2009–10 Moldovan Cup

2009–10 Moldovan Cup
Cupa Moldovei
Tournament details
CountryMoldova
Teams32
Defending championsSheriff
Final positions
ChampionsSheriff
Runner-upDacia
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored73 (2.43 per match)

2009–10 Moldovan Cup was the nineteenth season of the Moldovan annual football tournament. The competition started on 16 September 2009 with the first round and ended with the final held in spring 2010. The defending champions were Sheriff, who won their sixth cup final last season, and defended their title this season.

First round

This round involved 16 teams, including four from the Moldovan National Division: CSCA-Rapid, Academia, Viitorul Orhei and Sfîntul Gheorghe. These matches took place on 16 September 2009.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Costuleni 0–2 CSCA-Rapid
FC Dava Soroca 0–3 Academia
FC Olimp Ungheni 1–1 (aet)
7–6 (p.)
Locomotiv Bălţi
Cricova 2–1 (aet) Intersport-Aroma
FC Viişoara 1–2 Viitorul Orhei
Universitatea Agrară 2–1 Fortuna
FC Cahul-2005 1–0 Sfîntul Gheorghe
FC Victoria 1–3 (aet) RS Lilcora

Second round

This round featured the eight winners from the previous round as well as the eight remaining clubs from the Moldovan National Division. The matches were played on 30 September 2009 except for the match between Sheriff and CSCA-Rapid, which took place on 22 November 2009.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Nistru 0–2 Academia
FC Olimp Ungheni 0–1 Iskra-Stal
Cricova 0–1 Dinamo Bender
Olimpia 2–1 RS Lilcora
Viitorul Orhei 0–2 Dacia
Tiraspol 3–2 (aet) FC Cahul-2005
Zimbru 8–0 Universitatea Agrară
Sheriff 5–0 CSCA-Rapid

Quarterfinals

This round featured the eight winners from the previous round and was played over two legs. The first legs were played on 22 November 2009 and the second legs were played on 28 November 2009 except for the matches between Sheriff and Academia, which were played on 23 February and 30 March 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Bender 0–5 Iskra-Stal 0–2 0–3
Olimpia 3–1 Zimbru 3–1 0–0
Tiraspol 1–3 Dacia 0–0 1–3
Sheriff 1–0 Academia 0–0 1–0 (aet)

Semifinals

This round featured the four winners from the previous round and is played over two legs. The first legs took place on 14 April 2010 and the second legs took place on 28 April 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sheriff (a) 1–1 Iskra-Stal 0–0 1–1
Dacia 5–2 Olimpia 4–2 1–0

Final

Dacia0 – 2Sheriff
Report França 27', 52'

Top goalscorers

# Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Brazil Jymmy França 4 Sheriff
Moldova Veaceslav Sofroni 3 Zimbru
Ukraine Roman Svetlichniy Iskra-Stal
3 Moldova Andrei Corneencov 2 Sheriff
Moldova Gheorghe Andronic Zimbru
Moldova Eugen Sidorenco
Ghana Eric Sackey Dacia
Moldova Ghenadie Orbu

References