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  • Moldova suffered its 4th consecutive defeat
  • Record for most Moldova caps: Serghei Secu's 24th appearance
  • Serghei Rogaciov is the latest born international footballer of Moldova
  • Alessandro Nesta is the latest born international footballer of Italy

Moldova vs Italy match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 5 October 1996, 21:15 (UTC+3:00)
National teams, score:
Moldova
1-3
Italy
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2
Referee:
Gerd Grabher, Lustenau /
Austria
Attendance, venue:
4 085, Stadionul Republican, Chișinău
Goals:
0-1 (8') Fabrizio Ravanelli, 1-1 (12') Alexandru Curteian, 1-2 (69') Pierluigi Casiraghi, 1-3 (87') Fabrizio Ravanelli (pen.)
Moldova football team line-up in match Nr.26
Managed by head coach Ion Caras
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Denis Romanenco  
5
21
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
Serghei Secu  
24
23
FC Tiligul, Tiraspol
Ion Testemiţanu   10'
11
22
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
Vasile Toloconnicov  
1
22
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
Vitali Culibaba  
7
25
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
Vladimir Gaidamaşciuc  
15
25
FC Tiligul, Tiraspol
Alexandru Curteian  Captain  52' 
17
22
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
52' Iurie Miterev  
13
21
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
Sergiu Epureanu  
4
20
FC Agro, Chişinău
Oleg Şişchin  
4
21
FC Constructorul, Chişinău
Radu Rebeja   78' 
16
23
FC Zimbru, Chişinău
78' Serghei Rogaciov  
1
19
FC Olimpia, Bălţi
Serghei Cleşcenco  
18
24
Go Ahead Eagles, Deventer
Italy football team line-up in match Nr.537
Managed by technical commissioner Arrigo Sacchi
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Francesco Toldo   15'
4
24
AC Fiorentina, Firenze
Alessandro Nesta   32'
1
20
SS Lazio SpA, Roma
Ciro Ferrara  
34
29
Juventus FC, Torino
Alessandro Costacurta  
40
30
Milan AC, Milano
Paolo Maldini  Captain 
72
28
Milan AC, Milano
Antonio Conte  
7
27
Juventus FC, Torino
Roberto Di Matteo  
16
26
Chelsea FC, London
Amedeo Carboni   70' 
15
31
AS Roma SpA, Roma
70' Gianfranco Zola  
24
30
Parma AC, Parma
Enrico Chiesa   46' 
4
25
Parma AC, Parma
46' Angelo Di Livio  
8
30
Juventus FC, Torino
Pierluigi Casiraghi  
35
27
SS Lazio SpA, Roma
Fabrizio Ravanelli   18'
12
27
Middlesbrough FC, Middlesbrough
Historical data sources
La Stampa (Turin), №275, 06 Oct 1996; La Stampa - Archivio storico dal 1867
Il Piccolo (Trieste), №232, 06 Oct 1996; Archivio Storico de Il Piccolo
Comments
Moldova vs Italy post-match head-to-head
WP
0.0
P
1
W
0
D
0
L
1
GF
1
GA
3
GF/P
1.000
GA/P
3.000
Av attendance
4 085
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
Moldova:
players - 13 (from 6 clubs)
goals - 1 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 22.684 (born 1971-1977)
average caps - 10.462
cautions - 1, expulsions - 0
Italy:
players - 13 (from 8 clubs)
goals - 3 (penalties - 1, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 27.725 (born 1965-1976)
average caps - 20.923
cautions - 3, expulsions - 0
Moldova national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Moldova vs England 0-3
Chișinău, Sunday 1 September 1996
Next match:
Friendly International
Indonesia vs Moldova 1-2
Genoa, Wednesday 30 October 1996
Moldova football matches
Italy national team matches
Previous match:
1996 UEFA European Championship
Germany vs Italy 0-0
Manchester, Wednesday 19 June 1996
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Italy vs Georgia 1-0
Perugia, Wednesday 9 October 1996
Italy football matches
Top Moldova goal scorers
1. Iurie Miterev (1992 - 1995) - 5 goals
2. Serghei Alexandrov (1992) - 5 goals
3. Serghei Cleşcenco (1994 - 1995) - 4 goals
4. Ion Testemiţanu (1995 - 1996) - 3 goals
5. Alexandru Spiridon (1991 - 1992) - 2 goals
6. Igor Oprea (1992 - 1994) - 2 goals
7. Alexandru Curteian (1995 - 1996) - 2 goals
(correct as of October 5, 1996)
top Moldova goal scorers
Top Italy goal scorers
1. Gigi Riva (1967 - 1973) - 35 goals
2. Giuseppe Meazza (1930 - 1938) - 33 goals
3. Silvio Piola (1935 - 1946) - 30 goals
... Pierluigi Casiraghi (1992 - 1996) - 11 goals
... Fabrizio Ravanelli (1995 - 1996) - 7 goals
(correct as of October 5, 1996)
top Italy goal scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 05 Oct 1996
Stadionul Republican, Chișinău
Moldova 1-3 Italy
Goals: Ravanelli 8, Curteian 12, Casiraghi 69, Ravanelli 87 (11m)

Moldova: Romanenco, Secu, Testemiţanu, Toloconnicov, Culibaba, Gaidamaşciuc, Curteian (c) (Miterev 52), Epureanu, Şişchin, Rebeja (Rogaciov 78), Cleşcenco. Managed by Caras.
Booked: Testemiţanu 10.

Italy: Toldo, Nesta, Ferrara, Costacurta, Maldini (c), Conte, Di Matteo, Carboni (Zola 70), Chiesa (Di Livio 46), Casiraghi, Ravanelli. Managed by Sacchi.
Booked: Toldo 15, Ravanelli 18, Nesta 32.

Att: 4 085,
Ref: Grabher (Austria)

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