2009–10 Maltese First Division

The 2009–10 Maltese First Division season started in October 2009 and ended in May 2010. Vittoriosa Stars (2008–09 Maltese First Division Runners up) and Marsaxlokk (2008–09 Maltese Premier League 4th place) were both found guilty of corruption and demoted into the First Division. Balzan Youths and Melita were promoted from 2008–09 Maltese Second Division.

Maltese First Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsMarsaxlokk
PromotedMarsaxlokk
Vittoriosa Stars
RelegatedSt. Patrick
San Ġwann
Goals scored276
Average goals/game3.06
Top goalscorerSimon Shead

Teams

These teams will contest the 2009–10 season:

Changes from previous season

However, Vittoriosa Stars and Marsaxlokk (who finished 4th place on the Premier Division) were both found guilty of corruption and demoted from the Premier Division into the First Division. Msida Saint-Joseph and Hamrun Spartans were therefore reinstated in the Maltese Premier League.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Marsaxlokk (C) 18 12 5 1 42 14 +28 41 Promotion to 2010–11 Maltese Premier League
2 Vittoriosa Stars (P) 18 11 3 4 28 13 +15 36
3 Balzan Youths 18 9 4 5 26 18 +8 31
4 St. George's 18 9 2 7 28 32 −4 29
5 Mosta 18 7 6 5 31 28 +3 27
6 Mqabba 18 5 6 7 30 30 0 21
7 Melita 18 5 4 9 21 31 −10 19
8 Pieta Hotspurs 18 4 5 9 15 25 −10 17
9 St. Patrick (R) 18 5 2 11 14 34 −20 17 Relegation to 2010–11 Maltese Second Division
10 San Ġwann (R) 18 2 5 11 21 30 −9 11
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BAL MAR MEL MOS MQA PIE SĠW STG STP VIT
Balzan Youths — 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–2
Marsaxlokk 1–1 — 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–4 1–2 2–1 2–0
Melita 3–0 1–4 — 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 2–4
Mosta 0–3 2–2 2–2 — 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2
Mqabba 1–0 1–1 4–4 2–5 — 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–1
Pietà Hotspurs 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–4 — 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1
San Ġwann 0–0 0–3 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–3 — 1–2 0–1 0–1
St. George's 0–2 0–5 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 3–0 — 6–1 2–1
St. Patrick 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–6 3–3 — 0–1
Vittoriosa Stars 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 3 May 2010[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Simon Shead Balzan Youths 13
2 Malta Malcolm Licari Marsaxlokk 10
3 Romania Leontin Chitescu Vittoriosa Stars 9
4 Malta John Paul Muscat Mqabba 8
5 Malta Glenn Bonello St. George's 7

References
  1. "Malta: BOV First Division 2009/10 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "BOV First Division League Results 2009/10". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. "Malta: BOV First Division 2009/10 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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