After winning the title of champion with Milsami the previous season, coach Iurie Osipenco left the team from Orhei. He tendered his resignation on November 1, after the 0-1 defeat suffered to Speranta in the 13th stage of the National Division, IPN reports.

Osipenco left Milsami on the seventh place. “My players showed not even 50% of their potential. I’m disappointed. I think my dismissal is correct and I hope that the new coach will wake the team up,” Iurie Osipenco told a news conference.

Osipenco also coached Rapid Ghidighici and the national Under 19 team. With Rapid, he reached the final of Moldova’s Cup in 2012, which was lost to Milsami in the penalty shootout.