2002–03 Maltese First Division

The 2002–03 Maltese First Division started on 7 September 2002 and finished on 4 May 2003. Naxxar Lions and Lija Athletic were relegated from Maltese Premier League. Msida Saint-Joseph and Senglea Athletic were promoted from Maltese Second Division. Msida Saint-Joseph were the champions and Balzan Youths were promoted to Maltese Premier League.

Maltese First Division
Season2002–03
ChampionsMsida Saint-Joseph
PromotedMsida Saint-Joseph
Balzan Youths
RelegatedGozo
Xgħajra Tornados
Goals scored270
Average goals/game3
Top goalscorerDaniel Nwoke (20)

Msida Saint-Joseph were the champions of the 2000–01 Maltese Third Division and a year later they were the champions of the 2001–02 Maltese Second Division. Therefore, they were promoted for three straight years to go to the top level. Gozo and Xgħajra Tornados were relegated to Maltese Second Division.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2002–03 was made up of these teams:

Changes from previous season

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Msida Saint-Joseph (C) 18 11 3 4 45 20 +25 36 Promotion to 2003–04 Maltese Premier League
2 Balzan 18 9 6 3 29 18 +11 33
3 Senglea Athletic 18 9 4 5 21 19 +2 31
4 Rabat Ajax 18 8 2 8 33 30 +3 26
5 Lija Athletic 18 6 6 6 21 24 −3 24
6 St. Patrick 18 6 5 7 29 25 +4 23
7 Naxxar Lions 18 6 4 8 23 32 −9 22
8 Mqabba 18 4 9 5 25 29 −4 21
9 Gozo (R) 18 4 5 9 26 34 −8 17 Relegation to 2003–04 Maltese Second Division
10 Xgħajra Tornados (R) 18 2 6 10 18 39 −21 12
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

For a complete set of results, see 1

Top scorers
As of 4 May 2003[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Daniel Nwoke Msida Saint-Joseph 20
2 Malta William Borg Rabat Ajax
14
3 Nigeria Victor Egere Gozo 13
Nigeria Ikechukwu Chibueze Mqabba
5 Malta Jeremy Agius Msida Saint-Joseph 11

References
  1. "Malta: First Division 2002/03 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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