Fotbal Club Sheriff (Russian: FK Sherif Tiraspol') widely known by its shortened form as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff is an Moldovan professional soccer club located in Tiraspol which is a city in the unrecognized separatist state Transnistria. The club was established in 1997 under the name Tiras Tiraspol and then rebranded the following year to Sheriff It quickly gained prominence in Moldovan football.
"The Wasps" recorded their debut in the league's first season during the 1998-99 season which also saw them win their first trophy that was their first trophy, the Moldovan Cup. They've since collected Twenty championship titles as well as 11 Cups and seven Supercups-all competition records. At the European stage, Sheriff has reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa League on four occasions. They were also the first Moldovan team to make it to the stage of the group stage in the UEFA Champions League in 2021 in which they went on to defeat the eventual winners Real Madrid.
The club gets its name from its primary partner, Sheriff, a company which runs a variety of businesses in Transnistria. The home games are played with black and yellow kits in the Sheriff Stadium, to which the club relocated in 2002. It is able to accommodate 12,746 players.
