2004–05 Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division

Season	2004–05
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol
Relegated	Unisport-Auto Chișinău Steaua Chișinău
Champions League	Sheriff Tiraspol
UEFA Cup	Nistru Otaci Dacia Chișinău
Intertoto Cup	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
Matches played	112
Goals scored	269 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cătălin Lichioiu (16 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 14th season of top-tier football in Moldova.

Overview

It was contested by 8 teams and Sheriff Tiraspol won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	28	22	4	2	54	12	+42	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Nistru Otaci	28	17	3	8	51	27	+24	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Dacia Chișinău	28	14	3	11	38	31	+7	45
4	Tiraspol	28	12	8	8	41	23	+18	44
5	Zimbru Chișinău	28	12	7	9	29	15	+14	43
6	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	28	11	8	9	32	27	+5	41	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
7	Unisport-Auto Chișinău (R)	28	3	5	20	16	51	−35	14	Qualification for the relegation play-off
8	Steaua Chișinău (R)	28	0	4	24	8	83	−75	4	Relegation to Division "A"

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	DAC	NIS	SHE	STE	TIL	TIR	UAC	ZIM
Dacia Chișinău		1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
Nistru Otaci	4–2		0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	2–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	6–1	2–1
Steaua Chișinău	0–2	0–3	0–4		1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	3–1	1–3	0–1	4–0		1–0	1–0	0–1
Tiraspol	2–1	0–1	1–3	7–0	1–1		0–0	1–1
Unisport-Auto Chișinău	1–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–1		0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	5–1

Source: EU-Football.info
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and fourth round

Home \ Away	DAC	NIS	SHE	STE	TIL	TIR	UAC	ZIM
Dacia Chișinău		2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0
Nistru Otaci	2–0		0–0	7–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	4–1		5–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–3
Steaua Chișinău	1–2	0–5	0–2		0–1	0–4	0–2	0–2
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	3–2	4–2	1–2	3–1		0–1	2–0	1–0
Tiraspol	1–0	2–0	0–1	5–1	1–1		2–1	0–0
Unisport-Auto Chișinău	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–4		0–1
Zimbru Chișinău	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–0

Source: EU-Football.info
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation/promotion play-off

2005

Unisport-Auto Chișinău	0–4 (a.e.t.)	Politehnica Chișinău

Chișinău

Top goalscorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cătălin Lichioiu	Nistru Otaci	16
2	Andriy Nesteruk	FC Tiraspol	14
3	Răzvan Cociș	Sheriff Tiraspol	12
4	Serghei Jăpălău	Dacia Chișinău	10
5	Sergiu Chirilov	Zimbru Chișinău	7

References

• Moldova - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Divizia Națională 2004-05 pe soccerway
• Statistica Generala Divizia Națională 2004-2005 - www.divizianationala.com
• Arhiva campionatelor Moldovei - FMF.md
• Divizia Națională 2004-2005 pe betexplorer