Sheriff FC

IT IS A FOOTBALL CLUB BASED IN TIRASPOL (TRANSNISTRIA), WHICH PLAYS IN THE NAŢIONALĂ

DIVIZIA, THE MAXIMUM CATEGORY OF MOLDAVAN FOOTBALL. THE CLUB WAS FOUNDED BY THE
SHERIFF SECURITY COMPANY ON APRIL 4, 1997, WHICH REMAINS A KEY SPONSOR. ALTHOUGH
TRANSNISTRIA DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1990 AND IS A SELF-PROCLAMED NON-
RECOGNIZED TERRITORY, IT IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS PART OF MOLDAVIA AND ITS
TEAMS PARTICIPATE IN THE MOLDOVA FEDERATION COMPETITIONS AND THEREFORE, IN THE
COMPETITIONS. 1

THE FIRST OFFICIAL TITLE OF THE CLUB WAS THE MOLDOVA CUP IN THE 1998-99 SEASON. THE
CLUB ACHIEVED PROMOTION TO THE TOP CATEGORY IN 1998, AFTER THE FIRST SEASON IN ITS
HISTORY, AND DOMINATED THE NAŢIONALĂ DIVIZE WITH TEN CONSECUTIVE TITLES FROM 2001
TO 2010; WON THE ELEVENTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2012. THE TEAM ALSO HAS SEVEN CUP TITLES
AND HAS GOT SIX NATIONAL DOUBLETS. IN THE 2021-22 SEASON, THE CLUB WILL PLAY THE UEFA
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY.

SHERIFF TIRASPOL SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE FOOTBALL CLUB TIRASPOL, A RIVAL
TEAM BASED IN THE SAME CITY.
The current three-time champion of the Moldavia league

The club's first official title was the Moldavian Cup in the 1998-99 season. The club achieved
promotion to the top flight in 1998, after the first season in its history, and dominated the
Divizia Naţională with ten consecutive titles from 2001 to 2010; won the eleventh
championship in 2012.
Victory against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu
REAL MADRID SUFFERED A STOP ON THIS DATE IN GROUP D OF THE
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND WAS DEFEATED 2-1 AGAINST THE SHERIFF OF
PERUVIAN GUSTAVO DULANTO.

SHERIFF OPENED THE SCORE WITH A GOAL FROM JASURBEK

YAKHSHIBOEV (25), BUT KARIM BENZEMA DRAWN PENALTY (65), BEFORE
SEBASTIEN THILL MADE THE FINAL 2-1 (89).
THE MAXIMUM PENALTY WAS TRANSFORMED BY BENZEMA (65) TO
BALANCE THE MEETING, ENCOURAGING THE MERENGUES, WHO
INCREASED THEIR HARASSMENT WITH THE ENTRY INTO THE FIELD OF
MODRIC, KROOS, RODRYGO AND JOVIC (66).
THE CHANGES WERE USED FOR REAL MADRID TO EXPAND THE FIELD,
ARRIVING AND TESTING FROM ALL AREAS OF THE FIELD, AFTER PASSING
A GOOD PART OF THE MEETING TRYING TO GET INSIDE.
BUT, WHEN THE MERENGUE TEAM WAS BETTER, LUXEMBOURG
SEBASTIEN THILL FIRED A SHOT FROM THE FRONT, SETTING THE
DEFINITIVE 2-1.
Champions league match technology glitches

In the 65th minute, the referee Lawrence Visser would sentence a penalty in
favor of Real Madrid, which Karim Benzema would mark, tying the game, but
what is not known is that this penalty reviewed by the var was a robbery from a
decision of technology.
Principal
players
 Cristiano da Silva Leite(EI)
The brazilian as part of the
team, he debuted on July 9,
2017 in the Moldovan
National Division match
against FC Bălți in a 5-0
result.
 Giorgos Athanasiadis(G)

On June 18, 2021 he was

loaned to Sheriff Tiraspol until
the summer of 2022.5 The
Greek goalkeeper had a vital
contribution in the qualifying
phase and the play-offs of the
Champions League 2021-22,
since in a total of eight games
kept a clean sheet in six of
them.
Gustavo Dulanto(DC)

On February 6, 2021, the Peruvian,

former player of UTC Cajamarca
signs for to the Moldovan club FC
Sheriff Tiraspol was announced.In
this team he is usually called
Gustavo Sanguinetti and wears the
clothing of his squad with his
maternal surname. On March 13 he
made his debut with Sheriff Tiraspol
entering in the 57th minute for
Stjepan Radeljic and assisted
Adama Traoré for 5-0 where his
team beat Floresti 6-0.