FC Sheriff's run at the top flight By lilpey1 Feb 14, 1997 FC Tiras Tiraspol is formed Jun 4, 1998 FC Tiras Triaspol changes name to FC Sheriff Period: Aug 20, 1998 to May 31, 1999 FC Sheriff plays in their first domestic league and finish fourth out of 10 teams May 14, 1999 FC Sheriff wins first domestic cup Sep 10, 2009 FC Sheriff qualify for the Europa League first time in club history Oct 23, 2009 FC Sheriff are eliminated from the Europa League Aug 4, 2010 FC Sheriff beat Dinamo Tirana to qualify for their first ever champions league match Sep 2, 2010 Sheriff loses first round of champions league Dec 5, 2010 Sheriff play in Europa League and lose in the group stages Sep 11, 2012 FC Sheriff qualify for another Europa League run Nov 18, 2012 Sheriff finish 3rd in the qualification and do not advance Sep 18, 2013 FC Sherrif Tiraspol qualify for another Europa League Nov 2, 2013 Sheriff Finish 3rd in qualifications and do not move on Aug 13, 2021 FC Sheriff Qualify for Champions league group stages. Becoming the first Moldavian club to play in a Champions League group stage Sep 15, 2021 FC Sheriff win their first group stage match against Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb Sep 28, 2021 Sheriff pull off upset in their second ever Champions League group stage match agaisnt world famous club Real Madrid