Maltese Premier League

360Sports Maltese Premier League
Country	Malta
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1909
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	BOV Challenge League
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	U*Bet FA Trophy
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Ħamrun (10th title) (2020–21)
Most successful club	Sliema Wanderers Floriana (26 titles each)
Website	MFA.com.mt Official website
2021–22

The Maltese Premier League, known as 360Sports Maltese Premier League for sponsorship reasons with 360Sports (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 BOV Challenge League (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

• Malta Football Association
• League321.com – Maltese football league tables, records & statistics database.
• Malta – List of Champions and Runners-Up, RSSSF.com

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