FC Zimbru Chișinău in European football

Zimbru in European football

Club	Zimbru Chișinău
First entry	1993–94 Champions League
Latest entry	2016–17 Europa League

FC Zimbru is a Moldovan football club based in Botanica, Chișinău. They were the first Moldovan club to enter European competition, entering the UEFA Champions League in 1993. Since then, the club has competed in every UEFA-organised competition, with the exception of the now-defunct Intertoto Cup.
Zimbru played their first European match on 18 August 1993 against Beitar from Jerusalem. The match took place at Republican Stadium in Chișinău, ended in a 1–1 draw, with Radu Rebeja scoring the equalizer in front of 13,000 spectators.
Midfielder Boris Cebotari holds the record for playing in the most European matches for Zimbru with 31 appearances while Vadim Boreț, Victor Berco and Sergiu Epureanu are the club's top scorers with five goals each. In total, Zimbru have appeared in 19 European competitions.

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1993–94	Champions League	Preliminary round	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	0–2	1–3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Preliminary round	Kispest Honvéd	0–1	1–4	1–5
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Preliminary round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	0–0	2–0
		First round	RAF Jelgava	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Second round	Sparta Prague	0–2	3–4	3–6
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Preliminary round	Hajduk Split	0–4	1–2	1–6
1997–98	Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	0–3	1–4
1998–99	Champions League	First qualifying round	Újpest	1–0	1–3	2–3
1999–00	Champions League	First qualifying round	St Patrick's Athletic	5–0	5–0	10–0
		Second qualifying round	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Third qualifying round	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	0–2	0–2
	UEFA Cup	First round	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	0–3	0–3
2000–01	Champions League	First qualifying round	KF Tirana	3–2	3–2	6–4
		Second qualifying round	Maribor	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Third qualifying round	Sparta Prague	0–1	0–1	0–2
	UEFA Cup	First round	Hertha Berlin	1–2	0–2	1–4
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Gaziantepspor	0–0	1–4	1–4
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	IFK Göteborg	3–1	2–2	5–3
		First round	Real Betis	0–2	1–2	1–4
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Litex Lovech	2–0	0–0	2–0
		First round	Aris	1–1	1–2	2–3
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Qarabağ	1–1	2–1 (aet)	3–2
		Second qualifying round	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	0–3	0–3
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Artmedia Petržalka	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2009–10	Europa League	First qualifying round	Okzhetpes	1–2	2–0	3–2
		Second qualifying round	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	0–1	0–1
2012–13	Europa League	First qualifying round	Bangor City	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Second qualifying round	Young Boys Bern	1–0 (aet)	0–1	1–1 (1–4 p)
2014–15	Europa League	First qualifying round	Shkëndija Tetovo	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Second qualifying round	CSKA Sofia	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Third qualifying round	Grödig	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		Play-off round	PAOK	1–0	0–4	1–4
2016–17	Europa League	First qualifying round	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–1	3–2	3–3 (a)
		Second qualifying round	Osmanlıspor	2–2	0–5	2–7

Overall record

By competition

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
UEFA Champions League	4	16	7	2	7	24	17	+7	43.75
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	–3	0.00
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	14	50	13	15	22	46	71	–25	26.00
Total	19	68	20	18	30	71	92	–21	29.41

By country

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	2	2	0	0	6	4	+2
Austria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Azerbaijan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Bulgaria	4	1	3	0	3	1	+2
Croatia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	3	8	−5
England	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3
Georgia	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1
Germany	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Greece	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4
Hungary	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5
Ireland	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
Israel	4	1	2	1	3	3	0
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Latvia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Macedonia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
Portugal	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Slovakia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Spain	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Sweden	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Turkey	4	0	2	2	3	11	−8
Ukraine	4	0	2	2	1	7	−6
Wales	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1

All-time goal scorers in UEFA club competitions

Names, that appear in bold, indicate players currently playing for Zimbru.

Statistics are correct as of 21 July 2016.

Key

CL	UEFA Champions League
CWC	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEL	UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Ranking	Name	Years	CL	CWC	UEL	Total
1	Vadim Boreț	1999–2000	5	0	0	5
1	Victor Berco	1999–2000	5	0	0	5
1	Sergiu Epureanu	1999–2000	4	0	1	5
4	Boris Cebotari	2001–2003	0	0	4	4
5	Konstantin Kulik	1998–2000	3	0	0	3
5	Igor Oprea	1999–2000	3	0	0	3
5	Vladislav Gavriliuc	1995	0	0	3	3
5	Ion Testemițanu	1995	0	0	3	3
5	Daniel Bălașa	2003–2006	0	0	3	3
10	Boris Tropaneț	1999	2	0	0	2
10	Radu Rebeja	1993–1995	1	0	1	2
10	Viorel Frunză	2002	0	0	2	2
10	Levan Gvazava	2002	0	0	2	2
10	Aleksei Zhdanov	2007	0	0	2	2
10	Oleg Molla	2012	0	0	2	2
10	Serghei Alexeev	2014	0	0	2	2
10	Emerson	2016	0	0	2	2
18	Serghei Dodul	1999	1	0	0	1
18	Sergiy Zgura	1997	0	1	0	1
18	Anatol Tîmbur	1994	0	0	1	1
18	Alexandru Suharev	1995	0	0	1	1
18	Iurie Miterev	1996	0	0	1	1
18	Vladimir Shishelov	2003	0	0	1	1
18	Galust Petrosyan	2006	0	0	1	1
18	Sergiu Chirilov	2006	0	0	1	1
18	Kyrylo Kovalchuk	2007	0	0	1	1
18	Ion Demerji	2009	0	0	1	1
18	Oleg Andronic	2009	0	0	1	1
18	Gheorghe Andronic	2009	0	0	1	1
18	Akhmet Barakhoev	2012	0	0	1	1
18	Alexandru Grosu	2014	0	0	1	1
18	Landry Amani	2014	0	0	1	1
18	Alexandru Pașcenco	2014	0	0	1	1
18	Ștefan Burghiu	2014	0	0	1	1
18	Ion Jardan	2016	0	0	1	1
18	Veaceslav Zagaevschi	2016	0	0	1	1
18	Ilie Damașcan	2016	0	0	1	1

Own goal

• Simon Handle (in the match Grödig – Zimbru)

Most appearances in UEFA club competitions

Statistics are correct as of 21 July 2016.

Place	Name	Period	Apps
1	Boris Cebotari	1993–2006	31
2	Iurie Miterev	1993–2001	29
3	Vadim Boreț	1994–2000	27
4	Denis Romanenco	1994–2001	24
5	Igor Oprea	1996–2003	23
6	Valeriu Catînsus Sergiu Epureanu	1998–2001 1998–2001	20
8	Konstantin Kulik	1998–2001	19
9	Victor Berco	1998–2001	18
10	Ion Testemițanu Radu Rebeja Andriy Telesnenko Ruslan Gilazev	1993–1998 1993–1998 1998–2000 1999–2000	16

UEFA ranking 2021

Rank	Team	Points
408	Zimbru Chișinău	1.375

As of 29 May 2021. Source

Record results

• Biggest home win: Zimbru – St Patrick's Dublin 5:0 (21 July 1999)
• Biggest home defeat: Zimbru – Hajduk Split 0:4 (17 July 1996)
• Biggest away win: St Patrick's Dublin – Zimbru 0:5 (14 July 1999)
• Biggest away defeat: Osmanlıspor Ankara – Zimbru 5:0 (21 July 2016)

See also

• Moldovan football clubs in European competitions

External links

• Zimbru Chișinău at UEFA.com
• Zimbru Chișinău at worldfootball.net
• Zimbru Chișinău at mackolik.com
• Zimbru Chișinău at soccerway.com