Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League
Association	Malta Football Association
First edition	1909
Teams	14th
master	FC Floriana (2020)
Record champions	FC Floriana (26) Sliema Wanderers (26)
Current season	2019/20
Website	mfa.com , Malta Football Association
Qualification for	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
↓ First Division

The Maltese Premier League (also called BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons ), colloquially known as Il-Kampjonat, Il-Lig or Il-Premjer , is the top division in Maltese football. It currently consists of twelve teams. Before 1980 the first division was called First Division , today it is the name of the second division.

mode

The season extends from August to May of the following year and is played in two rounds. In the first round (First Round) all teams compete against each other twice, resulting in a total of 22 days game result. In the second round, the league is divided into two groups. The teams in places 1 to 6 play in a championship pool for the championship and international business, while the six remaining teams in a relegation pool determine two teams that are relegated to the Maltese First Division . In the second round, too, all teams within their group play two games against each other.

After the first round, the points earned by each team are halved. If a team emerges from the first round with 30 points, for example, it will start the second round with 15 points. If halving the points does not result in a whole number (e.g. 15 points → 7.5), the result is rounded up commercially .

Participants 2019/20

FC Balzan FC Birkirkara FC Floriana Gżira United Gudja United Ħamrun Spartans Hibernians FC Mosta FC Santa Lucia Senglea Athletics FC Sirens Sliema Wanderers Tarxien Rainbows Valletta FC

Locations of the teams in the Maltese Premier League 2019/20

team	city	Stadion	capacity
FC Balzan	Balzan	Victor Tedesco Stadium	6,000
FC Birkirkara	Birkirkara	Infetti Ground	2,500
FC Floriana	Floriana	Independence Arena	3,000
Gudja United	Gudja	Gudja Ground	1,000
Gżira United	Gżira	MFA Centenary Stadium	2,000
Ħamrun Spartans	Ħamrun	Victor Tedesco Stadium	6,000
Hibernians Paola	Paola	Hibernians Football Ground	8,000
FC Mosta	Mosta	Charles Abela Memorial Stadium	600
FC Santa Lucia	Santa Luċija	Luxol Sports Ground	800
Senglea Athletics	Senglea	MFA Centenary Stadium	2,000
FC Sirens	San Pawl il-Baħar	Sirens Stadium	1,500
Sliema Wanderers	Sliema	Tigne Sports Complex	1,000
Tarxien Rainbows	Tarxien	Tony Cassar Sports Ground	1,000
Valletta FC	Valletta	MFA Centenary Stadium	2,000

Previous Maltese masters

This overview shows all the Maltese football champions since 1909.

1909/10 FC Floriana 1910/11 no championship 1911/12 FC Floriana 1912/13 FC Floriana 1913/14 Ħamrun Spartans 1914/15 Valletta United 1915/16 no championship 1916/17 FC St. George’s 1917/18 Ħamrun Spartans 1918/19 King’s Own Malta Regiment 1 1919/20 Sliema Wanderers 1920/21 FC Floriana 1921/22 FC Floriana 1922/23 Sliema Wanderers 1923/24 Sliema Wanderers 1924/25 FC Floriana 1925/26 Sliema Wanderers 1926/27 FC Floriana 1927/28 FC Floriana 1928/29 FC Floriana 1929/30 Sliema Wanderers 1930/31 FC Floriana 1931/32 Valletta United 1932/33 Sliema Wanderers 1933/34 Sliema Wanderers 1934/35 FC Floriana 1935/36 Sliema Wanderers 1936/37 FC Floriana 1937/38 Sliema Wanderers 1938/39 Sliema Wanderers 1939/40 Sliema Wanderers 1940-1944 no championship 1944/45 Valletta FC 1945/46 Valletta FC 1946/47 Ħamrun Spartans 1947/48 Valletta FC 1948/49 Sliema Wanderers 1949/50 FC Floriana

1950/51 FC Floriana 1951/52 FC Floriana 1952/53 FC Floriana 1953/54 Sliema Wanderers 1954/55 FC Floriana 1955/56 Sliema Wanderers 1956/57 Sliema Wanderers 1957/58 FC Floriana 1958/59 Valletta FC 1959/60 Valletta FC 1960/61 Hibernians Paola 1961/62 FC Floriana 1962/63 Valletta FC 1963/64 Sliema Wanderers 1964/65 Sliema Wanderers 1965/66 Sliema Wanderers 1966/67 Hibernians Paola 1967/68 FC Floriana 1968/69 Hibernian's Paola 1969/70 FC Floriana 1970/71 Sliema Wanderers 1971/72 Sliema Wanderers 1972/73 FC Floriana 1973/74 Valletta FC 1974/75 FC Floriana 1975/76 Sliema Wanderers 1976/77 FC Floriana 1977/78 Valletta FC 1978/79 Hibernian's Paola 1979/80 Valletta FC 1980/81 Hibernian's Paola 1981/82 Hibernians Paola 1982/83 Ħamrun Spartans 1983/84 Valletta FC 1984/85 Rabat Ajax 1985/86 Rabat Ajax 1986/87 Ħamrun Spartans 1987/88 Ħamrun Spartans

1988/89 Sliema Wanderers 1989/90 Valletta FC 1990/91 Ħamrun Spartans 1991/92 Valletta FC 1992/93 FC Floriana 1993/94 Hibernian's Paola 1994/95 Hibernian's Paola 1995/96 Sliema Wanderers 1996/97 Valletta FC 1997/98 Valletta FC 1998/99 Valletta FC 1999/2000 FC Birkirkara 2000/01 Valletta FC 2001/02 Hibernian's Paola 2002/03 Sliema Wanderers 2003/04 Sliema Wanderers 2004/05 Sliema Wanderers 2005/06 FC Birkirkara 2006/07 Marsaxlokk FC 2007/08 Valletta FC 2008/09 Hibernians Paola 2009/10 FC Birkirkara 2010/11 Valletta FC 2011/12 Valletta FC 2012/13 FC Birkirkara 2013/14 Valletta FC 2014/15 Hibernians Paola 2015/16 Valletta FC 2016/17 Hibernians Paola 2017/18 Valletta FC 2018/19 Valletta FC 2019/20 FC Floriana 2

¹ Association now dissolved

²The Maltese Football Association has awarded the title to FC Floriana after the league ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Number of championships

rank	society	title	Last
1.	FC Floriana	26th	2020
	Sliema Wanderers		2005
2.	Valletta FC	25th	2019
4th	Hibernians Paola	12	2017
5.	Ħamrun Spartans	7th	1991
6th	FC Birkirkara	4th	2013
7th	Rabat Ajax	2	1986
8th.	St. George's FC	1	1917
	King's Own Malta Regiment	1	1919
	Marsaxlokk FC	1	2007

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 43. ( 48 ) Luxembourg ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,500 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 44. ( 46 ) Armenia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 45. ( 47 ) Malta ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5.125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 46. ( 42 ) Estonia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 47. ( 45 ) Georgia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4,750 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Individual evidence

1. ↑ maltafootball.com: League Champions , accessed August 21, 2020.
2. ↑ maltafootball.com: FLORIANA FC BOV PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2019/20 , accessed on August 21, 2020.
3. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .