2018 Moldovan "A" Division

The 2018 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 28th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 21 April 2018 and ended on 3 November 2018. Victoria Bardar were the defending champions, after winning their first title in the competition in the previous season.

Divizia A
Season2018
Dates21 April 2018 – 3 November 2018
ChampionsCodru
PromotedCodru
Matches played132
Goals scored509 (3.86 per match)
Top goalscorerGhenadie Orbu (21 goals)
Best goalkeeperDenis Cristofovici (7 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSaxan 8–0 Sparta
(14 October 2018)
Cahul-2005 9–1 Ungheni
(3 November 2018)
Biggest away winReal Succes 1–7 Codru
(21 April 2018)
Highest scoringReal Succes 5–8 Ungheni
(13 October 2018)
Longest winning run5 matches
Codru
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Codru
Longest winless run11 matches
Iskra
Longest losing run5 matches
Saxan
Real Succes
← 2017
2019 →

Teams
Location of teams in 2018 Divizia A
Club Location
Cahul-2005Cahul
CodruLozova
FloreștiFlorești
GrănicerulGlodeni
IskraRîbnița
Real SuccesChișinău
SaxanCeadîr-Lunga
SîngereiSîngerei
SirețiSireți
SpartaChișinău
UngheniUngheni
VictoriaBardar

Season summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Codru Lozova (C, P) 22 14 6 2 53 20 +33 48 Promotion to Divizia Națională
2 Florești 22 12 4 6 40 27 +13 40
3 Sîngerei 22 10 6 6 47 42 +5 36
4 Victoria Bardar 22 10 5 7 51 43 +8 35
5 Grănicerul Glodeni 22 10 4 8 43 35 +8 34
6 Saxan 22 9 3 10 41 31 +10 30 Expelled[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ungheni 22 7 7 8 50 65 −15 28
8 Cahul-2005 22 7 6 9 38 31 +7 27
9 Sireți 22 6 5 11 36 47 −11 23
10 Real Succes 22 6 4 12 49 75 −26 22
11 Sparta Chișinău 22 5 6 11 34 51 −17 21
12 Iskra Rîbnița[lower-alpha 2] 22 4 8 10 27 42 −15 20
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.[2]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Saxan completed the season but failed to get the license for the 2019 season and were expelled from the league.[1]
  2. As per regulations, the twelfth placed team, Iskra Rîbnița was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club spared relegation due to lack of teams.

Results

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

Home \ Away CAH COD FLO GRĂ ISK REA SAX SÎN SIR SPA UNG VIC
Cahul-2005 — 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 4–1 9–1 1–1
Codru Lozova 2–0 — 2–2 3–0 4–0 6–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1
Florești 3–1 1–0 — 3–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–3
Grănicerul Glodeni 2–2 2–2 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 6–3 1–2
Iskra Rîbnița 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 — 3–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–0
Real Succes 2–2 1–7 1–3 3–2 3–4 — 2–1 0–3 4–3 1–1 5–8 3–5
Saxan 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 6–3 — 0–1 1–0 8–0 6–2 2–0
Sîngerei 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 — 3–0 5–3 1–2 4–3
Sireți 2–1 1–3 2–4 1–4 1–2 2–2 0–4 3–1 — 3–1 4–1 3–1
Sparta Chișinău 0–2 2–3 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–4 1–0 3–2 1–2 — 1–1 2–2
Ungheni 4–1 0–3 0–3 4–2 1–1 2–5 4–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 — 4–4
Victoria Bardar 1–4 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 5–2 3–0 6–3 2–2 4–2 2–0 —
Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Cahul-2005LWLWDWLLLWLDWLDLDWDDLW
Codru LozovaWDWWWWWDWWDWWWDDDWWWLL
FloreștiLWDWWWWLLDDLLWWWDWWWLW
Grănicerul GlodeniWWLLWLLWWLDDWWWLDDLLWW
Iskra RîbnițaDLDLWLLWDLDDLLDLLDDWWL
Real SuccesLLWLLLWLWWWLLLLLDDDLWD
SaxanDLLWDLWLLLLLWWWWLWDWLW
SîngereiDLDWWLWDWWDWDWLWLWLDLW
SirețiWDWLLWLWDWDWLDLLLLDLLL
Sparta ChișinăuLLDDLLLLWDLLLWDWWLDLWD
UngheniDWWDLWLWLLWDDLDDDLLWWL
Victoria BardarWWLLLWWWLLWWWDDWDDDLWL
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Ghenadie Orbu Victoria 21
2 Dmitri Maneacov Sîngerei (19) & Grănicerul (1) 20
3 Radu Lazar Sireți 18
4 Vladimir Haritov Cahul-2005 14
Nicolae Nemerenco Codru
6 Roman Șumchin Ungheni 13
Igor Bîcicov Victoria (2) & Florești (11)
8 Steven Alfred Saxan 11
Artiom Zabun Victoria
10 Vadim Crîcimari Codru 10
Maxim Bucătaru Ungheni

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[4]
1 Denis Cristofovici Grănicerul 7
2 Ion Rîmbu Codru 6
Ruslan Istrati Saxan
4 Andrei Chilari Sîngerei 5
5 Cristian Apostolachi Codru 4
6 Evgheni Gorbunov Cahul-2005 3
Andrei Vicol Victoria
8 Adrian Golubciuc Florești 2
Anatolie Cebotari Iskra
Andrian Gulienco Sparta
Ghenadie Moșneaga Florești

References
  1. "Licențierea cluburilor" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 25 March 2019.
  2. "Regulamentul Campionatului R.Moldova la fotbal edția 2018" [Regulation of Competitions] (PDF) (in Romanian). fmf.md. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2018-12-22.
  3. "Goalscorers - Divizia A - Moldova" (in Romanian). Divizia-A.md.
  4. "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.
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