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List of FC Zimbru Chișinău seasons

This is a list of every season played by Zimbru Chișinău in national football, from 1947 (the year the club was officially founded) to the most recently completed season.

Former names edit

Throughout history, the club has been known by various names.

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

Key edit

  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. Super Liga = Superliga 1992, Liga Națională 1992–1996, Divizia Națională 1996–2022, Super Liga 2022–present.
  Soviet Union

League and Cup history edit

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), subgroup 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 2nd stage of the seasons 1961, 1962, 1965, 1985, only the number of games played by Zimbru in this part of the league are shown.
  • In the seasons 1961 and 1985, all the results of the 1st stage are 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 four 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, a new rule was introduced that lasted only one season. According to the new regulation, in the case of draw, the winner of the match had to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. The winner of the penalty shoot-out received 1 point (instead of 2 for a win in 90 minutes). The loser received no points. In the 1973 season, seven games were decided on penalties. Zimbru won twice and lost five 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 season statistics, these seven games are counted as draws.
  • In 1978, a draw limit rule was introduced. This restriction was abolished at the end of 1988 season. The only time Zimbru was affected by this rule was in the 1979 season. The limit for points awarded for draws earned was 12. For 2 draws that exceeded the limit, Zimbru earn no points.

Soviet play-off edit

  • Three times, Zimbru defended their right to play in the Soviet First League (Class B in those years) by taking part in the playoff matches. The regulation that was introduced in 1950 and abolished in 1957 stated that the team that became the champion of the Moldavian SSR would play in play-off games against the other team from Moldavian SSR which already played in Class A or B, and took the lowest place in the league. However, in the early 1950s, 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 for the playoffs. These play-off matches were not always held; they were played only at the discretion of the Moldavian SSR national committee. The playoff rule was active for eight seasons, but was applied only three times. The results of the Burevestnik team (now called 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 season statistics the play-off matches are not counted.

Overall season statistics in the Soviet Union edit

Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
Soviet Top League 11 312 69 84 159 312 534 –222
Soviet First League 32 1154 406 322 426 1318 1416 –98
Soviet Second League 2 76 48 20 8 148 57 +91
Total 45 1542 523 426 593 1778 2007 –229
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
Soviet Cup/USSR Cup 43 103 37 15 51 134 143 –9
  Moldova

League history edit

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 		5/(11) 30 13 7 10 32 29 46 1/2 UEL QR2   Flavius Stoican
  Veaceslav Rusnac
  Ștefan Stoica 		  Hugo Neto 6
2017 8/(10) 18 5 4 9 17 21 19 RU —   Ștefan Stoica
  Iurie Osipenco 		  Jean Theodoro 5
2018 5/(8) 28 9 9 10 28 37 36 1/2 —   Vladimir Aga
  Serghei Secu
  Sorin Colceag 		  Ilie Damașcan
  Ion Nicolaescu 		5
2019 7/(8) 28 3 7 18 16 43 16 1/4 —   Sorin Colceag
  Vladimir Aga
  Veaceslav Sofroni 		  Dan Pîslă 5
2020–
21 		8/(10) 36 6 7 23 39 63 25 1/8 —   Simeon Bulgaru
  Vlad Goian 		  Artur Pătraș 10
2021–
22 		7/(8) 28 7 6 15 32 46 27 1/4 —   Vlad Goian
  Michele Bon 		  Eugen Sidorenco 5
2022–
23 		3/(8) 24 7 10 7 27 26 31 1/4 —   Vlad Goian
  Lilian Popescu 		  Alexandru Dedov 8
Notes: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
Starting with the 1994–95 season: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
  • Players in bold were Top league scorers that season.
  • In the 1992 season, both Tiligul Tiraspol and Zimbru finished the league with an equal number of points (35). The Moldovan Football Federation decided that an additional match would be played at a neutral venue, in the city of Bălți, on June 28. However, Tiligul refused to participate in the match, so Zimbru were crowned champions of Moldova.

Relegation play-off edit

Overall seasons table in Super Liga edit

Including 2022–2023 season

Seasons in Super
Liga 		P W D L GF GA GD Champion 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place 6th place 7th place 8th place
32 930 489 217 224 1603 766 +837 8 5 5 4 4 2 2 2

Honours edit

Moldova edit

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 (5): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2022–23
Winner (6): 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2013–14
Runner-up (3): 1994–95, 1999–00, 2017–18
Winner (1): 2014
Runner-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2007

Soviet Union edit

Winner (1): 1955.
Runner-up (2): 1973, 1982.
Winner (2): 1987, 1988.

Records edit

Soviet Union edit

Soviet Top League [3][4]

Soviet First League [3][5]

Soviet Second League [3][6]

Soviet Cup [3][6]

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

Moldova edit

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: Sheriff Tiraspol – Zimbru 6–0 (6 November 2021)
  • 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: Zimbru – Milsami Orhei 0–3 (13 April 2022)

Statistics edit

Statistics are correct as of 1 January 2024.[3]

Most league appearances edit

Most league goals edit

All-time top scorers edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Regulation 1973
  2. ^ Regulation 1950
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Club records
  4. ^ Zimbru Chișinău la 50 de ani (1997), p. 40 Victor Daghi
  5. ^ Zimbru Chișinău la 50 de ani (1997), p. 40, 42, 44 Victor Daghi
  6. ^ a b Zimbru Chișinău la 50 de ani (1997), p. 44 Victor Daghi
  7. ^ "Club achievements". Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

External links edit

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