Founded in 1976, the club spent two seasons in the Soviet Second League,[2] after which it played in the football championship of the Moldavian SSR.

[3] After Moldova's independence in 1991, Speranța played in the first three seasons of the Moldovan second tier,[4][5][6] before the club was dissolved in 1996.

In July 2016 the club returned to the old name Speranța Drochia, and in 2018 it was promoted to the second tier.

[7] In 2022, Speranța finished in 11th place out of 12 teams and were to be relegated back to the third tier.

[8] However, they kept their place in the league after another team, Iskra Rîbnița, were voluntarily relegated.