Moldova women's national football team


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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 129th by FIFA, the team plays their home games in many different venues all around the country, including Chișinău, Orhei and Tiraspol.

Moldova
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationMoldovan Football Federation (FMF)
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachGhenadie Pușca
FIFA codeMDA

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking
Current 132 Decrease 3 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest81 (December 2017)
Lowest132 (August 2024)
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)

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

Results and fixtures

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Current coaching staff

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As of 10 August 2024
Role Name
Head coach Ghenadie Pușca
Assistant coach Alexei Savinov, Elena Subbotina, Alexandra Bocancea
Goalkeeping coach Alexandru Melenciuc

Caps and goals are correct as of 16 July 2024. Only official matches are included.

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

FIFA Women's World Cup

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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 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 6 0 1 5 4 15
Total 0/3 25 3 1 21 13 92
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
As of 11 September 2024[6][7]
Players in bold are still active with Moldova.
Rank Player Caps Goals Position Career
1 Claudia Chiper 46 6 MF 2015–present
2 Carolina Țabur 43 5 MF 2015–present
Cristina Cerescu 43 1 DF 2015–present
Nadejda Colesnicenco 43 2 MF 2015–present
5 Natalia Munteanu 37 4 GK 2015–present
6 Violeta Mițul 35 0 MF 2015–2023
7 Irina Topal 33 2 MF 2015–present
8 Daniela Mardari 29 1 DF 2019–present
Anastasia Sivolobova 29 1 DF 2017–present
10 Veronica Cojuhari 23 1 FW 2019–present
Rank Player Goals Caps Career
1 Claudia Chiper 6 46 2015–present
2 Carolina Țabur 5 43 2015–present
3 Natalia Munteanu 4 37 2015–present
4 Anastasia Toma 3 21 2015–present
5 Eugenia Miron 2 9 2015-2019
Nadejda Colesnicenco 2 43 2015–present
Ludmila Caraman 2 22 2015-2021
Ludmila Andone 2 12 2015–2018
Irina Topal 2 33 2015–present
Anastasia Slonova 2 11 2001-2006

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 16 July 2024.[8]

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 5 0 1 4 4 12 −8
  Lithuania 4 2 1 1 5 5 0
  Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
  Malta 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
  North Macedonia 2 0 1 1 3 5 −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 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7
  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
  FR Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7
Total 64 7 7 50 34 233 −199
  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Staff-ul tehnic". fmf.md.
  3. ^ "Match report". fai.ie.
  4. ^ Fotbal feminin. Lotul lărgit al Naționalei Moldovei pentru amicalul cu Arabia Saudită
  5. ^ Moldova were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.
  6. ^ "Most Moldova caps". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Top Moldova Goal Scorers". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  8. ^ "H2H". fmf.md.