Sports in Moldova

The Moldova Sports comprise of different kinds of game played by the people of Moldova. The popular Moldova sports include football, ruby, tennis and chess. Football is a very favorite game of the Moldova sportsmen. All the football matches are held under the governing body "The Football Association of Moldova (FMF)". Located in the capital city of Moldova, this association also organizes the Moldovan National Division matches and the Moldova national football team.

The football matches are usually held in the various stadiums of Moldova which include the Sheriff Stadium, Stadionul Calarasauca, Stadionul Dinamo (Chisinau), Stadionul Municipal and Stadionul Republican.There are several football clubs in the country including:

• FC Iskra-Stali Ribnita
• FC Nistru Otaci
• FC Olimpia Balti
• FC Politehnica Chisinau
• FC Rapid Ghidighici
• FC Sheriff Tiraspol
• CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
• FC Tiraspol
• SC Tornado
• FC Zimbru Chisinau

Apart from Football, chess is also an important Moldova sports. The well known players of this game include Mona May Karff, Almira Skripchenko, Gary Koshnitsky and Victor Bologan. The other sport of Moldova which has gained immense popularity over the years is tennis. The Moldova Davis Cup Team and the Moldova Fed cup Team are the two most significant tennis teams of the country.

The former represents the country in the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Both the tennis teams are administered by the Moldova Republic tennis Federation. Another popular sort of Moldova is Rugby. The Moldova National Rugby Union Team represents the country, Moldova at Rugby Union matches. The governing body of this team is Federatia de Rugby de Moldovei. Though the rugby team of Moldova is performing well but they are yet to be selected for the World Cup.