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Moldova

UEFA. Played 304 since 12 Aug 1956: won 60, drawn 71, lost 173. Elo 1342, ranked 156 in the world; peak 1566 in 1994.

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Squad

The following players were selected for the UEFA Nations League matches against Kazakhstan and Faroe Islands on 13 and 16 November 2026, respectively. :

Players
26
Average age
25.3
Caps between them
454
Most from one club
Petrocub Hîncești (6)

Where they play

10 at home · 15 abroad in 12 other countries

  • Moldova 10
  • Azerbaijan 2
  • Romania 2
  • Scotland 2
  • Belgium 1
  • Canada 1
  • England 1
  • Italy 1
  • Kazakhstan 1
  • Kyrgyzstan 1
  • Russia 1
  • Ukraine 1
  • Uzbekistan 1

Average club rating 1411 (ClubElo; 23 of 26 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, ranked 184 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
Dumitru CeleadnicKyzylzhar(Kazakhstan)34170
Andrei CojuharAsia Talas(Kyrgyzstan)2760
Emil TîmburSheriff Tiraspol2940
Defenders
Oleg ReabciukAnderlecht(Belgium)28660
Vladislav BabogloKarpaty Lviv(Ukraine)27323
Ioan-Călin RevencoPetrocub Hîncești26321
Daniel DumbrăvanuVoluntari25140
Denis MarandiciTuran Tovuz(Azerbaijan)30140
Mihail GherasimencovVancouver Whitecaps FC(Canada)21110
Mihail ȘtefanDinamo Samarqand(Uzbekistan)2590
Iurie IovuDundee United(Scotland)2480
Cătălin CucoșPetrocub Hîncești2340
Stephan NegruSwindon Town(England)2410
Midfielders
Vadim RațăArgeș Pitești(Romania)33673
Nichita MoțpanSKA-Khabarovsk(Russia)25353
Victor StînăKapaz(Azerbaijan)28344
Victor BogaciucPetrocub Hîncești27194
Ștefan BodișteanuBotoșani(Romania)23151
Sergiu PerciunAscoli(Italy)20141
Serafim CojocariPetrocub Hîncești25120
Danila ForovSheriff Tiraspol2290
Vladimir FrateaSheriff Tiraspol2380
Ovidiu DavidPetrocub Hîncești2030
Forwards
Nicky CleșcencoKilmarnock(Scotland)25121
Petru PopescuPetrocub Hîncești2482
Alexandru BețivuZimbru Chișinău1900

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Moldova national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 6 October 2026; page last edited 3 Nov 2026. Read daily.

Nations League chances: Group C3

TeamPromotedPlay-off B/CStays in CPts
Slovakia>99%<1%–14.6
Faroe Islands<1%62%37%6.4
Moldova–26%74%5.9
Kazakhstan–11%89%4.3

The rest of the league phase played out 10,000 times with FixtureShark’s model (IP1, built on Elo ratings). Ties split by goal difference and goals scored, not head-to-head.

Tournament history

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

120014001600195619912026Peak 1546 (1994)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Moldova v Georgia: played 12, won 4, drawn 4, lost 4; goals 14–17. First met 2 Jul 1991, last 11 Jun 2017.

Record by competition

Moldova by competition
Friendly111243750
FIFA World Cup qualification7651457
UEFA Euro qualification76141349
UEFA Nations League2811611
Jordan International Tournament5302
Malta International Tournament5113
Cyprus International Tournament3201

Top scorers

  1. Ion Nicolaescu 16
  2. Viorel Frunză 6
  3. Serghei Cleșcenco 5
  4. Serghei Rogaciov 5
  5. Igor Bugaiov 5
  6. Alexandru Suvorov 5
  7. Eugen Sidorenco 4
  8. Radu Gînsari 4
  9. Igor Oprea 3
  10. Serghei Dadu 3

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.