2011–12 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season	2010–11
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Maltese First Division (also known as 2011–12 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) Started on 9 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012.

Teams[]

These teams will contest the Maltese First Division 2011-12 season:

Birzebbuga St.Peters
Dingli Swallows
Lija Athletic
Melita
Naxxar Lions
Pieta Hotspurs
Rabat Ajax
St. Andrews F.C.
St. George's F.C
St. Patrick F.C
Vittoriosa Stars
Zejtun Corinthians

Changes from previous season[]

Balzan Youths, Mqabba and Mosta were promoted to the 2011–12 Maltese Premier League. They were replaced with Vittoriosa Stars, relegated from 2010–11 Maltese Premier League
Msida Saint-Joseph were relegated to the 2011–12 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Zejtun Corinthians, Rabat Ajax, Naxxar Lions, Birzebbuga St.Peters and St. Patrick F.C all promoted from 2010–11 Maltese Second Division.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Melita (C)	22	14	5	3	46	23	+23	47	Champions and promotion to 2012–13 Maltese Premier League
2	Rabat Ajax (P)	22	14	3	5	26	12	+14	45	Runners-up and promotion to 2012–13 Maltese Premier League
3	Pieta Hotspurs	22	12	2	8	27	19	+8	38
4	Zejtun Corinthians	22	11	3	8	29	21	+8	36
5	Vittoriosa Stars	22	9	7	6	38	25	+13	34
6	Naxxar Lions	22	9	6	7	32	32	0	33
7	Lija Athletic	22	8	5	9	26	25	+1	29
8	St. Andrews F.C.	22	8	3	11	24	30	−6	27
9	Birzebbuga St.Peters	22	7	2	13	31	40	−9	23
10	Dingli Swallows	22	6	4	12	16	30	−14	22
11	St. Patrick F.C (R)	22	5	4	13	18	37	−19	19	Relegation to 2012–13 Maltese Second Division
12	St. George's F.C (R)	22	5	4	13	19	39	−20	19	Relegation to 2012–13 Maltese Second Division

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	BBĠ	DIN	LJA	MEL	NAX	PIE	RAB	STA	STG	STP	VIT	ZEJ
Birzebbuga		1–2	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1
Dingli Swallows	2–1		0–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	0–2
Lija Athletic	2–3	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Melita	2–1	4–0	4–3		1–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–0
Naxxar	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–2		1–3	1–2	1–4	5–0	1–1	0–3	2–1
Pieta Hotspurs	4–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0		0–1	2–0	0–2^[a]	2–1	0–2	0–1
Rabat Ajax	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1		1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–3
St. Andrews	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0
St. George's	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–2		0–0	0–0	1–4
St. Patrick	1–3	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–3		1–1	1–3
Vittoriosa Stars	5–1	0–1	4–0	1–4	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	4–2	4–1		0–0
Zejtun	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	5–1	4–0	0–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ St Georges awarded points after winning protest against Pieta

Top scorers[]

Goals	Player	Team
14	Marcelo Pereira	Vittoriosa Stars F.C.
14		Naxxar Lions
13		Zejtun Corinthians F.C.
8		Pieta Hotspurs F.C.
		Melita F.C.
		Pieta Hotspurs F.C.
7		Rabat Ajax F.C.
		Rabat Ajax F.C.
		Melita F.C.

External links[]

[table_note_PIE_STG0.23496360249583-1] St Georges awarded points after winning protest against Pieta

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