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Moldova

Five years of results, read from this team's own point of view.

Rating

25

Below average — bottom 17% · Glicko-2 184 ±98

Record

8-0-5

61.5% of 13 matches in the last five years

Average margin

+4.8

23.6 for, 18.8 against

Home advantage

+20.1

Points per match better at home

Attack

-10%

23.6 scored per match, against the placed field's average

Defence

+31%

18.8 conceded per match; positive is fewer than average

Haiducii (The Outlaws)
Head coach
Sergiu Motoc
Captain
Alexandru Mutean
Union
Moldovan Rugby Federation
Home ground
Gelu Memorial Stadium
First match
Moldova 22–6 LIT (Moldova; 10 October 1991)
Most caps
Timur Ungurean (67)
Leading scorer
Timur Ungurean (500)
Most tries
Oleg Prepelița (27)

Anthem

Limba noastrăOur Tongue

Moldovan · June 7, 1994 · 1:11

Words
Moldovan lyrics 1. Limba noastră-i o comoară În adîncuri înfundată Un şirag de piatră rară Pe moşie revărsată. 2. Limba noastră-i foc ce arde Într-un neam, ce fără veste S-a trezit din somn de moarte Ca viteazul din poveste. 5. Limba noastră-i frunză verde, Zbuciumul din codrii veşnici, Nistrul lin, ce-n valuri pierde Ai luceferilor sfeşnici. 9. Limba noastra-i limbă sfîntă, Limba vechilor cazanii, Care-o plîng şi care-o cîntă Pe la vatra lor ţăranii. 12. Răsări-va o comoară În adîncuri înfundată, Un şirag de piatră rară Pe moşie revărsată. English translation 1. A treasure is our tongue that surges From deep shadows of the past, Chain of precious stones that scattered All over our ancient land. 2. A burning flame is our tongue Amidst a people waking From a deathly sleep, no warning, Like the brave man of the stories. 5. Our tongue is the greenest leaf Of the everlasting forests, Gentle river Nistru’s ripples Hiding starlight bright and shining. 9. Our tongue is more than holy, Words of homilies of old Wept and sung perpetually In the homesteads of our folks. 12. A treasure will spring up swiftly From deep shadows of the past, Chain of precious stones that scattered All over our ancient land.

Recording and words from nationalanthems.info, used under CC BY 4.0.

From Wikipedia, read 2026-10-19. Not an input to any forecast — the rating does not know who is coaching.

Recent results
  • Bulgaria2026-04-25 · away26–23won
  • Ukraine2026-04-11 · home15–31lost
  • Turkey2026-04-04 · home17–7won
  • Denmark2025-05-24 · away6–41lost
  • Bulgaria2025-04-18 · away17–18lost

Newest first, from Moldova's own point of view. Home and away are as the record stores them; a fixture the record does not mark neutral is listed as one side's home, which is right for a league round and wrong for a final played at a third ground.

Shape
Matches decided by seven or fewer15%
Matches totalling 50 or more23%
Margin swing22.5 points
Last five, most recent firstwonlostwonlostlostW1

Biggest win: 48-6 v Bulgaria

Heaviest defeat: 6-41 v Denmark

Where they stand (of 65 ranked teams)
Rating25
1Q1 32Med 49Q3 6492

Below average — bottom 17%

Box is the middle half of the ranked field, line is the median, dot is Moldova. The scale is this domain's own and does not compare across the two.

Most similar teams
Teams with too few matches to rate confidently, which are most of the outliers.

Teams that play alike sit close together. The two axes hold 72% of the variation between teams. Component 1 (42%) rises with more average margin and win rate. Component 2 (30%) rises with more high-scoring matches and margin swing.

30 of 66 teams sit too close together to name without covering another team's point, so they are drawn unlabelled. Every dot is still a link to that team, and hovering one names it.

  1. 1England0.33
  2. 2Zimbabwe0.41
  3. 3Denmark0.48
  4. 4Serbia0.88
  5. 5Samoa0.94

Distance in the projection above, nearest first.

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