2010–11 Maltese First Division

The 2010–11 Maltese First Division (also known as 2010–11 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 23 October 2010 and ended on 1 May 2011.

Maltese First Division

Season	2010–11
Matches played	56
Goals scored	161 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Simon Shead Mosta F.C. (11 goals)
Highest scoring	Pietà 6–1 Dingli St. George's 3–4 Balzan Balzan 4–3 Pieta
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Due to a in-season change regarding the league system,^{[citation needed]} the third-placed team of this season will be promoted to the Maltese Premier League, along with the regular two promotees.

Teams

These teams will contest the 2010–11 season:

• Balzan Youths
• Dingli Swallows
• Lija Athletic
• Melita
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Msida Saint-Joseph
• Pietà Hotspurs
• St. Andrews
• St. George's

Changes from previous season

• Marsaxlokk and Vittoriosa Stars were promoted to the Premier League. They were replaced with Dingli Swallows and Msida Saint-Joseph, both relegated from 2009–10 Maltese Premier League
• St. Patrick and last-placed San Gwann were relegated to the 2010–11 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Lija Athletic and St. Andrews.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Balzan (C)	18	15	2	1	42	16	+26	47	Promotion to the 2011–12 Maltese Premier League
2	Mqabba (P)	18	10	5	3	38	16	+22	35
3	Mosta (P)	18	9	5	4	42	22	+20	32
4	Melita	18	9	5	4	31	21	+10	32
5	Lija Athletic	18	7	3	8	24	25	−1	24
6	St. George's	18	6	6	6	25	28	−3	24
7	St. Andrews	18	5	5	8	20	28	−8	20
8	Dingli Swallows	18	5	3	10	20	36	−16	18
9	Pietà Hotspurs	18	4	4	10	34	37	−3	16
10	Msida Saint-Joseph (R)	18	0	2	16	5	52	−47	−2[a]	Relegation to the 2011–12 Maltese Second Division

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Msida Saint-Joseph were docked four points because of unknown reasons.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	DIN	LJA	MEL	MOS	MQA	MSJ	PIE	STA	STG
Balzan Youths	—	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–3[a]	4–3	1–1	1–0
Dingli Swallows	1–4	—	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1
Lija Athletic	1–2	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1
Melita	1–0	3–1	3–1	—	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
Mosta	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	—	1–3	4–0	1–1	6–1	0–1
Mqabba	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–0	3–0	0–0	7–1
Msida Saint-Joseph	0–5	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–4	1–1	—	0–6	0–5	1–3
Pietà Hotspurs	1–2	6–1	0–2	1–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	—	0–1	3–2
St. Andrews	0–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–4	2–1	1–0	—	0–1
St. George's	3–4	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	—

Source: ^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match awarded (originally finished 2–0).

Top scorers

As of 1 May 2011^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Simon Shead	Mosta	15
2	John Paul Muscat	Mqabba	14
3	Pedrinho	Balzan Youths	13
4	Zach Muscat	Pietà Hotspurs	11
5	Glenn Bonello	St. George's	10
6	Quelin Refalo	Pietà Hotspurs	8
	Mark Briggs	Mosta
8	Thiago Mazzitelli	Mqabba	7
	Jonathan Luis Ruiz	St. George's
	Admir Džanović	Lija Athletic