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Maltese Premier League

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2021-2022

Location

Malta

Abbreviation

MLT1

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Summary

The Maltese Premier League (MLT1) or BOV Premier League is the top division/league in the Maltese football system. At the end of the 2021-2022 season, the MLT1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2022-2023 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2021-2022 MLT1 Championship Round team
2022-2023 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2021-2022 MLT1 Championship Round teams

The winner of the 2021-2022 Maltese FA Trophy, typically an MLT1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2022-2023 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Malta

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
MLT1	Maltese Premier League	12
MLT2	Maltese Challenge League	22
MLT3	Maltese National Amateur League	22

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
12 Aug 2021 - 31 May 2022			12: MLT1 (12), MLT2 (0)

Season Format

The MLT1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each MLT1 team plays the other 11 MLT1 teams in Home-Away matches for a total of 22 Regular season league matches. The second stage consists of the Championship Round and the Relegation Round. In the Championship Round, the top six teams play Home-Away matches against the other 5 teams (32 total matches) to determine final rankings for 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League and 2022-2023 UEFA Europa ConferenceLeague placements. In the Relegation Round, the bottom six teams play Home-Away matches against the other 5 teams (32 total matches) to determine the relegation placements. Table ranking ties are broken by a playoff if deciding UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League berths.

Four MLT1 teams were relegated after the 2020-2021 season and no MLT2 teams were promoted.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2021-2022 MLT1 season, the 12th place MLT1 Relegation Round team will be relegated to the MLT2 and the 12th place MLT1 team will enter into a home/away highest aggregate goals wins Promotion/Relegation playoff with the 2nd place MLT2 team.

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2nd Phase

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	Hibernians FC	27	15 -9-3	54	-	46	23	23	13	7 -5-1	26	19	11	8	14	8 -4-2	28	27	12	15
2	Floriana FC	27	14 -9-4	51	-	38	21	17	13	7 -2-4	23	19	13	6	14	7 -7-0	28	19	8	11
3	Hamrun Spartans FC	27	13 -6-8	45	-	33	24	9	13	6 -3-4	21	16	10	6	14	7 -3-4	24	17	14	3
4	Gżira United FC	27	12 -7-8	43	-	46	38	8	14	5 -5-4	20	26	23	3	13	7 -2-4	23	20	15	5
5	Birkirkara FC	27	10 -11-6	41	-	35	27	8	14	6 -6-2	24	21	13	8	13	4 -5-4	17	14	14	0
6	Gudja United FC	27	10 -2-15	32	-	29	35	-6	14	5 -1-8	16	12	16	-4	13	5 -1-7	16	17	19	-2
Relegation
1	Valletta FC	27	10 -6-11	36	-	39	40	-1	14	7 -1-6	22	22	22	0	13	3 -5-5	14	17	18	-1
2	Sirens FC	27	9 -7-11	34	-	40	48	-8	13	3 -4-6	13	16	29	-13	14	6 -3-5	21	24	19	5
3	Mosta FC	27	8 -8-11	32	-	41	50	-9	14	4 -5-5	17	19	24	-5	13	4 -3-6	15	22	26	-4
4	Balzan FC	27	9 -3-15	30	-	37	42	-5	13	4 -2-7	14	15	21	-6	14	5 -1-8	16	22	21	1
5	Santa Lucia FC	27	5 -12-10	27	-	36	45	-9	13	2 -6-5	12	15	21	-6	14	3 -6-5	15	21	24	-3
6	Sliema Wanderers FC	27	4 -6-17	18	-	16	43	-27	14	3 -3-8	12	9	24	-15	13	1 -3-9	6	7	19	-12
2022-2023 UEFACL 2022-2023 UEFAECL Relegation to MLT2

1st Phase

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Hibernians FC	22	13 -8-1	47	-	39	18	21	11	6 -4-1	22	16	10	6	11	7 -4-0	25	23	8	15
2	Floriana FC	22	13 -6-3	45	-	36	19	17	11	7 -1-3	22	19	12	7	11	6 -5-0	23	17	7	10
3	Birkirkara FC	22	9 -9-4	36	-	30	22	8	11	5 -5-1	20	18	12	6	11	4 -4-3	16	12	10	2
4	Hamrun Spartans FC	22	10 -5-7	35	-	28	22	6	11	4 -3-4	15	12	9	3	11	6 -2-3	20	16	13	3
5	Gżira United FC	22	9 -6-7	33	-	39	33	6	11	3 -4-4	13	20	20	0	11	6 -2-3	20	19	13	6
6	Gudja United FC	22	9 -2-11	29	-	26	25	1	11	4 -1-6	13	10	12	-2	11	5 -1-5	16	16	13	3
7	Sirens FC	22	7 -6-9	27	-	28	38	-10	11	3 -4-4	13	14	23	-9	11	4 -2-5	14	14	15	-1
8	Valletta FC	22	7 -5-10	26	-	28	34	-6	11	5 -1-5	16	15	17	-2	11	2 -4-5	10	13	17	-4
9	Mosta FC	22	6 -7-9	25	-	32	41	-9	11	3 -4-4	13	13	18	-5	11	3 -3-5	12	19	23	-4
10	Balzan FC	22	7 -2-13	23	-	30	33	-3	11	4 -1-6	13	14	17	-3	11	3 -1-7	10	16	16	0
11	Santa Lucia FC	22	4 -10-8	22	-	28	38	-10	11	2 -5-4	11	12	17	-5	11	2 -5-4	11	16	21	-5
12	Sliema Wanderers FC	22	2 -6-14	12	-	12	33	-21	11	2 -3-6	9	8	18	-10	11	0 -3-8	3	4	15	-11
Championship Round Relegation Round