of 16		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	10 July 2025	31 July 2025	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	025.00
UEFA Conference League	7 August 2025		Third qualifying round		1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					13	7	1	5	26	17	+9	053.85

Last updated: 10 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Super Liga

Main article: 2025–26 Moldovan Super Liga

Phase I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	8	6	1	1	19	5	+14	19	Qualification to Phase II
2	Petrocub Hîncești	7	5	2	0	10	4	+6	17
3	Zimbru Chișinău	8	5	1	2	23	9	+14	16
4	Milsami Orhei	7	4	1	2	16	9	+7	13
5	Dacia Buiucani	8	3	1	4	11	12	−1	10

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.^[41]

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
8	6	1	1	19	5	+14	19	3	0	1	11	4	+7	3	1	0	8	1	+7

Last updated: 10 August 2025.
Source: FMF

Results

Politehnica Chișinău v Sheriff Tiraspol

22 June 2025 1	Politehnica Chișinău	0–4	Sheriff Tiraspol	Chișinău
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lipcan  35'	Report	Yade 25' Mamuchashvili 44', 56' Mija  72' Kozma 90'	Stadium: Sport Complex UTM Attendance: 300 Referee: Viktor Bugenko

Sheriff Tiraspol v Spartanii Sportul

29 June 2025 2	Sheriff Tiraspol	5–1	Spartanii Sportul	Tiraspol
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gjoni 3', 33' Bayala 18' Swen  25' Odede 68', 73'	Report	Olaniyan  28' 80' Harb  71'	Stadium: Sheriff Arena Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Andrei Breguța

Milsami Orhei v Sheriff Tiraspol

5 July 2025 3	Milsami Orhei	1–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Orhei
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gînsari 12' (pen.) Jardan  16' Nwaeze  24' Lisu  80'	Report	Dyulgerov  11' Gjoni  35' 41' Serobyan 52' Soumah  55'	Stadium: CSR Orhei Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Viktor Bugenko

Sheriff Tiraspol v Bălți

13 July 2025 4	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	Bălți	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gjoni 12' Magossouba  58'	Report	Rogac  55' Boico  66' Rusnac  76'	Stadium: Sheriff Arena Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Ion Orlic

Petrocub Hîncești v Sheriff Tiraspol

20 July 2025 5	Petrocub Hîncești	0–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Hîncești
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pușcaș  67'	Report	Soumah  73'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Andrei Cojocaru

Sheriff Tiraspol v Zimbru Chișinău

27 July 2025 6	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–3	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiraspol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gjoni 25'  89' Loukou  66' Soumah  68' Ademo  89' Kozma 90+1'	Report	Stînă 8' Shchebetun 42', 70' Agachi  90+3'	Stadium: Sheriff Arena Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Roman Jitari

Dacia Buiucani v Sheriff Tiraspol

3 August 2025 7	Dacia Buiucani	0–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nisporeni
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Suruceanu  45+3' Focșa  56' Lambarschi  80' Nihaev  90' Dumbrava  90+2'	Report	Bayala  56' Loukou 76' Ademo  80' Diarra 88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Denis Ivlev

Sheriff Tiraspol v Politehnica UTM Chișinău

10 August 2025 8	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Politehnica UTM Chișinău	Tiraspol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gjoni 12'  39'  42' Raí  15' Odede 17' Magossouba 45'  47'	Report	Mardari  44'	Stadium: Sheriff Arena Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Andrei Ceban

Spartanii Sportul v Sheriff Tiraspol

17 August 2025 9	Spartanii Sportul	–	Sheriff Tiraspol	Suruceni
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Suruceni Stadium

Moldovan Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Moldovan Cup

v

2025		–
EEST (UTC+3)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Sheriff Tiraspol v Prishtina

10 July 2025 First qualifying round 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	4–0	Prishtina	Tiraspol, Moldova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bayala 11', 19', 74' Odede 79'	Report[42]	Salihu  69' Vitija  70'	Stadium: Sheriff Arena Attendance: 6,223 Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

Prishtina v Sheriff Tiraspol

17 July 2025 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Prishtina	2–1 (2–5 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Pristina, Kosovo
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Boueye  44' Namani 56' Ahmeti 65'	Report[43]	Bayala  26' Soumah  45+1' Serobyan 51'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 1,320[44] Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Sheriff Tiraspol v Utrecht

24 July 2025 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–3	Utrecht	Nisporeni, Moldova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ademo 24' Bessala  69' Soumah  70' Loukou  88'	Report[45]	Jensen 33'  62' Viergever 54' Blake 70'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,674[46] Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
Note: Sheriff Tiraspol played their home match at the Central Stadium in Nisporeni, instead of their regular stadium, the Sheriff Arena, in Tiraspol, due to the Dutch government's travel advisory concerning Transnistria.[47]

Utrecht v Sheriff Tiraspol

31 July 2025 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Utrecht	4–1 (7–2 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Utrecht, Netherlands
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Jensen 27' Horemans 46' Viergever 56' Elkarouani 89'	Report[48]	Odede 75'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 21,611[49] Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

Anderlecht v Sheriff Tiraspol

7 August 2025 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Anderlecht	3–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Brussels, Belgium
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kana  4' Angulo 17' Dolberg 48' Degreef  79' Verschaeren 81'	Report[50]	Boakye  33'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 14,124[51] Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)

Sheriff Tiraspol v Anderlecht

14 August 2025 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	– (– agg.)	Anderlecht	Chișinău, Moldova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report[52]		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Note: Sheriff Tiraspol played their home match at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, the Sheriff Arena, in Tiraspol, due to the Belgian government's travel advisory concerning Transnistria.[53]

Squad statistics

As of match played 10 August 2025

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super Liga		Moldovan Cup		Europa League		Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MDA	Victor Străistari	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	BRA	Átila	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	GHA	Kwame Boakye	13	0	8	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
4	DF	LBR	Natus Jamel Swen	9	0	5	0	0	0	2+1	0	1	0
6	DF	BRA	Raí	13	0	7+1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
7	MF	BRA	Fernando Neto	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
8	MF	MLI	Ibrahima Soumah	12	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
9	FW	ALB	Amarildo Gjoni	12	6	7	6	0	0	4	0	1	0
10	FW	ARM	Artur Serobyan	10	2	3+2	1	0	0	2+2	1	0+1	0
11	FW	BFA	Cyrille Bayala	8	4	5	1	0	0	2	3	1	0
12	FW	NGA	Elijah Odede	11	5	3+4	3	0	0	0+3	2	1	0
15	FW	MLI	Abdoulaye Diarra	2	1	0+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	BUL	Ivan Dyulgerov	10	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
22	FW	CMR	Mollo Bessala	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
24	MF	MDA	Danila Forov	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	MDA	Vyacheslav Kozma	6	2	2+2	2	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
29	DF	MLI	Soumaïla Magossouba	12	1	6+1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0
33	MF	MDA	Mihail Corotcov	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
42	FW	CIV	Konan Jaures-Ulrich Loukou	9	1	1+6	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
44	DF	ALB	Alesio Mija	10	0	2+4	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
69	MF	NGA	Peter Ademo	12	1	6+1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0
77	FW	MLI	Mamady Diarra	10	0	3+2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
90	FW	MTN	Papa Ndiaga Yade	11	1	4+2	1	0	0	3+1	0	0+1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season:
71	MF	GEO	Vladimer Mamuchashvili	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Super Liga	Moldovan Cup	Europa League	Conference League	Total
1	FW		9	Amarildo Gjoni	6	0	0	0	6
2	MF		12	Elijah Odede	3	0	2	0	5
3	FW		11	Cyrille Bayala	1	0	3	0	4
4	MF		71	Vladimer Mamuchashvili	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		27	Vyacheslav Kozma	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		10	Artur Serobyan	1	0	1	0	2
7	FW		90	Papa Ndiaga Yade	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		42	Konan Jaures-Ulrich Loukou	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		15	Abdoulaye Diarra	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		29	Soumaïla Magossouba	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		69	Peter Ademo	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	19	0	7	0	26

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Super Liga	Moldovan Cup	Europa League	Conference League	Total
1	GK		1	Victor Străistari	3	0	0	0	3
	GK		21	Ivan Dyulgerov	2	0	1	0	3
				TOTALS	5	0	1	0	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Super Liga		Moldovan Cup		Europa League		Conference League		Total
3		DF	Kwame Boakye	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Natus Jamel Swen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Raí	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Ibrahima Soumah	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Amarildo Gjoni	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
11		FW	Cyrille Bayala	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
21		GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Mollo Bessala	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
29		DF	Soumaïla Magossouba	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
42		FW	Konan Jaures-Ulrich Loukou	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
44		DF	Alesio Mija	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
69		MF	Peter Ademo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season:
			TOTALS	17	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	23	1