Moldova national football team results (2000–09)

The Moldova national football team represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Federația Moldovenească de Fotbal (FMF), the governing body of the sport in the country. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe.

Moldova national football team results
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The team's largest victory came on 18 August 1992 when they defeated Pakistan by five goals to nil. Their worst loss is 6–0 against Sweden in 2001. Alexandru Epureanu holds the appearance record for Moldova, having been capped 91 times since his first match in 2006. The goalscoring record is held by Serghei Cleșcenco, who scored eleven times in 69 matches. As of July 2019, Moldova are ranked 171st in the FIFA World Rankings. Its highest ever ranking of 37th was achieved in April 2008.

Moldova's first match of the 2000s was a 2–1 loss (after extra time) against Armenia in a Cyprus International Football Tournament. The team completed five qualification campaigns between 2000 and 2009, three for the FIFA World Cup and two for the UEFA European Championship; they failed to qualify in each. Between 2000 and 2009, the team played 90 matches and their record was 20 wins, 23 draws and 47 losses.

Matches

2000

2 February Cyprus TournamentArmenia 2–1 (a.e.t.) MoldovaLarnaca, Cyprus
Nazaryan  45'
Dokhoyan 95'
Report Popovici  70' Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Michalis Paparvarnavas (Cyprus)
4 February Cyprus TournamentLithuania 1–2 MoldovaLarnaca, Cyprus
Fomenka  78'[1] Report Rogaciov  13', 76' Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: D. Gudman (Cyprus)
6 February Cyprus TournamentMoldova 2–0 SlovakiaLarnaca, Cyprus
Testemiţanu  77' (pen.)
Popovici  81'
Report Stadium: GSZ Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)
26 April FriendlySan Marino 0–1 MoldovaSerravalle, San Marino
Report Cleşcenco  49' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)
4 June FriendlyMoldova 0–1 RussiaChişinău, Moldova
Report Buznikin  14' Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Ábrahám Attila (Hungary)
16 August FriendlyMoldova 1–0 MaltaChişinău, Moldova
Serghei Rogaciov  45' Report Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Zöhrab Gadiyev (Azerbaijan)
7 October 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationMoldova 0–1 SlovakiaChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (FIFA)
Németh  79' Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
11 October 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationMoldova 0–0 MacedoniaChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibarra (Spain)

2001

14 February FriendlyIsrael 1–0 MoldovaHerzliya, Israel
Keisi  34' Report Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
24 March 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationAzerbaijan 0–0 MoldovaBaku, Azerbaijan
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
25 April FriendlyMoldova 0–0 EstoniaChişinău, Moldova
Report Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei (Romania)
2 June 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationMacedonia 2–2 MoldovaSkopje, Macedonia
Šakiri  20' (pen.)
Krstev  65'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Pogreban  10'
Barburoş  72'
Stadium: Gradski Stadion
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jack van Hulten (Netherlands)
6 June 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationSweden 6–0 MoldovaGothenburg, Sweden
Larsson  38' (pen.), 58', 68' (pen.), 79' (pen.)
Alexandersson  74'
Allbäck  77'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Nya Ullevi
Attendance: 30,233
Referee: Steve Dunn (England)
15 August FriendlyPortugal 3–0 MoldovaFaro, Portugal
Figo  43' (pen.), 61' (pen.), 89' Report Stadium: Estádio de São Luís
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Greece)
1 September 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationMoldova 2–0 AzerbaijanChişinău, Moldova
Cleşcenco  19'
Covalciuc  88'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)
5 September 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationSlovakia 4–2 MoldovaTrenčín, Slovakia
P. Németh  54'
S. Németh  59'
Demo  64', 70'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Cleşcenco  11'
Rebeja  76'
Stadium: FK Ozeta Dukla Stadium
Attendance: 2,789
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)
6 October 2002 FIFA World Cup qualificationMoldova 0–3 TurkeyChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (FIFA)
Aşık  8'
Kahveci  79'
Mansiz  83'
Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

2002

9 February Rothmans TournamentLithuania 1–0 MoldovaAttard, Malta
Beniušis  33' Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
11 February Rothmans TournamentMoldova 2–0 JordanAttard, Malta
Golban  16', 69' Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anton Zammit (Malta)
13 February Rothmans TournamentMalta 3–0 MoldovaAttard, Malta
Mallia  35', 54'
Mifsud  90'
Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 1,481
Referee: Darius Mieželis (Lithuania)
27 March FriendlyMoldova 0–2 HungaryChişinău, Moldova
Report Kenesei  14'
Tóth  51'
Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)
21 August FriendlyEstonia 1–0 MoldovaTallinn, Estonia
Allas  54' Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
7 September UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationAustria 2–0 MoldovaVienna, Austria
Herzog  4' (pen.), 29' (pen.) Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 18,300
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
12 October UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationMoldova 0–2 Czech RepublicChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (UEFA)
Jankulovski  69' (pen.)
Rosický  79'
Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
20 November FriendlyHungary 1–1 MoldovaBudapest, Hungary
Dárdai  55' Report Patula  16' Stadium: Üllői úti Stadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Wolfgang Sowa (Austria)

2003

12 February FriendlyGeorgia 2–2 MoldovaTbilisi, Georgia
Chaladze  61'
Ashvetia  83'
Report Golban  76'
Dadu  84' (pen.)
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
5 March FriendlyIsrael 0–0 MoldovaTel Aviv, Israel
Report Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)
29 March UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationBelarus 2–1 MoldovaMinsk, Belarus
Kutuzov  43'
Gurenko  58'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Cebotari  14' Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
2 April UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationMoldova 1–2 NetherlandsTiraspol, Moldova
Boreţ  16' Report
Report (UEFA)
van Nistelrooy  37'
van Bommel  85'
Stadium: Sheriff Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
7 June UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationMoldova 1–0 AustriaTiraspol, Moldova
Frunză  60' Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Sheriff Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Joaquim Paulo Paraty da Silva (Portugal)
11 June UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationCzech Republic 5–0 MoldovaOlomouc, Czech Republic
Šmicer  41'
Koller  73' (pen.)
Štajner  82'
Lokvenc  88', 90'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Andrův Stadion
Attendance: 12,097
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Israel)
20 August FriendlyTurkey 2–0 MoldovaAnkara, Turkey
Kahveci  30'
Yilmaz  54'
Report Stadium: 19 Mayis Stadi
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
10 September UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationMoldova 2–1 BelarusTiraspol, Moldova
Dadu  26'
Covalciuc  87'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Vasilyuk  90' (pen.) Stadium: Sheriff Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia & Montenegro)
11 October UEFA Euro 2004 qualificationNetherlands 5–0 MoldovaEindhoven, Netherlands
Kluivert  43'
Sneijder  50'
van Hooijdonk  73' (pen.)
van der Vaart  79'
Robben  88'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 30,995
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
20 November FriendlyLuxembourg 1–2 MoldovaHesperange, Luxembourg
Schauls  77' Report Golban  19'
Dadu  90'
Stadium: Stade Alphonse Theis
Attendance: 623
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

2004

14 February Malta TournamentMalta 0–0 MoldovaAttard, Malta
Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Belarus)
16 February Malta TournamentBelarus under-23 1–0 MoldovaAttard, Malta
Hleb  39'[2] Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
18 February Malta TournamentEstonia 1–0 MoldovaAttard, Malta
Lindpere  58' Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)
31 March FriendlyMoldova 2–1 AzerbaijanChişinău, Moldova
Dadu  42' (pen.), 84' Report Qurbanov  20' Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)
28 April FriendlyIsrael 1–1 MoldovaTel Aviv, Israel
Covalenco  33' (o.g.) Report Rogaciov  71' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 4,796
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
18 August FriendlyMoldova 1–0 GeorgiaTiraspol, Moldova
Miterev  67' Report Stadium: Sheriff Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)
4 September 2006 FIFA World Cup qualificationSlovenia 3–0 MoldovaCelje, Slovenia
Ačimovič  5', 27', 48' Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Arena Petrol
Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
9 October 2006 FIFA World Cup qualificationBelarus 4–0 MoldovaMinsk, Belarus
Omelyanchuk  45'
Kutuzov  65'
Bulyha 75'
Romaschenko  90'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

2005

9 February FriendlyAzerbaijan 0–0 MoldovaBaku, Azerbaijan
Report Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)
4 June 2006 FIFA World Cup qualificationScotland 2–0 MoldovaGlasgow, Scotland
Dailly  52'
McFadden  88'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 45,317
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Norway)

2006

18 May FriendlyMoldova 0–0 AzerbaijanChişinău, Moldova
Report Stadium: Stadionul Republican
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Yuriy Baskakov (Russia)
16 August FriendlyMoldova 3–2 LithuaniaChişinău, Moldova
Dadu  15'
Epureanu  57' (pen.)
Cleşcenco 87' (pen.)
Report Poškus  14'
Danilevičius  38'
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)
2 September UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMoldova 0–1 GreeceChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (UEFA)
Lyberopoulos  78' Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
6 September UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationNorway 2–0 MoldovaOslo, Norway
Strømstad  74'
Iversen  79'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 23,848
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Bulgaria)
7 October UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMoldova 2–2 Bosnia and HerzegovinaChişinău, Moldova
Rogaciov  13', 32' (pen.) Report
Report (UEFA)
Misimović  63'
Grlić  68'
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)
11 October UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationTurkey 5–0 MoldovaFrankfurt, Germanya
Şükür  35', 37' (pen.), 43', 73'
Tuncay  68'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

2007

7 February FriendlyRomania 2–0 MoldovaBucharest, Romania
Mazilu  75'
Mutu  75'
Report Stadium: Stadionul Naţional
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)
24 March UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMoldova 1–1 MaltaChişinău, Moldova
Epureanu  85' Report
Report (UEFA)
Mallia  73' Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
28 March UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationHungary 2–0 MoldovaBudapest, Hungary
Priskin  9'
Gera  63'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
6 June UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationGreece 2–1 MoldovaHeraklionb, Greece
Charisteas  30'
Lyberopoulos  90'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Frunză  80' Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
22 August FriendlyLatvia 1–2 MoldovaRiga, Latvia
Astafjevs  31' Report Frunză  23'
Bordian  53'
Stadium: Skonto Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Andriy Shandor (Ukraine)
8 September UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMoldova 0–1 NorwayChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (UEFA)
Iversen  49' Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
12 September UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationBosnia and Herzegovina 0–1 MoldovaSarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Report
Report (UEFA)
Bugaev  22' Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
13 October UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMoldova 1–1 TurkeyChişinău, Moldova
Frunză  11' Report
Report (UEFA)
Ümit  63' Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
17 October UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMalta 2–3 MoldovaAttard, Malta
Scerri  71'
Mifsud  84' (pen.)
Report
Report (UEFA)
Bugaev  24' (pen.)
Frunză  31', 35'
Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Igorj Ishchenko (Ukraine)
17 November UEFA Euro 2008 qualificationMoldova 3–0 HungaryChişinău, Moldova
Bugaev  13'
Josan  23'
Alexeev  86'
Report
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 6,483
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

2008

6 February FriendlyKazakhstan 0–1 MoldovaAntalya, Turkey
Report Bugaiov  10' Stadium: Titanic Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
24 May FriendlyCroatia 1–0 MoldovaRijeka, Croatia
Kovač  30' Report Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
28 May FriendlyMoldova 2–2 ArmeniaTiraspol, Moldova
Arakelyan  25' (o.g)
Alexeev  73'
Report Pizzelli  25'
Pachadzhyan  54'
Stadium: Sheriff Stadium
Attendance: 3,653
Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
20 August FriendlyLithuania 3–0 MoldovaMarijampolė, Lithuania
Poškus  23', 54'
Danilevičius  61'
Report Stadium: Sūduva Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
10 September 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationMoldova 1–2 IsraelChişinău, Moldova
Picusceac  1' Report
Report (FIFA)
Golan  39'
Saban  45'
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)
11 October 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationGreece 3–0 MoldovaPiraeus, Greece
Charisteas  31', 51'
Katsouranis  40'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 13,684
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
18 November Turniir Linnapeade KarikateleEstonia 1–0 MoldovaTallinn, Estonia
Voskoboinikov  56' Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Claus Larsen (Denmark)
19 November Turniir Linnapeade KarikateleLithuania 1–1 MoldovaTallinn, Estonia
Savėnas  72' (pen.) Report Bugaiov  69' Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

2009

11 February FriendlyMoldova 1–1 MacedoniaAntalya, Turkey
Andronic  62' Report Pandev  53' Stadium: World of Wonders Football Centre
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)
1 April 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationSwitzerland  2–0 MoldovaGeneva, Switzerland
Nkufo  20'
Frei  52'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
6 June FriendlyGeorgia 1–2 MoldovaTbilisi, Georgia
Khizanishvili  85' Report Sofroni  8'
Suvorov  57'
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)
10 June FriendlyBelarus 2–2 MoldovaBarysaw, Belarus
Radyyonaw  4'
Bliznyuk  27'
Report Calincov  76'
Valeriu Andronic  82'
Stadium: Haradski Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
12 August FriendlyArmenia 1–4 MoldovaYerevan, Armenia
Arakelyan  75' Report Golovatenco  35', 62'
Andronic  81'
Epureanu  90' (pen.)
Stadium: Republican Stadium
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
5 September 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationMoldova 0–0 LuxembourgChişinău, Moldova
Report
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 7,820
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (Lithuania)
10 October 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationIsrael 3–1 MoldovaTel Aviv, Israel
Barda  22', 70'
Ben Dayan  65'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Calincov  90' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
14 October 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationLatvia 3–2 MoldovaRiga, Latvia
Rubins  32', 44'
Grebis  76'
Report
Report (FIFA)
Ovseannicov  25'
Sofroni  90'
Stadium: Skonto Stadions
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Notes

1. The ELO ratings include an away match against Romania B on 24 May 2005 (lost 2–0), which is not included in the above table.[3]

  • ^a Turkey were ordered to play three home matches at a neutral ground, behind closed doors after violence in their World Cup Qualifying playoff match against Switzerland on 16 November 2005.[4]
  • ^b Greece were ordered to play two matches away from Athens after crowd disturbances in the game against Turkey on 24 March 2007.[5]
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See also

  • Moldova national football team results – 1990s
  • Moldova national football team results – 2010s

References

All details are sourced to the match reports cited, unless otherwise specified:

  1. Goihman, Miron; Morrison, Neil. "Cyprus International Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. Saaid, Hamdan (14 February 2008). "Malta International Tournament 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "World Football Elo Ratings: Moldova". www.eloratings.net. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. "Sanctions for incidents during Turkey v. Switzerland pronounced final". FIFA. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on September 6, 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2013.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  5. "Greece given stadium ban". UEFA. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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