2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League Explained

Season:2021–22
Dates:17 September 2021 – 16 April 2022
Winners:Żurrieq
Promoted:Attard
Marsaskala
Mtarfa
League Topscorer:Nicholas Schembri (21)[1]
Matches:170
Total Goals:491
Longest Wins:8 matches
Attard
Longest Unbeaten:18 matches
Attard
Longest Winless:10 matches
Ta' Xbiex
Longest Losses:6 matches
Dingli Swallows
Competition:Maltese National Amateur League
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23
Updated:10 April 2022

The 2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League), was the third level league football in Malta. This is the second season since the unification of both the Second and Third Divisions into the three-group Amateur League system.[2] Żurrieq won the title by beating fellow group winners Attard in the championship final.[3] The second-placed promotion play-off saw Marsaskala defeat Għargħur by 2 goals to 1[4] with Għargħur facing Mtarfa in the promotion play-off final. Mtarfa won all four of their post-league stage games, in the process winning the play-off final against Għargħur to win promotion to the Challenge League.[5]

Teams

Nineteen teams are competing in the league. These were split into two groups, one group of ten and another of nine.[6] The top team from each group will be promoted with another team to be promoted emerging from the play-offs, a deciding match with the winner of each group being declared the champion of the league. The clubs placed second in each group shall play a deciding promotion play-off match and the winner shall be promoted to the Challenge League. The losing side will play in the final of the play-offs. The play-offs will start with the fifth placed team from group A playing with fourth placed side from group B and vice versa. The winners from the first round will play the third placed clubs in either group. The second round winners will play each other in the third round with the winners of that contest going on to play the runners-up from the promotion final. [7]

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AttardAttardSirens Stadium1,500
BirżebbuġaBirżebbuġaCentenary Stadium2,000
Dingli SwallowsĦad-DingliTartarni Ground500
GħargħurGħargħurGħargħur Stadium800
GħaxaqGħaxaqGħaxaq Stadium300
KalkaraKalkaraLuxol Sports Ground800
Kirkop UnitedĦal KirkopCentenary Stadium2,000
MarsaskalaMarsaskalaLuxol Sports Ground800
Mdina KnightsMdina KnightsCentenary Stadium2,000
MellieħaMellieħaMellieħa Sports Complex 400
Msida St. JosephMsidaVictor Tedesco Stadium6,000
MtarfaMtarfaMtarfa Ground150
QormiQormiThomaso Ground500
SiġġiewiSiġġiewiSiġġiewi Ground240
St. VeneraSanta VeneraSanta Venera Lightnings Training Centre800
Ta' XbiexTa' Xbiex
Xgħajra TornadosXgħajraXgħajra Tornados Ground200
Żabbar St. PatrickĦaż-ŻabbarIl-Foss1,000
ŻurrieqŻurrieqŻurrieq Football Ground100

League stage

Group A

Group B

Results

National Amateur League group B results

Promotion play-offs

Promotion final

Championship play-offs

Championship final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Amateur League Group A . Malta Football Association . 16 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: BOV Amateur League A . Malta Football Association . 7 February 2021 .
  3. Web site: Żurrieq beat Attard to be crowned National Amateur League champions . Sports Desk/Times of Malta . 16 April 2022 .
  4. Web site: Marsaskala defeat Gharghur in BOV National Amateur League decider to secure promotion . MaltaFootball.com . 16 April 2022.
  5. Web site: BOV National Amateur League: Mtarfa promoted after winning play-offs final . MaltaFootball.com . 16 April 2022.
  6. Web site: BOV National Amateur League Group A . Malta Football Association . 2 September 2021 .
  7. Web site: BOV National Amateur League - Malta Fixtures, Results, Tables & Scorers . MaltaFootball.com . 6 September 2021 .