Maltese Premier League 2009/10

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The Maltese Premier League 2009/10 was the 95th season of the Maltese Premier League , the top division in Maltese football. The season began on August 21, 2009 with a 3-1 victory for FC Valletta over FC Birkirkara and ended on May 5, 2010 with a 4-2 victory for FC Valletta over FC Birkirkara. The champions were FC Birkirkara, one point ahead of FC Valletta. For the Stripes , this represents the third championship in the club's history, after the title had already been celebrated in 2000 and 2006.

At the end of the 2008/09 season, the Ħamrun Spartans and FC Msida Saint Joseph occupied the bottom of the Maltese Premier League, which resulted in relegation to the Maltese First Division . The Dingli Swallows and the Vittoriosa Stars were promoted to the Premier League in their place. After the first day of the season, however, the Vittoriosa Stars and after the second day of the season also FC Marsaxlokk were transferred to the First Division as officials of the clubs were guilty of bribery. In order not to have to play the league with only eight teams, it was decided to take the Ħamrun Spartans and FC Msida Saint Joseph back into the Premier League. The three games in which FC Marsaxlokk and Vittoriosa Stars had already participated were set to zero; instead, the first two games of the Ħamrun Spartans and FC Msida Saint Joseph were made up.

The top scorer was Brazilian Camilo, who storms for FC Qormi , with 24 goals . The FC Msida Saint Joseph and Dingli Swallows rose at the end of the season from the second division, the team of Msida with a 10-point deduction was punished because they could not pay some unpaid salaries.

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 first place with 6 games in a championship pool for the championship and international business, while the four remaining teams in a 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, with commercial rounding being used (example: If a team scores 39 points in the first round, it starts the second round with 20 points). 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 Valletta FC 18th 12 4th 3 +30 40
2 FC Birkirkara 18th 12 3 3 +22 39
3 FC Qormi 18th 11 2 5 +15 35
4th Sliema Wanderers (P) 18th 9 2 7th + 08 29
5 Hibernians Paola (M) 18th 7th 6th 5 + 03 27
6th Tarxien Rainbows 18th 7th 5 6th + 01 26th
7th FC Floriana 18th 6th 5 7th −12 23
8th Ħamrun Spartans 18th 6th 3 9 - 07th 21st
9 FC Msida Saint Joseph 18th 3 2 13 −22 11
10 Dingli Swallows (N) 18th 1 0 17th −28 3
(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 games in the Maltese league are played in four stadiums, most of them in the Ta 'Qali stadium .

  BIR DIN FLO HIB ĦAM MSJ QOR SLI TAR VAL
FC Birkirkara 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2-0 0: 1 5: 1 1: 3
Dingli Swallows 1: 3 0: 2 1: 2 1: 3 1: 2 1: 4 0: 2 1: 4 0: 6
FC Floriana 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 4: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 4
Hibernians Paola 2: 2 2: 1 2: 3 4: 2 3-0 2: 2 0: 1 0: 1 2: 4
Ħamrun Spartans 0: 2 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 3-0 2: 2 2: 3
FC Msida Saint Joseph 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 2 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 0: 1
FC Qormi 2: 5 4-0 6: 2 3: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 0: 2 0: 2
Sliema Wanderers 0: 3 3: 1 3-0 2: 2 5-0 2-0 1: 2 4: 2 0: 1
Tarxien Rainbows 0: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 3: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2: 2
Valletta FC 1: 1 4: 1 6-0 0: 1 4-0 0-0 1-0 1: 3 2: 2

Second round

Championship round

table

society Games S. U N TD Pt. 0
1 FC Birkirkara 28 20th 4th 4th +32 45 UEFA Champions League - Qualifying Round 1
2 Valletta FC 28 20th 4th 4th +46 44 UEFA Europa League - qualifying round 2 1
3 FC Qormi 28 15th 2 11 +17 30th
4th Sliema Wanderers (P) 28 14th 2 12 + 04 30th UEFA Europa League - qualifying round 1 2
5 Tarxien Rainbows 28 10 6th 12 - 09 23
6th Hibernians Paola (M) 28 8th 6th 14th −11 17th
(M) reigning Maltese master
(P) reigning Maltese cup winner
  • 1 As winners of the Maltese National Cup (U * Bet FA Trophy), FC Valletta takes partin the second qualifying round for the Europa League.
  • 2 With FC Qormi and Sliema Wanderers tied for the season, both teams played a play-off for second place in the UEFA Europa League on June 1, 2010. The Wanderers won the game 2-0.

Results table

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

  BIR HIB QOR SLI TAR VAL
FC Birkirkara 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0
Hibernians Paola 4: 5 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3
FC Qormi 0: 2 3-0 3-0 2-0 1: 2
Sliema Wanderers 0: 3 3-0 0: 4 2-0 2: 1
Tarxien Rainbows 3: 3 2-0 3: 2 0: 2 2: 6
Valletta FC 4: 2 2: 1 3-0 2-0 3-0

Relegation round

table

society Games S. U N TD Pt. 0
7th FC Floriana 24 10 6th 8th - 06 25th
8th Ħamrun Spartans 24 10 4th 10 + 02 24
9 Dingli Swallows (N) 24 2 0 22nd −48 5 Relegated to the Maltese First Division
10 FC Msida Saint Joseph 24 4th 4th 16 −27 1 1
(N) Newcomers last season
  • 1 FC Msida Saint Joseph has been deducted 10 points due to irregularities in their salary payments.

Results table

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

  DIN FLO ĦAM MSJ
Dingli Swallows 0: 3 0: 6 5: 2
FC Floriana 4: 2 1-0 2: 1
Ħamrun Spartans 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2
FC Msida Saint Joseph 3: 2 1: 1 3: 5

List of goalscorers

player society Gates
1 Brazilian Camilo FC Qormi 24
2 Maltese Terrence Scerri Valletta FC 20th
3 Maltese Ryan Darmanin FC Floriana 17th
4th Netherlands Sylvano Comvalius FC Birkirkara 15th
0 Brazilian Denni Tarxien Rainbows 15th
0 Brazilian Marcelo Pereira Ħamrun Spartans 15th
7th Maltese Michael Galea FC Birkirkara 14th
8th Nigerians Josef Okonkwo Dingli Swallows 13
0 Maltese Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza Sliema Wanderers 13
10 Maltese Trevor Cilia FC Birkirkara 12
0 Nigerians Alfred Effiong FC Qormi 12

Venues

The Maltese Premier League games were played in four stadiums in 2008/09. Most (82 league games) were played in the Ta 'Qali Stadium , Malta's national stadium , in Attard ; the stadium holds 17,000 spectators.

In addition, 28 league games for relegation took place in the 8,000-seat Hibernians Ground in Paola , 20 league games were played in the Victor Tedesco Stadium , which is located in Ħamrun and has a capacity of 1,800. The game on the 18th matchday between the Ħamrun Spartans and the Tarxien Rainbows (2-2) on February 16, 2010 was the only game of the season to be played in the Centenary Stadium, which has an artificial turf pitch and holds almost 2,000 spectators lower leagues are played. It is in the immediate vicinity of the Ta 'Qali Stadium.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Times Of Malta: MFA board begins to hear evidence in Marsaxlokk bribery case (English)
  2. ↑ maltafootball.com: Floriana, Msida share spoils in draw - Spartans beat Swallows (English)