2012–13 Maltese First Division

The 2012–13 Maltese First Division (also known as 2012–13 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 14 September 2012 and ended on 28 April 2013.

Maltese First Division

Season	2012–13
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Participating teams

These teams will contest the 2012–13 Maltese First Division season:

• Birżebbuġa St. Peter's
• Dingli Swallows
• Gudja United
• Gżira United
• Lija Athletic
• Marsaxlokk
• Mqabba
• Naxxar Lions
• Pietà Hotspurs
• St. Andrews
• Vittoriosa Stars
• Żejtun Corinthians

Changes from previous season

• Melita and Rabat Ajax were promoted to the 2012–13 Maltese Premier League. They were replaced with Marsaxlokk and Mqabba, relegated from 2011–12 Maltese Premier League.
• St. Patrick and St. George's were relegated to the 2012–13 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Gżira United and Gudja United, all promoted from 2011–12 Maltese Second Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Naxxar Lions (C)	22	13	5	4	47	22	+25	44[a]	Promotion to 2013–14 Maltese Premier League
2	Vittoriosa Stars (P)	22	13	5	4	41	28	+13	44[a]
3	Pietà Hotspurs	22	13	4	5	46	22	+24	43
4	Lija Athletic	22	13	3	6	42	30	+12	42
5	St. Andrews	22	11	5	6	43	32	+11	38
6	Marsaxlokk	22	9	5	8	38	44	−6	32
7	Gudja United	22	8	6	8	35	36	−1	30
8	Gżira United	22	5	9	8	26	29	−3	24
9	Birżebbuġa St. Peter's	22	6	5	11	38	43	−5	23
10	Żejtun Corinthians	22	5	6	11	21	35	−14	21
11	Dingli Swallows (R)	22	4	4	14	21	50	−29	16	Relegation to 2013–14 Maltese Second Division
12	Mqabba (R)	22	1	5	16	24	51	−27	8

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Winner was decided by the championship playoff

Results

Home \ Away	BBĠ	DIN	GDJ	GŻI	LJA	MAR	MQA	NAX	PIE	STA	VIT	ŻEJ
Birżebbuġa St. Peter's	—	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–2	4–3	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1
Dingli Swallows	3–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	4–3
Gudja United	0–6	3–2	—	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Gżira United	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–4	1–2	3–0	0–0
Lija Athletic	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–8	1–2	3–0
Marsaxlokk	0–0	4–1	3–2	3–2	1–5	—	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Mqabba	1–5	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–5	—	1–1	2–3	3–4	1–1	1–2
Naxxar Lions	1–3	6–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	5–1	—	0–2	4–0	0–2	5–1
Pietà Hotspurs	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–2
St. Andrews	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	—	1–2	0–1
Vittoriosa Stars	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	6–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–0
Żejtun Corinthians	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	—

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

Championship playoff

Naxxar Lions v Vittoriosa Stars

4 May 2013	Naxxar Lions	2–1	Vittoriosa Stars	Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun
17:00	Falzon 77' Ewurum 90+4'	Report	Micallef 58'	Referee: Fyodor Zammit

Top scorers

As of 28 April 2013^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Raphael Kooh Sohna	Pietà Hotspurs	19
2	Trayo Grozev	St. Andrews	16
	Marcelo Pereira	Vittoriosa Stars
4	Vinicius Pereira dos Santos	Birżebbuġa St. Peter's	13
5	Erjon Beu	Lija Athletic	12
6	Senior David	Pietà Hotspurs / Dingli Swallows	11
	Andre Grabowski	Marsaxlokk
	Douglas da Silva Silveira	Marsaxlokk
9	Rumen Kerekov	St. Andrews	10
	Kiril Alexandrov	Gudja United