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FC Sheriff Tiraspol

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FC SheriffFull nameFootball Club
SheriffFounded1997GroundSheriff Stadium
Tiraspol, MoldaviaCapacity14,300LeagueDivizia Naţională2005-061st　Home colours　Away coloursFC Sheriff Tiraspol (in Cyrillic: ФК Шериф Тирасполь) is a Moldovan football club, playing in the city of Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol which is a different (and competing) team.
The club was founded in 1997 by the Sheriff company, which recently constructed the luxurious Sheriff Stadium in Tiraspol to serve as the team's home ground. It has dominated Moldavan football since 2000, leading the national division together with its main rival, FC Zimbru Chişinău.
FC Sheriff was the first club in Transnistria to sign contract players from Brazil and Africa.[citation needed] From the 2001/2002 season onwards, the club has tried to reach the group stage in the UEFA Champions League every year, but failed in the second qualifying round every time.

[edit] Achievements

• Divizia Naţională: 7

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

• Moldavian Cup: 4

1999, 2001, 2002, 2006

• CIS Cup: 1

2003
[edit] Playing squad

As of February, 2007:
No.PositionPlayer1GKSergey Pashenko2DFAbdoul-Gafar Mamah2MFТassembedo Sumaila3MFOleg Gumenyuk4DFFernando Pereira Wallas5DFVazha Tarkhnishvili6MFFlorent Rouamba7MFAndrei Corneencov8MFVitaly Bulat9FWAlexey Kuchuk10FWLeandro Farias11FWAlexandr SuvorovNo.PositionPlayer13DFBen Idrisse Derme14MFWilfried Benjamin Balima15DFEninful Kwami Akoete18DFCristian Arbanas19DFAlexander Epuraynu21FWMarian Pirsa23DFAhmed El Jappaoui24DFIbrahim Gnanou25GKAlexandru Melenciuk27FWAlberto Thiago28DFJose Nadson