Maltese Premier League 2013/14

Maltese Premier League 2013/14
master	Valletta FC
Champions League qualification	Valletta FC
Europa League qualification	FC Birkirkara Hibernians Football Club Sliema Wanderers
Cup winners	Valletta FC
Relegated	Rabat Ajax FC Vittoriosa Stars
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	630  (ø 4.77 per game)
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The 2013/14 Maltese Premier League was the 99th season in the history of the Maltese top football league . The season started on August 17, 2013 with the game between champions FC Birkirkara and Rabat Ajax FC and ended in May 2014.

mode

After a preliminary round, consisting of a first and a second round, the league was divided into two groups of six: the best six teams played in the championship round for the title and the international starting positions, the six worst teams against relegation. Half of the points achieved in the preliminary round were credited (half points are rounded up).

societies

Hibernias Sliema W. FC Birkirkara FC Mosta Valletta FC Balzan Y. Naxxar L. FC Qormi Tarxien Rainbows FC Floriana Vittoriosa Stars FC Rabat Ajax FC

Clubs of the Maltese Premier League 2013/14

Compared to the 2012/13 season , the composition of the league changed as follows: Melita FC and Ħamrun Spartans rose as the last and penultimate teams in the playout group in the First Division (second highest division) and were replaced by Naxxar Lions and Vittoriosa Stars replaced.

Only a few stadiums in Malta have the necessary infrastructure to hold regular Premier League matches. These were Ta 'Qali Stadium , Victor Tedesco Stadium , and Hibernians Football Ground . Each team has its own training area, but usually no matches are played on it. The games therefore usually take place on neutral ground, which essentially makes the distinction between home and away games obsolete.

society	coat of arms	city
Balzan Youths		Balzan
FC Birkirkara		Birkirkara
FC Floriana		Floriana
Hibernians Football Club		Paola
FC Mosta		Mosta
Naxxar Lions		Naxxar
FC Qormi		Qormi
Rabat Ajax FC		Rabat
Sliema Wanderers		Sliema
Tarxien Rainbows		Tarxien
Valletta FC		Valletta
Vittoriosa Stars		Vittoriosa

Preliminary round

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Birkirkara (M)	22nd	18th	2	2	051:190	+32	56
2.	Valletta FC	22nd	17th	2	3	052:140	+38	53
3.	Hibernians Football Club (P)	22nd	15th	2	5	057:270	+30	47
4th	Sliema Wanderers	22nd	12	7th	3	043:240	+19	43
5.	FC Mosta	22nd	12	2	8th	044:350	+9	38
6th	Balzan Youths	22nd	8th	4th	10	024:310	−7	28
7th	Naxxar Lions (N)	22nd	8th	3	11	027:390	−12	27
8th.	FC Floriana 1	22nd	8th	4th	10	030:360	−6	22nd
9.	Vittoriosa Stars (N)	22nd	5	3	14th	024:470	−23	18th
10.	FC Qormi	22nd	4th	4th	14th	028:450	−17	16
11.	Tarxien Rainbows	22nd	4th	4th	14th	027:460	−19	16
12.	Rabat Ajax FC	22nd	1	3	18th	017:610	−44	06th

¹ FC Floriana was deducted six points for violating the licensing process.

At the end of the 2013/14 season:
	Participation in the play-offs 2013/14
	Participation in the play-outs 2013/14
At the end of the 2012/13 season:
(M)	Maltese champions 2012/13 : FC Birkirkara
(P)	Maltese cup winner 2012/13: Hibernians Football Club
(N)	Newcomers from the First Division 2012/13: Naxxar Lions, Vittoriosa Stars

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games in this preliminary round. The home team is listed in the first column, the visiting team in the top row. The results are always given from the perspective of the home team.

2013/14
FC Birkirkara		1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	7: 1	3-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	4: 2
Valletta FC	0: 1		2: 1	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	3-0	2: 1	4-0	2: 1	6: 1
Hibernians Football Club	1: 2	3: 2		2: 2	2: 3	1-0	4: 1	2: 2	5: 1	5: 3	0: 1	4: 1
Sliema Wanderers	1: 3	0: 3	3: 1		1: 1	3-0	2-0	4: 1	2-0	4-0	3: 3	4: 1
FC Mosta	1: 3	0: 6	0: 2	3: 2		0: 2	4-0	1-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 2	4-0
Balzan Youths	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 3		0: 3	0-0	2: 1	1-0	3: 2	2-0
Naxxar Lions	0: 1	2: 1	0: 3	2: 2	2: 4	0: 1		1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	3: 1	3-0
FC Floriana	1: 3	0: 2	0: 4	0: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1-0		2: 1	3-0	1: 2	3: 2
Vittoriosa Stars	1: 4	0: 4	2: 5	1: 2	2: 5	2: 2	0: 1	1: 3		1-0	2: 2	1-0
FC Qormi	1: 3	0: 1	1: 4	1: 3	2: 3	1: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1: 2		3-0	0-0
Tarxien Rainbows	1: 3	0: 3	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 2	1: 3	0: 3	2: 6		0: 1
Rabat Ajax FC	1: 2	1: 4	1: 4	1: 2	0: 3	2: 2	1: 2	0: 4	0: 1	0-0	2: 6

Play-offs

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Valletta FC	32	24	5	3	074:210	+53	77	-26	51
2.	FC Birkirkara (M)	32	25th	3	4th	076:250	+51	78	-28	50
3.	Hibernians Football Club (P)	32	18th	4th	10	077:510	+26	58	-23	35
4th	FC Mosta	32	15th	6th	11	058:570	+1	51	-19	32
5.	Sliema Wanderers	32	14th	10	8th	054:420	+12	52	-21	31
6th	Balzan Youths	32	9	5	18th	036:580	−22	32	-14	18th

At the end of the 2013/14 season:
	Maltese champion and cup winners 2013/14 and participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League : Valletta FC
	Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League : FC Birkirkara, Hibernians Football Club
	Maltese Cup finalist 2013/14 and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League: Sliema Wanderers
At the end of the 2012/13 season:
(M)	Maltese champions 2012/13 : FC Birkirkara
(P)	Maltese cup winner 2012/13: Hibernians Football Club

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games in these play-offs. The home team is listed in the first column, the visiting team in the top row. The results are always given from the perspective of the home team.

2013/14
FC Birkirkara		0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	4-0	1-0
Valletta FC	0-0		3: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1-0
Hibernians Football Club	1: 4	1: 3		1: 3	2: 2	4: 2
Sliema Wanderers	1: 3	0: 2	1: 3		0-0	0: 1
FC Mosta	0: 4	0: 5	2: 1	1: 1		3: 1
Balzan Youths	1: 3	1: 3	4: 4	0: 4	2: 4

Play-outs

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	FC Floriana	32	14th	5	13	050:480	+2	47	-17	30th
8th.	Tarxien Rainbows	32	10	6th	16	051:550	−4	36	-8th	28
9.	FC Qormi	32	10	4th	18th	051:620	−11	34	-8th	26th
10.	Naxxar Lions (N)	32	11	6th	15th	040:550	−15	39	-13	26th
11.	Vittoriosa Stars (N)	32	9	6th	17th	041:660	−25	33	-9	24
12.	Rabat Ajax FC	32	1	4th	27	023:910	−68	07th	-5	2

At the end of the 2013/14 season:
	Relegated to the First Division 2014/15: Vittoriosa Stars
At the end of the 2012/13 season:
(N)	Newcomers from the First Division 2012/13: Naxxar Lions, Vittoriosa Stars

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games in these play-outs. The home team is listed in the first column, the visiting team in the top row. The results are always given from the perspective of the home team.

2013/14
Naxxar Lions		0: 2	3: 3	0: 1	1: 2	2-0
FC Floriana	1: 1		1: 2	3: 2	0: 3	2: 1
Vittoriosa Stars	1: 3	1: 3		2-0	1: 1	3: 1
FC Qormi	5: 1	2: 1	5: 1		2: 4	3: 1
Tarxien Rainbows	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	4-0		7: 1
Rabat Ajax FC	1: 1	0: 5	1: 2	0: 3	0: 2

Goalscorer lists

Preliminary round

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Tarabai	Hibernians Football Club	18th
02.	Stanley Ohawuchi	Sliema Wanderers	15th
03.	Denni	Valletta FC	14th
	Jhonnattann	FC Birkirkara
05.	Alfred Effiong	FC Qormi	11
	Obinna Obiefule	Hibernians Football Club
07th	Ronaille Calheira	Tarxien Rainbows	10
	Igor Coronado	FC Floriana
	Clayton Failla	Hibernians Football Club
	Shola Shodiya	FC Birkirkara
Status: Final result (February 9, 2014)

Play-offs

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Jean Paul Farrugia	Hibernians Football Club	04th
	Jhonnattann	FC Birkirkara
	Stanley Ohawuchi	Sliema Wanderers
	Gian Marco Piccioni	FC Mosta
05.	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	Valletta FC	03
	Paul Fenech	FC Birkirkara
	Bojan Kaljevic	FC Mosta
	Obinna Obiefule	Hibernians Football Club
	Tarabai	Sliema Wanderers
10.	Alan	Valletta FC	02
	Ryan Darmanin	Balzan Youths
	Denni	Valletta FC
	Clayton Failla	Hibernians Football Club
	Manolito Micallef	FC Mosta
	Luke Montebello	Valletta FC
	Abdelkarim Nafti	Valletta FC
	Pacha	Balzan Youths
	Ronaille Calheira Seara	FC Birkirkara
	Jackson Lima Siqueira	Hibernians Football Club
	Admir Vladavic	Sliema Wanderers
	Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers
As of April 6, 2014

Play-outs

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Alfred Effiong	FC Qormi	06th
	Oscar Guerrero	Vittoriosa Stars
	Jorge Pereira	FC Qormi
04th	Diogo	FC Floriana	05
05.	Leighton Grech	FC Qormi	04th
06th	Igor Coronado	FC Floriana	03
	Demba Touré	Tarxien Rainbows
08th.	Victor Bellia	Naxxar Lions	02
	Bueno	Tarxien Rainbows
	Angus Buhagiar	Naxxar Lions
	Miguel Ciantar	Tarxien Rainbows
	Marcelo Pereira	Vittoriosa Stars
	Stephen Pisani	FC Floriana
	Terence Scerri	Naxxar Lions
As of April 5, 2014

Web links

• BOV Premier League table on kicker.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Games (preliminary round) soccerway.com
2. ^ Games (play-offs) soccerway.com
3. ↑ Games (play-outs) soccerway.com
4. ↑ List of goalscorers soccerway.com
5. ↑ List of goalscorers (play-off) soccerway.com
6. ↑ List of goalscorers (play-out) soccerway.com