2003–04 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season 200304
Champions St. Patrick
Promoted St. Patrick
Lija Athletic
Relegated Tarxien Rainbows
Rabat Ajax
Goals scored 293
Average goals/game 3.25
Top goalscorer Ikechukwu Chibueze (18)

The Maltese First Division 2003–04 (known as MIA First Division 2003-04 for sponsorship reasons) started on 13 September 2003 and finished on 9 May 2004.Marsa and Mosta were relegated from Maltese Premier League.Tarxien and San Gwann were promoted from Maltese Second Division with the latter (San Gwann) having won a promotion playoff against Vittoriosa.St.Patrick were the champions while Lija were runners-up.Both were promoted to Maltese Premier League.Tarxien and Rabat wrer relegated to Maltese Second Division with the former having just clinched promotion only to go straight down again.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2003–04 was made up of these teams:

Changes from previous season

Final League Table 2003-04

P Team P W D L F A Pts
1 St. Patrick (C) 18 10 3 5 35 28 33
2 Lija Athletic 18 9 5 4 31 24 32
3 Mqabba 18 8 5 5 29 21 29
4 Senglea Athletics 18 7 5 6 36 28 26
5 Naxxar Lions 18 7 5 6 30 34 26
6 Mosta 18 6 7 5 34 27 25
7 Marsa 18 6 7 5 27 31 25
8 San Gwann 18 5 6 7 23 24 21
9 Tarxien Rainbows (R) 18 5 5 8 29 33 20
10 Rabat Ajax (R) 18 1 4 13 19 43 7

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

Champions and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2004-05
Runners-up and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2004-05
Relegation to Maltese Second Division 2004-05

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
18
Nigeria Ikechukwu Chibueze Mqabba
15
Malta Simon Shead Tarxien
14
Nigeria Chima Dozie Naxxar
10
Malta Mark Tanti St.Patrick
9
Malta Thomas Caruana St.Patrick
England Trevor Thomas Senglea
Nigeria Ibrahim Tarik Marsa

Results

For a complete set of results,see 1

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