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| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sheriff Tiraspol |
| Champions League | Sheriff Tiraspol |
| Europa League | Dacia Chișinău Zimbru Chișinău Zaria Bălți |
| Matches | 135 |
| Goals | 308 (2.28 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Danijel Subotić(12 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Milsami 5–0CSF Speranța (15 August 2015) |
| Biggest away win | CS Petrocub 0–4CSF Speranța (26 July 2015) Academia 1–5Zimbru (18 September 2015) Dinamo-Auto 0–4Zimbru (13 March 2016) CSF Speranța 0–4Milsami (18 March 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Zaria 5–1CS Petrocub (28 August 2015) Academia 1–5Zimbru (18 September 2015) Zaria 4–2Zimbru (6 May 2016) CS Petrocub 4–2Academia (7 May 2016) Zaria 4–2CS Petrocub (15 May 2016) |
| Longest winning run | Dacia Chișinău (10 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Dacia Chișinău (23 games) |
| Longest winless run | FC Saxan (24 games) |
| Longest losing run | CSF Speranța (7 games) |
| Highest attendance | Zaria 5,000 |
| Lowest attendance | Academia 50 |
| Average attendance | Zaria 2,925 |
2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2016. | |
The2015–16Moldovan National Division (Romanian:Divizia Națională) is the 25th season of top-tierfootball inMoldova. The competition began in July 2015 and will end in May 2016.Milsami Orhei are the defending champions.
FC Petrocub Hîncești, runners-up of the2014–15 "A" Division, promoted to the National Division for the first time since the2002–03 season.Speranța Nisporeni, which became third in the 2014–15 "A" Division, returns to the highest level for the first time since the1997–98 season. Both teams achieved their second consecutive promotion. The champions of the 2014–15 "A" Division,FC Sheriff-2, are not allowed to play in the same league as the firstSheriff team, and thus were not promoted.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff |  Zoran Zekić | Mutual consent | 26 May 2015[1] | preseason |  Lilian Popescu | 1 June 2015[2] |
| Saxan | Ivan Burduniuc | Mutual consent | 29 May 2015 | preseason | Vlad Goian | 29 May 2015[3] |
| Zimbru Chișinău | Veaceslav Rusnac | Mutual consent | 16 June 2015 | preseason |  Ștefan Stoica | 16 June 2015[4] |
| Dinamo-Auto | Igor Negrescu | Mutual consent | 29 June 2015 | preseason | Nicolae Mandrîcenco | 29 June 2015[5] |
| Zaria Bălți | Serghei Dubrovin | Mutual consent | 24 July 2015 | preseason | Veaceslav Rogac | 24 July 2015 |
| Academia | Vladimir Vusatîi | Mutual consent | 24 July 2015 | preseason |  Yuriy Hroshev | 24 July 2015[6] |
| Dacia Chișinău |  Igor Dobrovolski | Sacked | 4 August 2015 | 8 | Oleg Valeriyovych Bezhenar | 4 August 2015[7] |
| Saxan | Vlad Goian | Mutual consent | 16 September 2015 | 10 | Nicolae Panu (caretaker) | 16 September 2015[8] |
| Sheriff | Lilian Popescu | Mutual consent | 5 October 2015[9] | 2 | Zoran Vulić | 7 October 2015[10] |
| Academia | Yuriy Hroshev | Mutual consent | 26 October 2015 | 9 | Vlad Goian | 26 October 2015[11] |
| Milsami Orhei | Iurie Osipenco | Mutual consent | 3 November 2015 | 7 | Vladimir Veber (caretaker) | 3 November 2015[12] |
| Milsami Orhei | Vladimir Veber (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 16 November 2015 | 7 | Iurie Osipenco | 16 November 2015[13] |
| Zimbru Chișinău | Ștefan Stoica | Mutual consent | 24 November 2015[14] | 3 |  Simão Freitas | 24 December 2015[15] |
| Zaria Bălți | Veaceslav Rogac | Mutual consent | 12 January 2016 | 5 | Ihor Rakhayev[16] | 12 January 2016 |
| Milsami Orhei | Iurie Osipenco | Mutual consent | 3 February 2016 | 7 | Adrian Sosnovschi | 3 February 2016[17] |
| FC Saxan | Nicolae Panu (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 8 February 2016 | 10 | Oleg Fistican | 8 February 2016[18] |
| Zimbru Chișinău | Simão Freitas | Mutual consent | 3 May 2016[19] | 3 | Flavius Stoican | 11 May 2016[20] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheriff Tiraspol(C) | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 11 | +39 | 65[a] | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dacia Chișinău | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 65[a] | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[b] |
| 3 | Zimbru Chișinău | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 49 | |
| 4 | Zaria Bălți | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 42 | |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 41 | |
| 6 | Milsami Orhei | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 36 | |
| 7 | Speranța Nisporeni | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 31 | |
| 8 | Petrocub Hîncești | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 53 | −32 | 21[c] | |
| 9 | Academia Chișinău | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 21[c] | |
| 10 | Saxan | 27 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 45 | −35 | 8 |
The gold match was played on 29 May 2016 atZimbru Stadium. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 22 May 2016.[24]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | Dacia Chișinău |
| 29 May 2016 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | Dacia Chișinău | Chișinău |
Galešić 88' | Report | Stadium:Zimbru Stadium |
The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 18 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 27 games per team.
| Home \ Away | ACA | DAC | DIN | MIL | ZAR | SAX | SHE | SPE | ZIM | PET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Chișinău | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | |
| Dacia Chișinău | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | |
| Milsami Orhei | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Zaria Bălți | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| CSF Speranța | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| CS Petrocub | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Home \ Away | ACA | DAC | DIN | MIL | ZAR | SAX | SHE | SPE | ZIM | PET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Chișinău | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Dacia Chișinău | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||||
| Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Milsami Orhei | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Zaria Bălți | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | |||||
| Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| CSF Speranța | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | ||||||
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||
| CS Petrocub | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| 4 | Player scored four goals |
| 5 | Player scored five goals |
| Player | Home | Away | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rui Miguel Rodrigues | Academia Chișinău | Zimbru Chișinău | 1–5 | 18 September 2015 |
| Serhiy Zahynaylov | Academia Chișinău | Dacia Chișinău | 0–3 | 4 February 2016 |
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| Rank | Player | Club |  | |  | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrei Cojocari | Milsami Orhei | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Vadim Cemîrtan | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol &Dacia Chișinău | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 (7 + 2) |
| 3 | Rui Miguel | Zimbru Chișinău | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 Alex Bruno | Zimbru Chișinău | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 5 | Alexandru Onică | Zaria Bălți | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
 Samuel Duah | FC Saxan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
 Salif Inoua | FC Saxan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Alexandru Starîș | Zimbru Chișinău | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Victor Mudrac | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Roman Șumchin | CS Petrocub | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Seidu Yahaya | Sheriff Tiraspol | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Eugen Celeadnic | Academia Chișinău | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zaria Bălți | 30,850 | 5,000 | 850 | 2,925 | +265.6%† |
| 2 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 30,260 | 4,500 | 1,100 | 2,800 | +70.7%† |
| 3 | Milsami Orhei | 22,500 | 3,000 | 600 | 1,800 | +9.1%† |
| 4 | Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga | 17,600 | 2,500 | 900 | 1,700 | −26.1%† |
| 5 | Zimbru Chișinău | 14,895 | 4,000 | 395 | 2,198 | +9.9%† |
| 6 | CS Petrocub | 11,550 | 1,000 | 400 | 700 | n/a† |
| 7 | CSF Speranța | 8,700 | 2,000 | 300 | 1,150 | n/a† |
| 8 | Dacia Chișinău | 8,280 | 3,000 | 150 | 1,575 | +350.0%† |
| 9 | Academia Chișinău | 3,350 | 500 | 50 | 275 | −15.4%† |
| 10 | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 3,230 | 1,000 | 80 | 540 | +208.6%† |
| League total | 150,215 | 5,000 | 50 | 2,525 | +24.7%† |
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