Nickname(s) | Tricolorii mici (The Young Tricolours) | ||
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Association | Moldovan Football Federation (FMF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Serghei Cebotari | ||
Captain | Artiom Dijinari | ||
Home stadium | Nisporeni Central Stadium | ||
FIFA code | MDA | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Chișinău, Moldova; 30 August 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Valletta, Malta; 27 February 2006) ![]() ![]() (Gibraltar; 29 March 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Sparta, Greece; 23 October 1996) | |||
Website | fmf.md (in Romanian) |
The Moldova national under-21 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Moldovan national football team. The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Since the establishment of the Moldovan under-21 team, the under-21 side has never reached a final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but has produced many players, who have become regular internationals for the senior side. The team is coached by Serghei Cebotari. [1] [2]
This team is for Moldovan players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.
Moldova U21s began their first competitive campaign in 1994, in which they tried to qualify for the 1996 finals. They eventually finished fourth in a five-team group, with two wins out of eight games. The U-21 team plays its home matches in many different venues all around the country, including Chișinău and Nisporeni.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss
11 October 2024 2025 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | North Macedonia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Skopje, North Macedonia |
Feta ![]() Kamberi ![]() | Report | Răileanu ![]() | Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre Attendance: 280 Referee: Martin Dohal (Slovakia) |
20 March 2025 Friendly | Moldova ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Belek, Turkey |
Rotaru ![]() | Report | Oudni-Morgan ![]() | Stadium: Cornelia Sports Centre Referee: Hakan Yurtseven (Turkey) |
22 March 2025 Friendly | Moldova ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Belek, Turkey |
Report | Mammadov ![]() Shafiyev ![]() | Stadium: Cornelia Sports Centre |
25 March 2025 Friendly | Moldova ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Belek, Turkey |
Rotaru ![]() | Report | Gashi ![]() Krasniqi ![]() | Stadium: Cornelia Sports Centre |
10 June 2025 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Nisporeni, Moldova |
Lupan ![]() Rotaru ![]() Costin ![]() | Report | Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni Attendance: 873 Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece) |
4 September 2025 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() | Nisporeni, Moldova |
Report | Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni |
9 September 2025 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() | Nisporeni, Moldova |
Report | Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni |
10 October 2025 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() | Moldova |
Report |
14 October 2025 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Slovakia ![]() | v | ![]() | Slovakia |
Report |
17 November 2025 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Kazakhstan ![]() | v | ![]() | Kazakhstan |
Report |
26 March 2026 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Republic of Ireland ![]() | v | ![]() | Republic of Ireland |
Report |
30 March 2026 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | England ![]() | v | ![]() | England |
Report |
2 October 2026 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Andorra ![]() | v | ![]() | Andorra |
Report |
6 October 2026 2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() | Moldova |
Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Play-offs |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Fitness coach | ![]() |
Last updated: 20 June 2025
Source: FMF
Coach | Nat. | Period |
---|---|---|
Anatol Teslev | ![]() | 1995–1996 |
Alexandru Spiridon | ![]() | 2000–2001 |
Alexandru Guzun | ![]() | 2002–2003 |
Vladimir Vusatîi | ![]() | 2003–2004 |
Boris Tropaneț | ![]() | 2004–2007 |
Ilie Carp | ![]() | 2007–2008 |
Sergiu Chirilov | ![]() | 2008–2011 |
Alexandru Curtianu | ![]() | 2011–2014 |
Igor Ursachi | ![]() | 2014–2015 |
Dănuț Oprea | ![]() | 2015–2017 |
Serghei Cleșcenco | ![]() | 2019–2020 |
Alexandru Guzun | ![]() | 2020 |
Ștefan Stoica | ![]() | 2021–2025 |
Serghei Cebotari | ![]() | 2025– |
The following players were selected for the 2027 UEFA Euro U21 qualifying matches against Ireland and Slovakia on 4 and 9 September 2025, respectively.
Caps and goals are correct as of 10 June 2025, after the match against Andorra.
Players born in or after 2004 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The following players have also been called up in the past to the Moldova under-21 squad and remain eligible to play in the qualification matches for 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship:
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Roman Lazăr | 14 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | Free agent | v. ![]() |
GK | Daniel Vîrlan | 18 September 2005 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Vlad Coliș | 24 January 2004 | 6 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Cristian Martin | 22 December 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Mihai Morozan | 22 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Iulian Bejan | 4 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Daniele Grosu | 20 November 2005 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Danis Baciu | 1 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Sergiu Perciun | 23 April 2006 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Marius Ursu | 1 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Alexandru Gău | 27 January 2004 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Nicolae Spătar | 1 March 2005 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Ion Ciobanu | 13 February 2006 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Vitalie Dumbrava | 23 April 2004 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Victor Ciumașu | 24 June 2005 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
INJ Withdrew due to injury |
UEFA U-21 European Championship | UEFA U-21 Qualification record [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Campaign | |||
![]() | Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1996 | |||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 1998 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2000 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2002 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 2004 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2009 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2011 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 2013 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2015 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 2021 | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 2025 | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | In progress | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2027 | |||||||||||
Total | 0/16 | 143 | 36 | 27 | 80 | 113 | 233 | ||||||||||||
Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 9 September 2025. [4]
Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | −13 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
![]() | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | −16 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
Total | 143 | 36 | 27 | 80 | 113 | 233 | −120 |