2002–03 Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division

Season	2002–03
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol
Relegated	Politehnica Chișinău
Champions League	Sheriff Tiraspol
UEFA Cup	Zimbru Chișinău Nistru Otaci
Intertoto Cup	Dacia Chișinău
Top goalscorer	Sergiu Dadu (19 goals)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 12th season of top-tier football in Moldova.

Overview

It was contested by 8 teams and Sheriff Tiraspol won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	24	19	3	2	64	15	+49	60	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Zimbru Chișinău	24	15	5	4	47	20	+27	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Nistru Otaci	24	13	3	8	33	24	+9	42
4	Dacia Chișinău	24	8	8	8	24	28	−4	32	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Tiraspol	24	7	5	12	27	38	−11	26
6	Agro Chișinău	24	4	8	12	13	33	−20	20
7	Politehnica Chișinău (R)	24	1	2	21	8	58	−50	5	Qualification for the relegation play-off
–	Hîncesti (W)	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew
Notes:

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	AGR	DAC	NIS	POL	SHE	TIR	ZIM
Agro Chișinău		0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0
Dacia Chișinău	0–0		1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–3
Nistru Otaci	1–1	3–2		6–1	1–0	2–1	0–1
Politehnica Chișinău	0–1	0–1	0–3		0–4	2–1	0–5
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–0		4–1	3–2
Tiraspol	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–4		1–2
Zimbru Chișinău	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	5–2

Source: [1] EU-Football.info
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and fourth round

Home \ Away	AGR	DAC	NIS	POL	SHE	TIR	ZIM
Agro Chișinău		1–2	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–2
Dacia Chișinău	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–2
Nistru Otaci	3–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Politehnica Chișinău	1–1	1–2	0–2		0–0	1–2	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	4–0	3–0	4–0	6–0		2–0	3–0
Tiraspol	2–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	4–4		1–1
Zimbru Chișinău	2–1	5–0	3–0	4–1	1–3	1–0

Source: EU-Football.info
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation/promotion play-off

16 June 2003

Unisport-Auto Chișinău	2–0	Politehnica Chișinău

Chișinău

Top goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergiu Dadu	FC Tiraspol/Sheriff Tiraspol	19
2	Vladimir Shishelov	Zimbru Chișinău	13
	Cristian Tudor	Sheriff Tiraspol
4	Andriy Nesteruk	Sheriff Tiraspol	12

References

• Moldova - List of final tables (RSSSF)