FC Milsami Orhei

Milsami Orhei
Full nameFotbal Club Milsami Orhei
Nickname(s)Vulturii roșii (The Red Eagles)
Founded
  • 2005 (2005)
    as Viitorul Step-Soci
GroundCSR Orhei
Capacity3,000
PresidentIlan Shor
Head CoachIgor Picușceac
LeagueLiga
2024–25Super Liga, 1st of 8 (champions)
Websitemilsami.com

Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei, commonly known as Milsami Orhei or simply Milsami, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Orhei, Moldova, currently playing in the Liga, the top tier of Moldovan football.

Previously known as FC Viitorul Orhei, it won its first league title in 2015, becoming the first team to take the title away from the cities of Chișinău and Tiraspol.

History

2005 – founded as Viitorul Step-Soci
2008 – renamed Viitorul Orhei
2010 – renamed Milsami Orhei
2011 – renamed Milsami-Ursidos Orhei
2012 – renamed Milsami Orhei

Players

As of 7 July 2025[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MDA Emil Tîmbur
4 DF  BEL Danny Lupano
5 DF  NGA Christopher Nwaeze (on loan from Zorya Luhansk)
6 DF  MDA Ion Ghimp
7 MF  MDA Daniel Lisu
8 MF  BEL Olivier Rommens
10 MF  MDA Radu Gînsari (captain)
11 MF  MDA Sorin Chele
12 GK  MDA Denis Vornic
13 MF  MDA Vasile Luchița
15 MF  NGA Ime Ndon
16 FW  MDA Alexandru Antoniuc
17 DF  MDA Igor Arhirii
18 MF  BFA Abdoul Yoda
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  MDA Vladislav Zavalișca
22 MF  MDA Vasile Jardan
24 DF  NED Dehninio Muringen
25 FW  FRA Nabil Khali
27 MF  MLI Sibiry Keita
28 FW  NOR Kabamba Kalabatama
29 DF  NED Hennos Asmelash
30 DF  GHA Frederick Takyi
31 GK  BIH Filip Dujmović
32 MF  CMR Vitus Amougui
38 MF  NGA Oladotun Matthew

Honours

League

Cup

League history

Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Cup Super Cup Europe Top scorer
(league)
2005–06 3rd 4th 20 11 4 5 34 18 37
2006–07 3rd 18 9 7 2 38 15 34
2007–08 2nd 7th 32 15 4 13 61 45 49
2008–09 1st 30 20 3 7 59 36 63 First round
2009–10 1st 8th 33 10 6 17 32 45 36 Second round Alexandru Maximov (13)
2010–11 3rd 39 23 9 7 71 23 78 Round of 16 Gheorghe Boghiu (26)
2011–12 4th 33 14 5 14 41 37 47 Winners UEL 1Q Ademar (7)
2012–13 4th 32 17 4 11 47 30 55 Semi-finals Winners UEL 2Q Gheorghe Boghiu (16)
2013–14 6th 33 17 5 11 54 32 56 Semi-finals UEL 3Q Gheorghe Boghiu (13)
2014–15 1st 24 17 4 3 50 15 55 Semi-finals Romeo Surdu (12)
2015–16 6th 27 10 6 11 33 23 36 Runners-up Runners-up UEL PO Romeo Surdu (4)
2016–17 3rd 30 22 2 6 57 20 68 Quarter-finals Ilya Belous (7)
Igor Banović (7)
2017 2nd 18 13 1 4 26 12 40 Winners UEL 1Q Constantin Bogdan (4)
Alexandru Dedov (4)
2018 2nd 28 13 6 9 36 24 45 Semi-finals UEL 1Q Mihai Plătică (7)
Alexandru Antoniuc (7)
2019 5th 28 10 9 9 30 28 39 Quarter-finals Winners UEL 1Q Alexandru Antoniuc (5)
2020–21 3rd 36 22 7 7 71 37 73 Quarter-finals Alexandru Antoniuc (15)
2021–22 3rd 28 15 6 7 50 31 51 Semi-finals UECL 2Q Sergiu Istrati (15)
2022–23 4th 24 7 7 10 22 30 28 Quarter-finals UECL 2Q Radu Gînsari (6)
2023–24 4th 24 11 5 8 31 26 38 Quarter-finals UECL 1Q Radu Gînsari (13)
2024–25 1st 24 12 6 6 55 26 42 Runners-up UECL 2Q Radu Gînsari (9)

European record

As of match played on 1 August 2024
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 050.00
UEFA Europa League 18 3 4 11 14 36 −22 016.67
UEFA Conference League 14 3 6 5 13 22 −9 021.43
Total 36 8 10 18 30 63 −33 022.22

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Dinamo Tbilisi 1–3 0–2 1–5
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 2Q Aktobe 4–2 0–3 4–5
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q F91 Dudelange 1–0 0–0 1–0
2Q Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–1 1–1 2–2 (4–2 pen.)
3Q Saint-Étienne 0–3 0–3 0–6
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 1–0 3–1
3Q Skënderbeu 0–2 0–2 0–4
UEFA Europa League PO Saint-Étienne 1–1 0–1 1–2
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Fola Esch 1–1 1–2 2–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovan Bratislava 2−4 0–5 2–9
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q FCSB 1–2 0–2 1–4
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Sarajevo 0–0 1–0 1–0
2Q Elfsborg 0–5 0–4 0–9
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Panevėžys 2–0 0–0 2–0
2Q KuPS 1–4 2–2 3−6
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Panevėžys 0–1 2–2 2–3
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–0 4–2 4–2
2Q Astana 1–1 0–1 1–2
2025–26 UEFA Champions League 1Q KuPS

UEFA rankings

As of 25 December 2024, Milsami Orhei is ranked 257th in the UEFA club coefficient rankings.

Rank Team Points
255 Mura 6.000
256 St. Patrick's Athletic 5.500
257 Milsami Orhei 5.500
258 La Fiorita 5.500
259 Gżira United 5.500

Source

References

  1. ^ "FC Milsami Orhei". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "FC Milsami Orhei squad". UEFA. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  • Official website (in Russian, Romanian, and English)
  • Profile at DiviziaNationala.com (in Romanian) (archived 18 July 2010)