Maltese Premier League 2008/09

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The 2008/09 Maltese Premier League was the 94th season of the Maltese Premier League , the top division in Maltese football. The season began on August 23, 2008 with a goalless tie between FC Floriana and the Ħamrun Spartans and ended on May 24, 2009 with another goalless tie between Hibernians Paola and FC Valletta . The first goal of the season was scored by the Brazilian Ivan from FC Qormi on August 24, 2008 against FC Marsaxlokk . Before the season, FC Qormi and the Tarxien Rainbows were promoted from the second division, the Maltese First Division .

The champions were the Hibernians Paola , who prevailed by two points against defending champion Valletta . For the Hibs this is the tenth championship in the club's history, after the last was celebrated in 2002.

The season was dominated by the Hibernians and FC Valletta, in the final table both teams had a positive goal difference and 15 (Hibernians) and 13 (Valletta) points ahead of the third-placed team from FC Birkirkara . Birkirkara and Valletta will take part in the first qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League , while the champions from Paola will play in the first qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League .

The top scorer was Maltese international Terence Scerri , who stormed for the Hibernians Paola , with 26 goals . The FC Msida Saint Joseph and Ħamrun Spartans got down to the second division at the end of the season.

mode

In the first round (First Round) every ten teams compete against each other twice, resulting in a total of 18 days game result. The league is then divided into two groups. The teams in places 1 to 6 play in a championship round (Championship Pool) for the championship and international business, while the four remaining teams in a relegation round (Relegation Pool) determine two teams that are relegated to the Maltese First Division . The points earned in the first round are halved for the second round (example: Team A earns 30 points in the first round, so starts the second round with 15 points in the account). In the second round, too, all teams within their group play two games against each other.

First round

table

society Games S. U N TD Pt.
1 Hibernians Paola 18th 13 2 3 +30 41
2 Valletta FC (M) 18th 11 3 0 +20 40
3 FC Birkirkara (P) 18th 9 5 4th + 03 32
4th Sliema Wanderers 18th 7th 5 6th ± 00 26th
5 FC Floriana 18th 6th 4th 8th - 03 22nd
6th Marsaxlokk FC 18th 6th 4th 8th - 05th 22nd
7th FC Msida Saint Joseph 18th 6th 3 9 - 08 21st
8th Ħamrun Spartans 18th 5 2 11 −13 17th
9 FC Qormi (N) 18th 3 6th 9 −10 15th
10 Tarxien Rainbows (N) 18th 4th 2 12 −14 14th
(M) reigning Maltese master
(P) reigning Maltese cup winner
(N) Newcomers last season

Results table

In the left column are listed the teams that officially have home rights. In fact, all the games in the Maltese league are played in three stadiums, most of them in the Ta 'Qali Stadium .

  BIR FLO HIB ĦAM MRX MSJ QOR SLI TAR VAL
FC Birkirkara 0: 1 0: 6 3: 2 2: 3 2-0 1: 1 4: 2 1-0 2: 2
FC Floriana 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 1
Hibernians Paola 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 5: 1 3-0 2: 3 2-0 1: 1
Ħamrun Spartans 0: 1 0: 1 1: 4 4: 3 1-0 3: 2 0: 2 0: 4 1: 3
Marsaxlokk FC 1: 1 2: 1 2: 3 4: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1
FC Msida Saint Joseph 2: 2 4: 1 0: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3 1-0 0: 2
FC Qormi 0: 1 0-0 1: 3 1: 4 1: 3 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 2
Sliema Wanderers 2: 3 0: 3 0: 1 0: 3 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 4: 2 1: 1
Tarxien Rainbows 1: 3 3-0 2: 7 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 0: 3 1-0 1: 3
Valletta FC 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 4-0 2-0 2: 1 0-0 0-0 2: 2
  • 1 The game was rated 2-0 for FC Qormi because FC Floriana had used an ineligible player.

Second round

Championship round

table

society Games S. U N TD Pt. Comments
1 Hibernians Paola 28 19th 5 4th +48 42 UEFA Champions League - Qualifying Round 1
2 Valletta FC (M) 28 17th 9 2 +32 40 UEFA Europa League Qualifying Round 1
3 FC Birkirkara (P) 28 12 7th 9 - 02nd 27
4th Marsaxlokk FC 28 10 6th 12 - 06 25th
5 Sliema Wanderers 28 10 8th 10 - 08 25th UEFA Europa League - qualifying round 2 1
6th FC Floriana 28 7th 6th 15th −19 16
(M) reigning Maltese master
(P) reigning Maltese cup winner
  • 1 The Sliema Wanderers take partin the second qualifying round for the Europa Leagueas winners of the Maltese National Cup (U * Bet FA Trophy) .

Results table

In the left column are listed the teams that officially have home rights. In fact, all the games in the Maltese league are played in three stadiums, most of them in the Ta 'Qali Stadium .

  BIR FLO HIB MRX SLI VAL
FC Birkirkara 3: 1 0: 4 1: 2 0-0 3: 1
FC Floriana 0: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2
Hibernians Paola 2-0 4: 1 2: 2 0-0 0-0
Marsaxlokk FC 2: 2 5: 2 1: 4 0: 3 0: 1
Sliema Wanderers 1-0 3-0 0: 5 1: 3 0: 3
Valletta FC 4: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 5-0

Relegation round

table

society Games S. U N TD Pt. Comments
7th FC Qormi (N) 24 7th 6th 11 - 01 20th
8th Tarxien Rainbows (N) 24 6th 5 13 −12 16 ES
9 FC Msida Saint Joseph 24 7th 5 12 −15 16 ES Relegated to the Maltese First Division
10 Ħamrun Spartans 24 7th 3 14th −17 16
(N) Newcomers last season

Results table

In the left column are listed the teams that officially have home rights. In fact, all the games in the Maltese league are played in three stadiums, most of them in the Ta 'Qali Stadium .

  ĦAM MSJ QOR TAR
Ħamrun Spartans 3-0 0: 2 1: 1
FC Msida Saint Joseph 2-0 0: 5 2: 2
FC Qormi 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2
Tarxien Rainbows 5: 1 0-0 0: 3

Playoff

The Tarxien Rainbows, FC Msida Saint Joseph and the Ħamrun Spartans tied on points after the last game day. Therefore, the points from their relegation round games were used against each other: The team that scored the fewest points in these six games is relegated directly; these were the Spartans (4 points). Then the four games of the two remaining teams are considered against each other. Since the Rainbows and Msida Saint Joseph played twice against each other, the relegation was decided on May 8, 2009 in a relegation game. The game ended 1: 1 after the regular playing time, in the penalty shootout the Rainbows won 5: 4 and thus remained in the league.

List of goalscorers

player society Gates
1 MalteseMaltese Terence Scerri Hibernians Paola 26th
2 BrazilianBrazilian Daniel Mariano Bueno Tarxien Rainbows 23
3 ArgentiniansArgentinians Julio Alcorsé Marsaxlokk FC 17th
4th CamerooniansCameroonians Njongo Priso Valletta FC 15th
5 BrazilianBrazilianPedrinho (Pedro dos Santos Calçado) FC Msida Saint Joseph 13
6th NigeriansNigerians Alfred Effiong FC Qormi 12
7th BrazilianBrazilian Marcelo Pereira Marsaxlokk FC 11
8th MalteseMaltese Andrew Cohen Hibernians Paola 9
0 DutchDutch Sylvano Comvalius Ħamrun Spartans 9
0 MalteseMaltese Ivan Woods Sliema Wanderers 9

Venues

The Maltese Premier League games were played in three stadiums in 2008/09. Most (101 league games) were played in the Ta 'Qali Stadium , Malta's national stadium , in Attard ; the stadium holds 17,000 spectators.

In addition, 17 league games and the playoff for relegation took place in the 8,000-seat Hibernians Ground at Paola , 14 league games were played in the Victor Tedesco Stadium ; The latter is located in Ħamrun and seats 1,800 people.

The champions team of Hibernians FC Paola

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mfa.com.mt: Qormi FC protest is upheld (English)