2002–03 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2002–03
Champions	Msida SJ
Promoted	Msida SJ Balzan Youths
Relegated	Gozo FC Xghajra Tornadoes
Goals scored	270
Average goals/game	3
Top goalscorer	Daniel Nwoke (20)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The Maltese First Division 2002–03 started on 7 September 2002 and finished on 4 May 2003. Naxxar and Lija were relegated from Maltese Premier League. Msida and Senglea were promoted from Maltese Second Division. Msida were the champions and Balzan were promoted to Maltese Premier League.

Msida were the champions of the Maltese Third Division 2000-01 and a year later they were the champions of the Maltese Second Division 2001-02. Therefore, they were promoted for three straight years to go to the top level. Gozo and Xghajra were relegated to Maltese Second Division.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2002–03 was made up of these teams:

• Balzan
• Gozo
• Lija
• Mqabba
• Msida
• Naxxar
• Rabat
• Senglea
• St. Patrick
• Xghajra

Changes from previous season

• Marsaxlokk and Mosta were promoted from the First Division to the Premier League. They were replaced by Naxxar Lions and Lija Athletic, both relegated from Maltese Premier League 2001-02.
• Qormi and St. Andrews were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2002-03. They were replaced with Msida SJ, champions of Maltese Second Division 2001-02 and Senglea Athletics, runner-up.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Msida SJ (C)	18	11	3	4	45	20	+25	36	Champions and promotion to 2003–04 Maltese Premier League
2	Balzan Youths	18	9	6	3	29	18	+11	33	Runners-up and promotion to 2003–04 Maltese Premier League
3	Senglea Athletics	18	9	4	5	21	19	+2	31
4	Rabat Ajax	18	8	2	8	33	30	+3	26
5	Lija Athletic	18	6	6	6	21	24	−3	24
6	St.Patrick	18	6	5	7	29	25	+4	23
7	Naxxar Lions	18	6	4	8	23	32	−9	22
8	Mqabba	18	4	9	5	25	29	−4	21
9	Gozo FC (R)	18	4	5	9	26	34	−8	17	Relegation to 2003–04 Maltese Second Division
10	Xghajra Tornadoes (R)	18	2	6	10	18	39	−21	12

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
20	Daniel Nwoke	Msida
14	William Borg	Rabat
13	Victor Egere	Gozo
	Ikechukwu Chibueze	Mqabba
11	Jeremy Agius	Msida

Results

For a complete set of results, see 1