2022–23 Moldovan Super Liga

The 2022–23 Moldovan Super Liga was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 30 July 2022 and ended on 20 May 2023. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club earned a place in the second qualifying round and the third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Super Liga
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 20 May 2023
ChampionsSheriff
21st title
RelegatedDinamo-Auto
Champions LeagueSheriff
Conference LeaguePetrocub
Zimbru
Milsami
Matches played86
Goals scored183 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerRasheed Akanbi
Alexandru Dedov
(8 goals each)
Best goalkeeperNikos Giannakopoulos
(10 clean sheets)

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league. The top 7 teams from the 2021–22 season and one promoted team from the Divizia A: Dacia Buiucani, returning to the top tier after one year absence.

Chișinău
Tiraspol
Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Zimbru
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
Locations of the 2022–23 teams
Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Bălți Bălți Bălți Stadium 5,953 Veaceslav Rusnac
Dacia Buiucani Chișinău Suruceni Stadium 350 Andrei Martin
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto 1,300 Novruz Azimov
Milsami Orhei Orhei Stadium 2,539 Serghei Dubrovin
Petrocub Hîncești Hîncești Stadium 1,100 Ivan Tabanov
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Zimbru-2 Stadium 1,500 Nicolai Mandrîcenco
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,798 Roberto Bordin
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,104 Lilian Popescu

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Petrocub Lilian Popescu Resigned 16 May 2022[1] Pre-season Alexei Savinov 1 June 2022[2]
Sheriff Yuriy Vernydub Resigned 8 June 2022[3] Stjepan Tomas 21 June 2022[4]
Zimbru Michele Bon Released 17 June 2022[5] Vlad Goian 26 June 2022[6]
Petrocub Alexei Savinov No UEFA Pro Licence 1 July 2022 Ivan Tabanov 1 July 2022[7]
Dinamo-Auto Oleg Bejenar Released 1 July 2022 Anatol Teslev (caretaker) 6 August 2022[8]
Zimbru Vlad Goian Resigned 30 August 2022[9] 7th Lilian Popescu 31 August 2022[10]
Dinamo-Auto Anatol Teslev End of caretaker period 9 September 2022 8th Novruz Azimov 9 September 2022[11]
Bălți Serghei Cebotari Resigned 10 October 2022 6th Veaceslav Rusnac 11 October 2022
Sheriff Stjepan Tomas Resigned 25 October 2022[12] 1st Victor Mihailov (caretaker) 25 October 2022
Victor Mihailov End of caretaker period 9 January 2023 1st Roberto Bordin 9 January 2023[13]

Phase I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol 14 10 3 1 24 6 +18 33 Qualification to Phase II
2 Petrocub Hîncești 14 8 3 3 20 11 +9 27
3 Zimbru Chișinău 14 4 7 3 17 17 0 19[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sfîntul Gheorghe 14 6 1 7 18 22 −4 19[lower-alpha 1]
5 Milsami Orhei 14 4 5 5 12 14 −2 17[lower-alpha 2]
6 Bălți 14 5 2 7 13 13 0 17[lower-alpha 2]
7 Dacia Buiucani 14 4 4 6 14 14 0 16 Relegation to Liga 1 Phase II
8 Dinamo-Auto 14 1 3 10 5 26 −21 0[lower-alpha 3]
Source: FMF, UEFA, 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) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.[15]
Notes:
  1. Zimbru ahead of Sfîntul Gheorghe on head-to-head points: Zimbru : 4p, Sfîntul Gheorghe : 1p.
  2. Milsami ahead of Bălți on head-to-head points: Milsami : 4p, Bălți : 1p.
  3. Dinamo-Auto had 6 points deducted for match-fixing allegations.[14]

Results
Home \ Away BĂL DAC DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–3 0–2
Dacia Buiucani 0–0 — 5–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0
Dinamo-Auto 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 0–0
Milsami Orhei 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–0
Petrocub Hîncești 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 — 0–2 1–0 2–2
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 — 1–3 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 — 0–0
Zimbru Chișinău 0–3 3–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Phase II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 10 7 3 0 15 3 +12 24 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 10 6 3 1 16 6 +10 21 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Zimbru Chișinău 10 3 3 4 10 9 +1 12 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4 Milsami Orhei 10 3 2 5 10 16 −6 11
5 Sfîntul Gheorghe 10 1 4 5 4 13 −9 7 Dissolved after the season[lower-alpha 1]
6 Bălți 10 0 5 5 5 13 −8 5
Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Least red cards; 11) Least yellow cards.[15]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Sfîntul Gheorghe withdrew before the start of the next season.[16]

Results
Home \ Away SHE PET ZIM SFÎ MIL BĂL
Sheriff Tiraspol — 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Petrocub Hîncești 1–1 — 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–0
Zimbru Chișinău 0–2 1–2 — 0–0 0–1 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–2 0–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1
Milsami Orhei 0–4 [lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–3 3–0 — 1–0
Bălți 1–1 [lower-alpha 1] 0–3 [lower-alpha 2] 1–1 0–2 2–2 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[17]
1 Rasheed Akanbi Sheriff 8
Alexandru Dedov Zimbru
3 Marius Iosipoi Petrocub 7
4 Radu Gînsari Milsami 6
5 Jibril Ibrahim Sf. Gheorghe 5
Vladimir Ambros Petrocub
Victor Bogaciuc Petrocub
8 Steve Ambri Sheriff 4
Emmanuel Alaribe Zimbru
Eugen Sidorenco Zimbru
Mouhamed Diop Sheriff

Hat-tricks
PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Alexandru DedovZimbruSf. Gheorghe3–311 September 2022

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[18]
1 Nikos Giannakopoulos Zimbru 10
2 Razak Abalora Sheriff 7
Cristian Avram Petrocub
4 Sebastian Agachi Zimbru (0) & Dacia (6) 6
Victor Străistari Sf. Gheorghe (3) & Bălți (3)
6 Dumitru Celeadnic Sheriff 5
Nicolai Calancea Sf. Gheorghe
8 Emil Tîmbur Milsami 4
9 Maksym Koval Sheriff 3
Igor Mostovei Petrocub
Victor Buga Milsami
Dallian Allogho Dinamo-Auto
Stanislav Namașco Bălți

Notes
  1. Sheriff hosted
  2. Petrocub hosted

References
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  2. "Alexei Savinov este noul antrenor al echipei Petrocub" (in Romanian).petrocub.md
  3. "Thank you, Yuri Vernidub".fc-sheriff.com
  4. "Stjepan Tomas – noul principal" (in Romanian).fc-sheriff.com
  5. "Зимбру уволил итальянца Микеле Бона с поста главного тренера основной команды" (in Russian).sports.md
  6. "Известно имя нового главного тренера" (in Russian).sports.md
  7. "Squad".uefa.com
  8. "Match report" (PDF).soccerway.com
  9. "Vlad Goian a reziliat contractul" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  10. "Lilian Popescu este noul antrenor al echipei Zimbru" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  11. "Главный тренер из Азербайджана" (in Russian).dinamo-auto.com
  12. "Спасибо, Степан Томас". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). 25 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  13. "Welcome back".fc-sheriff.com
  14. "Echipa Dinamo-Auto a fost depunctată" (in Romanian). FMF. 18 July 2022.
  15. "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2022-23" [Regulations edition 2022-23 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
  16. "Astăzi povestea clubului a ajuns la final" (in Romanian).facebook.com
  17. "Players - Super Liga". Soccerway.
  18. "Clean sheets". soccerway.com.
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