Moldova national football team
The Moldova national football team represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău and their head coach is Igor Dobrovolski. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on 2 July 1991.
Two of their three best results in the 1990s years, came during the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1996, with wins over Georgia in Tbilisi and Wales in Chișinău. In 2007, Moldova obtained a very good result, defeating Hungary 3–0 in Chișinău in Euro 2008 qualifying. Their best recent result was a 5–2 win over Montenegro during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The team has never qualified for the final stages of the UEFA European Championship nor the FIFA World Cup as of present time.
Following Moldova's 4–0 defeat to England in September 1997, British writer and comedian Tony Hawks travelled to Moldova to challenge and beat all 11 Moldovan international footballers at tennis. The feature film version of the book of the same name, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, was filmed in and around Chișinău in May and June 2010 and was released in the spring of 2012.
History
The Moldovan Football Federation was founded in 1990. However, the national football team of Moldova did not play an official international match until 1991, when Moldova lost to Georgia.Moldova's first attempt to qualify for the FIFA World Cup was in 1998, but they failed to qualify for the tournament. Moldova has finished either last or second last in all tournament qualifying campaigns entered to date, except UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, in which they finished fifth in the seven-team Group C with 12 points.
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
UEFA Nations League
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
Fixtures and results
Recent results
2019
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
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2020
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League
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Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the Friendly Match against Sweden on January 9, 2020.Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.;Notes
- WIT Withdrew from squad.
- INJ Injured, ill or recovering from surgery.
- RET Retired from international football.
Player history
Most capped players
| Rank | Player | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | Alexandru Epureanu | 91 | 7 |
| 2 | Victor Golovatenco | 82 | 4 |
| 3 | Radu Rebeja | 74 | 2 |
| 4 | Serghei Cleșcenco | 69 | 11 |
| 5 | Eugeniu Cebotaru | 65 | 1 |
| 6 | Alexandru Gațcan | 63 | 5 |
| 7 | Igor Armaș | 58 | 5 |
| 8 | Alexandru Suvorov | 57 | 5 |
| 9 | Ion Testemițanu | 56 | 5 |
| 10 | Alexandru Dedov | 55 | 3 |
| 10 | Valeriu Catînsus | 55 | 0 |
Top goalscorers
Clean Sheets
| Rank | Player | CS |
| 1 | Stanislav Namașco | 12 |
| 2 | Evgheni Hmaruc | 10 |
| 3 | Alexei Koșelev | 6 |
| 3 | Vasile Koșelev | 6 |
| 3 | Serghei Dinov | 6 |
| 3 | Ilie Cebanu | 6 |
| 3 | Nicolae Calancea | 6 |
| 3 | Denis Romanenco | 6 |
| 9 | Artiom Gaiduchevici | 5 |
| 10 | Alexei Jmurco | 1 |
| 10 | Alexandru Melenciuc | 1 |
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| 2019 | - | - | - | - | - | |
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Current sponsorship
The Official kit provider is currently manufactured by German sports company Jako since 2000.- Official sponsors: Bere Chișinău, Jako, Rusnac, Infront Sports & Media, Bemol, iTicket, Vizită, Orange