2009–10 Maltese First Division

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.

Maltese First Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsMarsaxlokk
PromotedMarsaxlokk
Vittoriosa Stars
RelegatedSt. Patrick
San Gwann
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 SJ 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 Champions and promotion to 2010–11 Maltese Premier League
2 Vittoriosa Stars (P) 18 11 3 4 28 13 +15 36 Runners-up and promotion to 2010–11 Maltese Premier League
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 Gwann (R) 18 2 5 11 21 30 −9 11
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away BAL MAR MEL MOS MQA PIE SĠW STG STP VIT
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 1–0 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 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 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 4–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
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