| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 June 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
| Matches | 80 |
| Goals | 248 (3.1 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dzianis Kazlouski (14 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Zimbru 7–0Politehnica UTM (3 August 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Spartanii Sportul 0–6Zimbru (13 July 2025) |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2025. | |
The2025–26Moldovan Liga is the 35th season of top-tierfootball inMoldova. The league started on 21 June 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026.Milsami Orhei are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in thefirst qualifying round of the2026–27 UEFA Champions League, the second placed club will earn a place in thesecond qualifying round and the third placed club will earn a place in thefirst qualifying round of the2026–27 UEFA Conference League.
| Bălți | Dacia Buiucani[n 1] | Milsami | Petrocub |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bălți Stadium | Nisporeni Stadium UEFA | District Complex UEFA | Hîncești Stadium |
| Capacity:5,200 | Capacity:5,200 | Capacity:3,000 | Capacity:1,633 |
| Politehnica UTM[n 2] | Sheriff | ||
| Suruceni Stadium | Sheriff Arena[n 4] UEFA | ||
| Capacity:350 | Capacity:12,746 | ||
| Spartanii Sportul[n 5] | Zimbru | ||
| Suruceni Stadium | Zimbru Stadium UEFA | ||
| Capacity:350 | Capacity:10,104 | ||
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit maker | Kit sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Other(s) | ||||
| Bălți | Joma | None | |||
| Dacia Buiucani | Joma | Primăria Chișinău | List
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| Milsami | Macron | None | |||
| Petrocub | Puma | Ebury | List
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| Politehnica UTM | Joma | None | |||
| Sheriff | Adidas | None | |||
| Spartanii Sportul | Macron[n 6] | None | |||
| Zimbru | Macron | ProPay,Nova Post | List
| ||
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrocub | Mutual consent | 22 May 2025[1] | Pre-season | 1 June 2025[2] | ||
| Zimbru | 5 June 2025[3] | 8 June 2025[4] | ||||
| Politehnica UTM | Change of role | 31 July 2025 | 7th | 31 July 2025[5] | ||
| Spartanii Sportul | 29 August 2025 | 29 August 2025[6] | ||||
| Sheriff | 3 September 2025 | 1st | 3 September 2025[7] | |||
| Mutual consent | 5 November 2025[8] | 2nd | 5 November 2025 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petrocub Hîncești(Q) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 45 | Qualification toPhase II |
| 2 | Zimbru Chișinău(Q) | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 41 | |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol(Q) | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 38 | |
| 4 | Milsami Orhei(Q) | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 37 | |
| 5 | Bălți(Q) | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 26 | |
| 6 | Dacia Buiucani | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 15 | |
| 7 | Politehnica UTM | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 13 | Relegation toLiga 1 Phase II |
| 8 | Spartanii Sportul(R) | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 55 | −42 | 11 |
For matches 1–14, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 15–21, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away).
| Home \ Away | BĂL | DAC | MIL | PET | POL | SHE | SPA | ZIM | BĂL | DAC | MIL | PET | POL | SHE | SPA | ZIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bălți | — | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 30 Nov | — | — | — | — | 1–3 |
| Dacia Buiucani | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | 30 Nov | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Milsami Orhei | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Petrocub Hîncești | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | — | 4–1 | 4–2 | — | — |
| Politehnica UTM | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | — | — | 1–2 | — | — |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Spartanii Sportul | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–6 | 2–0 | — | — | 30 Nov | 1–2 | — | — | — |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 30 Nov | — | 2–3 | — |
Points gained between the top 6 teams in Phase I are halved, rounded downwards, and no other records are carried over.
Petrocub will begin with 15 points, Zimbru with 14 or 15, Sheriff with 10 or 11, Milsami with 10, 11 or 12, Bălți with 6, 7 or 8 and sixth placed team with 1, 2 or 3 points.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petrocub Hîncești | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Zimbru Chișinău | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Qualification for theConference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Milsami Orhei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 5 | Bălți | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
For matches 1–10, each team plays every other team twice.Petrocub will play (7 at home and 3 away),Zimbru (6 at home and 4 away), Team 3 and Team 4 (5 at home and 5 away),Bălți (4 at home and 6 away), Team 6 (3 at home and 7 away).
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbru | 14 | |
| 2 | Petrocub | 10 | |
| 3 | Milsami | 9 | |
| 4 | Sheriff | 8 | |
| 5 | Sheriff | 6 | |
| Dacia Buiucani | |||
| Bălți | |||
| Politehnica UTM | |||
| 9 | Zimbru | 5 | |
| Petrocub | |||
| Petrocub |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacia Buiucani | Spartanii Sportul | 5–1 (H) | 21 June 2025 | |
| Zimbru | Spartanii Sportul | 6–0 (A) | 13 July 2025 | |
| Sheriff | Spartanii Sportul | 5–0 (H) | 19 October 2025 | |
| Zimbru | Bălți | 3–1 (A) | 9 November 2025 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petrocub | 6 | |
| Zimbru | |||
| 3 | Sheriff | 5 | |
| Bălți | |||
| Sheriff | |||
| 6 | Milsami | 4 | |
| Spartanii Sportul | |||
| 8 | Zimbru | 3 | |
| 9 | Dacia Buiucani | 2 | |
| Petrocub | |||
| Milsami |