Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 16 August 2024 – April or May 2025 |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 22 (3.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Maxuell Samurai Maia (3 Goals) |
Biggest home win | Sliema Wanderers 2–0 Mosta (16 August 2024) Ħamrun Spartans 3–1 Żabbar St. Patrick (18 August 2024) |
Biggest away win | Naxxar Lions 1–2 Hibernians (17 August 2024) |
Highest scoring | Balzan 3–3 Birkirkara (16 August 2024) Floriana 3–3 Melita (17 August 2024) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 18 August 2024. |
The 2024–25 Maltese Premier League is the 110th season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began on 16 August 2024 and will end in April or May 2025.
Teams
[edit]The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League. Ħamrun Spartans entered the season as defending champions two years in a row. Melita was promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after eleven years of absence. And Żabbar St. Patrick was promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after twenty years of absence. They replaced Gudja United, Santa Lucia and Sirens who were all relegated after five years in the top flight; and Valletta after seventy-nine years in the top flight.
Team | In league since | City |
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Balzan | 2011 | Balzan |
Birkirkara | 1990 | Birkirkara |
Floriana | 1986 | Floriana |
Gżira United | 2016 | Gżira |
Ħamrun Spartans | 2016 | Ħamrun |
Hibernians | 1945 | Paola |
Marsaxlokk | 2022 | Marsaxlokk |
Melita | 2024 | San Ġiljan |
Mosta | 2011 | Mosta |
Naxxar Lions | 2023 | Naxxar |
Sliema Wanderers | 2023 | Sliema |
Żabbar St. Patrick | 2024 | Zabbar |
Venues
[edit]The matches will be played mainly at the Ta' Qali National Stadium and the Tony Bezzina Stadium. However, the Centenary Stadium and the Victor Tedesco Stadium will be used as well. One match-day from the Closing Round between March 28 and March 31 will be played at the Gozo Stadium thanks to the support of the Ministry for Gozo.
Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | Hamrun | Xewkija | |
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Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium | Gozo Stadium | |
Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | Capacity: 1,962 | Capacity: 1,644 | |
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Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |
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Balzan | ![]() |
Joma | MBI Group | Visit Malta (Bottom) | |
Birkirkara | ![]() |
Nike | McDonald's | Inter Sport (Bottom) | |
Floriana | ![]() |
Joma | Harmont & Blaine, Greens Supermarket | Go & Fun (Right) | |
Gżira United | ![]() |
Joma | |||
Ħamrun Spartans | ![]() |
Puma | Mercury | Meridianbet, Besteam audio, Visit Malta (Bottom) | Ta' Fonzu (Right), Tescoma (Left) |
Hibernians | ![]() |
Joma | Bezzina | ||
Marsaxlokk | ![]() |
Joma | 1padel | Mr. Fitz Restaurant Marsaxlokk (Left) | |
Melita | ![]() |
Hummel | Atlas Insurance | Hub88 (Top), Burger King (Middle) Eurosport (Bottom) | I nouv (Right), VIBE (Left) |
Mosta | ![]() |
Macron | Simply Clean | Highbet (Top), Teamsport (Bottom) | |
Naxxar Lions | ![]() |
Joma | Brown's, sottozero | Zarb Coaches (Top), Badass, McQueen, Sammut Concrete Supplies (Bottom) | Welbee's (Right), Würth, Centerparc (Left) |
Sliema Wanderers | ![]() |
Adidas | NMGroup, Inter Wetter | Visit Malta (Top), Thomas Smith, Zarb Coaches (Bottom) | Fonicom (Left), Domnic Sciberras Roof Repair (Right) |
Żabbar St. Patrick | ![]() |
Erreà | The Shoreline | DL Group (Top), Kristal (Bottom) |
- Additionally, referee kits are made by Macron
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Żabbar St. Patrick | ![]() |
Resigned | 17 April 2024 | Pre-season | ![]() |
16 May 2024 |
Balzan | ![]() |
4 May 2024 | ![]() |
3 June 2024 | ||
Ħamrun Spartans | ![]() |
13 May 2024 | ![]() |
17 May 2024 | ||
Birkirkara | ![]() |
End of Contract | 13 May 2024 | ![]() |
7 June 2024 | |
Floriana | ![]() |
Mutual Consent | 15 May 2024 | ![]() |
21 May 2024 |
Format
[edit]The new league format, which will come into being from the 2024–25 season, the Maltese Premier League will be made up of 12 teams and be split into an Opening Round and Closing Round in a way that is similar to domestic footballing systems used in South America.[1][2] The Opening Round will see each of the 12 teams play each other once before the league is then split between a Top 6 and a Bottom 6, allowing for the teams in each of those splits to play each other another time. Once the ranking is set, each team will go back down to 0 points and start from scratch in the Closing Round, where the same process will be repeated
Opening Round
[edit]First phase
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ħamrun Spartans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Qualification for the Top Six |
2 | Sliema Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Hibernians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | Gżira United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
5 | Balzan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Birkirkara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Floriana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Qualification for the Play-Out |
8 | Melita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
10 | Naxxar Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
11 | Żabbar St. Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
12 | Mosta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Results
[edit]Closing Round
[edit]First phase
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Balzan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Top Six |
2 | Birkirkara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Floriana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Gżira United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Ħamrun Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Hibernians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Marsaxlokk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Play-Out |
8 | Melita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Mosta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Naxxar Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Sliema Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Żabbar St. Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 18 August 2024[3]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Birkirkara | 3 |
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Balzan | 1 |
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Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Stadium | Date |
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Birkirkara | Balzan | 3–3 (A) | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali | 16 August 2024 |
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Gżira United | 1 |
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Sliema Wanderers |
Discipline
[edit]Player
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 2
- Most red cards: 1
Club
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 5
- Most red cards: 1
References
[edit]- ^ Galea, Albert (24 April 2024). "New Premier League explained: 'New format will not be damnation or salvation of Maltese football". Malta Independent.
- ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (2023-04-13). "Number of Premier League teams down to 12 from 2024-25". SportsDesk. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Tables & Statistics". maltafootball.com. 20 September 2020.
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