2004–05 Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League

Season	2004–05
Dates	7 September 2004 – 8 May 2005
Champions	Sliema Wanderers (26th title)
Relegated	St. Patrick Lija Athletic
Champions League	Sliema Wanderers
UEFA Cup	Birkirkara Hibernians
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Valletta
Matches played	132
Goals scored	413 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrew Cohen (21 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2003–04 Maltese Premier League was the 25th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 90th season of top-tier football in Malta. The league started on 7 September 2004 and finished on 8 May 2005. Sliema Wanderers successfully defended last season's league triumph, surpassing Floriana's league title record of 25 championships.

Teams

The following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:

• St. Patrick
• Lija Athletic

From the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division:

• Balzan Youths
• Ħamrun Spartans

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sliema Wanderers	18	13	3	2	33	15	+18	42	Qualification for the Top Six
2	Valletta	18	11	3	4	42	26	+16	36
3	Hibernians	18	10	6	2	34	22	+12	36
4	Birkirkara	18	9	5	4	44	25	+19	32
5	Marsaxlokk	18	7	5	6	32	23	+9	26
6	Floriana	18	6	6	6	21	22	−1	24
7	Pietà Hotspurs	18	5	4	9	34	33	+1	19	Qualification for the Play-out
8	Msida Saint-Joseph	18	4	6	8	27	34	−7	16
9	St. Patrick	18	2	3	13	17	45	−28	9
10	Lija Athletic	18	2	1	15	10	49	−39	7

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	HIB	LIJ	MXK	MSD	PTA	SLM	STP	VLT
Birkirkara	—	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	5–3	2–3	0–2	7–2	1–2
Floriana	1–3	—	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0
Hibernians	4–2	2–0	—	2–1	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–1
Lija Athletic	1–6	1–1	0–1	—	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–4	1–0	1–2
Marsaxlokk	1–1	0–1	1–2	5–1	—	2–1	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1
Msida Saint-Joseph	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–2	3–1	4–1
Pietà Hotspurs	1–1	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–3	2–2	—	2–3	4–0	2–3
Sliema Wanderers	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	2–1	3–1
St. Patrick	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–5	0–1	—	1–2
Valletta	0–1	3–2	2–2	4–1	3–1	5–1	4–1	3–2	5–0	—

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

Second phase

Top Six

The teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Top Six, and the points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Sliema Wanderers 21 points, Valletta 18, Hibernians 18, Birkirkara 17, Marsaxlokk 15 and Floriana 13.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLM	BKR	HIB	VLT	MXK	FRN
1	Sliema Wanderers (C)	10	5	4	1	14	8	+6	40	Qualification for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League		—	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1
2	Birkirkara	10	6	4	0	25	14	+11	38	Qualification for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup		3–1	—	1–1	6–3	2–2	3–0
3	Hibernians	10	4	5	1	15	10	+5	35			1–1	2–2	—	0–3	3–0	1–1
4	Valletta	10	5	1	4	15	15	0	34	Qualification for the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup		0–3	1–2	0–2	—	4–1	2–1
5	Marsaxlokk	10	1	1	8	11	25	−14	17			1–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	—	1–0
6	Floriana	10	1	1	8	7	17	−10	16			0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	4–3	—

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Play-out

The teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the play-out and at the end of the phase the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Pietà Hotspurs 10 points, Msida Saint-Joseph 8, St. Patrick 5, Lija Athletic 4.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PTA	MSD	STP	LIJ
7	Pietà Hotspurs	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	20			—	1–1	4–0	1–0
8	Msida Saint-Joseph	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	19			2–1	—	3–0	2–0
9	St. Patrick (R)	6	3	0	3	10	11	−1	14	Relegation to the 2005–06 Maltese First Division		2–0	4–2	—	4–1
10	Lija Athletic (R)	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	8			0–3	1–1	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andrew Cohen	Hibernians	21
2	Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers	20
3	Michael Galea	Birkirkara	14
4	Daniel Nwoke	Msida Saint-Joseph	13
5	Terence Scerri	Hibernians	12
	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Birkirkara
7	Haruna Doda	Birkirkara	11
	Danilo Dončić	Sliema Wanderers
	Gilbert Agius	Valletta
10	Massimo Grima	Valletta	10
	Etienne Barbara	Birkirkara
	Cleavon Frendo	Marsaxlokk

External links

• Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)