FC Milsami Orhei

Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei, commonly known as Milsami Orhei, or simply Milsami, is a Moldovan football club based in Orhei, Moldova, currently playing in the Super Liga, the top tier of Moldovan football.

Milsami Orhei
Full nameFotbal Club Milsami Orhei
Nickname(s)Vulturii roșii (The Red Eagles)
Founded
  • 2005 (2005)
    as Viitorul Step-Soci
GroundCSR Orhei
Capacity2,539
PresidentIlan Shor
Head CoachIgor Picușceac
LeagueSuper Liga
2023–24Super Liga, 4th of 8

Previously known as FC Viitorul Orhei, it won its first league title in 2015, becoming the first team to take the title away from the cities of Chișinău and Tiraspol.

History

2005 – founded as Viitorul Step-Soci
2008 – renamed Viitorul Orhei
2010 – renamed Milsami Orhei
2011 – renamed Milsami-Ursidos Orhei
2012 – renamed Milsami Orhei

Current squad
As of 6 March 2024[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MDA Emil Tîmbur
4 DF  AUT Clinton Bangura
5 DF  UKR Yaroslav Terekhov
6 DF  MDA Ion Ghimp
7 MF  MDA Daniel Lisu
8 MF  MDA Grigore Popovici
10 MF  MDA Radu Gînsari
11 MF  MDA Sorin Chele
13 MF  MDA Vasile Luchita
14 DF  MNE Aleksandar Milić
16 FW  MDA Alexandru Antoniuc
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  MDA Artiom Puntus
18 MF  NGA Henry Okebugwu
19 MF  RUS Igor Lambarschi
20 FW  MDA Vadim Paireli
21 DF  MDA Vladislav Zavalișca
22 FW  MLI Mamadou Harouna Camara (on loan from Black Stars FC)
23 DF  MDA Vadim Bolohan
25 FW  FRA Nabil Khali
27 DF  MDA Vadim Dijinari
31 GK  MDA Mihail Cioban
32 MF  CMR Vitus Amougui

Coaching staff
As of 25 May 2024
Position Name
Head coach Igor Picușceac
Assistant coaches Ghenadie Pușca
Oleg Șișchin
Goalkeeping coach Vladimir Mura

Honours

League

Cup

League history
Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Cup Super Cup Europe Top scorer
(league)
2005–06 "B" Division 4th 20 11 4 5 34 18 37 — —
2006–07 3rd 18 9 7 2 38 15 34 — —
2007–08 "A" Division 7th 32 15 4 13 61 45 49 — —
2008–09 1st 30 20 3 7 59 36 63 First round — —
2009–10 Super Liga 8th 33 10 6 17 32 45 36 Second round — — Alexandru Maximov (13)
2010–11 3rd 39 23 9 7 71 23 78 Third round — — Gheorghe Boghiu (26)
2011–12 4th 33 14 5 14 41 37 47 Winners — EL 1Q Ademar (7)
2012–13 4th 32 17 4 11 47 30 55 Semi-finals Winners EL 2Q Gheorghe Boghiu (16)
2013–14 6th 33 17 5 11 54 32 56 Semi-finals — EL 3Q Gheorghe Boghiu (13)
2014–15 1st 24 17 4 3 50 15 55 Semi-finals — — Romeo Surdu (12)
2015–16 6th 27 10 6 11 33 23 36 Runners-up Runners-up EL Q PO Romeo Surdu (4)
2016–17 3rd 30 22 2 6 57 20 68 Quarter-finals — — Ilya Belous (7)
Igor Banović (7)
2017 2nd 18 13 1 4 26 12 40 Winners — EL 1Q Constantin Bogdan (4)
Alexandru Dedov (4)
2018 2nd 28 13 6 9 36 24 45 Semi-finals — EL 1Q Mihai Plătică (7)
Alexandru Antoniuc (7)
2019 5th 28 10 9 9 30 28 39 Quarter-finals Winners EL 1Q Alexandru Antoniuc (5)
2020–21 3rd 36 22 7 7 71 37 73 Quarter-finals — — Alexandru Antoniuc (15)
2021–22 3rd 28 15 6 7 50 31 51 Semi-finals — ECL 2Q Sergiu Istrati (15)
2022–23 4th 24 7 7 10 22 30 28 Quarter-finals — ECL 2Q Radu Gînsari (6)
2023–24 4th 24 11 5 8 31 26 38 Quarter-finals — ECL 1Q Radu Gînsari (13)

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Dinamo Tbilisi 1–3 0–2 1–5
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 2Q Aktobe 4–2 0–3 4–5
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q F91 Dudelange 1–0 0–0 1–0
2Q Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–1 1–1 2–2 (4–2 pen.)
3Q Saint-Étienne 0–3 0–3 0–6
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 1–0 3–1
3Q Skënderbeu 0–2 0–2 0–4
UEFA Europa League PO Saint-Étienne 1–1 0–1 1–2
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Fola Esch 1–1 1–2 2–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovan Bratislava 2−4 0–5 2–9
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q FCSB 1–2 0–2 1–4
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Sarajevo 0–0 1–0 1–0
2Q IF Elfsborg 0–5 0–4 0–9
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Panevėžys 2–0 0–0 2–0
2Q KuPS 1–4 2–2 3−6
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Panevėžys 0–1 2–2 2–3
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

UEFA rankings

As of 26 May 2024, Milsami Orhei is ranked 273rd in the UEFA club coefficient rankings, down from 256th the previous season.

Rank Team Points
271 Žilina 5.000
272 Paide 5.000
273 Milsami Orhei 5.000
274 AIK 5.000
275 Sochi 4.593

As of 26 May 2024. Source

References
  1. "FC Milsami Orhei". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. "FC Milsami Orhei squad". UEFA. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  • Official website (in Russian, Romanian, and English)
  • Profile at DiviziaNationala.com (in Romanian) (archived 18 July 2010)
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