2001–02 Moldovan National Division

The 2001–02 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 11th season of top-tier football in Moldova.

Moldovan National Division

Season	2001–02
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol
Relegated	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Happy End Camenca
Champions League	Sheriff Tiraspol
UEFA Cup	Nistru Otaci Zimbru Chișinău
Intertoto Cup	Constructorul-93 Cioburciu
Top goalscorer	Ruslan Barburoș (17 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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	20	7	1	62	18	+44	67	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Nistru Otaci	28	14	10	4	40	19	+21	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Zimbru Chișinău	28	12	10	6	52	20	+32	46
4	Constructorul-93 Cioburciu[a]	28	11	6	11	36	42	−6	39	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Hîncești[b]	28	7	11	10	30	40	−10	32
6	Agro Chișinău	28	8	5	15	25	38	−13	29
7	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol (R)	28	6	7	15	24	46	−22	25	Qualification for the relegation play-off
8	Happy End Camenca (R)	28	3	6	19	23	69	−46	15	Relegation to Division "A"

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

1. Constructorul changed name to Constructorul-93 and were relocated from Chișinău to Cioburciu.
2. Newly promoted side Petrocub-Condor from Sărata Galbenă changed name to FC Hîncești and relocated to Hîncești

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	AGR	CON	HEC	HÎN	NIS	SHE	TIL	ZIM
Agro Chișinău		0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–4
Constructorul-93 Cioburciu	0–1		2–1	1–5	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2
Happy End Camenca	1–1	3–0		1–1	2–4	1–2	1–1	1–1
Hîncești	2–1	3–3	2–1		0–2	0–6	3–1	0–5
Nistru Otaci	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0		0–1	0–0	0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–0
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1		1–2
Zimbru Chișinău	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	5–0

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

Third and fourth round

Home \ Away	AGR	CON	HEC	HÎN	NIS	SHE	TIL	ZIM
Agro Chișinău		0–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	5–2	1–0
Constructorul-93 Cioburciu	1–0		5–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–2
Happy End Camenca	0–2	0–1		0–3	0–1	0–4	3–0	0–3
Hîncești	0–0	2–1	3–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Nistru Otaci	0–0	2–1	6–0	2–1		0–3	1–0	2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	2–1	5–1	0–0	0–0		3–0	2–0
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–5		1–0
Zimbru Chișinău	1–0	0–1	10–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0

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

Relegation/promotion play-off

19 June 2002

Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	1–2	Politehnica Chișinău
Hromtov 81'		44' Anghel 45' Caras

Tiraspol

Top goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ruslan Barburoș	Sheriff Tiraspol	17
2	Andriy Nesteruk	Constructorul-93 (7)/Sheriff (7)	14
3	Victor Berco	Zimbru Chișinău	12
4	Alexandr Blajco	Nistru Otaci	9
	Eduard Blănuță	Hîncești
	Serghei Dadu	Sheriff (3)/Constructorul-93 (6)

References

• Moldova - List of final tables (RSSSF)