Season | 2021β22 |
---|---|
Dates | 13 August 2021 β 7 May 2022 |
Champions | Hibernians (13th title) |
Relegated | Sliema Wanderers |
Champions League | Hibernians |
Europa Conference League |
Floriana Δ¦amrun Spartans GΕΌira United |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 350 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Maxuell (17 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Floriana 3β0
Valletta (11 September 2021) Δ¦amrun Spartans 3β0 St. Lucia (28 November 2021) GΕΌira United 4β1 Δ¦amrun Spartans (5 February 2022) |
Biggest away win |
Sirens 1β6
Balzan (21 November 2021) |
Highest scoring |
Valletta 5β3
St. Lucia (30 October 2021) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Floriana |
Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Hibernians |
Longest winless run | 14 matches Sliema Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Sliema Wanderers |
β
2020β21
2022β23 β
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2022. |
The 2021β22 Maltese Premier League was the 107th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-flight league football in Malta. Δ¦amrun Spartans were the defending champions, having won their eighth title in the previous season.
On 9 April, the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. [1] Following the decision of the Maltese Football Association Executive Committee, the teams that had finished in the relegation places in the previous Premier League season would be relegated to the Challenge League due to having played the prerequisite 75% of matches for the seasons result to stand. However, as the Challenge League teams did not complete 75% of matches, they would not be promoted to the Premier League to replace the exiting teams, meaning that the 2021β22 season will have only 12 teams competing. [2] [3] [4]
The Premier League consists of two rounds. In the first round, every team plays each opponent twice, once "home" and once "away" (in actuality, the designation of home and away is purely arbitrary as most of the clubs do not have their own grounds), for a total of 22 games. The league then splits into two groups. Teams that finish in positions 1β6 compete in the "Top Six" and teams that finish in positions 7β12 play in the "Play-Out".
Twelve teams will compete in the league.
Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | |
---|---|---|---|
Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | |
Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | |
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|
Balzan | Alejandro Pantoja (Caretaker) | Joma | Investors Mutual Limited |
Birkirkara | Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) | Nike | McDonald's (Front), Inter Sport (Back Top), Visit Malta (Back Bottom) |
Floriana | Gianluca Atzori | Joma | Harmont & Blaine, Boggi |
Gudja United | Thane Micallef | Macron | All Nuts, Handy Man, Green Finance |
GΕΌira United | Darren Abdilla | Puma | |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | Branko NiΕ‘eviΔ | Puma | J. Portelli Projects |
Hibernians | Stefano Sanderra | Joma | Bezzina |
Mosta | Joseph Grech | Macron | Dimbros, Nilmar |
Sirens | Winston Muscat | Macron | CafΓ© del Mar Malta (Front), Welbee's (Front), Malta National Aquarium (Back), Ozo Group (Sleeves Both) |
Sliema Wanderers | Noel Turner (Caretaker) | Jartazi | NM group, Sixt |
Santa Lucia | Giovanni Tedesco | Capelli Sport | Multivend, avanza |
Valletta | Danilo DonΔiΔ | Puma | Iniala |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sirens | Giovanni Tedesco | Resign | 27 May 2021 | Pre-season | Winston Muscat | 27 May 2021 |
Floriana | John Buttigieg | End of Contract | 14 June 2021 | Gianluca Atzori | 17 June 2021 | |
Balzan | Mark Miller | Mutual consent | 19 October 2021 | 9th | Paul Zammit | 23 October 2021 |
Santa Lucia | Oliver Spiteri | Sacked | 20 January 2022 | 11th | Giovanni Tedesco | 12 January 2022 |
Valletta | Cardoso Mendes | 3 February 2022 | 7th | Danilo DonΔiΔ | 3 February 2022 | |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | Mark Buttigieg | 14 February 2022 | 5th | Branko NiΕ‘eviΔ | 15 February 2022 | |
Sliema Wanderers | Andrea Pisanu | 16 February 2022 | 12th | Noel Turner (Caretaker) | 16 February 2022 | |
Balzan | Paul Zammit | 15 April 2022 | 11th | Alejandro Pantoja (Caretaker) | 23 April 2022 | |
Birkirkara | AndrΓ© Paus | 20 April 2022 | 3rd | Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) | 20 April 2022 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hibernians | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 47 | Qualification for the Top Six |
2 | Floriana | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 45 | |
3 | Birkirkara | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 36 | |
4 | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 35 | |
5 | GΕΌira United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 33 | |
6 | Gudja United | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 29 | |
7 | Sirens | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Play-Out |
8 | Valletta | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 26 | |
9 | Mosta | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 25 | |
10 | Balzan | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 23 | |
11 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 22 | |
12 | Sliema Wanderers | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 12 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIB | FLO | Δ¦AM | GΕ»I | BIR | GUD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hibernians (C) | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for the 2022β23 UEFA Champions League | — | 0β0 | β | β | 3β1 | β | |
2 | Floriana | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for the 2022β23 UEFA Europa Conference League | β | — | 0β0 | 0β1 | β | β | |
3 | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 45 | 2β1 | β | — | 2β0 | β | β | ||
4 | GΕΌira United | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 43 | 2β1 | β | β | — | 1β1 | 3β1 | ||
5 | Birkirkara | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 | β | 0β0 | 0β1 | β | — | 3β0 | ||
6 | Gudja United | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 32 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | β | β | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | VAL | SIR | MOS | BAL | SLC | SLI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Valletta | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 36 | — | β | 2β3 | β | 2β1 | 3β1 | ||
8 | Sirens | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 34 | 0β3 | — | β | 2β3 | β | β | ||
9 | Mosta | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 32 | β | 2β3 | — | 3β2 | 1β1 | β | ||
10 | Balzan | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 30 | 1β1 | β | β | — | 0β3 | β | ||
11 | Santa Lucia [a] | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 27 | β | 2β2 | β | β | — | 1β2 | ||
12 | Sliema Wanderers (R) | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 18 | Relegation to the 2022β23 Maltese Challenge League | β | 0β5 | 1β0 | 0β1 | β | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [6] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maxuell | GΕΌira United | 17 |
2 | Jurgen Degabriele | Hibernians | 14 |
3 | Mario Fontanella | Valletta | 12 |
4 | Luke Montebello | Birkirkara | 11 |
Sunday Akinbule | Mosta | ||
Jefferson Assis | GΕΌira United | ||
7 | Jake Grech | Hibernians | 9 |
Kemar Reid | Floriana | ||
Vitor da Silva Vieira | Sirens | ||
10 | Vito Plut | Santa Lucia | 8 |
Bogdan Gavrila | Sirens |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Fontanella | Valletta | Sirens | 3β1 (H) | 17 October 2021 |
Jefferson Assis | GΕΌira United | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 4β1 (H) | 5 February 2022 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgi Kitanov | Floriana | 11 |
2 | Henry Bonello | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 10 |
3 | Glenn Zammit | Gudja United | 9 |
4 | Ibrahim KonΓ© | Hibernians | 7 |
5 | Daniel Fernandes | Birkirkara | 5 |
Amara Sylla | |||
7 | Alessandro Guarnone | Valletta | 4 |
8 | Justin Haber | Santa Lucia | 3 |
9 | Vukasin Vranes | Balzan | 2 |
Anthony Curmi | GΕΌira United | ||
Matthew Calleja Cremona | Hibernians | ||
Timothy Aquilina | Sliema Wanderers | ||
Rashed Al-Tumi | |||
Julani Archibald | Santa Lucia | ||
Ini Etim Akpan | Mosta | ||
Johnathan Debono | Sirens |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August and September |
Stefano Sanderra | Hibernians | Jake Grech | Hibernians |
October | Winston Muscat | Sirens | Luke Montebello | Birkirkara |
November | Stefano Sanderra | Hibernians | Jake Grech | Hibernians |
December | Paul Zammit | Balzan | Jurgen Degabriele | |
January | Thane Micallef | Gudja United | Kurt Shaw | Sliema Wanderers |
February | Gianluca Atzori | Floriana | Jan Busuttil | Floriana |
March | Stefano Sanderra | Hibernians | Jurgen Degabriele | Hibernians |
April and May | Jan Busuttil | Floriana |
Season | 2021β22 |
---|---|
Dates | 13 August 2021 β 7 May 2022 |
Champions | Hibernians (13th title) |
Relegated | Sliema Wanderers |
Champions League | Hibernians |
Europa Conference League |
Floriana Δ¦amrun Spartans GΕΌira United |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 350 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Maxuell (17 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Floriana 3β0
Valletta (11 September 2021) Δ¦amrun Spartans 3β0 St. Lucia (28 November 2021) GΕΌira United 4β1 Δ¦amrun Spartans (5 February 2022) |
Biggest away win |
Sirens 1β6
Balzan (21 November 2021) |
Highest scoring |
Valletta 5β3
St. Lucia (30 October 2021) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Floriana |
Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Hibernians |
Longest winless run | 14 matches Sliema Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Sliema Wanderers |
β
2020β21
2022β23 β
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2022. |
The 2021β22 Maltese Premier League was the 107th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-flight league football in Malta. Δ¦amrun Spartans were the defending champions, having won their eighth title in the previous season.
On 9 April, the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. [1] Following the decision of the Maltese Football Association Executive Committee, the teams that had finished in the relegation places in the previous Premier League season would be relegated to the Challenge League due to having played the prerequisite 75% of matches for the seasons result to stand. However, as the Challenge League teams did not complete 75% of matches, they would not be promoted to the Premier League to replace the exiting teams, meaning that the 2021β22 season will have only 12 teams competing. [2] [3] [4]
The Premier League consists of two rounds. In the first round, every team plays each opponent twice, once "home" and once "away" (in actuality, the designation of home and away is purely arbitrary as most of the clubs do not have their own grounds), for a total of 22 games. The league then splits into two groups. Teams that finish in positions 1β6 compete in the "Top Six" and teams that finish in positions 7β12 play in the "Play-Out".
Twelve teams will compete in the league.
Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | |
---|---|---|---|
Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | |
Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | |
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|
Balzan | Alejandro Pantoja (Caretaker) | Joma | Investors Mutual Limited |
Birkirkara | Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) | Nike | McDonald's (Front), Inter Sport (Back Top), Visit Malta (Back Bottom) |
Floriana | Gianluca Atzori | Joma | Harmont & Blaine, Boggi |
Gudja United | Thane Micallef | Macron | All Nuts, Handy Man, Green Finance |
GΕΌira United | Darren Abdilla | Puma | |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | Branko NiΕ‘eviΔ | Puma | J. Portelli Projects |
Hibernians | Stefano Sanderra | Joma | Bezzina |
Mosta | Joseph Grech | Macron | Dimbros, Nilmar |
Sirens | Winston Muscat | Macron | CafΓ© del Mar Malta (Front), Welbee's (Front), Malta National Aquarium (Back), Ozo Group (Sleeves Both) |
Sliema Wanderers | Noel Turner (Caretaker) | Jartazi | NM group, Sixt |
Santa Lucia | Giovanni Tedesco | Capelli Sport | Multivend, avanza |
Valletta | Danilo DonΔiΔ | Puma | Iniala |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sirens | Giovanni Tedesco | Resign | 27 May 2021 | Pre-season | Winston Muscat | 27 May 2021 |
Floriana | John Buttigieg | End of Contract | 14 June 2021 | Gianluca Atzori | 17 June 2021 | |
Balzan | Mark Miller | Mutual consent | 19 October 2021 | 9th | Paul Zammit | 23 October 2021 |
Santa Lucia | Oliver Spiteri | Sacked | 20 January 2022 | 11th | Giovanni Tedesco | 12 January 2022 |
Valletta | Cardoso Mendes | 3 February 2022 | 7th | Danilo DonΔiΔ | 3 February 2022 | |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | Mark Buttigieg | 14 February 2022 | 5th | Branko NiΕ‘eviΔ | 15 February 2022 | |
Sliema Wanderers | Andrea Pisanu | 16 February 2022 | 12th | Noel Turner (Caretaker) | 16 February 2022 | |
Balzan | Paul Zammit | 15 April 2022 | 11th | Alejandro Pantoja (Caretaker) | 23 April 2022 | |
Birkirkara | AndrΓ© Paus | 20 April 2022 | 3rd | Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) | 20 April 2022 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hibernians | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 47 | Qualification for the Top Six |
2 | Floriana | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 45 | |
3 | Birkirkara | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 36 | |
4 | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 35 | |
5 | GΕΌira United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 33 | |
6 | Gudja United | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 29 | |
7 | Sirens | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Play-Out |
8 | Valletta | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 26 | |
9 | Mosta | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 25 | |
10 | Balzan | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 23 | |
11 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 22 | |
12 | Sliema Wanderers | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 12 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIB | FLO | Δ¦AM | GΕ»I | BIR | GUD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hibernians (C) | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for the 2022β23 UEFA Champions League | — | 0β0 | β | β | 3β1 | β | |
2 | Floriana | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for the 2022β23 UEFA Europa Conference League | β | — | 0β0 | 0β1 | β | β | |
3 | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 45 | 2β1 | β | — | 2β0 | β | β | ||
4 | GΕΌira United | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 43 | 2β1 | β | β | — | 1β1 | 3β1 | ||
5 | Birkirkara | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 | β | 0β0 | 0β1 | β | — | 3β0 | ||
6 | Gudja United | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 32 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | β | β | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | VAL | SIR | MOS | BAL | SLC | SLI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Valletta | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 36 | — | β | 2β3 | β | 2β1 | 3β1 | ||
8 | Sirens | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 34 | 0β3 | — | β | 2β3 | β | β | ||
9 | Mosta | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 32 | β | 2β3 | — | 3β2 | 1β1 | β | ||
10 | Balzan | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 30 | 1β1 | β | β | — | 0β3 | β | ||
11 | Santa Lucia [a] | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 27 | β | 2β2 | β | β | — | 1β2 | ||
12 | Sliema Wanderers (R) | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 18 | Relegation to the 2022β23 Maltese Challenge League | β | 0β5 | 1β0 | 0β1 | β | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [6] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maxuell | GΕΌira United | 17 |
2 | Jurgen Degabriele | Hibernians | 14 |
3 | Mario Fontanella | Valletta | 12 |
4 | Luke Montebello | Birkirkara | 11 |
Sunday Akinbule | Mosta | ||
Jefferson Assis | GΕΌira United | ||
7 | Jake Grech | Hibernians | 9 |
Kemar Reid | Floriana | ||
Vitor da Silva Vieira | Sirens | ||
10 | Vito Plut | Santa Lucia | 8 |
Bogdan Gavrila | Sirens |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Fontanella | Valletta | Sirens | 3β1 (H) | 17 October 2021 |
Jefferson Assis | GΕΌira United | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 4β1 (H) | 5 February 2022 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgi Kitanov | Floriana | 11 |
2 | Henry Bonello | Δ¦amrun Spartans | 10 |
3 | Glenn Zammit | Gudja United | 9 |
4 | Ibrahim KonΓ© | Hibernians | 7 |
5 | Daniel Fernandes | Birkirkara | 5 |
Amara Sylla | |||
7 | Alessandro Guarnone | Valletta | 4 |
8 | Justin Haber | Santa Lucia | 3 |
9 | Vukasin Vranes | Balzan | 2 |
Anthony Curmi | GΕΌira United | ||
Matthew Calleja Cremona | Hibernians | ||
Timothy Aquilina | Sliema Wanderers | ||
Rashed Al-Tumi | |||
Julani Archibald | Santa Lucia | ||
Ini Etim Akpan | Mosta | ||
Johnathan Debono | Sirens |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August and September |
Stefano Sanderra | Hibernians | Jake Grech | Hibernians |
October | Winston Muscat | Sirens | Luke Montebello | Birkirkara |
November | Stefano Sanderra | Hibernians | Jake Grech | Hibernians |
December | Paul Zammit | Balzan | Jurgen Degabriele | |
January | Thane Micallef | Gudja United | Kurt Shaw | Sliema Wanderers |
February | Gianluca Atzori | Floriana | Jan Busuttil | Floriana |
March | Stefano Sanderra | Hibernians | Jurgen Degabriele | Hibernians |
April and May | Jan Busuttil | Floriana |