FC “Sheriff” in the season 2014/2015

Israeli midfielder Kobi Moyal ^[3] , Spanish defender Melli ^[4] , Moldavian midfielder Valentin Furdui ^[5] and Guinean defender Djibril Paye , who signed a contract with the Belgian club Sulte Waregem ^[6], left the team in the summer transfer window . In addition, the Sheriff left the Slovenian central defender Miral Samardzic , who has been the team captain since the summer of 2012, the Croatian club Rijeka bought the rights to the player ^[7] . A whole group of players joined the “yellow-black” squad: the line of attack was strengthened by Moldovans Radu Ginsar ^[8] , Maxim Yurku ^[9] and Maxim Antonyuk ^[10] , Dutchman Fred Benson ^{[11] [12]} and Brazilian Galvao ^[13] , midfielder position were signed by Moldavian Sergei Georgiev ^[14] , Brazilian Leonel Olympio ^[15] and Romanian defensive midfielder Andrei Muresan ^[16] . The Argentine goalkeeper Matias Degra ^[17] was bought for the goalkeeper position, in addition, the Moldavian goalkeeper Sergei Pashchenko , who had previously played in the “Sheriff” ^[18] , returned to the team. On loan, the Brazilian central defender Lizher Moreira ^[19] , the Colombian midfielder Blanco Elkin ^[20] and the Portuguese defender Joãozinho ^[21] joined the team’s camp. On June 27, at the main arena of the Sheriff sports complex, a match was held for the Super Bowl of Moldova, in which Tiraspol met Zimbru from Chisinau, the main time of the match ended in a draw - 1: 1, in the penalty shoot-out, the bison won 4-3 ^[22] . July 15, “Sheriff” started in the second qualifying round of the Champions League 2014/15 , “wasps” for the second season in a row sorted out relations with the Montenegrin “Sutjeska”. The home game ended with the victory of “Sheriff” with a score 2: 0, Andrey Mureshan and Ismail Isa ^{[23] [24]} scored. The return match in Montenegro was won by Tiraspol 3-0, goals scored by Benson, Luvannor and Isa ^[25] . In the third stage of qualification, the “yellow-black” got into the rivals the Slovak “ Slovan ”. The Sheriff lost the game at the Pasienka stadium in Bratislava with a score of 1: 2 ^[26] , the return match went without goals scored. The team left the Champions League and for the third year in a row got into the playoffs of the Europa League ^[27] , where the Croatian club “ Rijeka ” got into the rivals of the Transnistrian team, in which the former captain of “Sheriff” Miral Samardzic moved before the season ^[28] . On August 10, the team’s official website announced that Luvannor Enrique had left the club and signed a contract with Al-Shabab from the United Arab Emirates ^[29] . On August 14, it was announced that due to unsatisfactory results, Vyacheslav Rusnak was removed from the post of head coach of the club, Croatian Zoran Zekic was appointed to this position, from the beginning of 2014 he trained Sheriff-2 ^[30] . In the away match of the Europa League playoff round against Rijeka, the Tiraspol team lost 0-1, the only goal was scored already in the 85th minute of the match ^[31] . In Tiraspol, the “yellow-blacks” conceded three unanswered goals from the Croats and left the tournament ^[32] . In December 2014, Vazha Tarkhnishvili , who previously served as sports director, was appointed instead of Nikolai Zyuzin as the general director of the Sheriff football club ^[33] . In January 2015, Croatian specialist Miroslav Boyka became the assistant coach of Zoran Zekic, who had previously headed the Croatian Cybalia ^[34] , and the Croatian physical training coach Denis Puja also replenished the headquarters of the Tiraspol residents ^[35] . Two football players joined the team in the winter transfer window from the Romanian CFR : the Bosnian right defender Mateo Susic ^[36] and the Spanish defensive midfielder Aytor Monroy ^[37] , another Bosnian defender Amer Dupovac moved from “ Sarajevo ” to “Sheriff” ^[38] . In addition, the Moldavian striker Evgeni Rebenzha , who is a pupil of the Sheriff Football Academy ^{[39] [40],} was leased from Tiraspol. The Sheriff left Petar Lela , Fred Benson , Klisman Enrique , and Elkin Blanco and Lizher Moreira came to the end of the lease term ^{[41] [42] [43] [44] [45]} . On April 29, in a semifinal match of the Moldavian Cup, the team beat Milsami 3-0, thereby winning a ticket to the tournament finals, where he will meet with Dacia ^[46] . In the penultimate round of the Moldavian Championship 2014/15 , despite the victory over Zimbru, the Tiraspol team lost their chances of a champion title, as Dacia and Milsami won their matches, which were held in parallel ^[47] . In the last round, all three teams scored the same number of points - 55, the champion decided on additional indicators, the result of the season for Tiraspol residents was 3rd place ^[48] . Forward “Sheriff” Ricardinho became the top scorer of the championship, during the season, the Brazilian managed to distinguish himself 19 times ^[49] . On May 24, “Sheriff” won the Moldavian Cup for the eighth time, the main time of the final match with “Dacia” ended in a draw 2: 2, Ismail Isa ^{[50] [51] [52]} scored the winning goal in the second overtime . On May 26, the club announced the termination of the contract with head coach Zoran Zekic ^[53] . Under the leadership of the Croat, “Sheriff” held 21 matches in the championship: scored 16 wins, tied 3 times and suffered 2 losses ^[54] .

Basic composition

As of April 21, 2015 ^[55] .

Summer 2014

Come

Gone

* For rent
** From rental
*** Free agent

Winter 2014/15

Come

Gone

* For rent
** From rental
*** Free agent

According to the official website ^[56] . Updated on April 21, 2015

• Head coach: Zoran Zekic
• Assistant coach: Victor Mikhailov ^[57]
• Assistant coach: Miroslav Boyka ^[34]
• Goalkeeper coach: Anatoly Migul
• Physical Fitness Trainer: Denis Puja ^[58]
• Doctor: Vladimir Vremesh
• Masseur: Vyacheslav Alekseev
• Masseur: Alexander Karamanov

The first friendly match of “Sheriff” was the game with the Odessa “ Black Sea ”, which took place on July 6 in Tiraspol in the main arena of SC “Sheriff” . In it, the team lost to Odessa with a score of 1: 3 ^[60] . At the Turkish winter training camp, the team held five control meetings before the spring continuation of the Moldavian championship. So, the game against the Polish “ Vistula ” ended in a draw 1: 1. And matches against the Georgian club Samtredia and the Czech teams Bohemians , Zbroevka brought victory to the Tiraspol club. The meeting with the Romanian team “ Universitatya ” recorded the defeat of “Sheriff” with a score of 1: 2.

Second Qualification Round

Third Qualification Round

Playoff Round

Standings

And - games, B - wins, N - draws, P - losses, Goals - goals scored and goals conceded, ± - goal difference, O - points

Matches