2015–16 Moldovan Cup

2015–16 Moldovan Cup

Cupa Moldovei
Tournament details
Country	Moldova
Teams	47
Final positions
Champions	Zaria Bălți
Runner-up	Milsami Orhei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	153 (3.4 per match)
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The 2015–16 Moldovan Cup is the 25th season of the Moldovan annual football tournament. The competition began on 22 August 2015 with the first preliminary round and will end with the final held in May 2016. The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Participating teams

Following teams will take part in 2015–16 2015–16 Moldovan Cup.^[1]

2015–16 National Division	2015–16 "A" Division	2015–16 "B" Division
Sheriff Tiraspol title holder Dacia Chișinău Milsami Orhei Dinamo-Auto Zimbru Chișinău Academia Chișinău Zaria Bălți CS Petrocub Speranța Nisporeni Saxan	2015–16 "A" Division (II) CF Ungheni Codru Lozova Intersport-Aroma Spicul Chișcăreni CF Găgăuzia Victoria Bardar FC Edineț FC Iskra-Stal Real Succes Sfîntul Gheorghe Prut Leova	2015–16 "B" Division (III) FC Bogzești (group Center) CFR Ialoveni (group Center) Sinteza Căușeni (group Center) CS Politeh (group Center) Codru Călăraşi Junior (group Center) CSF Cricova (group Center) CS Anina (group Center) FC Cruiz (group Center) Dava Soroca (group North) CF Rîșcani (group North) FC Sîngerei (group North) FC Grănicerul (group North) FC Floreşti (group North) CS Intersport Sănătăuca (group North) CS Drochia (group North) FC Făleşti (group North) FC Cotiujănii Mari (group North) FC Teleneşti (group North) CF Sparta Selemet (group South) FC Cahul-2005 (group South) FC Slobozia Mare (group South) FC Maiak Chirsova (group South) FC Sireți (group South) FC Congaz (group South) FC Trachia (group South) FC Boldureşti (group South)

Roman number in brackets denote the level of respective league in Football in Moldova

First preliminary round

Entering this round are 26 clubs from the Moldovan "B" Division. These matches took place on 22, 23 August 2015.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CF Rîșcani (3)	2–0	FC Grănicerul (3)
CS Drochia (3)	2–0	FC Fălești (3)
FC Cotiujenii Mari (3)	0–2	FC Florești (3)
FC Bogzești (3)	0–2	FC Telenești (3)
FC Cruiz (3)	0–2	CS Intersport Sănătăuca (3)
FC Boldurești (3)	3–0	FC Codru Junior (3)
Anina-ȘS Anenii Noi (3)	3–4	Sinteza Căușeni (3)
FC Sireți (3)	1–0	CFR Ialoveni (3)
CS Politeh Chișinău (3)	5–3 (a.e.t.)	CSF Cricova (3)
FC Trachia Taraclia (3)	1–1 (4–2 p)	FC Slobozia Mare (3)
CF Sparta (3)	2–1	FC Maiak Chirsova (3)
FC Congaz (3)	0–5	FC Cahul-2005 (3)

Second preliminary round

Entering this round are 6 clubs from the Moldovan "B" Division. These matches took place on 29, 30 August 2015.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Grănicerul (3)	1–3	FC Sîngerei (3)
FC Boldurești (3)	1–2	Sinteza Căușeni (3)
CF Sparta (3)	0–1	FC Cahul-2005 (3)

First round

Entering this round are 22 clubs from the Moldovan "B" Division and Moldovan "A" Division. These matches took place on 13 September 2015.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Sîngerei (3)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Victoria Bardar (2)
CS Drochia (3)	0–0 (3–4 p)	FC Edineț (2)
FC Floreşti (3)	1–4 (a.e.t.)	CF Ungheni (2)
FC Teleneşti (3)	1–1 (5–6 p)	FC Codru Lozova (2)
CS Intersport Sănătăuca (3)	0–0 (4–2 p)	FC Iskra-Stal (2)
Sinteza Căușeni (3)	1–3	Intersport-Aroma (2)
Politeh Chişinău (3)	5–1	FC Real-Succes (2)
FC Dava Soroca (3)	0–3	FC Spicul Chișcăreni (2)
FC Sireți (3)	2–1	FC Sfîntul Gheorghe (2)
FC Trachia Taraclia (3)	0–4	CF Găgăuzia (2)
FC Cahul-2005 (3)	5–2	FC Prut Leova (2)

Second round

Entering this round are 10 clubs from the Moldovan "B" Division and Moldovan "A" Division. These matches took place on 22 and 23 September 2015.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Petrocub (1)	4–0	Victoria Bardar (2)
CF Ungheni (2)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Edineț (2)
FC Sireți (3)	2–3	CF Găgăuzia (2)
FC Politehnica Chișinău (3)	0–6	Intersport-Aroma Cobusca Nouă (2)
Speranța Nisporeni (1)	5–0	FC Cahul-2005 (3)

Third round

Entering this round are 16 clubs from the Moldovan National Division and Moldovan "A" Division. These matches took place on 27 and 28 October 2015.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zaria Bălți (1)	3–0	CF Găgăuzia (2)
Intersport Sănătăuca (3)	1–6	FC Milsami Orhei (1)
Spicul Chișcăreni (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Academia Chișinău (1)
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (1)	8–1	Intersport-Aroma Cobusca Nouă (2)
FC Saxan (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Speranța Nisporeni (1)
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)	5–1	FC Codru Lozova (2)
CF Ungheni (2)	0–3	Dacia Chișinău (1)
Zimbru Chișinău (1)	3–0	Petrocub Hîncești (1)

Quarterfinals

Entering this round are 8 clubs from the Moldovan National Division. These matches took place on 19 and 20 April 2016.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dacia Chișinău (1)	1–0	Zimbru Chișinău (1)
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol (1)	0–3	Milsami Orhei (1)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1)	1–0	Academia Chișinău (1)
Zaria Bălți (1)	5–1	FC Saxan (1)

Semifinals

These matches took place on 10 May 2016.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Milsami Orhei (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dacia Chișinău (1)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Zaria Bălți (1)

Final

The final was scheduled to be played on 25 May 2016 at Zimbru Stadium. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 12 May 2016.^[2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Milsami Orhei (1)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Zaria Bălți (1)

Top goalscorers

Updated to matches played on 26 May 2016.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juninho Potiguar	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	4
	Gheorghe Boghiu	Zaria Bălți	4
3	Eugeniu Rebenja	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	2
	Vladislav Ivanov	Dinamo-Auto	2
	Vadim Cemîrtan	Dinamo-Auto	2
	Alex Bruno	Zimbru Chișinău	2
	Andriy Yakovlyev	Zaria Bălți	2
	Octavian Onofrei	Dacia Chișinău	2
	Andrei Cojocari	Milsami Orhei	2
	Alexandru Dulghier	Milsami Orhei	2

Hat-tricks

Player	Home	Away	Result	Date
Juninho Potiguar4	Sheriff Tiraspol	Intersport-Aroma	8–1	28 October 2015

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

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