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Bank of Valletta Premier League
Bank of Valletta Premier League
Country Flag of Malta Malta
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1909
Number of teams 12
Relegation to Maltese First Division
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) U*Bet FA Trophy
UEFA cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Ħamrun (8th title) (2020–21)
Most successful club Sliema Wanderers
Floriana (26th title each)
Website MFA.com.mt Official website
Football current event 2021–22

The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta (colloquially known as Il-Kampjonat Premjer), is the top level league for football in Malta. The league was first competed in 1909. In the Maltese football system, there are three divisions under the Premier League, they are; the First, Second and Third divisions.

Prior to 1980, the top level of the Maltese Football League was known as the First Division; however, it was renamed the Premier League and has stayed so since, with the First Division (formerly known as the Second Division) one level lower.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, UEFA ranked the Maltese Premier League 44th out of 53 members in their coefficient calculation for UEFA club competitions.

Format[]

Each team plays each other three times. During every season, which is held between August and May, the 12 teams play against each other twice. Once each club had played 22 matches, each team has their points total halved (rounded up if the points don't equal a whole number, e.g. 31 points = 16 points when halved). Each team then plays each other once more after the halving of the points.

Premier League Standing Committee[]

The Premier League Standing Committee is a body composed of the Premier League club presidents who represent their club on a board. These do not have executive powers but are a formal body that has official influence with regards to rules, regulations and issues that relate to the league. From time to time the committee makes proposals to the respective and MFA bodies for approval.

UEFA rankings[]

Malta rose four places in the UEFA League Coefficient in 2010–11 and a further 3 in 2011–12, as a result they gained a slot in UEFA club competitions, effective from the 2012–13 season. The champions enter the second qualifying round of the Champions League, while the Maltese Cup winners and two further teams, based on league performance, enter the First Qualifying Round of the Europa League. Prior to the 2012–13, the Maltese champions entered the first qualifying round of the Champions league.

Clubs[]

2021–22 season[]

Twelve teams will compete in the league.

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
Mosta 2011 Mosta
St. Lucia 2019 Santa Luċija
Sirens 2019 St. Paul's Bay
Sliema Wanderers 1984 Sliema
Valletta 1944 Valletta

External links[]

Template:Maltese Premier League seasons

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