2009–10 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2009–10
Champions	Marsaxlokk
Promoted	Marsaxlokk Vittoriosa Stars
Relegated	St. Patrick San Gwann
Goals scored	276
Average goals/game	3.06
Top goalscorer	Simon Shead
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Maltese First Division 2009–10 season will start in October 2009 and end 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.

Participating teams

These teams will contest the 2009–10 season:

• Balzan Youths
• Marsaxlokk
• Melita
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Pieta Hotspurs
• San Gwann
• St. George's
• St. Patrick
• Vittoriosa Stars

Changes from previous season

• Dingli Swallows and Vittoriosa Stars were promoted to the Premier League and were initially replaced with Hamrun Spartans and Msida St Joseph, both relegated from 2008–09 Maltese Premier League.

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 SJ and Hamrun Spartans were therefore reinstated in the Maltese Premier League.

• Rabat Ajax and Senglea Athletic were relegated to the 2009–10 Maltese Second Division.They were replaced with Balzan Youths and Melita.

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Marsaxlokk (C)	18	12	5	1	42	14	+28	41
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
10	San Gwann (R)	18	2	5	11	21	30	-9	11

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
(C) = Champions; (P) = Promoted; (R) = Relegated; (RP) = Relegation playoffs

	Champions and promotion to 2010–11 Maltese Premier League
	Runners-up and promotion to 2010–11 Maltese Premier League
	Relegation to 2010–11 Maltese Second Division

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Balzan	Marsaxlokk	Melita	Mosta	Mqabba	Pieta	San Gwann	St. George's	St. Patrick	Vittoriosa
Balzan		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		1-1	4-4	2-5		1-3	1-1	2-1	4-0	0-1
Pieta Hotspurs	0-0	0-3	1-1	1-3	0-4		0-2	0-1	0-1	1-1
San Gwann	0-0	0-3	2-3	0-1	2-2	0-3		1-2	0-1
St. George's	0-2		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	1-0	0-2	0-1	1-1	3-1	0-0	1-0	5-0	4-0

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
13	Simon Shead	Balzan Youths
10	Malcolm Licari	Marsaxlokk
9	Leontin Chitescu	Vittoriosa
8	John Paul Muscat	Mqabba
7	Glenn Bonello	St.Georges