Academia Chișinău was a

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club from

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. They played in the

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, the top division in Moldovan football.

History

Academia came into existence in 2006 when

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, Alexandru Cojuhari, and Eduard Rotari decided to create a club with which to facilitate the growth of football talent in Moldova. The club began its journey in the second Moldovan football division, the Divizia "A". By the end of their second season in 2007–08, Academia was promoted to the

. Upon promotion, the club signed a partnership agreement with the

Technical University of Moldova The Technical University of Moldova (UTM; ) is a higher technical educational institution located in Chișinău, Moldova, and is the only such institute in the country to be accredited by the state. History The Technical University of Moldova ...

, and became known as Academia UTM Chișinău.

List of seasons

Managers

* Vitalie Culibaba / Oleg Bejenari *

Serghei Stroenco Serghei Stroenco (22 February 1967 – 24 December 2013) was a Moldovan professional footballer and manager. Serghei Stroenco has played a record number of 445 games in Moldovan National Division. He died in Vladimirovca at the age of 46 on 24 ...

(2010–11) *

Veaceslav Rusnac Veaceslav Rusnac (born 27 August 1975) is a Moldovan football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Moldovan Liga club Bălți. Honours Sheriff Tiraspol *Moldovan National Division: 2013–14 *Moldovan Cup Cupa Moldove ...

(July 1, 2011 – Sept 5, 2012) * Volodymyr Knysh (Sept 4, 2012 – May 31, 2013) *

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(July 26, 2013 – Dec 19, 2013) * Valeriu Catana (Jan 18, 2014 – July 25, 2014) * Vladimir Vusatîi (July 25, 2014–June, 2015) * Yuriy Hroshev ( June, 2015–Sept, 2015) * Vladimir Vusatîi (Sept, 2015–Oct, 2015) * Vlad Goian (Oct, 2015 – 2016) * Serghei Secu (2017)

Notable players

Igor Bugaiov Igor Bugaiov (also romanized as Bugaev; born 26 June 1984) is a retired Moldovan professional association football, footballer. Career Bugaiov began playing with his home-town team FC Dinamo Bender in the Moldovan National Division. In 2004, he ...

* Alexandru Dedov *

Radu Gînsari Radu Gînsari (born 10 December 1991) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Moldovan Liga club Milsami Orhei, which he captains. He also has Russian citizenship as Radu Leonidovich Gynsar () and was regi ...

Alexandru Suvorov Alexandru Suvorov (born 2 February 1987) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moldovan Liga 1 club Fălești. International goals :''Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.'' Honours Sheriff Tiraspo ...

Petru Leucă Petru Leucă (born 19 July 1990) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Zimbru Chișinău. Career One of Moldova's top young prospects, Leuca was a leading figure in the Moldovan top-flight, the Divizia Nationala, ...

* Igor Lambarschi

History

List of seasons

Managers

Notable players

References

See also