List of FC Sheriff Tiraspol seasons

Fotbal Club Sheriff, commonly known as FC Sheriff Tiraspol, is an association football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova.[1] The club was founded in 1996 as Tiras Tiraspol and was selected to participate in the Moldovan "B" Division the same year. In their debut season they were champions of the "B" Division's South group achieving promotion to the "A" Division. In April 1997 the company Sheriff became the team's general sponsor giving the club its current name. FC Sheriff were champions of the "A" Division at the first attempt, achieving successive titles and promotion to the Moldovan National Division. They were not as successful in the Moldovan Cup as they were eliminated in the first round.

FC Sheriff Tiraspol players celebrate winning the 2013 Moldovan Super Cup.

FC Sheriff finished fourth in their first National Division season which is currently their lowest top-flight finish. They won the 1999 cup final, by doing so Sheriff qualified for the 1999–2000 qualifying round for the UEFA Cup. FC Sheriff's first European opponents were Czech side SK Sigma Olomouc, a 1–1 draw at home and 0–0 away meant Sigma Olomouc progressed on the away goals rule. Sheriff finished the 1999–2000 season as runners-up in the league and quarter-finalist in the cup. The 2000–01 season was the beginning of FC Sheriff's dominance of the National Division, they won both the league and the cup to achieve their first double. FC Sheriff won the National Division championship in the next nine seasons, winning the 2006–07 season undefeated. During the nine seasons they also won the cup five times and qualified for the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League each season.

The 2010–11 Moldovan National Division was won by FC Dacia Chișinău with Sheriff finishing in second place and qualifying for the Europa League qualifying phase.[2] FC Sheriff won the next three league titles with no cup wins. FC Sheriff finished the 2014–15 Moldovan National Division in third place behind Milsami Orhei and Dacia Chișinău but won the cup thus still qualifying for the Europa League qualifying rounds.[3] FC Sheriff resumed their dominance with three more league titles and a cup win.

The Moldovan Super Cup, a match between the winners of the National Division and the winners of the Moldovan Cup, was introduced in the 2003–04 season and is played at the beginning of each season. If one team has won both competitions it is not played, this has happened in four seasons and each time it is FC Sheriff who has won the double. Of the ten Super Cups played, FC Sheriff have won seven, been runners-up twice and did not qualify for the 2011 edition.

Key

Seasons
Season League record Moldovan Cup Super Cup Europe
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result
1996–97 "B" (South) 282611125479 1st Round of 32 — — —
1997–98 "A" 262312921270 1st Round of 16 — — —
1998–99 National 269107392437 4th Winners — — —
1999–2000 National 362565772581 2nd Quarter-finals — UEFA Cup QR
2000–01 National 282143581867 1st Winners — UEFA Cup QR
2001–02 National 282071621867 1st Winners — Champions League QR2
2002–03 National 241932641560 1st Semi-finals — Champions League QR2
2003–04 National 282053501665 1st Runners-up Winners Champions League QR2
2004–05 National 282242541270 1st Quarter-finals Winners Champions League QR2
2005–06 National 282251571171 1st Winners Winners Champions League QR2
2006–07 National 36288070792 1st Semi-finals Not held[lower-alpha 1] Champions League QR2
2007–08 National 30263168881 1st Winners Winners Champions League QR2
2008–09 National 302532611578 1st Winners Not held[lower-alpha 1] Champions League QR2
2009–10 National 33273375884 1st Winners Not held[lower-alpha 1] Europa League Group
2010–11 National 3924114811683 2nd Semi-finals Not held[lower-alpha 1] Europa League Group
2011–12 National 332562751881 1st Semi-finals Did not qualify Europa League QR2
2012–13 National 332553661680 1st Semi-finals Runners-up Europa League Play-off
2013–14 National 332832981687 1st Runners-up Winners Europa League Group
2014–15 National 241743561655 3rd Winners Runners-up Europa League Play-off
2015–16 National 272052501165 1st Semi-finals Winners Europa League QR1
2016–17 National 302235711569 1st Winners Winners Champions League QR2
2017 National 181431501445 1st Quarter-finals Not held[lower-alpha 1] Europa League Group
2018 National 281963581463 1st Winners Runners-up Europa League Play-off

See also

Notes
  1. The Moldovan Super Cup was not played as Sheriff Tiraspol won both the National Division and Moldovan Cup in the previous season.

References
General
  • "Club History". fc-sheriff.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  • Stokkermans, Karel. "Moldova - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
Specific
  1. Nash, Matthew (24 October 2013). "Who are Sheriff Tiraspol? Lowdown on Tottenham's Europa League opponents". Metro. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. "Barcelona and Porto lead 2011 roll of honour". UEFA. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. Balanyuk, Evgeni (21 July 2015). "Who exactly are Milsami Orhei?". UEFA. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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