Moldova women's national football team

Moldova
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFederația Moldovenească de Fotbal (FMF)
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachEduard Blănuță
FIFA codeMDA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 110 Steady (24 March 2023)[1]
Highest81 (December 2017)
Lowest111 (August 2022)
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)
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Moldova national football team.

The Moldova women's national football team 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. Eduard Blănuță has been the manager of the national team since 4 February 2019.[2] The current captain of the national team is midfielder Ludmila Caraman.[3] Currently ranked 86th by FIFA, the team plays their home games at the Zimbru Stadium in the city of Chișinău, the country's capital.

History

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

Results and fixtures
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022
12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFA (Group G) Lithuania  4–0  Moldova Vilnius, Lithuania
 Report Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Neslihan Muratdağı (Turkey)
2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFA (Group G) Moldova  0–8  Italy Chișinău, Moldova
Report
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Referee: Emilie Torkelsen (Norway)
6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFA (Group G) Switzerland  15–0  Moldova Lausanne, Switzerland
 Report Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)

2023
15 February Friendly Montenegro  6–1  Moldova Podgorica, Montenegro
13:00 UTC+1
Report Topal 61' Stadium: Camp FSCG
18 February Friendly Montenegro  2–0  Moldova Podgorica, Montenegro
12:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Camp FSCG
7 April Friendly Moldova  0–1 Turkey 1207 Antalya Spor Antalya, Türkiye
17:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Emirhan Sport Center
Referee: Bora Abaoğlu (Türkiye)
10 April Friendly Moldova  1–3  Haiti

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1991 to 1999 Did not enter —
United States 2003 Unable to qualify[5] 6105322
China 2007 6105513
2011 to 2015 Did not enter —
France 2019 Did not qualify 11227845
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 10019149
Total 33 4 3 26 17 129

UEFA Women's Euro
UEFA Women's Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1984 to 2013 Did not enter —
Netherlands 2017 Did not qualify11209634
England 2022 8107343
Total 19 3 0 16 9 77

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were called up for the match against Italy and Switzerland on 17 and 21 September 2021.[6][7]
  • Caps and goals as of 21 September 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Margarita Panova (1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 6 0 Romania Banat Girls Reșița
12 1GK Natalia Munteanu (captain) (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 25 3 Unattached
23 1GK Evghenia Dumic (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 1 0 Moldova PGU ȘS4-Legia Tiraspol
2 2DF Cristina Cerescu (1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 34 2 Unattached
3 2DF Dumitrița Prisăcari (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 27 0 Romania Piros Security
4 2DF Eugenia Railean (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 3 0 Moldova Real Succes Chișinău
6 2DF Mihaela Burdeniuc (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 0 0 Moldova Belceanka
8 2DF Francesca Covali (2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 2 0 Romania Selena ȘN
13 2DF Violeta Mițul (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 26 0 Spain La Solana
18 2DF Andreea Costin (2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 0 0 Moldova Noroc
19 2DF Alina Brînza (2003-08-09) 9 August 2003 0 0 Moldova Anenii Noi
5 3MF Stela-Aleina Tez (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 1 0 Moldova Real Succes Chișinău
7 3MF Carina Doiban (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 0 0 Moldova Noroc
11 3MF Claudia Chiper (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 29 4 Unattached
14 3MF Mihaela Catarău (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 0 0 Moldova Anenii Noi
17 3MF Nadejda Colesnicenco (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 26 1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
21 3MF Irina Topal (1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 14 0 Poland KKP Stomilanki Olsztyn
9 4FW Alina Chirica (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 4 0 Moldova Anenii Noi
10 4FW Carolina Țabur (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 24 2 Romania Olimpia Cluj
16 4FW Daniela Mardari (2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 6 0 Spain La Solana
20 4FW Iuliana Colnic (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 4 0 Moldova FC Maksimum Cahul

Recent call-ups
  • The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

All-time record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 6 September 2022.[8]

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. "Staff-ul tehnic". fmf.md.
  3. "Recuperarea după operație". fmf.md.
  4. "Match report". fai.ie.
  5. Moldova were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.
  6. Teeșanu, Maria (10 June 2021). "Naționala feminină începe pregătirile pentru preliminariile Campionatului Mondial" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. Teeșanu, Maria (13 June 2021). "Fotbal feminin. Moldova – Agarista CSF Anenii Noi 6–1" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. "All-time record". fmf.md.
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