List of Maltese football champions

List of Maltese football champions
Founded	1909
Country	Malta
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	14
Current champions	Ħamrun Spartans (10th title) ; (2023–24 season)
Most championships	Sliema Wanderers; Floriana; (26 titles each)
	Current: 2023–24 Maltese Premier League

The Maltese football champions are the winners of the primary football competition in Malta, the Premier League. The league is contested on a round-robin system and the championship is awarded to the highest ranked team at the end of the season. Originally known as the First Division, it started with a disparate number of participating teams. Nowadays, it is contested by 14 teams.^[1] With a hiatus during the Second World War, the competition has been ever-present since its inception.

Sliema Wanderers and Floriana are the most successful clubs with 26 titles each,^[2] while Ħamrun Spartans are the current champions.^[3]

Champions

Key
Club (X)	Club name and number of times they had won the title at that point (if more than one)
†	Champions also won the FA Trophy that season, completing a domestic double

First Division (1909–80)

Season	Winner^[4]^[5]	Runner-up^[4]^[5]	Third place^[6]	Top scorer(s)^[7]	Goals^[7]
1909–10	Floriana	Sliema Wanderers	St. Joseph's United	Salvu Samuele (Floriana)	4
1910–11	League championship was not held
1911–12	Floriana (2)	Ħamrun Spartans	St. George's	^[a]
1912–13	Floriana (3)	Ħamrun Spartans	Sliema Wanderers	^[a]
1913–14	Ħamrun Spartans	St. George's	Valletta United	^[a]
1914–15	Valletta United	Ħamrun Spartans	Sliema Wanderers	^[a]
1915–16	League championship was not held
1916–17	St. George's	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	^[a]
1917–18	Ħamrun Spartans (2)	St. George's	Sliema Wanderers	^[a]
1918–19	King's Own Malta Regiment	Ħamrun United	Royal Army Service Corps	^[a]
1919–20	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	Valletta United	^[a]
1920–21	Floriana (4)	Marsa United	Ħamrun Spartans	^[a]
1921–22	Floriana (5)	Sliema Wanderers	Malta Police	^[a]
1922–23	Sliema Wanderers (2)	Floriana	Sliema Rangers	^[a]
1923–24	Sliema Wanderers (3)	Vittoriosa Rovers	Valletta United	^[a]
1924–25	Floriana (6)	Sliema Wanderers	Valletta United	^[a]
1925–26	Sliema Wanderers (4)	Floriana	Valletta United	^[a]
1926–27	Floriana (7)	Sliema Wanderers	St. George's	^[a]
1927–28	Floriana (8)	Valletta United	St. George's	^[a]
1928–29	Floriana (9)	Sliema Wanderers	Valletta United	P. Friggieri (Floriana)	4
1929–30	Sliema Wanderers (5)	St. George's	Valletta United	^[a]
1930–31	Floriana (10)	Sliema Wanderers	Valletta United	C. Cauchi (Floriana)	4
1931–32	Valletta United (2)	Sliema Wanderers	Sliema Hotspurs	^[a]
1932–33	Sliema Wanderers (6)	Hibernians	Sliema Rangers	^[a]
1933–34	Sliema Wanderers (7)	Hibernians		A. Brincat (Sliema Wanderers)	2
1934–35	Floriana (11)	Sliema Wanderers	Hibernians	Tony Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	11
1935–36	Sliema Wanderers (8)^†	Floriana	Hibernians	Anton Mayerhoffer (Floriana)	3
1936–37	Floriana (12)	Hibernians	Sliema Wanderers	George Bond (Floriana)	4
1937–38	Sliema Wanderers (9)	Floriana	Valletta	Tony Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers) C. Cauchi (Floriana)	5
1938–39	Sliema Wanderers (10)	Melita	St. George's	Tony Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	8
1939–40	Sliema Wanderers (11)^†	St. George's	Melita	Tony Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	18
1940–41 to 1943–44	League suspended owing to the Second World War
1944–45	Valletta (3)	Sliema Athletics	Floriana	Tony Nicholl (Sliema Athletics)	6
1945–46	Valletta (4)	Sliema Wanderers	Floriana	^[a]
1946–47	Ħamrun Spartans (3)	Valletta	Floriana	Maurice Decesare (Melita) C. Galea (Floriana)	11
1947–48	Valletta (5)	Ħamrun Spartans	Sliema Wanderers	Freddie Landolina (Ħamrun Spartans)	16
1948–49	Sliema Wanderers (12)	Ħamrun Spartans	Valletta	Salvinu Schembri (Valletta) Tony Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	11
1949–50	Floriana (13)^†	Ħamrun Spartans	Sliema Wanderers	Pace (Valletta)	16
1950–51	Floriana (14)	Hibernians	Valletta	Pullu Demanuele (Valletta)	14
1951–52	Floriana (15)	Ħamrun Spartans	Sliema Wanderers	Lolly Borg (Floriana)	17
1952–53	Floriana (16)^†	Birkirkara	Valletta	Pace (Valletta)	9
1953–54	Sliema Wanderers (13)	Floriana	Ħamrun Spartans	Tony Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	12
1954–55	Floriana (17)^†	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	Lolly Borg (Floriana) Tony Cauchi (Floriana)	13
1955–56	Sliema Wanderers (14)^†	Floriana	Ħamrun Spartans	Sammy Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	15
1956–57	Sliema Wanderers (15)	Valletta	Floriana	Sammy Nicholl (Sliema Wanderers)	14
1957–58	Floriana (18)^†	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	Pullu Demanuele (Floriana)	14
1958–59	Valletta (6)	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	A. Cassar (Ħamrun Spartans)	11
1959–60	Valletta (7)^†	Hibernians	Floriana	F. Zammit (Valletta) M. Azzopardi (Valletta)	12
1960–61	Hibernians	Valletta	Sliema Wanderers	Tony Cauchi (Floriana)	12
1961–62	Floriana (19)	Valletta	Sliema Wanderers	Tony Cauchi (Floriana)	17
1962–63	Valletta (8)	Hibernians	Sliema Wanderers	M. Azzopardi (Valletta)	20
1963–64	Sliema Wanderers (16)	Valletta	Hibernians	A. Borg (Valletta)	11
1964–65	Sliema Wanderers (17)^†	Valletta	Hibernians	Joe Cini (Sliema Wanderers)	12
1965–66	Sliema Wanderers (18)	Floriana	Hibernians	John Bonnett (Sliema Wanderers) Ronnie Cocks (Sliema Wanderers)	6
1966–67	Hibernians (2)	Sliema Wanderers	Floriana	A. Delia (Hibernians)	8
1967–68	Floriana (20)	Sliema Wanderers	Hibernians	Joe Cini (Sliema Wanderers)	10
1968–69	Hibernians (3)	Valletta	Floriana	C. Cassar (Hibernians)	9
1969–70	Floriana (21)	Sliema Wanderers	Hibernians	Joe Cini (Sliema Wanderers) Ronnie Cocks (Sliema Wanderers)	7
1970–71	Sliema Wanderers (19)	Marsa	Gżira United	Raymond Xuereb (Floriana)	5
1971–72	Sliema Wanderers (20)	Floriana	Valletta	T. Giglio (Valletta)	9
1972–73	Floriana (22)	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	C. Borg (Ħamrun Spartans)	10
1973–74	Valletta (9)	Hibernians	Floriana	T. Camilleri (Sliema Wanderers)	9
1974–75	Floriana (23)	Sliema Wanderers	St. George's	Raymond Xuereb (Floriana)	17
1975–76	Sliema Wanderers (21)	Floriana	Hibernians	Richard Aquilina (Sliema Wanderers)	9
1976–77	Floriana (24)	Sliema Wanderers	Valletta	Raymond Xuereb (Floriana)	16
1977–78	Valletta (10)^†	Hibernians	Sliema Wanderers	Leonard Farrugia (Valletta)	16
1978–79	Hibernians (4)	Valletta	Sliema Wanderers	C. Brincat (Marsa)	11
1979–80	Valletta (11)	Hibernians	Floriana	Emanuel Fabri (Sliema Wanderers) Leonard Farrugia (Valletta) F. Cristiano (Valletta)	15

Premier League (1980–present)

Season	Winner^[4]^[5]	Runner-up^[4]^[5]	Third place^[6]	Top scorer(s)^[7]	Goals^[7]
1980–81	Hibernians (5)	Sliema Wanderers	Ħamrun Spartans	Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi (Hibernians)	13
1981–82	Hibernians (6)^†	Sliema Wanderers	Żurrieq	Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi (Hibernians)	12
1982–83	Ħamrun Spartans (4)^†	Valletta	Rabat Ajax	Leo Refalo (Ħamrun Spartans)	7
1983–84	Valletta (12)	Rabat Ajax	Ħamrun Spartans	Georgi Ivanov (Ħamrun Spartans) Charles Muscat (Żurrieq)	7
1984–85	Rabat Ajax	Ħamrun Spartans	Sliema Wanderers	Leonard Farrugia (Valletta)	9
1985–86	Rabat Ajax (2)^†	Hibernians	Ħamrun Spartans	Gianluca De Ponti (Żurrieq)	8
1986–87	Ħamrun Spartans (5)^†	Valletta	Żurrieq	Carmel Busuttil (Rabat Ajax)	10
1987–88	Ħamrun Spartans (6)^†	Sliema Wanderers	Żurrieq	Barry Gallagher (Ħamrun Spartans)	7
1988–89	Sliema Wanderers (22)	Valletta	Ħamrun Spartans	Joe Zarb (Valletta)	11
1989–90	Valletta (13)	Sliema Wanderers	Hibernians	Joe Zarb (Valletta)	17
1990–91	Ħamrun Spartans (7)	Valletta	Floriana	Joe Zarb (Valletta)	12
1991–92	Valletta (14)	Floriana	Sliema Wanderers	Stefan Sultana (Ħamrun Spartans)	22
1992–93	Floriana (25)^†	Ħamrun Spartans	Valletta	Carl Zachhau (Hibernians)	22
1993–94	Hibernians (7)	Floriana	Valletta	Carl Zachhau (Hibernians) Joe Zarb (Valletta)	17
1994–95	Hibernians (8)	Sliema Wanderers	Valletta	Carl Saunders (Sliema Wanderers)	18
1995–96	Sliema Wanderers (23)	Valletta	Floriana	Aldrin Muscat (Sliema Wanderers)	18
1996–97	Valletta (15)^†	Birkirkara	Floriana	Danilo Dončić (Valletta)	32
1997–98	Valletta (16)	Birkirkara	Sliema Wanderers	Joe Brincat (Birkirkara/Floriana)	19
1998–99	Valletta (17)^†	Birkirkara	Sliema Wanderers	Gilbert Agius (Valletta)	20
1999–2000	Birkirkara	Valletta	Floriana	Michael Mifsud (Sliema Wanderers)	21
2000–01	Valletta (18)^†	Sliema Wanderers	Birkirkara	Michael Mifsud (Sliema Wanderers)	30
2001–02	Hibernians (9)	Sliema Wanderers	Birkirkara	Danilo Dončić (Sliema Wanderers)	32
2002–03	Sliema Wanderers (24)	Birkirkara	Valletta	Adrian Mifsud (Hibernians Danilo Dončić (Sliema Wanderers) Michael Galea (Birkirkara)	18
2003–04	Sliema Wanderers (25)^†	Birkirkara	Hibernians	Danilo Dončić (Sliema Wanderers)	19
2004–05	Sliema Wanderers (26)	Birkirkara	Hibernians	Andrew Cohen (Hibernians)	21
2005–06	Birkirkara (2)	Sliema Wanderers	Marsaxlokk	Michael Galea (Birkirkara)	19
2006–07	Marsaxlokk	Sliema Wanderers	Birkirkara	Daniel Bogdanović (Marsaxlokk)	31
2007–08	Valletta (19)	Marsaxlokk	Birkirkara	Omar Sebastián Monesterolo (Valletta)	19
2008–09	Hibernians (10)	Valletta	Birkirkara	Terence Scerri (Hibernians)	26
2009–10	Birkirkara (3)	Valletta	Sliema Wanderers	Camilo Sanvezzo (Qormi)	24
2010–11	Valletta (20)	Floriana	Birkirkara	Alfred Effiong (Marsaxlokk)^[b]	17
2011–12	Valletta (21)	Hibernians	Birkirkara	Obinna Obiefule (Marsaxlokk/Mosta)	34
2012–13	Birkirkara (4)	Hibernians	Valletta	Jose Luis Negrin (Melita/Rabat Ajax)	22
2013–14	Valletta (22)^†	Birkirkara	Hibernians	Jhonnattann (Birkirkara) Edison Luiz dos Santos (Hibernians)	21
2014–15	Hibernians (11)	Valletta	Birkirkara	Jorginho (Hibernians) Edison Luiz dos Santos (Hibernians)	25
2015–16	Valletta (23)	Hibernians	Birkirkara	Mario Fontanella (Floriana)	20
2016–17	Hibernians (12)	Balzan	Birkirkara	Bojan Kaljević (Balzan)	23
2017–18	Valletta (24)^†	Balzan	Gżira United	Amadou Samb (Gżira United)	21
2018–19	Valletta (25)	Hibernians	Gżira United	Taylon Correa (Hibernians)	19
2019–20	Floriana (26)	Valletta	Hibernians	Kristian Keqi (Floriana)	14
2020–21	Ħamrun Spartans (8)	Hibernians	Gżira United	Kevin Rosero (St. Lucia)	17
2021–22	Hibernians (13)	Floriana	Ħamrun Spartans	Maxuell Maia (Gżira United)	17
2022–23	Ħamrun Spartans (9)	Birkirkara	Gżira United	Jefferson Assis (Gżira United)	20

Total titles won

Titles won by club (%)

Sliema Wanderers – 26 (25%)

Floriana – 26 (25%)

Valletta – 25 (23%)

Hibernians – 13 (11%)

Ħamrun Spartans – 10 (10%)

Birkirkara – 4 (4%)

Other clubs – 4 (4%)

As of 5 April 2023

Clubs participating in the 2024–25 Maltese Premier League are denoted in bold type
Clubs no longer active are denoted in italics

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Sliema Wanderers	26	29
Floriana	26	13
Valletta	25	18
Hibernians	13	14
Ħamrun Spartans	10	11
Birkirkara	4	8
Rabat Ajax	2	1
St. George's	1	4
Marsaxlokk	1	1
The King's Own Malta Regiment	1	0

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Unknown top-scorer due to no accurate records kept of the matches played
^ Alfred Effiong was born in Nigeria, but since March 2015 has a Maltese passport and has represented Malta in international football

References

^ "August 18 start for 2017/18 BOV Premier League". Malta Football Association. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Malta Football Association Council – Statement". Malta Football Association. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ Lia, Gianluca (1 May 2022). "Hibs beat Birkirkara and seal 13th title crown". Times of Malta. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Malta - List of Champions and Runners-Up". RSSSF. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "League Champions". MaltaFootball.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Malta - List of Final Tables". RSSSF. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Malta - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[top-scorer-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Unknown top-scorer due to no accurate records kept of the matches played

[9] Alfred Effiong was born in Nigeria, but since March 2015 has a Maltese passport and has represented Malta in international football

[1] "August 18 start for 2017/18 BOV Premier League". Malta Football Association. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[2] "Malta Football Association Council – Statement". Malta Football Association. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[3] Lia, Gianluca (1 May 2022). "Hibs beat Birkirkara and seal 13th title crown". Times of Malta. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[rsssf-table-4] "Malta - List of Champions and Runners-Up". RSSSF. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[malta-football-league-champions-5] "League Champions". MaltaFootball.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[rsssf-finals-table-6] "Malta - List of Final Tables". RSSSF. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[scorers-7] "Malta - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

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