2010–11 Maltese First Division

The 2010–11 Maltese First Division (also known as 2010–11 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 23 October 2010 and ended on 1 May 2011.

Maltese First Division
Season2010–11
Matches played56
Goals scored161 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerSimon Shead
Mosta F.C. (11 goals)
Highest scoringPietà 6–1 Dingli
St. George's 3–4 Balzan
Balzan 4–3 Pieta

Due to a in-season change regarding the league system, the third-placed team of this season will be promoted to the Maltese Premier League, along with the regular two promotees.

Teams

These teams will contest the 2010–11 season:

Changes from previous season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Balzan (C) 18 15 2 1 42 16 +26 47 Promotion to the 2011–12 Maltese Premier League
2 Mqabba (P) 18 10 5 3 38 16 +22 35
3 Mosta (P) 18 9 5 4 42 22 +20 32
4 Melita 18 9 5 4 31 21 +10 32
5 Lija Athletic 18 7 3 8 24 25 −1 24
6 St. George's 18 6 6 6 25 28 −3 24
7 St. Andrews 18 5 5 8 20 28 −8 20
8 Dingli Swallows 18 5 3 10 20 36 −16 18
9 Pietà Hotspurs 18 4 4 10 34 37 −3 16
10 Msida Saint-Joseph (R) 18 0 2 16 5 52 −47 −2[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to the 2011–12 Maltese Second Division
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Msida Saint-Joseph were docked four points because of unknown reasons.

Results
Home \ Away BAL DIN LJA MEL MOS MQA MSJ PIE STA STG
Balzan Youths — 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 4–3 1–1 1–0
Dingli Swallows 1–4 — 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–1
Lija Athletic 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 0–4 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–1
Melita 1–0 3–1 3–1 — 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2
Mosta 0–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 — 1–3 4–0 1–1 6–1 0–1
Mqabba 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 3–0 0–0 7–1
Msida Saint-Joseph 0–5 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–4 1–1 — 0–6 0–5 1–3
Pietà Hotspurs 1–2 6–1 0–2 1–2 3–3 2–4 2–0 — 0–1 3–2
St. Andrews 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–4 2–1 1–0 — 0–1
St. George's 3–4 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded (originally finished 2–0).

Top scorers
As of 1 May 2011[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Simon Shead Mosta 15
2 Malta John Paul Muscat Mqabba 14
3 Brazil Pedrinho Balzan Youths 13
4 Malta Zach Muscat Pietà Hotspurs 11
5 Malta Glenn Bonello St. George's 10
6 Malta Quelin Refalo Pietà Hotspurs 8
England Mark Briggs Mosta
8 Brazil Thiago Mazzitelli Mqabba 7
Brazil Jonathan Luis Ruiz St. George's
Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Džanović Lija Athletic

References
  1. "Malta: BOV First Division 2010/11 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "BOV First Division League Results 2010/11". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. "Malta: BOV First Division 2010/11 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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