2001–02 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2001–02
Champions	Marsaxlokk
Promoted	Marsaxlokk Mosta
Relegated	Qormi St. Andrews
Goals scored	279
Average goals/game	3.1
Top goalscorer	Johann Zammit (16)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The Maltese First Division 2001–02 (known as Rothmans First Division 2001–02 for sponsorship reasons) started on 15 September 2001 and finished on 28 April 2002. Rabat and Xghajra were relegated from the Maltese Premier League. Mqabba and Balzan were promoted from Maltese Second Division.Marsaxlokk were the champions while Mosta were the runners-up. Both teams were promoted to Maltese Premier League. Qormi and St. Andrews were relegated to Maltese Second Division.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2001–02 was made up of these teams:

• Balzan
• Gozo
• Marsaxlokk
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Qormi
• Rabat
• St. Andrews
• St. Patrick
• Xghajra

Changes from previous season

• Marsa and Lija Athletic were promoted from the First Division to the Premier League. They were replaced with Rabat Ajax and Xghajra Tornadoes, both relegated from Maltese Premier League 2000-01.
• Tarxien Rainbows and Zurrieq were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2001-02. They were replaced with Mqabba, champions of Second Division 00-01 and Balzan Youths, runners-up.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Marsaxlokk (C)	18	13	4	1	46	15	+31	43	Champions and promotion to 2002–03 Maltese Premier League
2	Mosta	18	11	6	1	33	14	+19	39	Runners-up and promotion to 2002–03 Maltese Premier League
3	Xghajra Tornadoes	18	7	3	8	22	29	−7	24
4	Rabat Ajax	18	7	2	9	34	35	−1	23
5	Balzan Youths	18	6	5	7	26	28	−2	23
6	Mqabba	18	5	8	5	20	25	−5	23
7	Gozo FC	18	5	7	6	30	30	0	22
8	St. Patrick	18	6	3	9	24	35	−11	21
9	Qormi (R)	18	3	5	10	21	28	−7	14	Relegation to 2002–03 Maltese Second Division
10	St. Andrews (R)	18	2	7	9	23	40	−17	13

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
16	Johann Zammit	Marsaxlokk
12	Engoya Onesime Ulrich	Rabat
11	Paul Zammit	Mosta
	William Borg	Rabat
10	Gilbert Scerri	St. Patrick

Results

For a complete set of results, see [1]