SC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol was a Moldovan football club based in Tiraspol. They played in the Divizia Națională, the top division in Moldovan football. Their home stadium was Stadionul Municipal.
Currently the club's football academy is associated with another Moldovan club FC Zaria Bălți and competes in football competitions as its reserve team in lower Moldovan leagues. During the Soviet period, the club often competed along with clubs from the neighboring Ukrainian SSR.
History Names Pischevik1938 год. regional-football.ru1938. Первенство УССР. www.football.lg.ua (1938 in Ukrainian SSR) Pischevik (1961–1962) Luceafărul (1963–1965) Dnestr (1967, 1968–1969) Energiya (1967) Start (1978) Avtomobilist (1979–1985) Tekstilschik (1986–1989) Tiras (1990) Tiligul (1991–2003) Tiligul-Tiras (2004–2009) Olimpia-2-Tiligul (2009–2011) Olimpia-2 (2011–2014) Zaria-2 Bălți (2014–present)
Historical outlook The team from Tiraspol first appeared in Ukrainian republican competitions in 1938 playing as Pischevik in the tier 2 and placing last place. Tiraspol was part of the Ukrainian SSR within the Moldavian ASSR.
Tiligul Tiraspol was the original and oldest football team in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. It was traditionally the city's only team, but in 2002 the team formerly known as Constructorul Chișinău moved to Tiraspol and changed its name to FC Tiraspol, and the same year FC Sheriff was founded as well, thus bringing the number of home teams to three. If the USSR had not dissolved, they would have played in the USSR Top League in 1992, because they were runners-up of the USSR First League in 1991. Since the establishment of the National championship, the club along with Zimbru Chișinău were main contenders for the top titles. With establishing of Sheriff Tiraspol, Tiligul has faded away and eventually ceased its operations in 2009. Sheriff became the best club not only in the city but across the whole Republic of Moldova.
Among its most famous former players is Serghei Covalciuc, who was discovered in 1999 and was hired to play for Spartak Moscow.
Tiligul took part in European club competitions five times but never won a match in either Cup Winner's Cup or UEFA Cup qualifying which makes them one of the rare teams to have played at least 10 matches in European club competitions (Intertoto Cup excluded) without scoring any victories (though the record for being the least successful team in European club competitions is believed to be Etzella Ettelbruck (Luxembourg) because Etzella lost all their twelve games in UEFA Cup qualifying rounds between 2001 and 2007).
Tiligul's colors were crimson shirts and shorts at home and either white shirts and shorts or violet shirts and shorts on the road.
Tiligul-Tiras had to cease operations after they were not able to provide the necessary funds to keep the club alive.
Later the club found agreement with another Moldavian club FC Olimpia, yielding its club's infrastructure for adaptation of the Olimpia's farm team Olimpia-2 as Olimpia-2 Tiligul.
Achievements Moldovan Cup Winners (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Divizia A Winners (1): 2002–03 Football Championship of the Moldovan SSR Winners (4): 1956, 1965, 1987, 1989
European record Season Competition Round Opponents Home Away Aggregate1994–95UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1 AC Omonia0–11–31–41995–96UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1 FC Sion0–02–32–31996–97UEFA Cup1 Dinamo-93 Minsk1–11–32–41997–98UEFA Cup1 Neuchâtel Xamax1–30–71–101998–99UEFA Cup1 Anderlecht0–10–50–61999UEFA Intertoto Cup1 Polonia Warsaw0–00–40–42001UEFA Intertoto Cup1 Cliftonville F.C.1–03–14–12 Tatabánya1–10–41–52005UEFA Intertoto Cup1 Pogoń Szczecin0–32–62–9
List of seasons SeasonLeagueCupDivision1992Divizia Națională2nd221552401335Runners-up1992–93Divizia Națională2nd302073802847Winners1993–94Divizia Națională2nd302334943249Winners1994–95Divizia Națională2nd262132781866Winners1995–96Divizia Națională2nd302424952174Runners-up1996–97Divizia Națională3rd302082731268Semi-finals1997–98Divizia Națională2nd261925452059Semi-finals1998–99Divizia Națională3rd261169262739Quarter-finals1999–2000Divizia Națională5th36121311353349Quarter-finals2000–01Divizia Națională3rd281189333441Quarter-finals2001–02Divizia Națională 7th286715244625Semi-finals2002–03Divizia A 1st262123631265Round of 162003–04Divizia Națională6th285149212629Round of 162004–05Divizia Națională6th281189322741Semi-finals2005–06Divizia Națională4th287138222334Quarter-finals2006–07Divizia Națională8th3661515234633Quarter-finals2007–08Divizia Națională7th307815163629Quarter-finals2008–09Divizia Națională10th307419246025Quarter-finals
See also SKA Odessa, represented Tiraspol in 1972–1975 as Zvezda Tiraspol
References
External links Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol at Weltfussballarchiv. . Team profile at sports.md