Maltese Women's League

Maltese Women's League

Founded	1995 (1995)
Country	Malta
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	1
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Maltese Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	Birkirkara (8th title) (2018–19)
Most championships	Hibernians (12 titles)
Website	Official website

The Maltese First Division is the top level league of women's football in Malta. It is run by the Malta Football Association.

After several failed attempts in the 1970s and 1980s to create a lasting women's football competition, successful tournaments of San Gwann and Luxol St. Andrews gained enough interest, that the Malta Football Association decided to organize the first ever league in 1995-96.

The most titles were won by Hibernians.

Although the winning team of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League, the spot is not always taken. Malta currently sits at the last spot in the UEFA coefficients women's ranking and the last club to take part was Birkirkara in 2007–08; Birkirkana lost all three games with 1–37 goals. In 09–10 they competed again and ended up with three losses and 1-26 goals.

2017–18 teams

Birkirkara

Hibernians

Mosta

Gozo

Mgarr

Athleta & Spartans

Tarxien

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Location of teams in 2012–13 Maltese Premier Division

The 2017–18 season was played by the following teams.

Team	City	Home ground
Birkirkara	Birkirkara	Infetti Ground
Mosta F.C.	Mosta	Charles Abela Memorial Stadium
Hibernians F.C.	Paola	Corridiano Stadium
Gozo F.C.	Kerċem, Gozo	Kerċem Stadium
Mgarr United	Mgarr	Mgarr Ground
Pembroke Athleta	Pembroke	Pembroke Athleta Ground
Ħamrun Spartans	Hamrun	VTS Stadium
Tarxien Rainbows	Tarxien	Tony Cassar Sports Ground

Format

Until the 2011–12 season there were eight teams in the league. The teams played each other twice for a total of 14 matches each. After that the champion qualifies to the UEFA Champion's League and the last two places are relegated to the Maltese Seceond Division. Since then the format has changed a lot.

In the 2012–13, after the regular season the top four played a championship group and the bottom placed four teams played the relegation round. Points of the regular season and the second stage were added. In 2013–14 there was just one stage, where seven teams played each other three times. Also there was a title decider match after the top two teams were tied on points. Hibernians won the title over Birkirkara in a penalty shootout.

In 2014–15 there were eleven teams, and again a championship group to which the top six after the regular season qualified.

For 2015–16 the league was reduced to six teams. They play each other four times for a total of 20 matches per team.

List of champions

The season winners are:

• 1995/96: Rabat Ajax
• 1996/97: Lija Athletic
• 1997/98: Rabat Ajax
• 1998/99: Hibernians
• 1999/2000: Hibernians
• 2000/01: Hibernians
• 2001/02: Hibernians
• 2002/03: Hibernians
• 2003/04: Hibernians
• 2004/05: Hibernians
• 2005/06: Hibernians
• 2006/07: Birkirkara
• 2007/08: Hibernians
• 2008/09: Birkirkara
• 2009/10: Birkirkara
• 2010/11: Mosta
• 2011/12: Birkirkara
• 2012/13: Birkirkara
• 2013/14: Hibernians
• 2014/15: Hibernians
• 2015/16: Hibernians
• 2016/17: Birkirkara
• 2017/18: Birkirkara
• 2018/19: Birkirkara
• 2019/20: Birkirkara

Record Champions

Titles	Team
12	Hibernians
9	Birkirkara
2	Rabat Ajax
1	Lija Athletic Mosta

External links

• Maltafootball.com
• League at UEFA
• League at women.soccerway.com