2012–13 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
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The 2012–13 Maltese First Division (also known as 2012–13 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 14 September 2012 and ended on 28 April 2013.

Participating teams[]

These teams will contest the 2012–13 Maltese First Division season:

Changes from previous season[]

Melita and Rabat Ajax were promoted to the 2012–13 Maltese Premier League. They were replaced with Marsaxlokk and Mqabba, relegated from 2011–12 Maltese Premier League.
St. Patrick and St. George's were relegated to the 2012–13 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Gżira United and Gudja United, all promoted from 2011–12 Maltese Second Division.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Naxxar Lions (C)	22	13	5	4	47	22	+25	44^[a]	Champions and promotion to 2013–14 Maltese Premier League
2	Vittoriosa Stars (P)	22	13	5	4	41	28	+13	44^[a]	Runners-up and promotion to 2013–14 Maltese Premier League
3	Pietà Hotspurs	22	13	4	5	46	22	+24	43
4	Lija Athletic	22	13	3	6	42	30	+12	42
5	St. Andrews	22	11	5	6	43	32	+11	38
6	Marsaxlokk	22	9	5	8	38	44	−6	32
7	Gudja United	22	8	6	8	35	36	−1	30
8	Gżira United	22	5	9	8	26	29	−3	24
9	Birzebbuga St. Peters	22	6	5	11	38	43	−5	23
10	Zejtun Corinthians	22	5	6	11	21	35	−14	21
11	Dingli Swallows (R)	22	4	4	14	21	50	−29	16	Relegation to 2013–14 Maltese Second Division
12	Mqabba (R)	22	1	5	16	24	51	−27	8	Relegation to 2013–14 Maltese Second Division

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

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Winner was decided by the championship playoff

Results[]

Home \ Away	BBĠ	DIN	GDJ	GŻI	LJA	MAR	MQA	NAX	PIE	STA	VIT	ZEJ
Birzebbuga St. Peters		3–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–2	4–3	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1
Dingli Swallows	3–2		0–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	4–3
Gudja United	0–6	3–2		1–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Gżira United	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–2	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–4	1–2	3–0	0–0
Lija Athletic	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–8	1–2	3–0
Marsaxlokk	0–0	4–1	3–2	3–2	1–5		0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Mqabba	1–5	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–5		1–1	2–3	3–4	1–1	1–2
Naxxar Lions	1–3	6–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	5–1		0–2	4–0	0–2	5–1
Pietà Hotspurs	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–0		1–2	4–1	2–2
St. Andrews	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–2	0–1
Vittoriosa Stars	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	6–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–2		1–0
Zejtun Corinthians	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–3

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

Championship playoff[]

4 May 2013

17:00

Naxxar Lions	2-1	Vittoriosa Stars
		Lydon Micallef

Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun, Malta

Referee: Fyodor Zammit

Top 10 scorers[]

Goals	Player	Team
19		Pietà Hotspurs
16	Trayo Grozev	St. Andrews
16	Marcelo Pereira	Vittoriosa Stars
13		Birzebbuga St. Peters
12		Lija Athletic
11		Pietà Hotspurs / Dingli Swallows
		Marsaxlokk
		Marsaxlokk
10		St. Andrews
10		Gudja United

External links[]

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