The 2021–22 Moldovan National Division () was the 31st season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 1 July 2021 and ended on 14 May 2022. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Teams A total of 8 teams are competing in the league. These include 7 teams from the 2020–21 season and one promoted team from the "A" Division: Bălți.
Changes Bălți (promoted after a two-year absence) were promoted from the "A" Division. Dacia Buiucani (relegated after one year in the top flight) and Codru Lozova (relegated after two years in the top flight) were relegated to "A" Division. Additionally, Speranța Nisporeni were expelled from the league, and thus ending their six-year stay in the top flight.
TeamPlaceGroundCapacityCoachBălți Bălți Bălți Stadium 7,000 Serghei CebotariDinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Igor DobrovolskiFlorești Florești Bender Stadium 5,000 Iurie GroșevMilsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Serghei DubrovinPetrocub Hîncești Hîncești Stadium 1,200 Lilian Popescu Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Zimbru-2 Stadium 1,500 Nicolai MandrîcencoSheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Yuriy VernydubZimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Michele Bon
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Sfîntul Gheorghe Serghei CebotariResigned 27 September 2021 6th Stanislav Luca 28 September 2021publika.md Zimbru Vlad Goian Demoted to assistant coach 18 November 2021 7th Michele Bon 18 November 2021zimbru.md Bălți Ihor RakhayevResigned 2 December 2021facebook.com 6th Serghei Cebotari 10 January 2022facebook.com Sheriff Yuriy VernydubTemporary leave to join Ukrainian Army 28 February 2022goal.com 1st Victor Mihailov (caretaker) 1 March 2022 Dinamo-Auto Igor Dobrovolski UEFA Pro Licence expired on 31.12.2021 13 March 2022 5th Oleg Bejenar 13 March 2022soccerway.com Sfîntul Gheorghe Stanislav Luca No UEFA Pro Licence 19 March 2022 4th Nicolai Mandrîcenco 19 March 2022soccerway.com
League table
Results Teams played each other four times (twice at home, twice away).
Rounds 1−14
Rounds 15−28
Positions by round
Results by round The following table represents the teams game results in each round. Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728BălțiWLDWLWWLDLLLWWLLLLLLWLWDWLWWDinamo-AutoLDWLLLLDWWWLLLWLWWLDWDLWLLLDFloreștiLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLMilsami OrheiDWWWWWWDDWWLWDWLWWLWLLLLWWDDWLWWWWWLDWWWWWLWDWDDWWLWWWWWSfîntul GheorgheDDDLWWLLWLDWLDWWDDLWLWWDLLWLSheriff TiraspolLWWWWDWWWWWWWWWDWWWLWWWDWWDWZimbru ChișinăuWWLLLLDWDLDLLLWLLDLWLDWDLWLL
Relegation play-off A play-off match was played between the seventh-placed team from Divizia Națională and the fourth-placed team from Divizia A for one place in the next season. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined in a draw held on 19 May 2022.
Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub172 Sergiu IstratiMilsami153 Momo YansanéSheriff11 Mihai PlăticăPetrocub5 Emmanuel AlaribeBălți8 Adama TraoréSheriff7 Victor StînăSf. Gheorghe7 Artem FedorovPetrocub (2) & Dinamo-Auto (5) Serhii MolochkoBălți Nichita MoțpanBălți
Hat-tricks Player Home Away Result Date Milsami Dinamo-Auto 4–1 Sf. Gheorghe Milsami 3–4 Petrocub Bălți 3–0 Sheriff Zimbru 4–0 Petrocub Dinamo-Auto 5–0
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Georgios AthanasiadisSheriff132 Emil TîmburMilsami83 Igor MostoveiPetrocub6 Mickaël MeiraPetrocub Nicolae CalanceaSf. Gheorghe6 Victor StrăistariBălți4 Maxim BardîșDinamo-Auto8 Razak AbaloraSheriff3 Silviu ȘmaleneaZimbru10 Dušan MarkovićSheriff2 Cristian ApostolachiDinamo-Auto
Notes
References
External links Official website uefa.com