List of FC Zimbru Chișinău seasons

This is a list of all seasons played by Zimbru Chișinău in national football, from 1947 (the year the club was officially founded) to the most recent completed season.Throughout history the club has been known by various names.

Former names

• «Dinamo» – 1947—1949
• «Burevestnik» – 1950—1957
• «Moldova» – 1958—1965
• «Avântul» – 1966
• «Moldova» – 1967—1971
• «Nistru» – 1972—1990
• «Zimbru» – 1991—present

Key

Soviet Union

• 1.Soviet Top League = Class A 1956–1962, Class A (First group) 1963–1964, Higher League 1974,1983.
• 2.Soviet First League = Second group 1947–1949, Class B 1950–1955, Class A (Second group) 1965–1969,
  Class A (First group) 1970, First League 1971–1973, 1975–1982, 1984–1986, 1989–1991.
• 3.Soviet Second League = Second League 1987–1988.

Moldova

• 1.Moldovan National Division = Superliga 1992, Liga Națională 1992–1996, Divizia Națională 1996–present.

Soviet Union

League and Cup history

Season	Level	League(s) (name)	Pos./T	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Season →	Cup
1947	2nd	Second group, Ukrainian SSR zone	13/(13)	24	2	5	17	21	61	9	1947	Q
1948	2nd	Second group,Ukr. SSR zone,subgroup B	7/(8)	14	1	2	11	11	35	4	1948	-
1949	2nd	Second group, subgroup Union Republics	11/(14)	26	7	2	17	36	64	16	1949	Q
1950	2nd	Class B	6/(14)	26	11	6	9	41	41	28	1950	1/8
1951	2nd	Class B	10/(18)	34	12	10	12	47	37	34	1951	1/16
1952	2nd	Class B, subgroup Baku	2/(5)	4	1	2	1	4	4	4	1952	1/32
1952 (2nd stage)	2nd	Class B, for 1-9 places	8/(18)	16	6	3	7	21	27	15	1953	1/32
1953	2nd	Class B, zone 2	6/(10)	17	4	8	5	14	20	16	1954	1/8
1953 (2nd stage)	2nd	Class B, for 16-18 places	16/(27)	2	1	1	0	5	2	3	1955	Q
1954	2nd	Class B, zone 3	12/(12)	22	2	8	12	26	40	12	1957	1/16
1955	2nd	Class B, zone 1	1/(16)	30	20	6	4	86	46	46	1958	1/8
1956	1st	Class A	6/(12)	22	9	5	8	38	49	23	1959– 60	1/8
1957	1st	Class A	9/(12)	22	4	10	8	24	36	18	1961	1/32
1958	1st	Class A	11/(12)	22	3	9	10	25	47	15	1962	1/16
1959	1st	Class A	10/(12)	22	6	5	11	22	45	17	1963	1/4
1960	1st	Class A, group 1	10/(11)	20	4	5	11	18	34	13	1964	1/16
1960 (2nd stage)	1st	Class A, for 19-22 places	22/(22)	6	1	3	2	10	6	5	1965	1/32
1961	1st	Class A, group B	9/(11)	20	6	4	10	30	36	16	1965– 66	1/16
1961 (2nd stage)	1st	Class A, for 11-22 places	16/(22)	12	6	2	4	16	18	14	1966– 67	1/32
1962	1st	Class A, group A	5/(11)	20	8	5	7	27	25	21	1967– 68	1/16
1962 (2nd stage)	1st	Class A, for 1-12 places	12/(22)	12	1	2	9	9	19	4	1969	Q
1963	1st	Class A (First group)	13/(20)	38	8	16	14	27	43	32	1970	1/64
1964	1st	Class A (First group)	17/(17)	32	6	6	20	15	44	18	1971	1/16
1965	2nd	Class A (Second group), subroup 1	5/(16)	30	12	8	10	20	18	32	1972	1/32
1965 (2nd stage)	2nd	Class A (Second group), for 1-16 places	14/(32)	16	4	4	8	11	19	12	1973	1/16
1966	2nd	Class A (Second group), subgroup 2	13/(18)	34	8	15	11	23	29	31	1974	1/16
1967	2nd	Class A (Second group), subgroup 2	5/(20)	38	15	15	8	30	19	45	1975	1/16
1968	2nd	Class A (Second group), subgroup 1	9/(21)	40	16	12	12	40	36	44	1976	1/16
1969	2nd	Class A (Second group), subgroup 4	6/(21)	40	14	16	10	36	23	44	1977	1/16
1970	2nd	Class A (First group)	11/(22)	42	13	15	14	40	34	41	1978	1/16
1971	2nd	First League	17/(22)	42	12	14	16	35	42	38	1979	Q
1972	2nd	First League	12/(20)	38	11	12	15	39	49	34	1980	1/8
1973	2nd	First League	2/(20)	38	25	7	6	71	35	52	1981	Q
1974	1st	Higher League	16/(16)	30	4	8	18	32	59	16	1982	Q
1975	2nd	First League	6/(20)	38	17	9	12	44	43	43	1983	1/16
1976	2nd	First League	5/(20)	38	15	14	9	51	40	44	1984	1/16
1977	2nd	First League	11/(20)	38	11	14	13	45	51	36	1984– 85	1/16
1978	2nd	First League	10/(20)	38	13	11	14	42	40	37	1985– 86	1/32
1979	2nd	First League	8/(24)	46	18	14	14	53	51	48	1986– 87	1/32
1980	2nd	First League	8/(24)	46	20	8	18	60	55	48	1987– 88	1/64
1981	2nd	First League	8/(24)	46	17	12	17	54	51	46	1988– 89	1/16
1982	2nd	First League	2/(22)	42	23	10	9	67	38	56	1989– 90	1/64
1982 Final	2nd	First League, Final for 1-2 places	2/(22)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1990– 91	1/64
1983	1st	Higher League	18/(18)	34	3	4	27	19	73	10	1991– 92	1/64
1984	2nd	First League	18/(22)	42	13	12	17	45	58	38
1985	2nd	First League, West zone	11/(11)	20	5	3	12	16	35	13
1985 (2nd stage)	2nd	First League, group B for 13-22 places	19/(22)	18	7	5	6	22	19	19
1986	2nd	First League	24/(24)	46	6	9	31	31	101	21
1987	3rd	Second League, zone 5	1/(18)	34	22	8	4	52	17	52
1987 (Final)	3rd	Second League, Final C for 1-3 places	2/(3)	4	2	0	2	5	3	4
1988	3rd	Second League, zone 5	1/(18)	34	21	11	2	84	34	53
1988 (Final)	3rd	Second League, Final A for 1-3 places	1/(3)	4	3	1	0	7	3	7
1989	2nd	First League	10/(22)	42	19	5	18	45	59	43
1990	2nd	First League	7/(20)	38	14	12	12	50	44	40
1991	2nd	First League	19/(22)	42	11	13	18	36	49	35

Notes: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

• In the table above, in the seasons 1961,1962,1965,1985,in the 2nd stage,are shown only the number of games played by Zimbru in this part of the league.However,a complete table after this stage looked differently.
• In the seasons 1961 and 1985,all the results of the 1st stage were taken into account in the final table.
• In the season 1962,only the results with teams that finished in the top 6 (1st stage) have been taken into account for the 2nd stage.
• In the season 1965 ,only the results with teams that finished in the top 8 (1st stage) have been taken into account for the 2nd stage.
• The complete table for these 4 seasons are shown below.

Season	Level	League(s) (name)	Pos./T	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1961	1st	Class A	16/(22)	32	12	6	14	46	54	30
1962	1st	Class A	12/(22)	22	3	5	14	20	35	11
1965	2nd	Class A (Second group)	14/(32)	30	7	9	14	16	29	23
1985	2nd	First League	19/(22)	38	12	8	18	38	54	32

• In 1973 was introduced a new rule,that lasted only one season.According to new regulation,in the case of draw the winner of the match had to be decided by penalty shoot-out.The winner in the penalty shoot-out received 1 point (instead of 2 for a win in 90 minutes).The loser gets no points.In 1973 season 7 games were decided on penalties.Zimbru won twice and lost 5 times.The total number of points in the season was 52 (50 points earned for 25 wins in the regular time,and 2 points after penalty shoot-outs).^[1]
• In the overall seasons statistics,these 7 games are counted as draws.
• In 1978 was introduced a Draw limit rule.This restriction was abolished at the end of 1988 season.The only time Zimbru was affected by this rule,was in 1979 season.The limit for the draws earned was 12.For 2 draws that exceeded the limit,Zimbru earn no points.

Soviet Play-off

• Three times Zimbru defended their right to play in the Soviet First League (Class B in those years) by taking part in the play-off matches.The regulation that had been introduced since 1950 and abolished in 1957 states that the team that became the champion of the Moldavian SSR,had a right for promotion in the play-off games against the other team from Moldavian SSR,which already plays in Class A or B,and has taken the lowest place in the league.However,in the early 50s Zimbru was the only team that represented Moldavian SSR in the Soviet League,so the final place in the Class B table did not matter,considering play-offs.It should be mentioned that not always these play-off matches were held.It was played only at the discretion of Moldavian SSR national committee.The play-off rule was active for 8 seasons,but has been applied only 3 times.The results of Burevestnik(current Zimbru) are shown below.^[2]
• 1950 Burevestnik – Krasnoe Znamya (Chișinău) – 7-2,3-1.
• 1951 Burevestnik – Krasnaya Zvezda (Tiraspol) – 8-0,3-2.
• 1954 Burevestnik – Institutul Agricol (Chișinău) – 1-2,3-0,+:- (the opponent refused to play the decisive match).
• In the overall seasons statistics the play-offs matches are not counted.

Overall seasons statistics in Soviet Union

Moldova

League history

Season	Div.	Pos./Teams	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Cup	Europe		Manager(s)	League goalscorer(s) →	Goals
1992	1st	1/(12)	22	15	5	2	40	15	35	1/4	—		Sergiu Sîrbu	Alexandru Spiridon Iurie Miterev	8
1992– 93		1/(16)	30	22	6	2	66	17	50	1/8	—		Sergiu Sîrbu	Alexandru Spiridon	12
1993– 94		1/(16)	30	25	2	3	86	22	52	1/2	UCL	PR	Sergiu Sîrbu Veaceslav Chiricenco Alexandru Spiridon	Serghei Cleșcenco	14
1994– 95		1/(14)	26	21	4	1	69	10	67	RU	UC	PR	Alexandru Spiridon	Serghei Cleșcenco	11
1995– 96		1/(16)	30	26	3	1	110	11	81	1/4	UC	R2	Alexandru Spiridon	Vladislav Gavriliuc	34
1996– 97		2/(16)	30	22	4	4	112	21	70	W	UC	PR	Alexandru Spiridon Ion Caras	Iurie Miterev	34
1997– 98		1/(14)	26	22	3	1	75	8	69	W	CWC	QR	Semen Altman	Serghei Cleșcenco	25
1998– 99		1/(10)	26	18	7	1	43	9	61	1/4	UCL	QR1	Semen Altman	Vladislav Gavriliuc	10
1999– 00		1/(10)	36	25	7	4	78	21	82	RU	UCL UC	QR3 R1	Semen Altman Oleksandr Skrypnyk	Victor Berco	15
2000– 01		2/(8)	28	20	6	2	46	15	66	1/2	UCL UC	QR3 R1	Alexandru Spiridon Vladimir Veber	Iurie Miterev	8
2001– 02		3/(8)	28	12	10	6	52	20	46	1/2	UC	QR	Vladimir Veber Nicolae Mandrîcenco Sergiu Sîrbu Gabriel Stan	Victor Berco	12
2002– 03		2/(7)	24	15	5	4	47	20	50	W	UC	R1	Gabriel Stan	Vladimir Shishelov	13
2003– 04		3/(8)	28	14	7	7	40	23	49	W	UC	R1	Sergiu Sîrbu Gheorghe Niculescu	Vladimir Shishelov	15
2004– 05		5/(8)	28	12	7	9	29	15	43	1/4	—		Gheorghe Niculescu Ivan Tabanov	Sergiu Chirilov	7
2005– 06		2/(8)	28	15	8	5	47	20	53	1/2	—		Ivan Tabanov	Sergiu Chirilov	11
2006– 07		2/(10)	36	21	8	7	63	23	71	W	UC	QR2	Ivan Tabanov Alexandru Curteian	Aleksei Zhdanov	14
2007– 08		5/(11)	30	13	13	4	43	21	52	1/2	UC	QR1	Oleksandr Sevidov	Aleksei Zhdanov	12
2008– 09		4/(11)	30	13	7	10	42	30	46	1/2	—		Ion Caras Ivan Tabanov	Oleg Andronic	16
2009– 10		4/(12)	33	17	8	8	47	29	59	1/4	UEL	QR2	Ivan Tabanov	Andrei Secrieru	7
2010– 11		4/(14)	39	22	10	7	56	20	76	1/8	—		Ivan Tabanov	Oleg Andronic	9
2011– 12		3/(12)	33	17	10	6	47	24	61	1/4	—		Serghei Stroenco Oleg Bejenari	Oleg Molla	14
2012– 13		6/(12)	33	12	10	11	53	38	46	1/4	UEL	QR2	Oleg Bejenari Sergiu Sîrbu Oleg Fistican Serghei Dubrovin Serghei Cleșcenco	Oleg Molla	7
2013– 14		4/(12)	33	18	7	8	56	24	61	W	—		Serghei Cleșcenco Oleg Kubarev	Sergey Tsyganov	13
2014– 15		6/(9)	24	7	6	11	23	19	27	1/4	UEL	PO	Oleg Kubarev Veaceslav Rusnac	Alexandru Dedov	4
2015– 16		3/(10)	27	15	4	8	42	26	49	1/4	—		Ștefan Stoica Veaceslav Rusnac Simão Freitas Denis Romanenco Flavius Stoican	Rui Miguel	9
2016– 17											UEL	QR2	Flavius Stoican Veaceslav Rusnac

Notes: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

Starting with 1994-95 season: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

• Players in bold were also Top league scorers that season.
• In 1992 season, both Tiligul Tiraspol and Zimbru finished the league with equal number of points (35).Moldovan Football Federation decided that the additional match has to be played at the neutral venue,on June 28.The location has been chosen city of Bălți. However,Tiligul refused to participate in a golden match,and Zimbru were crowned champions of Moldova.
• In the overall seasons table,the golden match is included as a technical win (+:-).

Overall seasons table in Divizia Națională

Including 2015–16 season

Honours

Moldova

• Divizia Națională / Liga Națională / Superliga

Champion (8): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00

Runner-up (5): 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07

Third place (4): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2015–16

• Cupa Moldovei

Winner (6): 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2013–14

Runner-up (2): 1994–95, 1999–00

• Supercupa Moldovei

Winner (1): 2014

Runner-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2007

Soviet Union

• Soviet First League

Winner (1): 1955.

Runner-up (2): 1973, 1982.

• Soviet Second League

Winner (1): 1988.

Runner-up (1): 1987.

Records

Soviet Union

• Most overall league appearances: Gheorghe Tegleațov (453)
• Most overall league goals: Ihor Nadein (80)

Soviet Top League ^[3][4]

• Most league appearances: Vladimir Țincler (182)
• Most league goals: Yuri Korotkov (27)
• Most league goals in one season: Dmitri Dubrovski –13 (1961 season)
• Biggest league win: Moldova – Kalev Tallinn 6:0 (1960)
• Biggest league defeat: Spartak Moscow – Burevestnik 9:2 (1956), Lokomotiv Moscow – Moldova 8:1 (1958)
  CSK MO Moscow – Moldova 7:0 (1959)

Soviet First League ^[3][5]

• Most league appearances: Gheorghe Tegleațov (396)
• Most league goals: Ihor Nadein (77)
• Most league goals in one season: Yuri Korotkov –31 (1955 season)
• Biggest league win: Burevestnik – Dinamo Tallinn 7:0 (1955)
• Biggest league defeat: Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don – Nistru 7:0 (1986)

Soviet Second League ^[3][6]

• Most league appearances: Anatoli Chistov , Sergiu Sîrbu (75)
• Most league goals: Nikolai Vasilyev (44)
• Most league goals in one season: Nikolai Vasilyev –30 (1988 season)
• Biggest league win: Nistru – Gomselmash Gomel 5:0 (1988)
• Biggest league defeat: Vityaz Vitebsk – Nistru 2:0 (1987), Kuban Krasnodar – Nistru 2:0 (1987)
  Dnepr Mogilev – Nistru 2:0 (1988), Khimik Grodno – Nistru 4:2 (1988)

Soviet Cup ^[3][6]

• Biggest cup win: Burevestnik – Institutul Agricol (Chișinău) 8:0 (1955)
• Biggest cup defeat: Spartak Moscow – Burevestnik 7:0 (1950)

Moldova

Divizia Națională ^[3][7]

• Most league appearances: Iurie Miterev (248)
• Most league goals: Iurie Miterev (129)
• Most league goals in one season: Vladislav Gavriliuc (1995–96 season) and Iurie Miterev (1996–97 season) – 34
• Biggest league win: Ciuhur Ocnița – Zimbru 1:15 (19 June 1997)
• Biggest league defeat: Dacia Chișinău – Zimbru 4:0 (14 April 2012)
• Most straight wins: 12 games (started in 1993–94 season, ended in 1994–95 season)
• Most games without loss: 29 (started in 1998–99 season, ended in 1999–2000 season)
• Most consecutive matches scored in by player: 10 games (1995–96) – Vladislav Gavriliuc
• Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 12 games (1153 minutes) – Denis Romanenco, 1998–99 season

Cupa Moldovei ^[3]

• Biggest cup win: Zimbru – Vierul Sîngerei 16:0 (1995)
• Biggest cup defeat: Tiligul Tiraspol – Zimbru 2:0 (1994), Sheriff Tiraspol – Zimbru 2:0 (1999)
  Sheriff Tiraspol – Zimbru 2:0 (2002), Olimpia Bălți – Zimbru 3:1 (2009), FC Tiraspol – Zimbru 2:0 (2013)

Most league appearances

Soviet Union [3] Place Name Apps 1 Gheorghe Tegleațov 453 2 Ion Caras 376 3 Valeriy Volostnyh 354 4 Pavel Cebanu 343 5 Anatol Rîbac 319 6 Ihor Nadein 311 7 Alexandru Mațiura 309 8 Sergiu Sîrbu 262 9 Vladimir Țincler Nicolae Cebotari 258

Moldova [3] Place Name Apps 1 Iurie Miterev 248 2 Boris Cebotari 243 3 Denis Romanenco 203 4 Ion Testemițanu 201 5 Nicolae Calancea 197 6 Radu Rebeja 190 7 Vadim Boreț 159 8 Daniel Bălașa 153 9 Alexandru Curteian 149 10 Serghei Cleșcenco 144

Most league goals

Soviet Union [3] Place Name Goals 1 Ihor Nadein 80 2 Vyacheslav Protsenko 61 3 Yuri Korotkov 58 4 Nikolai Vasilyev 52 5 Evgeniy Piunovski 50 6 Yuri Hlopotnov 48 7 Pavel Cebanu 46 8 Mihail Muhortov 45 9 Alexandru Mațiura Anatol Teslev Nikolai Mikhailov 43

Moldova [3] Place Name Goals 1 Iurie Miterev 129 2 Vladislav Gavriliuc 79 3 Serghei Cleșcenco 65 4 Boris Cebotari Radu Rebeja 43 6 Alexandru Spiridon 42 7 Sergiu Chirilov 36 8 Victor Berco Oleg Andronic 33 10 Ion Testemițanu 32

All-time top scorers

Statistics are correct as of 25 January 2016.^[3]

Place	Name	Goals
1	Iurie Miterev	129
2	Ihor Nadein	80
3	Vladislav Gavriliuc	79
4	Serghei Cleșcenco	66
5	Vyacheslav Protsenko	61
6	Yuri Korotkov	58
7	Alexandru Spiridon	56
8	Nikolai Vasilyev	52
9	Evgeniy Piunovski	50
10	Yuri Hlopotnov	48

References

External links

• All Soviet seasons at wildstat.com
• All Divizia Națională seasons at wildstat.com
• All seasons at footballfacts.ru (Russian)
• Soviet seasons at footbook.ru (Russian)
• Divizia Națională seasons at fmf.md (Romanian)