2015–16 Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League
Season	2015–16
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 18 July 2015.

The 2015–16 Maltese Premier League will be the 101st season of the Maltese Premier League. The season began on 21 August 2015 and will conclude on 30 April 2016.^[1] Hibernians are the defending champions, having won their 11th title the previous season.

The Maltese Premier League consists of three rounds, for a total of 33 matches per team, with the first two round being played between 21 August 2015 and 14 February 2016, and the final third round being played from 20 February to 30 April 2016.^[1] After the end of the second round, the points earned are halved.

Format

The format for the 2015–16 Maltese Premier League will be same as the previous season. First all teams meet twice in a round-robin format for a total of twenty-two matches. After the two first rounds all teams will advance to a second phase where half of the points from the first two rounds are carried over and teams will play each other once.^[2] These rules were changed before the previous season after a decision not to split the teams for a championship round and relegation round.^[3]

Teams and stadiums

Location of teams in 2015–16 Maltese Premier League

Pietà Hotspurs and Żebbuġ Rangers were relegated after they finished eleventh and twelfth, respectively, the previous season. Pembroke Athleta, the 2014–15 First Division champion, will make their debut in the Premier League. Runner-up St. Andrews returns to the highest level for the first time since the 1993–94 season.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Balzan	Balzan	Victor Tedesco Stadium	6,000
Birkirkara	Birkirkara	Ta' Qali National Stadium	17,797
Floriana	Floriana	Independence Arena	3,000
Hibernians	Paola	Hibernians Ground	8,000
Mosta	Mosta	Charles Abela Memorial Stadium	600
Naxxar Lions	Naxxar	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Pembroke Athleta	Pembroke	Sirens Stadium	1,500
Qormi	Qormi	Qormi Ground	1,000
Sliema Wanderers	Sliema	Tigne Sports Complex	1,000
St. Andrews	St. Andrew's	Luxol Sports Ground	800
Tarxien Rainbows	Tarxien	Tony Cassar Sports Ground	1,000
Valletta	Valletta	Centenary Stadium	2,000

Source: Scoresway

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Valletta	22	17	2	3	49	21	+28	53
2	Hibernians	22	15	5	2	53	25	+28	50
3	Balzan	22	14	3	5	42	21	+21	45
4	Birkirkara	22	12	6	4	41	20	+21	42
5	Floriana	22	12	3	7	36	25	+11	39
6	Tarxien Rainbows	22	10	7	5	37	17	+20	37
7	Mosta	22	8	6	8	29	33	−4	30
8	Pembroke Athleta	22	7	4	11	33	39	−6	25
9	Sliema Wanderers	22	7	3	12	31	36	−5	24
10	Naxxar Lions	22	4	2	16	22	54	−32	14
11	Qormi	22	2	3	17	19	49	−30	9
12	St. Andrews	22	1	2	19	14	66	−52	5

Source: MFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results (matches 1–22)

Home ╲ Away	Balzan !BAL	Birkirkara !BIR	Floriana !FLO	Hibernians !HIB	Mosta !MOS	Naxxar Lions !NXX	Pembroke Athleta !PEM	Qormi !QOR	Sliema Wanderers !SLI	St. Andrews !StA	Tarxien Rainbows !TAR	Valletta !VAL
Balzan !Balzan		1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	1–2
Birkirkara !Birkirkara	4–1		0–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–2
Floriana !Floriana	2–0	0–0		2–4	1–2	2–1	4–2	3–0	3–0	3–2	0–3	1–2
Hibernians !Hibernians	3–2	1–1	2–1		1–4	4–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0
Mosta !Mosta	1–3	0–3	0–1	0–4		0–2	3–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–2
Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–7	0–1		1–5	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–5	1–2
Pembroke Athleta !Pembroke Athleta	0–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0		0–0	0–2	4–3	1–2	2–3
Qormi !Qormi	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–5	1–2		3–6	3–0	1–4	0–2
Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0		6–1	0–2	2–4
St. Andrews !St. Andrews	0–2	1–3	0–5	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–1		1–1	0–3
Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	3–2	1–0		1–3
Valletta !Valletta	0–1	4–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
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 and rounded. Teams will play each other once.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valletta (C)	33	25	4	4	69	27	+42	53	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Hibernians	33	22	8	3	85	33	+52	49	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Birkirkara	33	20	8	5	64	29	+35	47	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Balzan	33	20	6	7	69	33	+36	44
5	Floriana	33	18	4	11	60	42	+18	39
6	Tarxien Rainbows	33	15	8	10	59	31	+28	35
7	Sliema Wanderers	33	12	6	15	49	51	−2	30
8	Pembroke Athleta	33	10	6	17	48	61	−13	24
9	Mosta	33	10	7	16	42	60	−18	22
10	St. Andrews	33	4	3	26	32	90	−58	13	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
11	Naxxar Lions (R)	33	5	4	24	29	95	−66	12	Relegation to Maltese First Division
12	Qormi (R)	33	3	4	26	26	80	−54	9	Relegation to Maltese First Division

Source: MFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if 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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results (matches 23–33)

Home ╲ Away	Balzan !BAL	Birkirkara !BIR	Floriana !FLO	Hibernians !HIB	Mosta !MOS	Naxxar Lions !NXX	Pembroke Athleta !PEM	Qormi !QOR	Sliema Wanderers !SLI	St. Andrews !StA	Tarxien Rainbows !TAR	Valletta !VAL
Balzan !Balzan		1–1				8–0	2–1			1–0	2–2	1–2
Birkirkara !Birkirkara			0–1	2–1	6–3			2–0	2–1
Floriana !Floriana	0–2					4–0	2–3			3–1	2–3	2–0
Hibernians !Hibernians	3–1		3–1		3–0			6–0	1–1
Mosta !Mosta	0–3		2–4				3–5			1–1		1–2
Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions		0–4		0–8	2–1		1–1	1–1			0–3
Pembroke Athleta !Pembroke Athleta		0–1		1–1				3–1	0–2		0–4
Qormi !Qormi	0–3		1–3		0–1				1–0	2–4		0–2
Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	3–3		2–2		1–0	4–2				3–1		0–3
St. Andrews !St. Andrews		1–3		1–4		3–1	3–1				2–3
Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows		1–2		0–1	0–1			6–1	0–1
Valletta !Valletta		0–0		1–1		4–0	2–0			2–1	2–0

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
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.

Relegation play-offs

A play-off will be played between the tenth-placed team from the Premier League and the third-placed team from the First Division for a place in the 2016–17 Maltese Premier League.

St. Andrews v Senglea Athletic F.C.

6 May 2016
19:30

St. Andrews	v	Senglea Athletic F.C.

Hibernians Ground

Top goalscorers

As of 12 April 2016

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lydon Micallef	Balzan	17
2	Alfred Effiong	Balzan	16
3	Mario Fontanella	Floriana	15
4	Gilmar Da Silva Ribeiro	Hibernians	14
4	Matias Falcone	Valletta	14
5	Michael Mifsud	Valletta	12
	Abdelkarim Nafti	Valletta
	Jorge Da Silva Pereira	Hibernians

Source: MFA

References

1 2 "MFA Match calendar for 2015/16 season". mfa.com.mt. Malta Football Association. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
1 2 "Premier League: season rules". scoresway.com. Scoresway. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ "BOV Premier League kicks-off on Saturday". maltafootball.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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