Moldovan Liga 1

Liga 1 is the second-level division of Moldovan Football league system, The championship is composed of 12 teams and the top two teams are promoted to the Moldovan Liga, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Moldovan Liga 2.

Liga 1

Organising body	FMF
Founded	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Country	Moldova
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga
Relegation to	Liga 2
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa Moldovei Supercupa Moldovei
Current champions	Dacia Buiucani (3rd title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol (7 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	We Sport TV Liga TV
Website	fmf.md
Current: 2025–26 Moldovan Liga 1

Former name

• Divizia A – 1992—2022

Current clubs

Fălești

Florești

Iskra

Olimp

Real Succes

Sheriff-2

Spartanii

Sporting

Sucleia

FCM Ungheni

Văsieni

Victoria

Location of teams in 2022–23 Divizia A

The following 12 clubs compete in the 2024–25 season of the Liga 1.^[1]

Club	Location
Fălești	Fălești
Iskra	Rîbnița
Olimp	Comrat
Sheriff-2	Tiraspol
Saksan	Ceadîr-Lunga
Speranis	Nisporeni
Speranța	Drochia
Stăuceni	Stăuceni
Univer	Comrat
Ungheni	Ungheni
Victoria	Chișinău
Vulturii Cutezători	Sîngerei

Champions

Season	Champions	League Leading Goalscorers
1992	Nistru Otaci	Igor Ursachi (Valeologia Chișinău) (19)
1992–93	Vilia Briceni	Sergiu Varzari (Izvoraș Drăsliceni) (16)
1993–94	MHM 93 Chişinău	Igor Ursachi (MHM-93 Chișinău) (29)
1994–95	Constructorul Chişinău	Gabriel Rotaru (Locomotiva Basarabeasca) (31)
1995–96	Locomotiva Basarabeasca	Alexandru Pocinciuc (Locomotiva Basarabeasca) (31)
1996–97	Moldova-Gaz Chişinău	Dmitrii Koshakov (Moldova-Gaz Chișinău) (23)
1997–98	Sheriff Tiraspol	Veaceslav Untilă (Dumbrava Cojușna) (23)
1998–99	Zimbru-2 Chişinău	Veaceslav Untilă (Dumbrava Cojușna) & (Petrocub Hîncești) (23)
1999–2000	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Eduard Blănuță (Petrocub Hîncești) (17)
2000–01	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Andriy Nesteruk (Sheriff-2 Tiraspol) (21)
2001–02	Dacia Chişinău	Alexandru Golban (Dacia Chişinău) (21)
2002–03	Tiligul Tiraspol	Oleg Hromțov (Tiligul Tiraspol) (21)
2003–04	Steaua Chişinău	Gheorghe Boghiu (Olimpia Bălți), Vladimir Șohirev (Steaua Chișinău) & Vladimir Ciubco (Iskra-Stal) (18)
2004–05	Dinamo Bender	Gheorghe Boghiu (Olimpia Bălți) (34)
2005–06	Zimbru-2 Chişinău	Alexandru Gheorghiev (Gagauziya) (21)
2006–07	Zimbru-2 Chişinău	Alexandru Maximov (Rapid Ghidighici) (20)
2007–08	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Artur Calinin (Viitorul Orhei) (21)
2008–09	Viitorul Orhei	Sergiu Baran (Podiș Inești) (30)
2009–10	Costuleni	Mihai Cojusea (Lilcora) & (Gagauziya) (33)
2010–11	Locomotiva Bălţi	Maxim Antoniuc (Zimbru-2) (19)
2011–12	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Evgeny Dovbyshenko (Speranța Crihana Veche) (23)
2012–13	Veris Drăgănești	Viorel Frunză (Veris Drăgănești) (30)
2013–14	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	Alexandru Răilean (Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni) (20)
2014–15	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Vladimir Ambros (Petrocub) (25)
2015–16	Spicul Chișcăreni	Ghenadie Orbu (Codru Lozova) (22)
2016–17	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Artiom Zabun (Victoria Bardar) (21)
2017	Victoria Bardar	Ghenadie Orbu (Victoria Bardar) (19)
2018	Codru Lozova	Ghenadie Orbu (Victoria Bardar) (21)
2019	Florești	Artiom Litviacov (Tighina) (30)
2020–21	Bălți	Clement Udeh Godday (Sucleia) (25)
2021–22	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	Nicolai Porojniuc (FCM Ungheni) (12)
2022–23	Dacia Buiucani	Dmitri Maneacov (Fălești), Ghenadie Orbu (Victoria Bardar), Marin Stan (Victoria Bardar) & Roman Șumchin (Spartanii Selemet) (13)
2023–24	Florești	Eugen Sidorenco (FCM Ungheni) (15)
2024–25	Dacia Buiucani	Bogdan Musteață (FC Saksan) (20)

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	7	2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021–22
Zimbru-2 Chişinău	3	1999, 2006, 2007
Dacia Chișinău / Dacia Buiucani	3	2002, 2022–23, 2024-25
Florești	2	2019, 2023–24
Nistru Otaci	1	1992
Vilia Briceni	1	1993
MHM 93 Chişinău	1	1994
Constructorul Chişinău	1	1995
Locomotiva Basarabeasca	1	1996
Moldova-Gaz Chişinău	1	1997
Sheriff Tiraspol	1	1998
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	1	2003
Steaua Chişinău	1	2004
Dinamo Bender	1	2005
Viitorul Orhei	1	2009
Costuleni	1	2010
Locomotiva Bălţi	1	2011
Veris Drăgănești	1	2013
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	1	2014
Spicul Chișcăreni	1	2016
Victoria Bardar	1	2017
Codru Lozova	1	2018
Bălți	1	2020–21