2014–15 Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League
Season	2014–15
Matches played	132
Goals scored	397 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tarabei (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Hibernians 4–0 Balzan Naxxar Lions 4–0 Żebbuġ Rangers
Biggest away win	Żebbuġ Rangers 0–4 Birkirkara
Highest scoring	Balzan 5–3 Sliema Wanderers
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 8 February 2015.

The 2014–15 Maltese Premier League is the 100th season of the Maltese Premier League, Valletta are the defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season.

The Premier League consists of three rounds for a total of 33 games. After the end of the second round, the points earned are halved.

Format

In a change from last season, the league will not split after twenty-two matches. All teams will advance to a second phase where half of the first phase points are carried over and teams will play each other once.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Location of teams in 2014–15 Maltese Premier League

Relegation and promotion

Vittoriosa Stars and Rabat Ajax were relegated finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, in the previous season.

Promoted were, Pietà Hotspurs and Zebbug Rangers finishing 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the First Division the previous season.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Balzan F.C.	Balzan	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Birkirkara F.C.	Birkirkara	Infetti Ground	2.500
Floriana F.C.	Floriana	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Hibernians F.C.	Paola	Hibernians Ground	2.968
Mosta F.C.	Mosta	Mosta Ground	1.200
Naxxar Lions F.C.	Naxxar	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Pietà Hotspurs F.C.	Pietà	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Qormi F.C.	Qormi	Qormi Football Complex	-
Sliema Wanderers F.C.	Sliema	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Tarxien Rainbows F.C.	Tarxien	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Valletta F.C.	Valletta	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17.797
Zebbug Rangers F.C.	Zebbug	Zebbug Ground	1.000

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernians	22	19	3	0	68	13	+55	60
2	Valletta	22	14	2	6	51	17	+34	44
3	Birkirkara	22	13	4	5	41	22	+19	43
4	Balzan	22	9	7	6	35	33	+2	34
5	Floriana	22	7	8	7	38	41	−3	29
6	Sliema Wanderers	22	7	6	9	26	31	−5	27
7	Mosta	22	7	4	11	24	43	−19	25
8	Naxxar Lions	22	5	7	10	26	34	−8	22
9	Tarxien Rainbows	22	4	9	9	22	38	−16	21
10	Pietà Hotspurs	22	5	6	11	19	36	−17	21
11	Qormi	22	4	6	12	22	38	−16	18
12	Żebbuġ Rangers	22	4	6	12	25	51	−26	18

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2015. Source: uefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results (matches 1-22)

Home ╲ Away	Balzan !BAL	Birkirkara !BIR	Floriana !FLO	Hibernians !HIB	Mosta !MOS	Naxxar Lions !NXX	Pietà Hotspurs !PTA	Qormi !QOR	Sliema Wanderers !SLI	Tarxien Rainbows !TAR	Valletta !VAL	Zebbug Rangers !ZEB
Balzan !Balzan		3–2	3–2	0–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	5–3	3–2	0–2	4–2
Birkirkara !Birkirkara	0–0		1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Floriana !Floriana	1–1	1–2		0–3	3–2	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3
Hibernians !Hibernians	4–0	1–0	5–0		1–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	5–2
Mosta !Mosta	1–0	1–5	1–3	0–5		1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0
Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1		4–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	4–0
Pietà Hotspurs !Pietà Hotspurs	1–1	4–3	1–3	0–3	0–1	1–1		0–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–0
Qormi !Qormi	1–2	0–2	4–2	0–6	4–0	1–0	0–1		1–3	1–0	2–3	0–1
Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	0–0		2–0	0–5	1–0
Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows	0–5	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1		0–6	1–2
Valletta !Valletta	1–2	0–2	4–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–2	4–0	3–1	0–0		2–0
Zebbug Rangers !Zebbug Rangers	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–4	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–2

Updated to games played on 8 February 2015.
Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

All teams advance to the second phase. Teams keep their records from the first phase, but their points from the first phase are halved. Teams will play each other once.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hibernians (C)	33	27	5	1	97	24	+73	56	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Valletta (Q)	33	22	3	8	74	30	+44	47	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Birkirkara (Q)	33	19	7	7	59	31	+28	43
4	Balzan (Q)	33	17	8	8	59	45	+14	42
5	Floriana	33	13	11	9	58	51	+7	36
6	Sliema Wanderers	33	10	9	14	50	56	−6	26
7	Naxxar Lions	33	9	9	15	40	51	−11	25
8	Qormi	33	8	9	16	40	55	−15	24
9	Tarxien Rainbows	33	8	9	16	35	60	−25	23
10	Mosta (O)	33	9	6	18	38	72	−34	21	Qualification to promotion play-off
11	Pietà Hotspurs (R)	33	6	8	19	30	58	−28	16	Relegation to Maltese First Division
12	Żebbuġ Rangers (R)	33	5	6	22	37	84	−47	12	Relegation to Maltese First Division

Source: uefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding champion and UEFA competition places); 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored ^[1]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Results (matches 23-33)

Home ╲ Away	Balzan !BAL	Birkirkara !BIR	Floriana !FLO	Hibernians !HIB	Mosta !MOS	Naxxar Lions !NXX	Pietà Hotspurs !PTA	Qormi !QOR	Sliema Wanderers !SLI	Tarxien Rainbows !TAR	Valletta !VAL	Zebbug Rangers !ZEB
Balzan !Balzan					1–1						0–1	4–1
Birkirkara !Birkirkara	0–1			0–0		1–0		2–2
Floriana !Floriana				1–3		4–1	2–0		3–1
Hibernians !Hibernians	1–3							2–1	3–2		3–1
Mosta !Mosta		0–3	2–2			1–2
Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	1–2								4–3	0–1
Pietà Hotspurs !Pietà Hotspurs					2–3	0–0			1–1			3–1
Qormi !Qormi	1–5						2–1				1–3
Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers					5–1					3–2	3–3
Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows			1–2		2–1		3–1	0–4
Valletta !Valletta		2–1	1–0									2–3
Zebbug Rangers !Zebbug Rangers		1–3		0–5				1–3		0–2

Updated to games played on 9 May 2015.
Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Premier League play-off

A play-off was played between the tenth placed team from the Premier League and the third placed team from the First Division. The winner will compete in the 2015–16 Maltese Premier League.^[3]

Mosta v Gżira United

15 May 2015
19:30

Mosta	2–0	Gżira United
Udo Fortune 88' Gary Roberts 90+3'	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Philip Farrugia

Top goalscorers

As of 10 May 2015

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Edison Luiz dos Santos	Hibernians	25
1	Jorginho	Hibernians	25
3	Bojan Kaljević	Balzan/Mosta	19
4	Clayton Failla	Hibernians	16
5	Matteo Picciolo	Floriana	15
5	Gianmarco Piccioni	Balzan	15
7	Ellinton Antonio Costa Morais	Birkirkara	13
	Rafael Ledesma	Birkirkara
	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	Valletta
10	Abdelkarim Nafti	Valletta	12
	Vito Plut	Floriana
	Hamza Barry	Valletta
	Alfred Effiong	Qormi

Source: MFA

References

1 2 3 "Premier League: season rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
↑ "BOV Premier League kicks-off on Saturday". maltafootball.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
↑ "BOV First, Second, and Third Division2014/15 draws". maltafootball.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

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