2016–17 Moldovan Women Top League

The 2016–17 Moldovan Women Top League season in association football was the 17th since its establishment. A total of 8 teams contested the league. The season began on 3 September 2016 and ended on 4 June 2017.
ARF Criuleni were the defending champions, but withdrawn their team from the league on 13 October 2016 and their results from this season were annulled.[1]

Moldovan Women Top League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Noroc Nimoreni
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Stadia and locations

Chișinău

Narta

Noroc

Belceanka

Alga

ARF

Maksimum

Chișinău teams:
Real Succes
LTPS-2

Location of the Top League 2016–17 teams.

Club	Location	Stadium
ȘS 11-Real Succes	Chișinău	Stadionul Real Succes Chișinău
Noroc	Nimoreni	Stadionul Sătesc Nimoreni
PGU ȘS4-Alga	Tiraspol	Stadionul Municipal ȘS4 Tiraspol
Narta-ȘS	Drăsliceni	Stadionul Sătesc Ratuș
LTPS-2	Chișinău	Stadionul Sătesc Nimoreni
Belceanka	Bălți	Stadionul Școlii Sportive Bălți
Maksimum	Cahul	Stadionul Raional Atlant Cahul
ARF	Criuleni	Stadionul Raional Criuleni

Format

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 12 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 18 games per team.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Noroc Nimoreni (C)	18	14	1	3	72	17	+55	43	Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2	LTPS-2 Chișinău	18	11	3	4	48	34	+14	36
3	PGU ȘS4-Alga Tiraspol	18	10	2	6	55	41	+14	32
4	ȘS 11-Real Succes Chișinău	18	8	4	6	31	15	+16	28
5	Belceanka Bălți	18	7	4	7	34	32	+2	25
6	Narta-ȘS Drăsliceni	18	3	4	11	26	59	−33	13
7	Maksimum Cahul	18	1	0	17	16	84	−68	3

Source: FMF, UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Fairplay ranking.[2]
(C) Champion.

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	BEL	NOR	PGU	REA	MAK	NAR	LTP
Belceanka Bălți		1–0	0–1	0–0	6–1	7–0	2–2
Noroc Nimoreni	4–0		11–2	0–1	5–0	3–3	8–0
PGU ȘS4-Alga Tiraspol	3–1	2–4		0–3	9–1	8–0	5–1
ȘS 11-Real Succes Chișinău	1–1	1–5	0–1		5–0	1–1	0–1
Maksimum Cahul	1–2	0–4	3–6	0–6		4–0	1–3
Narta-ȘS Drăsliceni	1–2	0–5	2–0	0–2	3–0		2–2
LTPS-2 Chișinău	2–1	0–4	1–0	1–0	8–1	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FMF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away	BEL	NOR	PGU	REA	MAK	NAR	LTP
Belceanka Bălți		2–5	2–2			5–3
Noroc Nimoreni				2–1		3–1	2–0
PGU ȘS4-Alga Tiraspol		3–2		2–1		2–2
ȘS 11-Real Succes Chișinău	1–0				4–0		0–0
Maksimum Cahul	0–1	0–5	2–4
Narta-ȘS Drăsliceni				1–4	5–1		2–6
LTPS-2 Chișinău	5–1		5–4		7–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FMF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "ARF Criuleni exclusă din Divizia Națională" (in Romanian). fmf.md. 13 October 2016.
2. "REGULAMENTUL CAMPIONATULUI R. MOLDOVA LA FOTBAL FEMININ - EDIȚIA 2016-2017" (PDF). fmf.md. Moldovan Football Federation. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-06-25.

External links

• Women Top League - Moldova - Results, fixtures, tables - FMF
• League at uefa.com