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.

Former names

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

Key

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. Liga = Superliga 1992, Liga Națională 1992–1996, Divizia Națională 1996–2022, Super Liga 2022–2025, Liga 2025–present.
Soviet Union

League and Cup history

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.

Soviet play-off

  • 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.

Overall season statistics in the Soviet Union

Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
Soviet Top League 11 312 69 84 159 312 534 –222
Soviet First League 32 1154 406 322 426 1318 1416 –98
Soviet Second League 2 76 48 20 8 148 57 +91
Total 45 1542 523 426 593 1778 2007 –229
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
Soviet Cup/USSR Cup 43 103 37 15 51 134 143 –9
Moldova

League history

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 UCL 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 UCWC QR Semen Altman Serghei Cleșcenco 25
1998–
99 		1/(10) 26 18 7 1 43 9 61 1/4 UCL QR1 Semen Altman Vladislav Gavriliuc 10
1999–
00 		1/(10) 36 25 7 4 78 21 82 RU UCL
UC 		QR3
R1 		Semen Altman
Oleksandr Skrypnyk 		Victor Berco 15
2000–
01 		2/(8) 28 20 6 2 46 15 66 1/2 UCL
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 UEL 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 UEL 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 UEL 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 UEL 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 UECL QR2 Lilian Popescu João Paulino
Emmanuel Alaribe 		7
2024–
25 		3/(8) 24 14 3 7 54 25 45 1/2 UECL QR2 Lilian Popescu
Hikmet Karaman 		Justice Ohajunwa
Vlad Răileanu 		8
2025–
26 		UECL
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, on June 28. The match was scheduled to take place in the city of Bălți. However, due to an armed conflict in the region, Tiligul were unable to travel, so Zimbru were declared champions.

Relegation play-off

Overall seasons table

Including 2024–2025 season

Seasons in Liga P W D L GF GA GD Champion 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place 6th place 7th place 8th place
34 978 516 223 239 1690 814 +876 8 5 7 4 4 2 2 2

Honours

Moldova

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 (7): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
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
Winner (1): 2014
Runner-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2007

Soviet Union

Winner (1): 1955.
Runner-up (2): 1973, 1982.
Winner (1): 1988.
Runner-up (1): 1987

Records

Soviet Union

  • 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]

Soviet Cup [3][6]

  • Biggest cup win: Burevestnik – Institutul Agricol (Chișinău) 8–0 (1955)
  • Biggest cup defeat: Spartak Moscow – Burevestnik 7–0 (1950)

Moldova

Liga [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 [3]

  • Biggest cup win: Zimbru – Vierul Sîngerei 16–0 (1995)
  • Biggest cup defeat: Zimbru – Milsami Orhei 0–3 (13 April 2022)

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of 18 May 2025.[3]

Most league appearances

Most league goals

All-time top scorers

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

References

  1. ^ Regulation 1973
  2. ^ Regulation 1950
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Club records
  4. ^ Zimbru Chișinău la 50 de ani (1997), p. 40 Victor Daghi
  5. ^ Zimbru Chișinău la 50 de ani (1997), p. 40, 42, 44 Victor Daghi
  6. ^ a b Zimbru Chișinău la 50 de ani (1997), p. 44 Victor Daghi
  7. ^ "Club achievements". Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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