1989–90 Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League

Season	1989–90
Champions	Valletta F.C. (13th title)
Relegated	Tarxien Rainbows F.C. Zebbug Rangers
European Cup	Valletta F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
UEFA Cup	Hibernians F.C.
Matches played	73
Goals scored	206 (2.82 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Maltese Premier League was the 10th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 75th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 9 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valletta F.C. (C)	16	13	2	1	31	6	+25	26	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	16	11	2	3	36	11	+25	24	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup
3	Hibernians F.C.	16	10	3	3	30	12	+18	23	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
4	Hamrun Spartans F.C.	16	10	3	3	37	13	+24	23
5	Floriana F.C.	16	8	1	7	24	17	+7	17
6	Naxxar Lions	16	2	7	7	17	27	−10	11
7	Żurrieq F.C.	16	3	5	8	15	30	−15	11
8	Tarxien Rainbows F.C. (R)	16	1	2	13	9	40	−31	4	Relegation
9	Zebbug Rangers (R)	16	1	1	14	6	49	−43	3

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Third Place tie-breaker

With both Hibernians and Hamrun Spartans level on 23 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualification for the UEFA Cup

Hibernians F.C.	1–0	Hamrun Spartans F.C.

Results

Home \ Away	FRN	HIB	ĦMR	NXR	SLM	TRX	VLT	ZEB	ŻRQ
Floriana	—	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	4–0	3–1
Hibernians	3–1	—	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	7–0	3–1
Ħamrun Spartans	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	10–0	2–0
Naxxar Lions	1–2	0–5	1–3	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Sliema Wanderers	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	—	4–0	0–1	1–0	5–0
Tarxien Rainbows	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–3	1–2	—	0–5	2–0	2–2
Valletta	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	—	5–0	4–0
Żebbuġ Rangers	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	—	1–2
Żurrieq	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	4–1	1–2	2–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)