2005–06 Maltese Premier League

The 2005–06 Maltese Premier League (known as the BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 91st season of top-level league football in Malta. Birkirkara won the title while Mosta and Ħamrun Spartans were relegated to the Maltese First Division.

Maltese Premier League

Season	2005–06
Dates	5 August 2005 – 14 May 2006
Champions	Birkirkara (2nd title)
Relegated	Mosta Ħamrun Spartans
Champions League	Birkirkara
UEFA Cup	Sliema Wanderers Hibernians
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Marsaxlokk
Matches played	132
Goals scored	440 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Galea (19 goals)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Teams

Birkirkara

Floriana

Ħamrun

Hibernians

Marsaxlokk

Mosta

Msida SJ

Pietà H.

Sliema W.

Valletta

Locations of the 2005–06 Maltese Premier League teams

The following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:

• Mosta
• Ħamrun Spartans

From the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division:

• Żabbar St. Patrick
• Lija Athletic

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Birkirkara	18	13	2	3	48	21	+27	41	Qualification for the Top Six
2	Sliema Wanderers	18	12	3	3	37	12	+25	39
3	Hibernians	18	12	1	5	37	19	+18	37
4	Marsaxlokk	18	10	4	4	36	23	+13	34
5	Valletta	18	7	2	9	22	31	−9	23
6	Msida Saint-Joseph	18	6	3	9	28	33	−5	21
7	Floriana	18	4	7	7	24	28	−4	19	Qualification for the Play-out
8	Ħamrun Spartans	18	6	1	11	29	41	−12	19
9	Pietà Hotspurs	18	4	3	11	22	39	−17	15
10	Mosta	18	2	2	14	20	56	−36	8

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	HIB	ĦMR	MXK	MST	MSD	PTA	SLM	VLT
Birkirkara	—	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	4–1	2–1	4–2
Floriana	0–1	—	0–3	1–3	1–2	4–4	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1
Hibernians	5–2	1–1	—	1–0	0–1	3–2	4–2	2–1	0–3	1–2
Ħamrun Spartans	0–6	2–4	0–2	—	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	4–2
Marsaxlokk	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–3	—	5–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–3
Mosta	2–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	—	2–1	3–1	0–6	0–3
Msida Saint-Joseph	2–5	4–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	—	4–2	1–4	0–1
Pietà Hotspurs	0–2	1–3	0–4	2–3	1–4	3–3	0–0	—	0–3	0–0
Sliema Wanderers	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	—	3–0
Valletta	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Top Six

The teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Top Six, and the points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Birkirkara 21 points, Sliema Wanderers 20, Hibernians 19, Marsaxlokk 17, Valletta 12 and Msida Saint-Joseph 11.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BKR	SLM	MXK	HIB	VLT	MSD
1	Birkirkara (C)	10	6	3	1	20	6	+14	42	Qualification for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League		—	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	5–0
2	Sliema Wanderers	10	5	2	3	21	15	+6	37	Qualification for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup		2–1	—	4–1	3–4	2–1	0–1
3	Marsaxlokk	10	6	1	3	16	13	+3	36	Qualification for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup		1–1	2–1	—	1–0	3–4	1–0
4	Hibernians	10	2	3	5	12	18	−6	28	Qualification for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup[a]		1–3	0–3	3–1	—	1–3	0–0
5	Valletta	10	3	3	4	15	18	−3	24			0–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	—	0–2
6	Msida Saint-Joseph	10	0	4	6	12	26	−14	15			1–4	3–3	3–4	1–1	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Hibernians won the 2005–06 Maltese FA Trophy and thereby qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

Play-out

The teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the play-out and at the end of the phase the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Floriana 10 points, Ħamrun Spartans 10, Pietà Hotspurs 8, Mosta 4.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		FRN	PTA	MST	ĦMR
7	Floriana	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	18			—	1–1	0–1	3–0
8	Pietà Hotspurs	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	17			2–1	—	2–2	1–1
9	Mosta (R)	6	3	3	0	14	9	+5	16	Relegation to the 2006–07 Maltese First Division		3–3	3–1	—	5–3
10	Ħamrun Spartans (R)	6	0	2	4	6	15	−9	12			2–4	0–2	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Michael Galea	Birkirkara	19
2	Daniel Nwoke	Msida Saint-Joseph	16
	Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers
4	Adrian Mifsud	Floriana	15
5	Etienne Barbara	Birkirkara	14
	Andrew Cohen	Hibernians
	Wendell Gomes	Marsaxlokk
8	Danilo Dončić	Sliema Wanderers	13
9	Ikechukwu Chibueze	Mosta	12
	Cleavon Frendo	Marsaxlokk