FC Academia Chișinău
# FC Academia Chișinău

Academia Chișinău was a Moldovan football club from Chișinău. They played in the Divizia Națională, the top division in Moldovan football.

## History

Academia came into existence in 2006 when Igor Dobrovolski, Alexandru Cojuhari, and Eduard Rotari decided to create a club with which to facilitate the growth of football talent in Moldova. The club began its journey in the second Moldovan football division, the Divizia "A". By the end of their second season in 2007–08, Academia was promoted to the Divizia Națională. Upon promotion, the club signed a partnership agreement with the Technical University of Moldova, and became known as Academia UTM Chișinău.

## List of seasons

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Cup | Ref |
| 2006–07 | Divizia A | 10th | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 32 | First round | |
| 2007–08 | Divizia A | ↑ 3rd | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 73 | 23 | 64 | Round of 16 | |
| 2008–09 | Divizia Națională | 11th | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 49 | 24 | Second round | |
| 2009–10 | Divizia Națională | 7th | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 42 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2010–11 | Divizia Națională | 9th | 39 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 37 | 52 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2011–12 | Divizia Națională | 9th | 33 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 48 | 31 | Round of 16 | |
| 2012–13 | Divizia Națională | 7th | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 52 | 44 | Second round | |
| 2013–14 | Divizia Națională | 9th | 33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 88 | 19 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2014–15 | Divizia Națională | 7th | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 17 | Round of 16 | |
| 2015–16 | Divizia Națională | 9th | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 42 | 21 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2016–17 | Divizia Națională | 8th | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 52 | 27 | Round of 16 | |

## Managers

* Igor Dobrovolski
* Vitalie Culibaba / Oleg Bejenari
* Serghei Stroenco (2010–11)
* Veaceslav Rusnac (July 1, 2011 – Sept 5, 2012)
* Volodymyr Knysh (Sept 4, 2012 – May 31, 2013)
* Vitalie Mostovoi (July 26, 2013 – Dec 19, 2013)
* Valeriu Catana (Jan 18, 2014 – July 25, 2014)
* Vladimir Vusatîi (July 25, 2014–June, 2015)
* Yuriy Hroshev ( June, 2015–Sept, 2015)
* Vladimir Vusatîi (Sept, 2015–Oct, 2015)
* Vlad Goian (Oct, 2015 – 2016)

## Notable players

* Igor Bugaiov
* Alexandru Dedov
* Radu Gînsari
* Alexandru Suvorov
* Igor Lambarschi
