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.

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

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

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

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 have been taken into account for the 2nd stage.
• 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		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		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.

• 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.

Moldova

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	CL	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	CL	QR1	Semen Altman	Vladislav Gavriliuc	10
1999– 00		1/(10)	36	25	7	4	78	21	82	RU	CL UC	QR3 R1	Semen Altman Oleksandr Skrypnyk	Victor Berco	15
2000– 01		2/(8)	28	20	6	2	46	15	66	1/2	CL 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	EL	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	EL	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	EL	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	EL	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
2023– 24		3/(8)	24	13	3	8	33	23	42	RU	CO	QR2	Lilian Popescu	João Paulino Emmanuel Alaribe	7
2024– 25										/	CO

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.

• 2022 Spartanii (Selemet) – Zimbru – 0–1.

Including 2023–2024 season

• 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 (6): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2023–24

• Cupa Moldovei

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

Runner-up (4): 1994–95, 1999–00, 2017–18, 2023–24

• Supercupa Moldovei

Winner (1): 2014

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

• Soviet First League

Winner (1): 1955.

Runner-up (2): 1973, 1982.

• Soviet Second League

Winner (1): 1988.

Runner-up (1): 1987

• 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)

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 are correct as of 18 May 2024.^[3]

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 Ștefan Burghiu 175 8 Eugen Sidorenco 166 9 Vadim Boreț 159 10 Daniel Bălașa 153

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

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

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