2013–14 Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League
Season	2013–14
Champions	Valletta
Champions League	Valletta
Europa League	Birkirkara Hibernians
Matches played	54
Goals scored	159 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johnathan Edison (21 goals)
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The 2013–14 Maltese Premier League was the 99th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-tier football league in Malta. It began on 16 August 2013 and ended on 26 April 2014. Birkirkara are the defending champions, having won their 4th title the previous season.

The Premier League consisted of two rounds. In the First Round, every team played each opponent twice, once "home" and once "away" (in actuality, the designation of home and away were purely arbitrary as most of the clubs did not have their own grounds), for a total of 22 games. The league then split into two pools. Earned points are subsequently halved. Teams that finished in the positions 1–6 competed in the "Championship Pool" and teams that finished in positions 7–12 played in the "Relegation Pool".

Teams

Relegation and promotion

Ħamrun Spartans and Melita were relegated finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, in the previous season.

Promoted were, Naxxar Lions and Vittoriosa Stars finishing 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the First Division the previous season.

Locations

Location of teams in 2013–14 Maltese Premier League

First phase

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Birkirkara !Birkirkara	22	18	2	2	51	19	+32	56	Qualification for championship round
2	Valletta !Valletta	22	17	2	3	51	13	+38	53
3	Hibernians !Hibernians	22	15	2	5	57	27	+30	47
4	Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	22	12	7	3	43	24	+19	43
5	Mosta !Mosta	22	12	2	8	44	35	+9	38
6	Balzan !Balzan	22	8	4	10	24	31	−7	28
7	Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	22	8	3	11	27	39	−12	27	Qualification for relegation round
8	Floriana !Floriana	22	8	4	10	30	36	−6	022^†
9	Vittoriosa Stars !Vittoriosa Stars	22	5	3	14	24	47	−23	18
10	Qormi !Qormi	22	4	4	14	28	45	−17	16
11	Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows	22	4	4	14	26	45	−19	16
12	Rabat Ajax !Rabat Ajax	22	1	3	18	17	61	−44	6

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^†Floriana deducted 6 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Balzan !BAL	Birkirkara !BIR	Floriana !FLO	Hibernians !HIB	Mosta !MOS	Naxxar Lions !NXX	Qormi !QOR	Rabat Ajax !RAB	Sliema Wanderers !SLI	Tarxien Rainbows !TAR	Valletta !VAL	Vittoriosa Stars !VIT
Balzan !Balzan		1–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–1
Birkirkara !Birkirkara	2–1		3–0	0–1	2–1	7–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0
Floriana !Floriana	1–2	1–3		0–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1
Hibernians !Hibernians	1–0	1–2	2–2		2–3	4–1	5–3	4–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	5–1
Mosta !Mosta	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–2		4–0	1–2	4–0	3–2	2–2	0–6	2–0
Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–4		1–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1
Qormi !Qormi	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–3	1–2		0–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–2
Rabat Ajax !Rabat Ajax	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–4	0–3	1–2	0–0		1–2	2–6	1–4	0–1
Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	3–0	1–3	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–1		3–3	0–3	2–0
Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–6	0–1	0–0		0–3	0–3
Valletta !Valletta	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	6–1	0–0	2–1		2–1
Vittoriosa Stars !Vittoriosa Stars	2–2	1–4	1–3	2–5	2–5	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–4

Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Championship round

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valletta !Valletta (C)	32	24	5	3	74	21	+53	51	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Birkirkara !Birkirkara	32	25	3	4	76	25	+51	50	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Hibernians !Hibernians	32	18	4	10	77	51	+26	35	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Mosta !Mosta	32	15	6	11	58	57	+1	32
5	Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	32	14	10	8	54	42	+12	31	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
6	Balzan !Balzan	32	9	5	18	36	58	−22	18

Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Sliema Wanderers qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2013–14 Maltese FA Trophy, This was because the winners Valletta had qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Balzan !BAL	Birkirkara !BIR	Hibernians !HIB	Mosta !MOS	Sliema Wanderers !SLI	Valletta !VAL
Balzan !Balzan		1–3	4–4	2–4	0–4	1–3
Birkirkara !Birkirkara	1–0		0–1	4–0	6–0	0–2
Hibernians !Hibernians	4–2	1–4		2–2	1–3	1–3
Mosta !Mosta	3–1	0–4	2–1		1–1	0–5
Sliema Wanderers !Sliema Wanderers	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0		0–2
Valletta !Valletta	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1

Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Floriana !Floriana	32	14	5	13	50	48	+2	30
8	Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows	32	10	6	16	51	55	−4	28
9	Qormi !Qormi	32	10	4	18	51	62	−11	26
10	Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	32	11	6	15	40	55	−15	26
11	Vittoriosa Stars !Vittoriosa Stars (R)	32	9	6	17	41	66	−25	24	Relegation to 2014–15 Maltese First Division
12	Rabat Ajax !Rabat Ajax (R)	32	1	4	27	23	91	−68	4	Relegation to 2014–15 Maltese First Division

Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Floriana !FLO	Naxxar Lions !NXX	Qormi !QOR	Rabat Ajax !RAB	Tarxien Rainbows !TAR	Vittoriosa Stars !VIT
Floriana !Floriana		1–1	3–2	2–1	0–3	1–2
Naxxar Lions !Naxxar Lions	0–2		0–1	2–0	1–2	3–3
Qormi !Qormi	2–1	5–1		3–1	2–4	5–1
Rabat Ajax !Rabat Ajax	0–5	1–1	0–3		0–2	1–2
Tarxien Rainbows !Tarxien Rainbows	0–2	0–1	4–0	7–1		1–1
Vittoriosa Stars !Vittoriosa Stars	1–3	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1

Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorer

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Johnhatan	Birkirkara	21
1	Edison	Hibernians	21
2	Stanley Ohawuchi	Sliema Wanderers	19
3	Denni	Valletta	18
3	Alfred Effiong	Qormi	18
4	Obinna Obiefule	Hibernians	15
5	Haruna Shola Shodiya	Birkirkara	14

Source: MFA

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