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| Nickname(s) | Tricolorii (The Tricolours) | |||
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| Association | Moldovan Football Federation (FMF) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Serghei Cleșcenco | |||
| Captain | Vadim Rață | |||
| Most caps | Alexandru Epureanu (100) | |||
| Top scorer | Ion Nicolaescu (15) | |||
| Home stadium | Zimbru Stadium | |||
| FIFA code | MDA | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 153  2 (4 April 2024)[1] | |||
| Highest | 37 (April 2008) | |||
| Lowest | 181 (October 2021) | |||
| First international | ||||
Unofficial Moldova 2–4 Georgia  (Chișinău, SSR Moldova, Soviet Union; 2 July 1991) Official  United States 1–1 Moldova (Jacksonville, United States; 16 April 1994) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
 Pakistan 0–5 Moldova (Amman, Jordan; 18 August 1992) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
 Denmark 8–0 Moldova (Herning, Denmark; 28 March 2021) | ||||
| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 0 | |||
| Best result | 5th in Qualification Group (2014 qualifying) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 0 | |||
| Best result | 5th in Qualification Group (2008 qualifying) | |||
| Website | fmf.md | |||
The Moldova national football team (Romanian: Echipa națională de fotbal a Moldovei) represents Moldova in men's international football and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău and their head coach is Serghei Cleșcenco. Shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on 2 July 1991.
Two of their three best results in the 2020s came during the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2024, with a win over Poland (3-2) in Chişinău, coming back from a 0-2 deficit, and a draw against Czech Republic (0-0) in Chișinău. In 2007, Moldova upset Hungary 3–0 in Chișinău in Euro 2008 qualifying. Another notable result was a 5–2 win over Montenegro during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The team has never qualified for the final stages of the UEFA European Championship nor the FIFA World Cup since first entering qualifying in 1994.
Following Moldova's 4–0 defeat to England in September 1997, British writer and comedian Tony Hawks travelled to Moldova to challenge and beat all 11 Moldovan international footballers at tennis. The feature film version of the book of the same name, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, was filmed in and around Chișinău in May and June 2010 and was released in the spring of 2012.
