The Moldovan National Division 2008-09 was the 18th season of top-tier football in Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

. The season started on 2 July 2008 and ended on 17 May 2009.

Just prior to the start of the season, FC Politehnica Chişinău

FC Politehnica Chisinau

FC Politehnica Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chişinău. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. Their home stadium is Dinamo Stadium.Home colors are black and white with halved shirts and black shorts...

 withdrew from the competition, causing the league to play with 11 teams this year. Further, CSCA-Steaua Chişinău merged with FC Rapid Ghidighici

FC Rapid Ghidighici

FC Rapid Ghidighici is a Moldova Republic football club based in Ghidighici. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldova Republic football. It was founded in 2005 in the 'A' Division. FC Rapid is the ex Steaua Chişinău which quit the professional game due to financial difficulties...

. The new club play under the name CSCA-Rapid Chişinău

CSCA-Rapid Chisinau

CSCA-Rapid Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Ghidighici, Chişinău, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...

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Clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Academia UTM FC Academia UTM Chisinau Academia UTM Chişinău is a Moldovan football club, playing in the city of Chişinău, the capital of Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău)	2,692
CSCA-Rapid Chişinău CSCA-Rapid Chisinau CSCA-Rapid Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Ghidighici, Chişinău, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...	Ghidighici Ghidighici Ghidighici is a commune in Chişinău municipality, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Ghidighici.It is the location of the Ghidighici Reservoir....	Stadionul Ghidighici	2,000
FC Dacia FC Dacia Chisinau FC Dacia Chişinău is a Moldovan football club, playing in the city of Chişinău, the capital of Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.- History :1999...	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	Stadionul Republican Stadionul Republican Stadionul Republican was a multi-purpose stadium in Chişinău, Moldova. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,084 people, was built in 1952 and demolished in 2007....	8,100
FC Dinamo FC Dinamo Bender FC Tighina is a Moldovan football club based in Bendery , Moldova. They play in the Divizia A, the second division in Moldovan football.-History:During its existence, the club has been known by the following names:...	Bender	Dinamo Stadium (Bender) Dinamo Stadium (Bender) Dinamo Stadium is an football stadium in Bender, Moldova. It is the home stadium of FC Dinamo Bender. Built in 2006, it has a capacity of 5,061. It is one of several stadiums in the former Soviet Bloc that are called Dinamo...	1,000
FC Iskra-Stali FC Iskra-Stali Rîbnita FC Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa is a Moldovan football club based in Rîbniţa, Moldova . They play in Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...	Rîbniţa Rîbnita Rîbnița, also spelled Râbnița is a city in Moldova. The city is under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, it has a population of 53,648. Rîbniţa is situated in the northern half of Transnistria, on the left bank of the...	Orăşenesc Stadium Orasenesc Stadium Orăşenesc Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Rîbniţa, Moldova. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for FC Iskra-Stali Rîbniţa of the Moldovan National Division. The stadium has a capacity of 4,500 spectators....	2,000
FC Nistru FC Nistru Otaci FC Nistru Otaci is a Moldovan football club based in Otaci, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...	Otaci Otaci Otaci is a town on the South-Western bank of the Dniester River, which at that point forms the northeastern border of Moldova....	Călărăseuca Stadium	3,000
FC Olimpia FC Olimpia Balti FC Olimpia Bălţi is a Moldovan football club based in Bălţi, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. Their home stadium is the Olimpia Bălţi Stadium....	Bălţi Balti Balti can refer to:* Balti language, a language spoken in Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir* Balti people, Muslims of Ladakhi/Tibetan origin from Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir...	Olimpia Bălţi Stadium Olimpia Balti Stadium Olimpia Bălţi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bălţi, Moldova. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Olimpia Bălţi. The stadium holds 5,953 people.-External links:*...	5,000
Politehnica Chişinău FC Politehnica Chisinau FC Politehnica Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chişinău. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. Their home stadium is Dinamo Stadium.Home colors are black and white with halved shirts and black shorts...	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău)	2,692
FC Sheriff FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...	Tiraspol Tiraspol Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...	Sheriff Stadium Sheriff Stadium Sheriff Stadium is home to Sheriff Tiraspol, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria, and owned by the local Sheriff corporation. It seats 14,300 spectators...	14,300
CS Tiligul-Tiras CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol was a Moldovan football club based in Tiraspol. They played in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. Their home stadium was Stadionul Municipal....	Tiraspol Tiraspol Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...	Stadionul Municipal Stadionul Municipal (Tiraspol) Stadionul Municipal is a multi-use stadium in Tiraspol, Moldova. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol. The stadium holds 3,525 people....	3,525
FC Tiraspol FC Tiraspol FC Tiraspol is a Moldovan football club based in Tiraspol, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.- Current squad :As of 1st of August...	Tiraspol Tiraspol Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...	Sheriff Stadium Sheriff Stadium Sheriff Stadium is home to Sheriff Tiraspol, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria, and owned by the local Sheriff corporation. It seats 14,300 spectators...	14,300
FC Zimbru FC Zimbru Chisinau FC Zimbru Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chişinău, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	Zimbru Stadium Zimbru Stadium Zimbru Stadium is a football-specific stadium in Chişinău, Moldova built in May, 2006 with a capacity of 10,400 people, corresponds to all norms required by UEFA and FIFA for the national and international matches...	10,500

Promotion and relegation

Due to the withdrawal of FC Rapid Ghidighici

FC Rapid Ghidighici

FC Rapid Ghidighici is a Moldova Republic football club based in Ghidighici. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldova Republic football. It was founded in 2005 in the 'A' Division. FC Rapid is the ex Steaua Chişinău which quit the professional game due to financial difficulties...

 in mid-November 2007, no teams were relegated to Moldovan "A" Division

Moldovan "A" Division

The Moldovan "A" Division is the second-level division of Moldovan Football. There are 16 teams in the competition.-2011-12 Clubs:*Dacia-2 Buiucani*Dinamo-Auto*Găgăuzia*Intersport-Aroma*Lilcora*Locomotiv*Milsami-2 Ursidos*Mipan-Voran*Olimpia-2...

. Promoted to Moldova's top-tier football were FC Academia UTM Chişinău

FC Academia UTM Chisinau

Academia UTM Chişinău is a Moldovan football club, playing in the city of Chişinău, the capital of Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...

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League table

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 20 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 30 games per team.

First and second round

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination:

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
1 - bye 1 - 2 2 - bye 1 - 4 3 - bye 1 - 6
2 - 11 8 - 6 3 - 1 2 - 3 4 - 2 2 - 5
3 - 10 9 - 5 4 - 11 9 - 7 5 - 1 3 - 4
4 - 9 10 - 4 5 - 10 10 - 6 6 - 11 10 - 8
5 - 8 11 - 3 6 - 9 11 - 5 7 - 10 11 - 7
6 - 7 bye - 7 7 - 8 bye - 8 8 - 9 bye - 9

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
4 - bye 1 - 8 5 - bye 1 - 10 6 - bye
5 - 3 2 - 7 6 - 4 2 - 9 7 - 5
6 - 2 3 - 6 7 - 3 3 - 8 8 - 4
7 - 1 4 - 5 8 - 2 4 - 7 9 - 3
8 - 11 11 - 9 9 - 1 5 - 6 10 - 2
9 - 10 bye - 10 10 - 11 bye - 11 11 - 1

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	Oleg Andronic Oleg Andronic Oleg Andronic is a Moldovan footballer. He plays for Zimbru Chişinău. He is the elder brother of Gheorghe Andronic and cousin of Valeriu Andronic....	FC Zimbru Chisinau FC Zimbru Chisinau FC Zimbru Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chişinău, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:...	14
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