2016–17 Moldovan Under-19 Division

The 2016–17 Moldovan Under-19 Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională U-19) was the Moldovan annual football tournament. The season began on 4 September 2016 and ended on 29 May 2017. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions.

Moldovan Under-19 Division

Season	2016–17
Champions	Zimbru Chișinău
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999, with a maximum of five players per team born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 1998 allowed.[1]

Stadia and locations

Chișinău

Zaria

Sheriff

Orhei Milsami

Cahul 2005

Chișinău teams:
Buiucani-Dacia
Real Succes
ȘSSF-Voran
Zimbru

Location of teams in 2016–17 Divizia Națională U-19.

Club	Location
Sheriff	Tiraspol
Zaria	Bălți
ȘS Orhei-Milsami	Orhei
Cahul 2005-LS	Cahul
Zimbru	Chișinău
Buiucani-Dacia	Chișinău
Real Succes	Chișinău
ȘSSF-Voran	Chișinău

Format

In the initial phase of the season, each of the eight teams play the other seven teams two times. After 14 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top four and a bottom four, with each team playing all the other teams in their section twice.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zimbru Chișinău (C)	20	17	2	1	76	15	+61	53	Qualification to UEFA Youth League
2	Sheriff Tiraspol	20	14	3	3	67	13	+54	45
3	Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău	20	9	4	7	43	41	+2	31
4	Real Succes Chișinău	20	8	2	10	38	47	−9	26	withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
5	Cahul 2005-LS	20	7	3	10	36	54	−18	24	withdrew[lower-alpha 2]
6	Zaria Bălți	20	5	4	11	28	47	−19	19
7	ȘS Orhei-Milsami	20	5	3	12	32	66	−34	18	withdrew[lower-alpha 3]
8	ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău	20	2	5	13	18	55	−37	11

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Fairplay ranking.[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Real Succes Chișinău completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.
2. Cahul 2005-LS completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.
3. ȘS Orhei-Milsami completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.

Results

Matches 1–14

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	SHE	ZIM	REA	ORH	VOR	BUI	CAH	ZAR
Sheriff Tiraspol		0–2	3–0	14–0	5–0	3–1	7–1	4–0
Zimbru Chișinău	2–0		3–2	4–0	4–1	2–3	7–0	3–0
Real Succes Chișinău	1–2	0–6		3–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–1
ȘS Orhei-Milsami	1–4	0–4	3–5		3–1	2–1	3–2	2–1
ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău	0–7	1–4	0–0	3–3		0–2	2–3	2–1
Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău	0–0	3–3	4–2	5–2	4–0		4–1	1–1
Cahul 2005-LS	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–0	4–0	0–3		3–2
Zaria Bălți	0–1	0–4	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–5	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FMF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–20

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Top four

Home \ Away	ZIM	SHE	BUI	REA
Zimbru Chișinău		1–1	8–1	7–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–2		0–0	6–1
Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău	0–3	1–3		2–4
Real Succes Chișinău	0–3	0–2	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FMF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–20

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Bottom four

Home \ Away	ORH	ZAR	CAH	VOR
ȘS Orhei-Milsami		1–2	3–8	3–0
Zaria Bălți	2–2		4–4	2–0
Cahul 2005-LS	2–1	6–0		1–1
ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău	3–2	3–3	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FMF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Regulamentul campionatului R. MOLDOVA la fotbal copii și juniori - Ediția 2016-2017" (PDF). fmf.md. Moldovan Football Federation. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-04-19.