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Fotbal Club Zimbru Chișinău, commonly known as Zimbru Chișinău or simply Zimbru, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Chișinău, which competes in the Liga, the highest tier of Moldovan football.

Founded in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1947, Zimbru entered the Soviet Top League in 1956 and totaled eleven participations before their last relegation in 1983. The club remained the leader of Moldovan football during most of the Soviet period and was the only one that reached and played at the Soviet top tier. After the independence of Moldova in 1991, the team established itself as an early force in the country, winning all the first five national titles and eight of the first nine, but have not won since.

Zimbru play their home matches at the 10,104-seater Zimbru Stadium.

History

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Zimbru Chișinău was formed in 1947 in the Moldovan Soviet Republic (present day Republic of Moldova). 'Zimbru' is a Romanian word for a form of European bison, but the club also previously functioned under names such as Dinamo, Burevestnik, Moldova, Avântul, and Nistru. The Soviet Era was spent mostly in Class B of the regional league until eventual promotion to Class A. The club then flitted between Class A and Class B as well as spending time in the Soviet Top League and First League. In total, Zimbru spent 11 seasons in the Top League between 1956 and 1983. Zimbru had their biggest success in 1956 when they finished in 6th place out of 12 in the Soviet Top League and in 1963 when they reached the quarter-finals of the Soviet Cup.[1]
Zimbru's fortunes changed after the fall of the USSR and the establishment of the Republic of Moldova. The club won all five of the initial seasons of the Moldovan National League (1992–96), and apart from finishing as runners-up to Chișinău rivals Constructorul Chișinău in 1996–97, won eight of the first nine championships. Zimbru have also won the Moldovan Cup six times, including a double in 1997–98 and the Moldovan Super Cup once.

Crest and colours

Since its foundation, Zimbru's colours always was yellow and green. Throughout history, Zimbru Chișinău had many logos. Traditional colours were always present on club crests.

Stadium

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Rivalries

In the 1990s (the first decade of Moldova's independence), Zimbru's rival was the other team from Chișinău, Constructorul Chișinău. Then Contructorul was dissolved. Another rivalry was established in the mid-2000s when Dacia Chișinău, another team from Chișinău, became one of Moldova's top teams. The match between them is known as "The Derby of the capital" (Template:Langx).[3] In 1997, a new team was founded in Tiraspol, Sheriff Tiraspol. In a few years, Sheriff was promoted to the first league and became a force in Moldovan football. Considering the strength of team and the tensions between Moldovans and separatist Transnistrians, the match between Zimbru and Sheriff became a derby, the most important match in country. Thus, it has been named "Derby of Moldova", being labelled even as "Moldovan El Clasico" (Template:Langx).[4][5]

Player of the year

Zimbru players who received the award Moldovan Footballer of the Year:

Year Winner
1992 Template:Flagicon Alexandru Spiridon
1993 Template:Flagicon Alexandru Curtianu
1994 Template:Flagicon Serghei Cleșcenco
1995 Template:Flagicon Ion Testemițanu
1997 Template:Flagicon Ion Testemițanu
1999 Template:Flagicon Sergiu Epureanu
2002 Template:Flagicon Boris Cebotari

Squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Ciprian Tuhar
2 DF Template:Fba/core Diogo Rodrigues
3 DF Template:Fba/core Ștefan Burghiu (captain)
4 DF Template:Fba/core Artiom Rozgoniuc
6 MF Template:Fba/core Stanislav Sarain
7 MF Template:Fba/core Ștefan Bîtca
9 FW Template:Fba/core Guy Dahan
10 MF Template:Fba/core Vlad Răileanu
12 GK Template:Fba/core Sebastian Agachi
14 MF Template:Fba/core David Grîu
17 FW Template:Fba/core Nicky Cleșcenco
18 FW Template:Fba/core Nichita Covali
21 MF Template:Fba/core Lucian Radu
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Template:Fba/core Bruno Paz
24 DF Template:Fba/core Josep Gayá
25 FW Template:Fba/core Oleksiy Shchebetun
26 FW Template:Fba/core Aboubacar Katty
28 GK Template:Fba/core Nicolae Cebotari
29 DF Template:Fba/core Abou Dosso
30 DF Template:Fba/core Andrei Macrițchii
33 DF Template:Fba/core Mihail Ștefan
44 MF Template:Fba/core Iu Ranera
45 FW Template:Fba/core Michael Ebikabowei
77 MF Template:Fba/core Serafim Cojocari
88 FW Template:Fba/core Kirill Kirilenko
— MF Template:Fba/core Timofey Sharkovskiy

Honours

Moldova

Soviet Union

League history

Table

Season Tier Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Cup Super Cup Europe Top scorer (league)
1992 1st 1st 22 15 5 2 40 15 35 Quarter-finals — — Template:Flagicon Alexandru Spiridon
Template:Flagicon Iurie Miterev – 8
1992–93 1st 30 22 6 2 66 17 50 Round of 16 — — Template:Flagicon Alexandru Spiridon – 12
1993–94 1st 30 25 2 3 86 22 52 Semi-finals — UCL PR Template:Flagicon Serghei Cleșcenco – 14
1994–95 1st 26 21 4 1 69 10 67 Runners-up — UC PR Template:Flagicon Serghei Cleșcenco – 11
1995–96 1st 30 26 3 1 110 11 81 Quarter-finals — UC 2R Template:Flagicon Vladislav Gavriliuc – 34
1996–97 2nd 30 22 4 4 112 21 70 Winners — UC PR Template:Flagicon Iurie Miterev – 34
1997–98 1st 26 22 3 1 75 8 69 Winners — UCWC QR Template:Flagicon Serghei Cleșcenco – 25
1998–99 1st 26 18 7 1 43 9 61 Quarter-finals — UCL 1Q Template:Flagicon Vladislav Gavriliuc – 10
1999–00 1st 36 25 7 4 78 21 82 Runners-up — UCL
UC		 3Q
1R		 Template:Flagicon Victor Berco – 15
2000–01 2nd 28 20 6 2 46 15 66 Semi-finals — UCL
UC		 3Q
1R		 Template:Flagicon Iurie Miterev – 8
2001–02 3rd 28 12 10 6 52 20 46 Semi-finals — UC QR Template:Flagicon Victor Berco – 12
2002–03 2nd 24 15 5 4 47 20 50 Winners — UC 1R Template:Flagicon Vladimir Shishelov – 13
2003–04 3rd 28 14 7 7 40 23 49 Winners Runners-up UC 1R Template:Flagicon Vladimir Shishelov – 15
2004–05 5th 28 12 7 9 29 15 43 Quarter-finals Runners-up — Template:Flagicon Sergiu Chirilov – 7
2005–06 2nd 28 15 8 5 47 20 53 Semi-finals — — Template:Flagicon Sergiu Chirilov – 11
2006–07 2nd 36 21 8 7 63 23 71 Winners — UC 2Q Template:Flagicon Alexei Zhdanov – 14
2007–08 5th 30 13 13 4 43 21 52 Semi-finals Runners-up UC 1Q Template:Flagicon Alexei Zhdanov – 12
2008–09 4th 30 13 7 10 42 30 46 Semi-finals — — Template:Flagicon Oleg Andronic – 16
2009–10 4th 33 17 8 8 47 29 59 Quarter-finals — UEL 2Q Template:Flagicon Andrei Secrieru – 7
2010–11 4th 39 22 10 7 56 20 76 Round of 16 — — Template:Flagicon Oleg Andronic – 9
2011–12 3rd 33 17 10 6 47 24 61 Quarter-finals — — Template:Flagicon Oleg Molla – 14
2012–13 6th 33 12 10 11 53 38 46 Quarter-finals — UEL 2Q Template:Flagicon Oleg Molla – 7
2013–14 4th 33 18 7 8 56 24 61 Winners — — Template:Flagicon Sergey Tsyganov – 13
2014–15 6th 24 7 6 11 23 19 27 Quarter-finals Winners UEL PO Template:Flagicon Alexandru Dedov – 4
2015–16 3rd 27 15 4 8 42 26 49 Quarter-finals — — Template:Flagicon Rui Miguel – 9
2016–17 5th 30 13 7 10 32 29 46 Semi-finals — UEL 2Q Template:Flagicon Hugo Neto – 6
2017 8th 18 5 4 9 17 21 19 Runners-up — — Template:Flagicon Jean Theodoro – 5
2018 5th 28 9 9 10 28 37 36 Semi-finals — — Template:Flagicon Ilie Damașcan
Template:Flagicon Ion Nicolaescu – 5
2019 7th 28 3 7 18 16 43 16 Quarter-finals — — Template:Flagicon Dan Pîslă – 5
2020–21 8th 36 6 7 23 39 63 25 Round of 16 — — Template:Flagicon Artur Pătraș – 10
2021–22 7th 28 7 6 15 32 46 27 Quarter-finals — — Template:Flagicon Eugen Sidorenco – 5
2022–23 3rd 24 7 10 7 27 26 31 Quarter-finals — — Template:Flagicon Alexandru Dedov – 8
2023–24 3rd 24 13 3 8 33 23 42 Runners-up — UECL 2Q Template:Flagicon João Paulino
Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Alaribe – 7
2024–25 3rd 24 14 3 7 54 25 45 Semi-finals — UECL 2Q Template:Flagicon Justice Ohajunwa
Template:Flagicon Vlad Răileanu – 8

European record

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Club officials

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Former players

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Former managers

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References

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External links

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