2000–01 Maltese First Division

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Maltese First Division
Season2000–01
ChampionsMarsa
PromotedMarsa
Lija Athletic
RelegatedTarxien Rainbows
Zurrieq
Goals scored270
Average goals/game3
Top goalscorerKevin Loughborough (12)

The Maltese First Division 2000–01 (known as Rothmans First Division 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons) started on 9 September 2000 and finished on 29 April 2001. Gozo and Zurrieq were the relegated teams from the Maltese Premier League 1999-00. Marsaxlokk and Qormi were the promoted teams from the Maltese Second Division. Marsa finished as champions, by just one point, and were promoted to the Maltese Premier League 2001-02 alongside Lija Athletic, who finished runners-up. Tarxien and Zurrieq were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2001-02. This was the second straight relegation for Zurrieq, having been relegated from the Premier League the previous season. Marsa suffered their only defeat at the hands of Zurrieq.

Participating teams[]

The Maltese First Division 2000–01 was made up of these teams:

Changes from previous season[]

  • Hamrun Spartans and Xghajra Tornadoes were promoted from the First Division to the Premier League. They were replaced with Gozo FC and Zurrieq, both relegated from Maltese Premier League 1999-00.
  • Gzira and Zebbug were relegated to the Second Division. They were replaced by Marsaxlokk, champions of Second Division 1999-00, and Qormi, runner up of Second Division 1999-00.

Final League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Marsa (C) 18 9 8 1 31 16 +15 35 Champions and promotion to 2001–02 Maltese Premier League
2 Lija Athletic 18 10 4 4 36 20 +16 34 Runners-up and promotion to 2001–02 Maltese Premier League
3 Qormi 18 10 2 6 30 19 +11 32
4 St.Patrick 18 8 3 7 28 26 +2 27
5 Mosta 18 7 4 7 32 26 +6 25
6 Marsaxlokk 18 7 4 7 26 22 +4 25
7 Gozo FC 18 7 3 8 28 28 0 24
8 St. Andrews 18 5 5 8 25 37 −12 20
9 Tarxien Rainbows (R) 18 5 3 10 20 29 −9 18 Relegation to 2001–02 Maltese Second Division
10 Zurrieq (R) 18 2 4 12 14 45 −31 10
Source: [1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Top scorers[]

Goals Player Team
12
 England Kevin Loughborough St.Patrick
11
 Malta Johann Zammit Mosta
10
 Malta Matthew Calascione St. Andrews
9
 Nigeria Uwa Ogbodo Qormi
Malta Alan Tabone Lija

Results[]

For a complete set of results, see 1.

References[]

  1. ^ "Malta: MIA First Division 2000/01 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
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