FC Milsami Orhei

Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei, commonly known as Milsami Orhei or simply Milsami, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Orhei, Moldova, currently playing in the Super Liga, the top tier of Moldovan football.

Milsami Orhei

Full name	Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei
Nickname(s)	Vulturii roșii (The Red Eagles)
Founded	2005; 20 years ago (2005) as Viitorul Step-Soci
Ground	CSR Orhei
Capacity	2,539
President	Ilan Shor
Head Coach	Igor Picușceac
League	Super Liga
2023–24	Super Liga, 4th of 8
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Previously known as FC Viitorul Orhei, it won its first league title in 2015, becoming the first team to take the title away from the cities of Chișinău and Tiraspol.

History

2005 – founded as Viitorul Step-Soci
2008 – renamed Viitorul Orhei
2010 – renamed Milsami Orhei
2011 – renamed Milsami-Ursidos Orhei
2012 – renamed Milsami Orhei

Current squad

As of 8 March 2025^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MDA Emil Tîmbur 4 DF  BEL Danny Lupano 5 DF  NGA Christopher Nwaeze (on loan from Zorya Luhansk) 6 DF  MDA Ion Ghimp 7 MF  MDA Daniel Lisu 9 FW  NGA Stephen Gopey 10 MF  MDA Radu Gînsari 11 MF  MDA Sorin Chele 12 GK  MDA Denis Vornic 13 MF  MDA Vasile Luchita 15 MF  NGA Ime Ndon 16 FW  MDA Alexandru Antoniuc

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  SRB Todor Glišović 21 DF  MDA Vladislav Zavalișca 24 DF  NED Dehninio Muringen 25 FW  FRA Nabil Khali 28 FW  NOR Kabamba Kalabatama 29 DF  NED Hennos Asmelash 31 GK  MDA Mihail Cioban 32 MF  CMR Vitus Amougui — MF  BEL Olivier Rommens

Coaching staff

As of 25 May 2024

Position	Name
Head coach	Igor Picușceac
Assistant coaches	Ghenadie Pușca
	Oleg Șișchin
Goalkeeping coach	Vladimir Mura

Honours

League

• Divizia Națională
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 2017, 2018
• Divizia A
  • Winners (1): 2008–09

Cup

• Moldovan Cup
  • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
• Moldovan Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2019
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

League history

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup	Super Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)
2005–06	"B" Division	4th	20	11	4	5	34	18	37		—	—
2006–07		3rd	18	9	7	2	38	15	34		—	—
2007–08	"A" Division	7th	32	15	4	13	61	45	49		—	—
2008–09		1st	30	20	3	7	59	36	63	First round	—	—
2009–10	Super Liga	8th	33	10	6	17	32	45	36	Second round	—	—		Alexandru Maximov (13)
2010–11		3rd	39	23	9	7	71	23	78	Third round	—	—		Gheorghe Boghiu (26)
2011–12		4th	33	14	5	14	41	37	47	Winners	—	EL	1Q	Ademar (7)
2012–13		4th	32	17	4	11	47	30	55	Semi-finals	Winners	EL	2Q	Gheorghe Boghiu (16)
2013–14		6th	33	17	5	11	54	32	56	Semi-finals	—	EL	3Q	Gheorghe Boghiu (13)
2014–15		1st	24	17	4	3	50	15	55	Semi-finals	—	—		Romeo Surdu (12)
2015–16		6th	27	10	6	11	33	23	36	Runners-up	Runners-up	EL	Q PO	Romeo Surdu (4)
2016–17		3rd	30	22	2	6	57	20	68	Quarter-finals	—	—		Ilya Belous (7) Igor Banović (7)
2017		2nd	18	13	1	4	26	12	40	Winners	—	EL	1Q	Constantin Bogdan (4) Alexandru Dedov (4)
2018		2nd	28	13	6	9	36	24	45	Semi-finals	—	EL	1Q	Mihai Plătică (7) Alexandru Antoniuc (7)
2019		5th	28	10	9	9	30	28	39	Quarter-finals	Winners	EL	1Q	Alexandru Antoniuc (5)
2020–21		3rd	36	22	7	7	71	37	73	Quarter-finals	—	—		Alexandru Antoniuc (15)
2021–22		3rd	28	15	6	7	50	31	51	Semi-finals	—	ECL	2Q	Sergiu Istrati (15)
2022–23		4th	24	7	7	10	22	30	28	Quarter-finals	—	ECL	2Q	Radu Gînsari (6)
2023–24		4th	24	11	5	8	31	26	38	Quarter-finals	—	ECL	1Q	Radu Gînsari (13)

European record

As of match played on 1 August 2024

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	050.00
UEFA Europa League	18	3	4	11	14	36	−22	016.67
UEFA Conference League	14	3	6	5	13	22	−9	021.43
Total	36	8	10	18	30	63	−33	022.22

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–3	0–2	1–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Aktobe	4–2	0–3	4–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	F91 Dudelange	1–0	0–0	1–0
		2Q	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4–2 pen.)
		3Q	Saint-Étienne	0–3	0–3	0–6
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	1–0	3–1
		3Q	Skënderbeu	0–2	0–2	0–4
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Saint-Étienne	1–1	0–1	1–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Fola Esch	1–1	1–2	2–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Slovan Bratislava	2−4	0–5	2–9
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FCSB	1–2	0–2	1–4
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Sarajevo	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2Q	Elfsborg	0–5	0–4	0–9
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Panevėžys	2–0	0–0	2–0
		2Q	KuPS	1–4	2–2	3−6
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Panevėžys	0–1	2–2	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	0–0	4–2	4–2
		2Q	Astana	1–1	0–1	1–2

UEFA rankings

As of 25 December 2024, Milsami Orhei is ranked 257th in the UEFA club coefficient rankings.

Rank	Team	Points
255	Mura	6.000
256	St. Patrick's Athletic	5.500
257	Milsami Orhei	5.500
258	La Fiorita	5.500
259	Gżira United	5.500

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