2024–25 Moldovan Liga 1

Liga 1
Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 10 May 2025
Champions	Dacia Buiucani
Promoted	Dacia Buiucani; Saksan
Relegated	Speranța Drochia; Vulturii Cutezători
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Moldovan Liga 1 was the 34th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 9 August 2024 and concluded on 10 May 2025, with play-off matches played between 7 and 28 May for a place in Liga next season.

Teams

2024–25 Moldovan Liga 1 is located in Moldova

Chișinău

Comrat

Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Victoria

Comrat teams:
Olimp
Univer

Location of teams in 2024–25 Liga 1

Club	Location	Ground
Fălești	Fălești	Fălești Stadium
Iskra	Rîbnița	Rîbnița Stadium
Olimp	Comrat	Comrat Stadium
Saksan	Ceadîr-Lunga	Joma Arena (Chișinău)
Sheriff-2	Tiraspol	Sheriff Indoor Arena
Speranis	Nisporeni	Mircea Eliade
Speranța	Drochia	Drochia Stadium
Stăuceni	Stăuceni	Olimp Stadium
FCM Ungheni	Ungheni	Mircea Eliade (Nisporeni)
Univer	Comrat	Comrat Stadium
Victoria	Chișinău	Joma Arena
Vulturii Cutezători	Sîngerei	Sîngerei Stadium
Dacia Buiucani	Chișinău	Joma Arena
Florești	Florești	Bender Stadium (Bender)

Phase I

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol^[a]	15	14	1	0	43	8	+35	43	Phase II Group 2
2	Saksan	15	8	4	3	31	18	+13	28	Phase II Group 1
3	Fălești	15	7	0	8	21	31	−10	21	Phase II Group 1
4	Univer Comrat	15	4	3	8	21	27	−6	15	Phase II Group 2
5	Speranis Nisporeni	15	3	3	9	17	22	−5	12
6	Vulturii Cutezători	15	3	1	11	19	46	−27	10

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.^[1]
Notes:

^ Ineligible for Phase II Group 1

Results

Home \ Away	FĂL	SAK	SHE	SPE	UNI	VUL	FĂL	SAK	SHE	SPE	UNI	VUL
Fălești	—	0–2	0–3	3–0	3–1	3–2	—	—	0–3	—	—	1–4
Saksan	0–2	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	2–0
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol	2–0	5–2	—	1–0	2–1	9–1	—	1–1	—	2–0	4–0	—
Speranis Nisporeni	1–2	1–1	1–2	—	3–0	4–0	2–3	1–2	—	—	—	—
Univer Comrat	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	—	3–1	2–0	—	—	3–1	—	—
Vulturii Cutezători	3–4	1–5	1–4	0–1	2–1	—	—	—	0–2	0–0	4–3	—

Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Victoria Chișinău	15	11	1	3	51	21	+30	34	Phase II Group 1
2	Stăuceni	15	8	2	5	35	25	+10	26	Phase II Group 1
3	FCM Ungheni	15	7	1	7	33	35	−2	22	Phase II Group 2
4	Iskra Rîbnița	15	6	2	7	26	33	−7	20
5	Olimp Comrat	15	4	4	7	26	42	−16	16
6	Speranța Drochia	15	3	2	10	27	42	−15	11

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	ISK	OLI	SPE	STĂ	UNG	VIC	ISK	OLI	SPE	STĂ	UNG	VIC
Iskra Rîbnița	—	3–1	0–5	2–0	1–1	1–3	—	—	3–1	—	2–3	1–0
Olimp Comrat	1–0	—	1–1	2–2	0–3	0–4	1–2	—	—	—	4–1	2–2
Speranța Drochia	1–3	1–2	—	4–2	1–0	1–4	—	6–6	—	0–2	2–3	—
Stăuceni	3–1	6–2	2–0	—	2–4	0–3	1–1	6–1	—	—	—	—
FCM Ungheni	4–3	1–3	2–1	4–2	—	3–4	—	—	—	0–4	—	2–3
Victoria Chișinău	8–3	4–0	4–1	0–1	3–2	—	—	—	8–2	1–2	—	—

Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Phase II

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	DAC	SAK	STĂ	VIC	FĂL	FLO
1	Dacia Buiucani (C, P)	10	9	1	0	38	3	+35	28	Promotion to Liga		3–0	1–0	4–0	6–0	4–0
2	Saksan^[a] (O, P)	10	7	2	1	38	8	+30	23	Play-offs	2–2		3–1	2–0	2–0	19–0
3	Stăuceni	10	6	1	3	17	14	+3	19		0–6	1–1		3–1	2–1	3–1
4	Victoria Chișinău	10	4	0	6	21	20	+1	12		1–5	1–3	0–1		5–1	4–1
5	Fălești	10	2	0	8	12	30	−18	6		0–4	0–3	0–3	0–4		1–0
6	Florești	10	0	0	10	3	54	−51	−3^[b]		0–3	0–3	0–3	0–5	1–9

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Saksan become Politehnica UTM before the start of the next season.
^ Florești had 3 points deducted for using players in a home match against Fălești, who played the same day for the junior team.^[2]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SHE	NIS	UNI	ISK	OLI	UNG	DRO	VUL
1	Sheriff-2 Tiraspol^[a]	7	5	1	1	22	5	+17	16			—	—	1–0	—	5–2	5–0	—
2	Speranis Nisporeni^[b]	7	4	2	1	12	6	+6	14	Play-offs	1–0		—	—	5–2	—	2–1	—
3	Univer Comrat	7	3	4	0	8	5	+3	13		1–1	1–0		—	—	0–0	2–1	—
4	Iskra Rîbnița	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	10		—	1–1	0–0		3–2	—	—	1–0
5	Olimp Comrat	7	3	0	4	15	22	−7	9^[c]		1–7	—	2–3	—		—	—	2–1
6	FCM Ungheni	7	2	3	2	14	14	0	9^[c]		—	1–1	—	2–2	2–4		—	4–2
7	Speranța Drochia (R)	7	1	1	5	5	15	−10	4	Liga 2	—	—	—	1–1	1–2	0–3^[d]		—
8	Vulturii Cutezători (R)	7	0	1	6	4	14	−10	1	Liga 2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—	—	—	0–1

Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Least red cards; 9) Least yellow cards.^[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ineligible for play-offs
^ Speranis Nisporeni merged with Oguz Comrat before the start of the next season.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Olimp : 9p, FCM Ungheni : 3p.
^ The match was not played. Speranța as home team, was not able to provide ambulance services at the stadium. Awarded a 3–0 technical victory to FCM Ungheni.^[3]

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

17 May 2025

Victoria Chișinău

3

FCM Ungheni

1

21 May 2025

Victoria Chișinău

0

Speranis Nisporeni

2

17 May 2025

Stăuceni

0

7 May 2025

Speranis Nisporeni

1

Speranis Nisporeni

3

28 May 2025

Olimp Comrat

1

Saksan

4

Speranis Nisporeni

0

16 May 2025

Saksan

4

7 May 2025

Iskra Rîbnița

0

Univer Comrat

2

21 May 2025

Iskra Rîbnița

3

Saksan

2

Fălești

0

17 May 2025

Fălești

2

Florești

0

First round

7 May 2025	Speranis Nisporeni	3–1	Olimp Comrat	Nisporeni
16:00 EEST	Castro 13' (o.g.) Danilov 33', 54' (pen.)		Holodnic 45'	Stadium: Mircea Eliade Attendance: 50 Referee: Pavel Mura

7 May 2025	Univer Comrat	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Iskra Rîbnița	Comrat
17:00 EEST	Bargan 7' Gheorghiev 89'		A. Popovici 15', 48' Pătraș 110'	Stadium: Victor Mumjiev Attendance: 100 Referee: Stanislav Leu

Second round

16 May 2025	Saksan	4–0	Iskra Rîbnița	Chișinău
16:00 EEST	Musteață 45+1', 73' Cucer 89' Țelic 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Joma Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Oleg Stoianov

17 May 2025	Victoria Chișinău	3–1	FCM Ungheni	Chișinău
16:00 EEST	Gurgurov 45', 85' Bejan 47'	Report	Bilinschii 61'	Stadium: Joma Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Gheorghe Dandeș

17 May 2025	Stăuceni	0–1	Speranis Nisporeni	Stăuceni
16:00 EEST		Report	Maneacov 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Olimp Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Nicolae Bălțătescu

17 May 2025	Fălești	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Florești	Fălești
16:00 EEST	Tonofrei 109' Beșeti 113' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fălești Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ion Bodean

Third round

21 May 2025	Victoria Chișinău	0–2	Speranis Nisporeni	Chișinău
17:00 EEST			Rusu 3' Bujor 55'	Stadium: Joma Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Petru Ciorbă

21 May 2025	Saksan	2–0	Fălești	Cricova
17:00 EEST	Lipcan 12' Musteață 35'			Stadium: Cricova Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Mihail Borisov

Fourth round

28 May 2025	Saksan	4–0	Speranis Nisporeni	Chișinău
17:00 EEST	Mardari 2' (pen.) Musteață 39', 51' Șilcenco 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Joma Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Ion Tudos

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Bogdan Musteață	Saksan	23
2	Nicolae Țelic	Saksan	19
3	Serghei Decev	Olimp	18
4	Daniel Dosca	Stăuceni	17
5	Valeriu Gurgurov	Victoria	14
5	Maxim Danilov	Speranis	14
7	Nicolai Spatar	Sheriff-2	13
8	Vladislav Cozma	Sheriff-2	12
8	Alexandru Popovici	Iskra (7) & Olimp (5)	12
10	Daniel Muntean	Iskra	11

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[5]
1	Roman Dumenco	Sheriff-2	9
2	Pavel Socolov	Saksan	8
3	Vladislav Butuc	Stăuceni	6
4	Nicolae Garanovschi	Speranis (3) & Vulturii (1)	4
	Eduard Valuța	Victoria
	Victor Buga	Fălești
	Alessandro Burov	Dacia Buiucani
	Bogdan Suruceanu	Dacia Buiucani
	Cristian Leu	Saksan
10	Anton Coval	Univer	3
10	Anatolie Cebotari	Iskra	3

Discipline

Club

Most yellow cards: 61
- Univer

Fewest yellow cards: 12
- Florești

Most red cards: 7
- Speranța

Fewest red cards: 0^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2024-25" [Regulations edition 2024-25 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
^ Discipline Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 11 May 2025
^ Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 4 May 2025
^ "Goalscorers - Liga 1 - Moldova" (in Romanian). fmf.md.
^ "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.
^ "Discipline - Liga 1". fmf.md.

External links

Divizia A - Moldova - Results, fixtures, tables and news - divizia-a.md

[table_note_SHE0.44457360889976-1] Ineligible for Phase II Group 1

[table_note_SAK0.22231885056119-3] Saksan become Politehnica UTM before the start of the next season.

[table_hth_FLO0.22231885056119-5] Florești had 3 points deducted for using players in a home match against Fălești, who played the same day for the junior team.^[2]

[table_note_SHE0.13252356701182-6] Ineligible for play-offs

[table_note_NIS0.13252356701182-7] Speranis Nisporeni merged with Oguz Comrat before the start of the next season.

[table_hth_OLI0.13252356701182-8] Head-to-head points: Olimp : 9p, FCM Ungheni : 3p.

[table_note_DRO_UNG0.13252356701182-10] The match was not played. Speranța as home team, was not able to provide ambulance services at the stadium. Awarded a 3–0 technical victory to FCM Ungheni.^[3]

[MoldovaRules-2] "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2024-25" [Regulations edition 2024-25 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.

[4] Discipline Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 11 May 2025

[9] Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 4 May 2025

[11] "Goalscorers - Liga 1 - Moldova" (in Romanian). fmf.md.

[12] "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.

[Discipline-13] "Discipline - Liga 1". fmf.md.

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