Maltese Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates15 September 2023 – 4 May 2024
Matches played84
Goals scored199 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerLuke Montebello
(8 Goals)
Biggest home winMarsaxlokk 5–1 Naxxar Lions
(15 September 2023)
Naxxar Lions 4–0 Santa Lucia
(1 October 2023)
Biggest away winGudja United 1–6 Gżira United
(1 October 2023)
Highest scoringGudja United 1–6 Gżira United
(1 October 2023)
Longest winning runFloriana
Ħamrun Spartans
(4 matches each)
Longest unbeaten runFloriana
(11 matches)
Longest winless runGudja United
(12 matches)
Longest losing runGżira United
Santa Lucia
(4 matches each)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 7 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Maltese Premier League is the 109th season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began on 15 September 2023 and will end in April 2024.

Teams

The league consisted of fourteen teams; the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League. Ħamrun Spartans entered the season as defending champions.[1] Sliema Wanderers and Naxxar Lions were promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after one and five years of absence, respectively. They replaced the 2022–23 Maltese Premier League bottom two teams, Pietà Hotspurs and Żebbuġ Rangers (both relegated after one year in the top flight).

On 13 April 2023, The Malta Football Association announced that four clubs would be relegated to the Maltese Challenge League at the end of the season, as the number of clubs would be reduced to twelve starting from the 2024–25 season. As a result, the Maltese Premier League play-off was scrapped for this season, and this was the last season to consist of fourteen teams.

Team In league since City
Balzan 2011 Balzan
Birkirkara 1990 Birkirkara
Floriana 1986 Floriana
Gudja United 2019 Gudja
Gżira United 2016 Gżira
Ħamrun Spartans 2016 Ħamrun
Hibernians 1945 Paola
Marsaxlokk 2022 Marsaxlokk
Mosta 2011 Mosta
Naxxar Lions 2023 Naxxar
St. Lucia 2019 Santa Luċija
Sliema Wanderers 2023 Sliema
Sirens 2019 St. Paul's Bay
Valletta 1944 Valletta

Stadiums

Ta' Qali Ta' Qali Paola
Ta' Qali National Stadium Centenary Stadium Tony Bezzina Stadium
Capacity: 16,997 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,968

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Balzan Malta Oliver Spiteri Joma MBI Group Visit Malta (Bottom)
Birkirkara Malta Brian Chetcuti (Caretaker) Nike McDonald's Inter Sport (Top) Visit Malta (Right)
Floriana Italy Mauro Camoranesi Joma Harmont & Blaine, Greens Supermarket Go & Fun (Right)
Gudja United Malta Renzo Kerr-Cumbo Macron Handy Man, SixSevenEight Apex Group (Top) Thomas Smith Insurance Broker (Left)
Gżira United Malta Darren Abdilla Joma Finanzi (Top), Recruit Giant (Bottom), Visit Malta (Bottom)
Ħamrun Spartans Italy Luciano Zauri Puma J. Portelli Meridianbet (Bottom), Besteam audio (Bottom) Ta' Fonzu (Right), Tescoma (Left)
Hibernians Serbia Branko Nišević Joma Bezzina
Marsaxlokk Malta Winston Muscat Joma 1padel Mr. Fitz Restaurant Marsaxlokk (Left)
Mosta Malta Joseph Grech Macron Teamsport (Bottom)
Naxxar Lions Malta George Vella Joma Brown's, sottozero Zarb Coaches (Top), Badass, McQueen, Sammut Concrete Supplies (Bottom) Welbee's (Right), Würth, Centerparc (Left)
Santa Lucia Italy Alessandro Zinnari Capelli Sport Multivend, avanza Elmo (Top), Konica Minolta (Bottom) Yellow Army (Left), Levissima (Right)
Sliema Wanderers Malta Paul Zammit Adidas NMGroup, Comeon Group, Xace Daikin, Zarb Coaches (Bottom)
Sirens Malta Stephen Damato Macron Café del Mar Malta, Welbee's Arringo (Top), Malta National Aquarium (Bottom)
Valletta Italy Enzo Potenza Nike Iniala Inter Sport (Top) Toyotomi, Da Mattia (Left),
  • Additionally, referee kits are made by Macron

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ħamrun Spartans Serbia Branko Nišević Resign 22 April 2023 Pre-season Italy Luciano Zauri 29 April 2023
Sirens Malta Winston Muscat 28 April 2023 Malta Stephen Damato 24 May 2023
Marsaxlokk Argentina Pablo Doffo End of Contract 6 May 2023 Malta Winston Muscat 14 June 2023
Floriana Italy Gianluca Atzori 10 May 2023 Italy Mauro Camoranesi 5 June 2023
Hibernians Malta Silvio Vella Mutual consent 1 June 2023 Serbia Branko Nišević 17 July 2023
Santa Lucia Italy Enzo Potenza Resign 21 June 2023 Italy Alessandro Zinnari 12 July 2023
Gudja United Malta Ludvic Bartolo End of Caretaker 29 July 2023 Malta Jesmond Zammit 29 July 2023
Valletta Malta Thane Micallef Sacked 2 October 2023 8th Italy Enzo Potenza 7 October 2023
Birkirkara Italy Giovanni Tedesco Resign 26 November 2023 10th Malta Brian Chetcuti (Caretaker) 26 November 2023
Gudja United Malta Jesmond Zammit Sacked 21 December 2023 14th Malta Renzo Kerr-Cumbo 27 December 2023

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Floriana 12 9 2 1 25 5 +20 29 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ħamrun Spartans 12 9 2 1 23 8 +15 29 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Sliema Wanderers 12 8 1 3 15 6 +9 25
4 Marsaxlokk 12 6 2 4 24 14 +10 20
5 Birkirkara 12 6 2 4 15 13 +2 20
6 Naxxar Lions 12 5 4 3 17 19 −2 19
7 Hibernians 12 5 3 4 13 10 +3 18
8 Balzan 12 5 2 5 12 12 0 17
9 Gżira United 12 3 2 7 18 20 −2 11
10 Valletta 12 2 5 5 9 12 −3 11
11 Mosta 12 2 5 5 8 17 −9 11 Relegation to Maltese Challenge League
12 Santa Lucia 12 2 3 7 7 21 −14 9
13 Gudja United 12 0 6 6 8 21 −13 6
14 Sirens 12 1 3 8 7 23 −16 6
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2024. Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
  1. ↑ The 2023–24 Maltese FA Trophy winners also qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round (or the fourth-placed team of the Maltese Premier League if the Maltese FA Trophy winners finish in the top three).

Results

Home \ Away BAL BIR FLO GUD GŻI ĦAM HIB MAR MOS NXR SLC SLI SIR VAL
Balzan — 0–3 0–3 17 Mar 1–0 27 Jan 25 Feb 21 Jan 1–2 10 Feb 1–0 3–0 0–0
Birkirkara 2 Mar — 3 Feb 3–2 3–0 17 Feb 0–2 0–2 14 Mar 21 Jan 1–0 1–1
Floriana 18 Feb 2–0 — 3 Mar 21 Jan 2–0 3–2 1–1 27 Jan 16 Mar 3–0 1–0
Gudja United 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–6 11 Feb 10 Mar 1–1 28 Jan 25 Feb 1–2 20 Jan
Gżira United 4 Feb 18 Feb — 0–4 2–4 17 Mar 1–1 1–2 3 Mar 1–0 1–1
Ħamrun Spartans 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 — 16 Mar 1–1 4 Feb 1–1 18 Feb 2 Mar
Hibernians 0–2 0–1 10 Feb 1–0 28 Jan 20 Jan — 0–0 2 Mar 3–2 0–1 16 Mar
Marsaxlokk 9 Mar 3 Feb 0–1 1–1 — 3 Mar 5–1 3–0 17 Feb 3–1 0–1
Mosta 0–2 24 Feb 0–3 0–0 0–3 10 Mar 3–2 — 0–3 3 Feb 17 Feb
Naxxar Lions 8 Mar 2–0 25 Feb 2–1 10 Feb 0–4 0–0 28 Jan 20 Jan — 4–0 1–4
Santa Lucia 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–3 4 Feb 1–0 17 Feb — 0–1 2 Mar 16 Mar
Sliema Wanderers 1–0 28 Jan 0–2 2–0 1–0 25 Feb 0–1 10 Feb 10 Mar — 1–0
Sirens 7 Jan 1–2 9 Mar 25 Feb 0–4 1–2 11 Feb 1–1 1–1 0–0 20 Jan — 28 Jan
Valletta 9 Feb a 10 Mar 1–2 0–2 24 Feb 1–1 1–2 1–1 3 Feb 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2024. Source: Malta Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 7 January 2024[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Malta Luke Montebello Ħamrun Spartans 9
2 Malta Kemar Reid Floriana 8
Brazil Yuri Marsaxlokk
4 Nigeria Sunday Akinbule Marsaxlokk 7
5 Romania Andrei Ciolacu Birkirkara 6
Montenegro Uroš Đuranović Ħamrun Spartans
Argentina Federico Falcone Valletta
8 Greece Giannis Bastianos Hibernians 5

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Stadium Date

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Bulgaria Georgi Kitanov Floriana 8
2 Malta Rashed Al Tumi Sliema Wanderers 7
3 Serbia Danilo Golovic Balzan 5
Malta Henry Bonello Ħamrun Spartans
Guinea Ibrahim Koné Hibernians
6 Poland Marcel Zapytowski Birkirkara 4
7 Serbia Marko Drobnjak Marsaxlokk 3
Nigeria Akpan David Udoh Mosta
Malta Matthias Debono Naxxar Lions
Brazil Francisco Celio Da Paz Silva Filho Santa Lucia
Malta Jake Galea Valletta
12 Australia Yaren Izzet Sozer Gudja United 2

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 8
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 29 Players

Club

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
September Italy Mauro Camoranesi Floriana Malta Kemar Reid Floriana
October Malta George Vella Naxxar Lions Malta Luke Montebello Hamrun Spartans
November

References

  1. ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (11 March 2023). "Watch: Late goal hands Ħamrun Spartans ninth Premier League title". Times of Malta. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tables & Statistics". maltafootball.com. 20 September 2020.
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