Maltese Premier League 2018/19

Maltese Premier League 2018/19
master	Valletta FC
Champions League qualification	Valletta FC
Europa League qualification	Hibernians FC Gżira United FC Balzan
Relegation ↓	FC St. Andrews
Relegated	FC St. Andrews FC Qormi Pietà Hotspurs
Teams	14th
Games	183 + 1 relegation game
Gates	507  (ø 2.77 per game)
Top scorer	Taylon ( Hibernians ; 19 goals)
← Premier League 2017/18 Premier League 2019/20 →
First Division 2018/19 ↓

The 2018/19 Maltese Premier League marked the 104th season in the history of the Maltese top football league . The season began on August 17, 2018 and ended with the championship playoff on May 4, 2019.

mode

14 teams took part in the league, each of which competed against each other twice. The last two were relegated directly, the twelfth had to go into relegation.

societies

Only a few stadiums in Malta have the necessary infrastructure to hold regular Premier League matches. These are 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.

Hibernians Sliema Birkirkara Mosta Valletta Balzan Gżira Ħamrun Tarxien Floriana St. Andrews Senglea Pietà Qormi

Clubs of the Maltese Premier League 2018/19

society	coat of arms	city
FC Balzan		Balzan
FC Birkirkara		Birkirkara
FC Floriana		Floriana
Gżira United		Gżira
Ħamrun Spartans		Ħamrun
FC Mosta		Mosta
Hibernians Football Club		Paola
FC St. Andrews		Pembroke
Pietà Hotspurs		Pietà
FC Qormi		Qormi
Senglea Athletics		Senglea
Sliema Wanderers		Sliema
Tarxien Rainbows		Tarxien
Valletta FC		Valletta

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Valletta FC (M), (P)	26th	18th	4th	4th	061:180	+43	58
2.	Hibernians Football Club	26th	18th	4th	4th	054:270	+27	58
3.	Gżira United	26th	13	11	2	042:210	+21	50
4th	Ħamrun Spartans	26th	12	10	4th	035:200	+15	46
5.	Sliema Wanderers	26th	13	6th	7th	037:260	+11	45
6th	FC Balzan	26th	12	7th	7th	041:310	+10	43
7th	FC Birkirkara	26th	12	3	11	033:260	+7	39
8th.	FC Floriana	26th	9	5	12	028:250	+3	32
9.	FC Mosta	26th	7th	8th	11	030:450	−15	29
10.	Senglea Athletics	26th	7th	5	14th	033:460	−13	26th
11.	Tarxien Rainbows	26th	8th	2	16	029:580	−29	26th
12.	FC St. Andrews	26th	7th	3	16	025:450	−20	24
13.	FC Qormi (N)	26th	6th	2	18th	025:510	−26	20th
14th	Pietà Hotspurs (N)	26th	3	4th	19th	025:590	−34	13

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd playoff ( only for champions and Europa League places ) - 3rd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 4th goal difference

At the end of the 2018/19 season:
Maltese champions 2018/19 and participation in the first qualifying round of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League Maltese Cup winner and participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League Relegation games against the third placed in the First Division Relegated to the First Division 2019/20
At the end of the 2017/18 season:
(M)	Maltese champions 2017/18 : Valletta FC
(P)	Maltese cup winner 2017/18: Valletta FC
(N)	Newcomers from the First Division 2017/18: Pietà Hotspurs, FC Qormi

Playoff

Since after the regular season the first and second placed with 58 points were tied and no goal difference or direct comparison counts, the championship had to be clarified in a playoff on May 4, 2019.

	Result
Valletta FC	2: 2 n.V. (4: 2 in good.)	Hibernians Football Club

Relegation

The twelfth-placed Maltese Premier League played a playoff on remaining in the league against the third-placed Maltese First Division , the second Maltese division.

	Result
FC St. Andrews	1: 4	Santa Lucia FC

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Taylon	Hibernians	19th
02.	Mario Fontanella	Valletta FC	18th
03.	Haruna Garba	Gżira United	12

Web links

• Tables and results on soccerway.com
• Tables and results on kicker.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mfa.com.mt