Moldova national under-19 football team

Moldova Under-19
Nickname	Tricolorii juniori (The Junior Tricolours)
Association	Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Simeon Bulgaru
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	MDA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Official:; Belarus 3–4 Moldova ; (Kyustendil, Bulgaria; 13 September 1994)
Biggest win
	Moldova 3–0 Estonia ; (Huskvarna, Sweden; 10 October 2017)
Biggest defeat
	Moldova 0–9 England ; (Irthlingborough, England; 5 November 2002)
Website	fmf.md (in Romanian)

The Moldova national under-19 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 competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held every year. Since the establishment of the Moldovan under-19 team, the under-19 side has never reached a final tournament of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Simeon Bulgaru.^[1]

Results and fixtures

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 Fixture

2025

19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) Friendly	Azerbaijan	0–0	Moldova	Qabala, Azerbaijan
		Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium 2

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) Friendly	Azerbaijan	1–4	Moldova	Qabala, Azerbaijan
	Cabrayizade 57'	Report	Tonica 7' Musteață 38', 65', 68'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium 2

6 June 2025 (2025-06-06) Friendly	Moldova	2–1	Georgia	Nisporeni, Moldova
	Bulmaga 90+3' Sava 90+5'	Report	Gvasalia 45'	Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni Referee: Nicolae Bălțătescu (Moldova)

8 June 2025 (2025-06-08) Friendly	Armenia	0–1	Moldova	Nisporeni, Moldova
		Report	Musteață 61'	Stadium: Stadionul Central Nisporeni Referee: Oleg Stoianov (Moldova)

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04) Friendly	Albania	0–1	Moldova	Tirana, Albania
		Report	Tonica 42'	Stadium: Shtëpia e Futbollit Referee: Silvio Dyrmishi (Albania)

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) Friendly	Moldova	3–4	Kosovo	Tirana, Albania
	Sava 9' Musteață 84' (pen.), 90' (pen.)	Report	Vitija 2', 42' Maksutaj 3' Haxhiu 75'	Stadium: Shtëpia e Futbollit Referee: Dionis Kushta (Albania)

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Friendly	Moldova	1–0	Bulgaria	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
	Bețivu 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul CPSM Referee: Ivan Todos (Moldova)

14 October 2025 (2025-10-14) Friendly	Moldova	0–2	Bulgaria	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
		Report	Stoyanchov 40' Dimitrov 87'	Stadium: Stadionul CPSM Referee: Andrei Cojocari (Moldova)

12 November 2025 (2025-11-12) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying	Italy	8–0	Moldova	Acireale, Italy
	Ciardi 5', 58' Mosconi 13' Coletta 16' Sala 20' Cocchi 69' Cacciamani 72' Cerpelletti 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mihály Káprály (Hungary)

15 November 2025 (2025-11-15) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying	Poland	2–1	Moldova	Acireale, Italy
	Bzdyl 25', 51'	Report	Caragheorghi 31'	Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea Attendance: 88 Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying	Moldova	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Acireale, Italy
	Bejenaru 16'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea Attendance: 50 Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)

2026

25 February 2026 (2026-02-25) Friendly	Moldova	v	Azerbaijan	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Stadionul CPSM

27 February 2026 (2026-02-27) Friendly	Moldova	v	Azerbaijan	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Stadionul CPSM

25 March 2026 (2026-03-25) 2027 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying round 1	Netherlands	v	Moldova	Groesbeek, Netherlands
		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

28 March 2026 (2026-03-28) 2027 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying round 1	Faroe Islands	v	Moldova	Groesbeek, Netherlands
		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

31 March 2026 (2026-03-31) 2027 UEFA Euro Under-19 qualifying round 1	Moldova	v	North Macedonia	Escharen, Netherlands
		Report		Stadium: Sportpark De Kranenhof

2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Round 1. League B

Group 5

Pos	Team	Promotion or transfer
1	Netherlands (H)	Promotion to Round 2 League A
2	Faroe Islands	Transfer to Round 2 League B
3	North Macedonia
4	Moldova

First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendly matches against Azerbaijan on 25 and 27 February 2026.^[2]

Squad is correct as of 18 November 2025, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Nichita Lebedev	(2008-04-15) 15 April 2008	Zimbru Chișinău U19
1GK	Bogdan Suruceanu	(2007-03-18) 18 March 2007	Dacia Buiucani U19
1GK	Hector Sula		Montañesa

2DF	Nichita Pavlenco	(2008-02-12) 12 February 2008	Sheriff Tiraspol U19
2DF	Artemii Mura	(2008-09-04) 4 September 2008	Academia Rebeja-UTM
2DF	Maxim Labic	(2008-12-29) 29 December 2008	Academia Rebeja-UTM
2DF	Bogdan Puiu	(2008-09-22) 22 September 2008	Zimbru Chișinău U19
2DF	Eugen Macarov	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008	DJK Ingolstadt
2DF	Ianis Merlan		Grama
2DF	Dumitru Marciuc		Academia Rebeja-UTM
2DF	David Dogot		Real Murcia

3MF	Andrei Fenin	(2007-03-07) 7 March 2007	Sheriff Tiraspol U19
3MF	Ivan Jeju	(2008-09-11) 11 September 2008	Sheriff Tiraspol U19
3MF	Mihail Corotcov	(2008-07-24) 24 July 2008	Sheriff Tiraspol U19
3MF	Bogdan Roșca	(2008-02-06) 6 February 2008	Real Sireți
3MF	Nichita Josan	(2008-03-09) 9 March 2008	Hellas Verona U18
3MF	Tamer Wati	(2008-03-06) 6 March 2008	Zimbru Chișinău U19
3MF	Gherman Gherastovschi	(2008-08-29) 29 August 2008	Tallinna Kalev U19
3MF	Kevin Croitoru		Corduff
3MF	Alexandru Robu		Zimbru Chișinău U19
3MF	Sebastian Suruceanu		Dacia Buiucani U19

4FW	Nichita Cucuruz	(2009-09-12) 12 September 2009	1. FC Kaiserslautern U17
4FW	Ion Prisacari	(2008-01-12) 12 January 2008	Zimbru Chișinău U19

Competition history

Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 19 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January. Starting with qualification for the 2002 tournament, the competition was renamed from Under-18 Championship to Under-19 Championship, but the eligibility rules did not change.

UEFA U-18/19 European Championship

Under-18 era, 1995–2001
Under-19 era, 2002–present

Hosted tournament Hosted qualifying

UEFA U-18/19 European Championship record										UEFA U-18/19 Qualification record^[3]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Campaign
1995	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	6	7	−1	1995
1996										2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	1996
1997										3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	1997
1998										2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1998
1999										3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	1999
2000										3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	2000
2001										3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	2001
2002										3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	2002
2003										3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	2003
2004										3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2004
2005										6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	2005	2005
2006										3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	2006
2007										3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2007
2008										6	2	2	2	5	5	0	2008	2008
2009										3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	2009
2010										3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	2010
2011										6	1	1	4	3	17	−14	2011	2011
2012										3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	2012
2013										3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	2013
2014										3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	2014
2015										3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2015
2016										3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	2016
2017										3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	2017
2018										3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2018
2019										3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	2019
~~2020~~										3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	2020
2022										3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	2022
2023										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	2023
2024										3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	2024
2025										3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2025
2026										3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	2026
2027	In progress									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2029	To be determined									To be determined
Total	0/31									99	12	16	71	61	248	−187

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 18 November 2025.^[4]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2
Belarus	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Belgium	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2
Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Cyprus	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
England	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14
Estonia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	2	0	0	2	4	10	−6
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Hungary	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Iceland	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2
Israel	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9
Italy	5	0	1	4	2	20	−18
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Malta	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	8	0	2	6	0	20	−20
North Macedonia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Northern Ireland	4	0	0	4	2	14	−12
Norway	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Poland	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4
Portugal	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6
Republic of Ireland	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6
Romania	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9
Russia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scotland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Serbia	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Sweden	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
Wales	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9
Total	99	12	16	71	61	248	−187

References

^ "Noutăți". fmf.md.
^ Lot fmf.md
^ "Statistics". RSSSF.
^ "H2H". fmf.md.

External links

Moldova U-19 at uefa.com
Moldova U-19 at soccerway

[1] "Noutăți". fmf.md.

[lot-2] Lot fmf.md

[3] "Statistics". RSSSF.

[4] "H2H". fmf.md.

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