The 2019 Moldovan National Division () was the 29th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 16 March 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.
Teams A total of 8 teams will contest the league. These include 7 teams from the 2018 season and one promoted team from the "A" Division: Codru Lozova, making their debut in the top flight. Zaria Bălți were relegated from the Divizia Națională, ending a streak of 13 seasons at the highest level.
TeamPlaceGroundCapacityCoachCodru Lozova Zimbru-2 Stadium 2,000 Valeriu AndronicDinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Igor DobrovolskiMilsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Veaceslav RusnacPetrocub-Hîncești Sărata-Galbenă Hîncești Stadium 1,000 Lilian Popescu Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500 Serghei CebotariSheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Zoran ZekićSperanța Nisporeni CSR Orhei 3,000 Cristian EfrosZimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Vladimir Aga
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Sheriff Goran SablićResigned 27 April 2019fc-sheriff.com 1st Zoran Zekić 30 April 2019fc-sheriff.com Zimbru Sorin ColceagResigned 8 July 2019publika.md 7th Vladimir Aga 15 July 2019sports.md Vladimir AgaResigned 31 October 2019 7th Veaceslav Sofroni (interim) 1 November 2019sports.md
League table
Results Matches 1−14 Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).
Matches 15−28 Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).
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Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Yury KendyshSheriff132 Maxim IurcuSperanța113 Maxim MihaliovDinamo-Auto104 Robert TambeSheriff95 Vadim CemîrtanSf. Gheorghe6 Dmitri MandrîcencoSf. Gheorghe Sergiu IstratiSf. Gheorghe Vadim GulceacPetrocub Dan TarasPetrocub10 Alexandru BoiciucSf. Gheorghe5 Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub Alexandru AntoniucMilsami Dan PîslăZimbru
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Dumitru CeleadnicSheriff152 Nicolae CebotariSf. Gheorghe123 Cristian AvramPetrocub (7) & Dinamo-Auto (3)104 Denis MacogonencoSperanța7 Radu MîțuMilsami6 Dorian RaileanPetrocub67 Victor StrăistariDinamo-Auto5 Maksym KovalyovZimbru9 Zvonimir MikulićSheriff4 Alexandru ZveaghințevDinamo-Auto
Attendances
Relegation play-off A play-off match was played between the eight-placed team from Divizia Națională and the third-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 12 November 2019.
References
External links Official website uefa.com