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2004–05 Maltese First Division

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Maltese First Division
Season2004–05
ChampionsĦamrun Spartans
PromotedĦamrun Spartans
Mosta
RelegatedBalzan Youths
Gozo
Goals scored279
Average goals/game3.1
Top goalscorerJeremiah Ani (18)

The 2004–05 Maltese First Division (known as the MIA First Division for sponsorship reasons) started on 5 September 2004 and finished on 15 May 2005.

Ħamrun Spartans were promoted back to the Premier League after just one season away, following their relegation alongside Balzan Youths in the 2003–04 Premier League season. Mosta joined Ħamrun in securing place in the Premier League. Balzan suffered a consecutive relegation, and alongside Gozo were relegated to the 2005–06 Second Division.

Changes from previous season

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Team changes

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From Second Division

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Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to Second Division

To First Division

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Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from Second Division

Teams

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Team City
Balzan Youths Balzan
Gozo Gozo
Ħamrun Spartans Ħamrun
Marsa Marsa
Mosta Mosta
Mqabba Mqabba
Naxxar Lions Naxxar
San Ġwann San Ġwann
Senglea Athletic Senglea
St. George's Cospicua

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ħamrun Spartans (C) 18 10 5 3 30 19 +11 35 Promotion to 2005–06 Maltese Premier League
2 Mosta 18 9 5 4 37 24 +13 32
3 Mqabba 18 9 4 5 33 19 +14 31
4 Senglea Athletic 18 7 7 4 31 27 +4 28
5 Marsa 18 7 5 6 38 33 +5 26
6 San Ġwann 18 6 5 7 21 27 −6 23
7 Naxxar Lions 18 7 2 9 29 35 −6 23
8 St. George's[a] 18 6 6 6 23 25 −2 22
9 Balzan (R) 18 5 3 10 23 31 −8 18 Relegation to 2005–06 Maltese Second Division
10 Gozo (R) 18 1 4 13 14 39 −25 7
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St. George's were deducted 2 points due to the incidents in the match against Senglea Athletic.

Results

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Home \ Away BAL GOZ ĦAM MAR MOS MQA NAX SĠW SEN STG
Balzan Youths 5–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–3
Gozo 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–3
Ħamrun Spartans 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 4–2 2–1 3–4 2–0
Marsa 2–2 5–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 5–4 2–2 2–2
Mosta 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–3 6–0 0–0
Mqabba 2–0 5–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0
Naxxar Lions 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3
San Ġwann 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–0
Senglea Athletic 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–2 1–2 1–1
St. George's 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–2[a]
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between St. George's and Senglea Athletic was abandoned at the 77th minute with the result 1–2 in favour of Senglea Athletic after a fan attacked a linesman. The match was awarded to Senglea Athletic with a 2–0 score.

Top scorers

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As of 15 May 2005[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Jeremiah Ani Naxxar Lions 18
2 Nigeria Uchenna Anywanna Mqabba 16
3 Nigeria Ikechukwu Chibueze Mosta 13
4 Malta Stefan Sultana Ħamrun Spartans 12
Malta Gilbert Martin Marsa

References

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  1. ^ "Malta: MIA First Division 2004/05 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ "MIA First Division League Results 2004/05". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Malta: MIA First Division 2004/05 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.