2000–01 Moldovan National Division

The 2000–01 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 10th season of top-tier football in Moldova.

Moldovan National Division

Season	2000–01
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol
Relegated	Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești Olimpia Bălți
Champions League	Sheriff Tiraspol
UEFA Cup	Zimbru Chișinău Nistru Otaci
Intertoto Cup	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
Top goalscorer	Ruslan Barburoș Davit Mujiri (17 goals)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Overview

It was contested by 8 teams and Sheriff Tiraspol won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	28	21	4	3	58	18	+40	67	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Zimbru Chișinău	28	20	6	2	46	15	+31	66	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	28	11	8	9	33	34	−1	41	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Constructorul Chișinău	28	10	9	9	30	30	0	39
5	Nistru Otaci	28	9	6	13	31	39	−8	33	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
6	Agro Chișinău	28	6	7	15	26	47	−21	25[a]
7	Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești (R)	28	6	7	15	34	45	−11	25[a]	Qualification for the relegation play-off
8	Olimpia Bălți (R)	28	3	5	20	19	49	−30	14	Relegation to Division "A"

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Agro Chișinău ahead of Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești on head-to-head points: Agro Chișinău 7 points; Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești 4 points.

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	AGR	CON	HAI	NIS	OLI	SHE	TIL	ZIM
Agro Chișinău		1–1	2–1	2–2	+:-[a]	0–2	-:+[b]	1–3
Constructorul Chișinău	1–0		3–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești	3–1	0–1		1–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1
Nistru Otaci	3–2	1–0	3–1		3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2
Olimpia Bălți	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1		0–0	3–1	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	0–0	4–1	4–1	2–1		2–4	1–2
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0		1–1
Zimbru Chișinău	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0

Source: EU-Football.info
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match between Agro Chișinău and Olimpia Bălți was rated with a goalless win for home team.
2. The match between Agro Chișinău and Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol was rated with a goalless win for away team.

Third and fourth round

Home \ Away	AGR	CON	HAI	NIS	OLI	SHE	TIL	ZIM
Agro Chișinău		3–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–4	2–3	0–0
Constructorul Chișinău	0–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–5
Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești	1–1	0–2		5–1	3–0	1–5	1–1	1–1
Nistru Otaci	3–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	2–3	0–1	0–1
Olimpia Bălți	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–2	1–0	2–5
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		5–0	1–0
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	3–0	1–4	2–3	0–0	3–0	1–2		0–2
Zimbru Chișinău	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0

Source: EU-Football.info
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation/promotion play-off

18 June 2001

Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești	w/o	Petrocub-Condor Sărata-Galbenă

Petrocub-Condor Sărata-Galbenă were promoted after Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești withdrew.

Top goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ruslan Barburoș	Haiduc-Sporting/Agro/Sheriff	17
	Davit Mujiri	Sheriff Tiraspol
3	Edward Anyamkyegh	Sheriff Tiraspol	8
	Vadim Chirilov	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
	Vitalie David	Haiduc-Sporting Hîncești
	Iurie Miterev	Zimbru Chișinău

References

• Moldova - List of final tables (RSSSF)