2013–14 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season	2013–14
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The 2013–14 Maltese First Division (also known as 2013–14 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 13 September 2013 and ended on 27 April 2014.

Participating teams[]

These teams will contest the 2013–14 Maltese First Division season:

Birzebbuga St. Peters
Gudja United
Gżira United
Hamrun Spartans
Lija Athletic
Melita
Msida SJ F.C
Pietà Hotspurs
St. Andrews
St. George's F.C.
Zebbug Rangers
Zejtun Corinthians
Zurrieq

Changes from previous season[]

Naxxar Lions and Vittoriosa Stars were promoted to the 2013–14 Maltese Premier League. They were replaced with Melita and Hamrun Spartans, relegated from 2012–13 Maltese Premier League.
Dingli Swallows and Mqabba were relegated to the 2013–14 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Zebbug Rangers, Msida SJ F.C, St. George's F.C. and Zurrieq all promoted from 2012–13 Maltese Second Division.
Marsaxlokk were relegated to the 2013–14 Maltese Third Division since finding financial difficulties.^[1]

Final league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pietà Hotspurs (C)	24	18	4	2	68	22	+46	58	Champions and promotion to 2014–15 Maltese Premier League
2	Zebbug Rangers (P)	24	14	3	7	51	38	+13	45	Runners-up and promotion to 2014–15 Maltese Premier League
3	St. Andrews	24	12	4	8	55	45	+10	40
4	Gżira United	24	10	5	9	38	31	+7	35
5	Gudja United	24	10	4	10	41	45	−4	34
6	Melita	24	9	6	9	36	35	+1	33
7	Lija Athletic	24	9	6	9	44	44	0	33
8	St. George's F.C.	24	8	7	9	33	40	−7	31
9	Zurrieq	24	9	3	12	40	40	0	30
10	Birzebbuga St. Peters	24	8	5	11	40	47	−7	29
11	Msida SJ F.C	24	8	3	13	35	43	−8	27
12	Hamrun Spartans (R)	24	7	6	11	31	42	−11	19^[a]	Relegation to
13	Zejtun Corinthians (R)	24	5	2	17	26	66	−40	17	Relegation to

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

^ Hamrun Spartans started on a -8 points deduction.^[2]

Results[]

Home \ Away	BBĠ	GDJ	GŻI	HAM	LJA	MEL	MSJ	PIE	STA	STG	ZEB	ZEJ	ZRQ
Birzebbuga St. Peters		2–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–6	4–1	1–1	4–1	2–6	3–5
Gudja United	2–1		0–0	1–0	4–4	1–1	2–4	2–7	1–4	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–2
Gżira United	2–1	2–1		0–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	5–0	1–0
Hamrun Spartans	1–1	4–4	1–4		3–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2
Lija Athletic	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1		0–1	3–1	2–2	2–5	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–5
Melita	1–1	1–4	3–2	0–0	2–1		2–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	4–1
Msida SJ F.C	3–1	0–3	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–1		1–3	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	1–2
Pietà Hotspurs	2–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–0		4–3	1–1	4–0	7–0	1–0
St. Andrews	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–4		1–1	2–1	8–2	5–3
St. George's F.C.	2–0	2–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3		1–3	1–0	2–1
Zebbug Rangers	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–3	4–0	2–3	1–0	4–1	2–2		4–1	2–2
Zejtun Corinthians	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–5		2–1
Zurrieq	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0

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

Top 5 scorers[]

Goals	Player	Team
28		Pietà Hotspurs
27	Trayo Grozev	St. Andrews
17		Zebbug Rangers
15		Lija Athletic
15		Zurrieq

References[]

^ "Marsaxlokk FC set to play in the BOV third division". 29 August 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
^ "Hamrun Spartans will start the 2013-14 Bov First Division with 7 points deducted". 13 August 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

External links[]

[table_hth_HAM0.98701873793594-3] Hamrun Spartans started on a -8 points deduction.^[2]

[1] "Marsaxlokk FC set to play in the BOV third division". 29 August 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

[2] "Hamrun Spartans will start the 2013-14 Bov First Division with 7 points deducted". 13 August 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

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