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)[1]
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 midfielder Cristina Cerescu. 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

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

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

Slovenia  v  Moldova

5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) Euro 2025 qualifying	Slovenia	v	Moldova	Ljubljana
		Report		Stadium: Šiška Sports Park Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

Moldova  v  Latvia

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) Euro 2025 qualifying	Moldova	v	Latvia	Chișinău
		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal)

North Macedonia  v  Moldova

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

Moldova  v  North Macedonia

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

Moldova  v  Slovenia

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

Latvia  v  Moldova

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

Current squad

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 5 December 2023. Only official matches are included.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Natalia Munteanu	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30)	32	3	Gloria Bistrița
2	1GK	Margarita Panova	(1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 26)	11	0	Einherji
3	2DF	Anastasia Sivolobova	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 25)	24	0	Mġarr United
4	2DF	Eugenia Railean	(2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19)	11	0	Agarista
5	2DF	Mădălina Bădiceanu	(2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Matera
6	2DF	Daniela Mardari	(2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 22)	20	0	Rayo Vallecano
7	2DF	Felicia Guțu	(2005-08-31) 31 August 2005 (age 18)	10	1	Farul Constanța
8	2DF	Valeria Vîrlan	(2004-12-04) 4 December 2004 (age 19)	5	0	TransINVEST
9	2DF	Cristina Cerescu	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 29)	37	1	Gloria Bistrița
10	3MF	Elina Coceanovschi	(2003-09-14) 14 September 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Rankweil
11	3MF	Irina Topal	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25)	25	1	TransINVEST
12	3MF	Nadejda Colesnicenco	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 27)	41	2	Farul Constanța
13	3MF	Claudia Chiper	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 28)	40	4	Farul Constanța
14	3MF	Carina Doiban	(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21)	11	0	Alexandria
15	3MF	Carolina Țabur	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25)	37	3	Olimpia Cluj
16	3MF	Lia Vlas	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 22)	6	0	SeaSters
17	4FW	Iuliana Colnic	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 19)	8	0	Žalgiris
18	4FW	Veronica Cojuhari	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25)	17	1	Zhytlobud
19	4FW	Anisia Său	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Chișinău
20	4FW	Alina Chirica	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Agarista

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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											6	1	0	5	5	13
2011 to 2015	Did not enter										—
2019	Did not qualify										11	2	2	7	8	45
2023											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

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											8	1	0	7	3	43
2025	Future event										To be determined
Total	0/2										19	3	0	16	9	77

Nations League

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

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 5 December 2023.^[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	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6
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
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	58	7	6	45	30	218	−188

See also

• Moldova women's national under-19 football team
• Moldova women's national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Football Association of Moldova (in Romanian)
• FIFA Team Profile