2022–23 Moldovan Liga 1

Liga 1
Season	2022–23
Dates	26 August 2022 – 10 May 2023
Champions	Dacia Buiucani
Promoted	Dacia Buiucani; Florești; Spartanii
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Moldovan Liga 1 was the 32nd season of Moldovan football's second-tier league.
The season started on 26 August 2022 and concluded on 10 May 2023, with play-off matches played between 6 and 24 May for a place in Super Liga next season.

Teams

Chișinău

Tiraspol

Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Real Succes
Victoria

Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff-2

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Liga 1

Club	Location
Fălești	Fălești
Florești	Florești
Olimp	Comrat
Real Succes	Chișinău
Sheriff-2	Tiraspol
Spartanii	Selemet
Speranis	Nisporeni
Speranța	Drochia
Sucleia	Sucleia
FCM Ungheni	Ungheni
Văsieni	Văsieni
Victoria	Chișinău
Dacia Buiucani	Chișinău
Dinamo-Auto	Tiraspol

Phase I

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FLO	FĂL	SHE	UNG	SPE	SUC
1	Florești	10	7	0	3	15	8	+7	21	Phase II Group 1		1–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1
2	Fălești	10	6	1	3	22	16	+6	19	Phase II Group 1	1–2		1–1	4–1	1–3	2–1
3	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol^[a]	10	5	3	2	28	6	+22	18	Phase II Group 2	0–1	4–1		2–1	4–0	11–0
4	FCM Ungheni	10	5	1	4	20	15	+5	16		1–0	0–2	1–1		3–2	6–0
5	Speranis Nisporeni	10	3	1	6	17	27	−10	10		2–1	2–4	0–0	2–4		6–1
6	Sucleia	10	1	0	9	10	40	−30	3		0–1	1–3	0–5	0–3	6–0

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) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.^[1]
Notes:

^ Ineligible for Phase II Group 1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIC	SPA	SPE	VĂS	OLI	REA
1	Victoria Chișinău	10	8	0	2	41	9	+32	24^[a]	Phase II Group 1		5–0	1–0	5–1	9–0	7–0
2	Spartanii Selemet	10	8	0	2	25	11	+14	24^[a]	Phase II Group 1	4–1		3–0	4–0	2–1	2–0
3	Speranța Drochia	10	4	1	5	14	14	0	13	Phase II Group 2	2–1	3–0		0–1	2–2	3–1
4	Văsieni	10	4	0	6	13	24	−11	12		0–2	1–2	2–1		3–1	1–6
5	Olimp Comrat	10	2	2	6	12	28	−16	8		1–3	0–4	1–2	2–1		2–0
6	Real Succes	10	2	1	7	13	32	−19	7		1–7	0–4	2–1	1–3	2–2

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) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Victoria ahead of Spartanii on head-to-head goal difference: Victoria : +2, Spartanii : –2.

Phase II

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	DAC	FLO	DIN	SPA	VIC	FĂL
1	Dacia Buiucani (C, P)	10	8	2	0	26	3	+23	26	Promotion to Super Liga		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1
2	Florești (P)	10	7	1	2	23	8	+15	22	Play-offs	0–0		2–0	4–0	3–1	7–0
3	Dinamo-Auto^[a] (O)	10	5	2	3	22	9	+13	17		0–0	2–0		2–0	1–2	6–2
4	Spartanii Selemet (P)	10	4	1	5	17	20	−3	13		0–5	1–2	1–1		4–1	3–1
5	Victoria Chișinău^[a]	10	3	0	7	16	25	−9	9		1–5	1–2	0–2	1–3		3–1
6	Fălești	10	0	0	10	9	48	−39	0		0–5	1–3	1–8	1–5	1–5

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) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Dinamo-Auto and subsequently Victoria failed to obtain the necessary license to compete in the 2023–24 Super Liga season. As a consequence, Florești and Spartanii were promoted instead.^[2]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SHE	NIS	VĂS	SUC	DRO	REA	OLI	UNG
1	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol^[a]	7	5	1	1	24	5	+19	16^[b]			1–1	—	—	—	—	6–1	4–0
2	Speranis Nisporeni	7	5	1	1	22	6	+16	16^[b]	Play-offs	—		2–1	7–0	6–1	—	2–1	—
3	Văsieni^[c]	7	4	1	2	18	14	+4	13		2–1	—		—	1–2	4–4	—	5–2
4	Sucleia^[d]	7	3	1	3	9	18	−9	10^[e]		1–5	—	2–3		—	2–1	—	—
5	Speranța Drochia	7	3	1	3	10	14	−4	10^[e]		0–3	—	—	1–2		—	1–1	—
6	Real Succes	7	2	1	4	9	18	−9	7		0–4	2–1	—	—	1–4		—	0–3
7	Olimp Comrat^[f]	7	1	2	4	9	13	−4	5		—	—	1–2	1–1	—	0–1		—
8	FCM Ungheni^[f]	7	1	0	6	5	18	−13	3		—	0–3	—	0–1	0–1	—	0–4

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) Least red cards; 10) Least yellow cards.^[1]
Notes:

^ Ineligible for play-offs
^ ^a ^b Speranis ahead of Sheriff-2 on head-to-head away goals scored, however despite the regulations, Sheriff-2 was ranked higher.
^ Văsieni completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
^ Sucleia merged with Saksan before the start of the next season.
^ ^a ^b Sucleia ahead of Speranța on head-to-head points: Sucleia : 3p, Speranța : 0p.
^ ^a ^b Olimp Comrat and FCM Ungheni avoided relegation due to lack of teams.

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

14 May 2023

Spartanii Selemet

7

Real Succes

1

19 May 2023

Dinamo-Auto

2

Spartanii Selemet

0

14 May 2023

Dinamo-Auto (p)

2(5)

6 May 2023

Speranis Nisporeni

2(4)

Speranis Nisporeni

4

24 May 2023

Speranța Drochia

0

Dinamo-Auto

5

Victoria Chișinău

1

14 May 2023

Florești

2

6 May 2023

Văsieni

0

Văsieni

6

19 May 2023

Sucleia

1

Florești

3(6)

Victoria Chișinău (p)

3(7)

14 May 2023

Victoria Chișinău

6

Fălești

2

First round

6 May 2023	Speranis Nisporeni	4–0	Speranța Drochia	Nisporeni
16:00 EEST	Cristioglo 72' Stratan 82', 86' Ploniș 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mircea Eliade Attendance: 300 Referee: Ion Tudos

6 May 2023	Văsieni	6–1	Sucleia	Suruceni
16:00 EEST	Olaru 32' Rusu 34', 51', 74' Pașa 83', 89'	Report	Burțev 80'	Stadium: Suruceni Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Andrei Breguța

Second round

14 May 2023	Spartanii Selemet	7–1	Real Succes	Selemet
16:00 EEST	Nazar 35' Șumchin 45', 68', 76' Rotaru 46' Koffi 74' Mamaliga 84' (pen.)	Report	Tiron 49'	Stadium: Selemet Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Andrei Diordiev

14 May 2023	Dinamo-Auto	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Speranis Nisporeni	Tîrnauca
16:00 EEST	Mboula 27' Ondo 92'	Report	Stratan 57' Mboula 119' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dinamo-Auto Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ion Tudos
	Penalties
	Mum Jacob Stamov Essono Mboula		Cojocari Ploniș Mateescu Stratan Apostol

14 May 2023	Florești	2–0	Văsieni	Tiraspol
16:00 EEST	Bulat 85', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Sheriff Indoor Arena Attendance: 70 Referee: Stanislav Leu

14 May 2023	Victoria Chișinău	6–2	Fălești	Chișinău
16:00 EEST	Stan 51' Cebotari 60', 65', 73', 88' Popescu 75'	Report	Platniuc 45' Turava 90+2'	Stadium: Joma Arena Attendance: 50 Referee: Iurie Covtun

Third round

19 May 2023	Dinamo-Auto	2–0	Spartanii Selemet	Tîrnauca
17:00 EEST	Anomerawami 39' Kings 52'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo-Auto Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Daniel Luca

19 May 2023	Florești	3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Victoria Chișinău	Tiraspol
17:00 EEST	Mihaliov 3' Solodovnicov 83' Picus 108'	Report	Iapară 45+3' Orbu 50' Stan 103'	Stadium: Sheriff Indoor Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Ion Bîlea
	Penalties
	Osipov Voropai Bilinschii Cemîrtan Covcenco Poian Picus Mîrza		Stan Coșcodan Molla Bânzaru Păscăluță Sandu Cravcescu Daniliuc

Fourth round

24 May 2023	Dinamo-Auto	5–1	Victoria Chișinău	Tîrnauca
17:00 EEST	Ondo 4' Kings 28', 36' Bah 54' Jacob 61'	Report	Păscăluță 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Dinamo-Auto Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Andrei Breguța

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Ghenadie Orbu	Victoria	13
	Dmitri Maneacov	Fălești
	Roman Șumchin	Spartanii
	Marin Stan	Victoria
5	Nicolae Porojniuc	Speranis (5) & FCM Ungheni (7)	12
6	Constantin Cebotari	Victoria	11
6	Constantin Iavorschi	Speranis	11

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[4]
1	Stanislav Ivanov	Florești	10
2	Victor Dodon	Dacia	7
3	Roman Dumenco	Sheriff-2	4
	Oleg Malac	Victoria
	Nicolae Garanovschi	Spartanii
	Ivan Marcov	Dinamo-Auto
7	Victor Secrieru	FCM Ungheni	3
7	Artiom Cubani	Speranis	3
9	Sergiu Nicolaev	Speranța	2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2022-23" [Regulations edition 2022-23 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
^ "Licențierea echipelor". fmf.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
^ "Goalscorers - Liga 1 - Moldova" (in Romanian). fmf.md.
^ "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.

External links

Divizia A - Moldova - Results, fixtures, tables and news - divizia-a.md

[table_note_SHE0.87681474670619-1] Ineligible for Phase II Group 1

[table_hth_VIC0.87075054592954-3] Victoria ahead of Spartanii on head-to-head goal difference: Victoria : +2, Spartanii : –2.

[table_note_DIN0.26869862725432-5] Dinamo-Auto and subsequently Victoria failed to obtain the necessary license to compete in the 2023–24 Super Liga season. As a consequence, Florești and Spartanii were promoted instead.^[2]

[table_note_SHE0.86054619255501-6] Ineligible for play-offs

[table_hth_NIS0.86054619255501-7] Speranis ahead of Sheriff-2 on head-to-head away goals scored, however despite the regulations, Sheriff-2 was ranked higher.

[table_note_VĂS0.86054619255501-8] Văsieni completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.

[table_note_SUC0.86054619255501-9] Sucleia merged with Saksan before the start of the next season.

[table_hth_SUC0.86054619255501-10] Sucleia ahead of Speranța on head-to-head points: Sucleia : 3p, Speranța : 0p.

[table_note_OLI0.86054619255501-11] Olimp Comrat and FCM Ungheni avoided relegation due to lack of teams.

[MoldovaRules-2] "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2022-23" [Regulations edition 2022-23 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.

[4] "Licențierea echipelor". fmf.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-05-30.

[12] "Goalscorers - Liga 1 - Moldova" (in Romanian). fmf.md.

[13] "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.

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