FC Nistru Chişinău
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Zimbru Chișinău |
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| Nickname(s) | "Galben-verzii" (The yellow-greens) |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Ground | Zimbru Stadium |
| Capacity | 10,400 |
| Owner | |
| President | Nicolae Ciornîi |
| Head Coach | Ștefan Stoica |
| League | Divizia Națională |
| 2016–17 | 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Full name | Zimbru Stadium |
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| Location | Botanica, Chișinău |
| Owner | Zimbru Chișinău |
| Capacity | 10,400 |
| Field size | 105 x 68 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | 1,600 lux |
| Construction | |
| Built | March 2004 – May 2006 |
| Opened | 20 May 2006 |
| Construction cost | $11 million |
| Architect | Ceproserving SA |
| Structural engineer | INCONEX-COM |
FC Zimbru Chișinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. They play in the Divizia Națională, the top division in Moldovan football.
Founded in the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1947, Zimbru entered the Soviet Top League in 1956 and spent 11 seasons in it before their last relegation in 1983. The team was the early force in the independent Moldovan National Division, winning all of the first five championships and eight of the first nine, but have not won since.
Zimbru Chișinău was formed in 1947 in the Moldovan Soviet Republic (present day Republic of Moldova). 'Zimbru' is a Romanian word for a form of European bison, but the club also previously functioned under names such as Dynamo, Burevestnik, Moldova, Avântul, and Nistru. The Soviet Era was spent mostly in Class B of the regional league until eventual promotion to Class A. The club then flitted between Class A and Class B as well as spending time in the Soviet Top League and First League. In total, Zimbru spent 11 seasons in the Top League between 1956 and 1983. Zimbru had their biggest success in 1956 when they finished in 6th place out of 12 in the Soviet Top League and in 1963 when they reached the quarter-finals of the Soviet Cup.
Zimbru's fortunes changed after the fall of the USSR and the establishment of the Republic of Moldova. The club won all five of the initial seasons of the Moldovan National Division (1992–96), and apart from finishing as runners-up to Chișinău rivals Constructorul Chișinău in 1996–97, won eight of the first nine championships. Zimbru have also won the Moldovan Cup six times, including a double in 1997–98 and the Moldovan Super Cup in 2014. Zimbru's biggest rivalry is with Sheriff Tiraspol, who in the last sixteen years have won fourteen championships.
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