Moldova women's national football team

Moldova
Association	Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Ghenadie Pușca
FIFA code	MDA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	120 1 (15 March 2024)
Highest	81 (December 2017)
Lowest	121 (December 2023)
First international
	Romania 4–1 Moldova ; (Bucharest, Romania; 10 September 1990)
Biggest win
	Moldova 4–0 Andorra ; (Vilnius, Lithuania; 6 April 2017)
Biggest defeat
	Switzerland 15–0 Moldova ; (Lausanne, Switzerland; 6 September 2022)

The Moldova women's national football team (Romanian: Echipa națională de fotbal feminin a Moldovei) represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. They have never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup or the UEFA Women's Championship. Ghenadie Pușca has been the manager of the national team since 1 March 2024.^[2] The current captain of the national team is goalkeeper Natalia Munteanu. Currently ranked 120th by FIFA, the team plays their home games in many different venues all around the country, including Chișinău, Orhei and Tiraspol.

History[edit]

Moldova first official match, a 0–4 defeat to Republic of Ireland, took place on 12 September 2001.^[3]

Results and fixtures[edit]

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023[edit]

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League	Moldova	1–2	Andorra	Orhei
	Topal 17'	Report	Muelas 28' Del Barco 77'	Stadium: Sport Complex Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) Nations League	Malta	2–0	Moldova	Ta' Qali
	Bugeja 46', 58'	Report		Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)

27 October Nations League	Latvia	5–0	Moldova	Jelgava
	Suvitra 34', 39' Ševcova 64' Poļuhoviča 74', 76'	Report		Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center Referee: Eirini Pingiou (Greece)

31 October Nations League	Moldova	3–3	Latvia	Chișinău
	Guțu 29' Colesnicenco 53' Cojuhari 78'	Report	Miksone 50', 90+1' (pen.) Voitāne 90+6'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Frederikke Søkjær (Denmark)

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) Nations League	Moldova	0–0	Malta	Chișinău
		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) Nations League	Andorra	0–0	Moldova	Andorra la Vella
		Report		Stadium: Estadi Nacional Referee: Ioanna Allayiotou (Cyprus)

2024[edit]

5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) Euro 2025 qualifying	Slovenia	2–0	Moldova	Ljubljana
	Prašnikar 45+2' Kuštrin 56'	Report		Stadium: Šiška Sports Park Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) Euro 2025 qualifying	Moldova	0–1	Latvia	Chișinău
		Report	Colesnicenco 63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal)

31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) Euro 2025 qualifying	North Macedonia	v	Moldova	Skopje
		Report		Stadium: FFM

4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) Euro 2025 qualifying	Moldova	v	North Macedonia	Chișinău
		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium

12 July 2024 (2024-07-12) Euro 2025 qualifying	Moldova	v	Slovenia
		Report

16 July 2024 (2024-07-16) Euro 2025 qualifying	Latvia	v	Moldova
		Report

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for a UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Slovenia on 5 April 2024 and Latvia on 9 April 2024.^[4]

Caps and goals are correct as of 9 April 2024. Only official matches are included.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Margarita Panova	(1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 26)	11	0	Einherji
12	1GK	Natalia Munteanu	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30)	34	3	Gloria Bistrița
23	1GK	Evghenia Dumic	(2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Agarista

2	2DF	Cristina Cerescu	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 29)	39	1	Gloria Bistrița
4	2DF	Valeria Vîrlan	(2004-12-04) 4 December 2004 (age 19)	6	0	TransINVEST
5	2DF	Eugenia Railean	(2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19)	11	0	Agarista
9	2DF	Daniela Mardari	(2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 22)	22	0	Rayo Vallecano
15	2DF	Felicia Guțu	(2005-08-31) 31 August 2005 (age 18)	12	1	Farul Constanța
16	2DF	Mădălina Bădiceanu	(2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 20)	8	0	Matera
19	2DF	Anastasia Sivolobova	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 25)	26	0	Mġarr United

6	3MF	Lia Vlas	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 22)	7	0	SeaSters
7	3MF	Carina Doiban	(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21)	12	0	Alexandria
10	3MF	Carolina Țabur	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25)	39	3	Olimpia Cluj
11	3MF	Claudia Chiper	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 28)	42	4	Farul Constanța
14	3MF	Elina Coceanovschi	(2003-09-14) 14 September 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Rankweil
17	3MF	Nadejda Colesnicenco	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 27)	43	2	Farul Constanța
18	3MF	Anastasia Cernitu	(2004-05-10) 10 May 2004 (age 19)	8	0	Chișinău
21	3MF	Irina Topal	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25)	27	1	TransINVEST

3	4FW	Anisia Său	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Chișinău
8	4FW	Alina Chirica	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20)	5	0	Agarista
20	4FW	Veronica Cojuhari	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25)	19	1	Zhytlobud
22	4FW	Iuliana Colnic	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 19)	10	0	Žalgiris

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991 to 1999	Did not enter									—
2003	Unable to qualify^[5]									6	1	0	5	3	22
2007	Unable to qualify^[5]									6	1	0	5	5	13
2011 to 2015	Did not enter									—
2019	Did not qualify									11	2	2	7	8	45
2023	Did not qualify									10	0	1	9	1	49
2027	Future event									To be determined
Total	0/2									33	4	3	26	17	129

UEFA Women's Euro[edit]

UEFA Women's Euro										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984 to 2013	Did not enter									—
2017	Did not qualify									11	2	0	9	6	34
2022	Did not qualify									8	1	0	7	3	43
2025	Future event									2	0	0	2	0	3
Total	0/2									21	3	0	18	9	80

Nations League[edit]

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2023–24	C	6	0	3	3	4	12		49th
Total		6	0	3	3	4	12

Head-to-head record[edit]

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 9 April 2024.^[6]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Andorra	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3
Azerbaijan	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	19	−19
Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	0	14	−14
Denmark	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
Estonia	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Greece	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2
Israel	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3
Italy	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18
Latvia	4	0	1	3	3	10	−7
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	5	5	0
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Malta	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
Poland	4	0	0	4	1	15	−14
Portugal	2	0	0	2	0	15	−15
Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10
Romania	4	0	1	3	1	10	−9
Slovakia	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Spain	2	0	0	2	0	19	−19
Sweden	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	0	21	−21
Wales	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Total	60	7	6	47	30	221	−191

References[edit]

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Staff-ul tehnic". fmf.md.
^ "Match report". fai.ie.
^ Lot fmf.md
^ Moldova were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.
^ "H2H". fmf.md.

External links[edit]

Football Association of Moldova (in Romanian)
FIFA Team Profile

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[2] "Staff-ul tehnic". fmf.md.

[3] "Match report". fai.ie.

[lot-4] Lot fmf.md

[5] Moldova were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.

[6] "H2H". fmf.md.

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