FC Milsami Orhei

Milsami Orhei

Full name	Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei
Nickname(s)	Vulturii roșii (The Red Eagles)
Founded	2005;20 years ago (2005) as Viitorul Step-Soci
Ground	CSR Orhei
Capacity	3,000
President	Ilan Shor
Head Coach	Igor Picușceac
League	Liga
2024–25	Super Liga, 1st of 8 (champions)
Website	milsami.com
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei, commonly known as Milsami Orhei or simply Milsami, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Orhei, Moldova, currently playing in the Liga, the top tier of Moldovan football.

Previously known as FC Viitorul Orhei, it won its first league title in 2015, becoming the first team to take the title away from the cities of Chișinău and Tiraspol.

History

2005 – founded as Viitorul Step-Soci
2008 – renamed Viitorul Orhei
2010 – renamed Milsami Orhei
2011 – renamed Milsami-Ursidos Orhei
2012 – renamed Milsami Orhei

Players

As of 7 August 2025 ^{[1] [2]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MDA Emil Tîmbur 4 DF   BEL Danny Lupano 5 DF   NGA Christopher Nwaeze(on loan from Zorya Luhansk) 6 DF   MDA Ion Ghimp 7 MF   MDA Daniel Lisu 8 MF   BEL Olivier Rommens 9 FW   MDA Andrei Cobeț 10 MF   MDA Radu Gînsari (captain) 11 MF   MDA Sorin Chele 13 MF   MDA Vasile Luchița 15 MF   NGA Ime Ndon 17 DF   MDA Igor Arhirii 18 MF   BFA Abdoul Yoda 22 MF   MDA Vasile Jardan

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF   NED Dehninio Muringen 25 FW   FRA Nabil Khali 27 MF   MLI Sibiry Keita 28 FW   NOR Kabamba Kalabatama 29 DF   NED Hennos Asmelash 30 DF   GHA Frederick Takyi 31 GK   BIH Filip Dujmović 32 MF   CMR Vitus Amougui 34 MF   MDA Marius Iosipoi 35 GK   MDA Denis Vornic 38 MF   NGA Oladotun Matthew

Honours

League

• Divizia Națională / Super Liga
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2024–25
  • Runners-up (2): 2017, 2018
• Divizia „A”
  • Winners (1): 2008–09

Cup

• Moldovan Cup
  • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2024–25
• Moldovan Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2019
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

League history

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup	Super Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)
2005–06	3rd	4th	20	11	4	5	34	18	37	—	—	—
2006–07		3rd	18	9	7	2	38	15	34	—	—	—
2007–08	2nd	7th	32	15	4	13	61	45	49	—	—	—
2008–09		1st	30	20	3	7	59	36	63	First round	—	—
2009–10	1st	8th	33	10	6	17	32	45	36	Second round	—	—		Alexandru Maximov (13)
2010–11		3rd	39	23	9	7	71	23	78	Round of 16	—	—		Gheorghe Boghiu (26)
2011–12		4th	33	14	5	14	41	37	47	Winners	—	UEL	1Q	Ademar (7)
2012–13		4th	32	17	4	11	47	30	55	Semi-finals	Winners	UEL	2Q	Gheorghe Boghiu (16)
2013–14		6th	33	17	5	11	54	32	56	Semi-finals	—	UEL	3Q	Gheorghe Boghiu (13)
2014–15		1st	24	17	4	3	50	15	55	Semi-finals	—	—		Romeo Surdu (12)
2015–16		6th	27	10	6	11	33	23	36	Runners-up	Runners-up	UEL	PO	Romeo Surdu (4)
2016–17		3rd	30	22	2	6	57	20	68	Quarter-finals	—	—		Ilya Belous (7) Igor Banović (7)
2017		2nd	18	13	1	4	26	12	40	Winners	—	UEL	1Q	Constantin Bogdan (4) Alexandru Dedov (4)
2018		2nd	28	13	6	9	36	24	45	Semi-finals	—	UEL	1Q	Mihai Plătică (7) Alexandru Antoniuc (7)
2019		5th	28	10	9	9	30	28	39	Quarter-finals	Winners	UEL	1Q	Alexandru Antoniuc (5)
2020–21		3rd	36	22	7	7	71	37	73	Quarter-finals	—	—		Alexandru Antoniuc (15)
2021–22		3rd	28	15	6	7	50	31	51	Semi-finals	—	UECL	2Q	Sergiu Istrati (15)
2022–23		4th	24	7	7	10	22	30	28	Quarter-finals	—	UECL	2Q	Radu Gînsari (6)
2023–24		4th	24	11	5	8	31	26	38	Quarter-finals	—	UECL	1Q	Radu Gînsari (13)
2024–25		1st	24	12	6	6	55	26	42	Runners-up	—	UECL	2Q	Radu Gînsari (9)

European record

As of match played on 14 August 2025

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	033.33
UEFA Europa League	18	2	5	11	14	36	−22	011.11
UEFA Conference League	18	5	7	6	18	28	−10	027.78
Total	42	9	13	20	35	70	−35	021.43

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–3	0–2	1–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Aktobe	4–2	0–3	4–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	F91 Dudelange	1–0	0–0	1–0
		2Q	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4–2 pen.)
		3Q	Saint-Étienne	0–3	0–3	0–6
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	1–0	3–1
		3Q	Skënderbeu	0–2	0–2	0–4
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Saint-Étienne	1–1	0–1	1–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Fola Esch	1–1	1–2	2–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Slovan Bratislava	2−4	0–5	2–9
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FCSB	1–2	0–2	1–4
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Sarajevo	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2Q	Elfsborg	0–5	0–4	0–9
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Panevėžys	2–0	0–0	2–0
		2Q	KuPS	1–4	2–2	3−6
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Panevėžys	0–1	2–2	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	0–0	4–2	4–2
		2Q	Astana	1–1	0–1	1–2
2025–26	UEFA Champions League	1Q	KuPS	0–0	0–1	0−1
	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Budućnost Podgorica	0–0	2–1	2–1
		3Q	Virtus	3–2	0–3	3−5

UEFA rankings

As of 7 August 2025, Milsami Orhei is ranked 244th in the UEFA club coefficient rankings.

Rank	Team	Points
242	Vojvodina	5.500
243	Fehérvár	5.500
244	Milsami Orhei	5.500
245	Levadia Tallinn	5.500
246	U Craiova	5.500

Source

References

1. "FC Milsami Orhei". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. "FC Milsami Orhei squad". UEFA. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Russian, Romanian, and English)
• Profile at DiviziaNationala.com (in Romanian) (archived 18 July 2010)