2013–14 Maltese Premier League

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.

Maltese Premier League

Season	2013–14
Champions	Valletta (22nd title)
Relegated	Vittoriosa Stars Rabat Ajax
Champions League	Valletta
Europa League	Birkirkara Hibernians
Matches played	54
Goals scored	159 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jhonnattann Stanley Ohawuchi Edison (21 goals)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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 "Top Six" and teams that finished in positions 7–12 played in the "Play-out".

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.

Venues

Ta' Qali Tony Bezzina Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium	Ta' Qali	Ta' Qali	Paola	Hamrun
	Ta' Qali National Stadium	Centenary Stadium	Tony Bezzina Stadium	Victor Tedesco Stadium
	Capacity: 16,997	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,968	Capacity: 1,962

Locations

Hibernians

Sliema Wanderers

Birkirkara

Mosta

Valletta

Balzan

Naxxar Lions

Qormi

Tarxien Rainbows

Floriana

Vittoriosa Stars

Rabat Ajax

Location of teams in 2013–14 Maltese Premier League

First phase

League table

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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:

1. Floriana deducted 6 points.

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	BIR	FLO	HIB	MOS	NXX	QOR	RAB	SLI	TAR	VAL	VIT
Balzan	—	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–1
Birkirkara	2–1	—	3–0	0–1	2–1	7–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0
Floriana	1–2	1–3	—	0–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1
Hibernians	1–0	1–2	2–2	—	2–3	4–1	5–3	4–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	5–1
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	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–4	—	1–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1
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	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–4	0–3	1–2	0–0	—	1–2	2–6	1–4	0–1
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	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–6	0–1	0–0	—	0–3	0–3
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	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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Top Six

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	BIR	HIB	MOS	SLI	BAL
1	Valletta (C)	32	24	5	3	74	21	+53	51	Qualification for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League		—	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0
2	Birkirkara	32	25	3	4	76	25	+51	50	Qualification for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League		0–2	—	0–1	4–0	6–0	1–0
3	Hibernians	32	18	4	10	77	51	+26	35			1–3	1–4	—	2–2	1–3	4–2
4	Mosta	32	15	6	11	58	57	+1	32			0–5	0–4	2–1	—	1–1	3–1
5	Sliema Wanderers	32	14	10	8	54	42	+12	31	Qualification for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League[a]		0–2	1–3	1–3	0–0	—	0–1
6	Balzan	32	9	5	18	36	58	−22	18			1–3	1–3	4–4	2–4	0–4	—

Source: Malta Football Association: ,
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Sliema Wanderers qualified for 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 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.

Play-out

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		FLO	TAR	QOR	NXX	VIT	RAB
7	Floriana	32	14	5	13	50	48	+2	30			—	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
8	Tarxien Rainbows	32	10	6	16	51	55	−4	28			0–2	—	4–0	0–1	1–1	7–1
9	Qormi	32	10	4	18	51	62	−11	26			2–1	2–4	—	5–1	5–1	3–1
10	Naxxar Lions	32	11	6	15	40	55	−15	26			0–2	1–2	0–1	—	3–3	2–0
11	Vittoriosa Stars (R)	32	9	6	17	41	66	−25	24	Relegation to the 2014–15 Maltese First Division		1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	—	3–1
12	Rabat Ajax (R)	32	1	4	27	23	91	−68	4			0–5	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	—

Source: Malta Football Association: ,
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(R) Relegated

Top goalscorer

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[1]
1	Jhonnattann	Birkirkara	21
	Stanley Ohawuchi	Sliema Wanderers
	Edison	Hibernians
4	Alfred Effiong	Qormi	19
5	Denni	Valletta	18
6	Oscar Guerrero	Vittoriosa Stars	15
	Marcelo Pereira	Vittoriosa Stars
	Obinna Obiefule	Hibernians
9	Igor Coronado	Floriana	14
	Haruna Shola Shodiya	Birkirkara