Season: | 2024–25 |
Dates: | 16 August 2024 – April or May 2025 |
Competition: | Maltese Premier League |
Continentalcup1: | UEFA Champions League |
Continentalcup2: | UEFA Conference League |
League Topscorer: | Maxuell Samurai Maia (3 Goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Sliema Wanderers 2–0 Mosta (16 August 2024) Ħamrun Spartans 3–1 Żabbar St. Patrick (18 August 2024) |
Biggest Away Win: | Naxxar Lions 1–2 Hibernians (17 August 2024) |
Highest Scoring: | Balzan 3–3 Birkirkara (16 August 2024) Floriana 3–3 Melita (17 August 2024) |
Matches: | 6 |
Total Goals: | 22 |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
Updated: | 18 August 2024 |
The 2024–25 Maltese Premier League is the 110th season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began on 16 August 2024 and will end in April or May 2025.
The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League. Ħamrun Spartans entered the season as defending champions two years in a row. Melita was promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after eleven years of absence. And Żabbar St. Patrick was promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after twenty years of absence. They replaced Gudja United, Santa Lucia and Sirens who were all relegated after five years in the top flight; and Valletta after seventy-nine years in the top flight.
The matches will be played mainly at the Ta' Qali National Stadium and the Tony Bezzina Stadium. However, the Centenary Stadium and the Victor Tedesco Stadium will be used as well. One match-day from the Closing Round between March 28 and March 31 will be played at the Gozo Stadium thanks to the support of the Ministry for Gozo.
Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | Hamrun | Xewkija | |
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Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium | Gozo Stadium | |
Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | Capacity: 1,962 | Capacity: 1,644 | |
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |
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Balzan | Dave Rogers | Joma | MBI Group | Visit Malta (Bottom) | |
Birkirkara | Stefano De Angelis | Nike | McDonald's | Inter Sport (Bottom) | |
Floriana | Darren Abdilla | Joma | Harmont & Blaine, Greens Supermarket | Go & Fun (Right) | |
Gżira United | Andrew Cohen | Joma | |||
Ħamrun Spartans | Alessandro Zinnari | Puma | Mercury | Meridianbet, Besteam audio, Visit Malta (Bottom) | Ta' Fonzu (Right), Tescoma (Left) |
Hibernians | Branko Nišević | Joma | Bezzina | ||
Marsaxlokk | Winston Muscat | Joma | 1padel | Mr. Fitz Restaurant Marsaxlokk (Left) | |
Melita | Clive Mizzi | Hummel | Atlas Insurance | Hub88 (Top), Burger King (Middle) Eurosport (Bottom) | I nouv (Right), VIBE (Left) |
Mosta | Joseph Grech | Macron | Simply Clean | Highbet (Top), Teamsport (Bottom) | |
Naxxar Lions | George Vella | Joma | Brown's, sottozero | Zarb Coaches (Top), Badass, McQueen, Sammut Concrete Supplies (Bottom) | Welbee's (Right), Würth, Centerparc (Left) |
Sliema Wanderers | Paul Zammit | Adidas | NMGroup, Inter Wetter | Visit Malta (Top), Thomas Smith, Zarb Coaches (Bottom) | Fonicom (Left), Domnic Sciberras Roof Repair (Right) |
Żabbar St. Patrick | João Janeiro | Erreà | The Shoreline | DL Group (Top), Kristal (Bottom) | |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Żabbar St. Patrick | Emilio Cornago San Pedro | Resigned | 17 April 2024 | Pre-season | João Janeiro | 16 May 2024 |
Balzan | Oliver Spiteri | 4 May 2024 | Dave Rogers | 3 June 2024 | ||
Ħamrun Spartans | Luciano Zauri | 13 May 2024 | Alessandro Zinnari | 17 May 2024 | ||
Birkirkara | Jose Borg | End of Contract | 13 May 2024 | Stefano De Angelis | 7 June 2024 | |
Floriana | Mauro Camoranesi | Mutual Consent | 15 May 2024 | Darren Abdilla | 21 May 2024 | |
The new league format, which will come into being from the 2024–25 season, the Maltese Premier League will be made up of 12 teams and be split into an Opening Round and Closing Round in a way that is similar to domestic footballing systems used in South America.[1] [2] The Opening Round will see each of the 12 teams play each other once before the league is then split between a Top 6 and a Bottom 6, allowing for the teams in each of those splits to play each other another time.Once the ranking is set, each team will go back down to 0 points and start from scratch in the Closing Round, where the same process will be repeated
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Maxuell Samurai Maia | Birkirkara | 3 |
2 | Henri Stanic | Balzan | 1 |
Nicholas Pulis | Balzan | ||
Udoyen Akpan | Balzan | ||
Carlo Zammit Lonardelli | Floriana | ||
Kyrian Nwoko | Floriana | ||
Mattia Veselji | Floriana | ||
Alex Lecao Da Paixao Alves | Gżira United | ||
Joseph Mbong | Ħamrun Spartans | ||
Lopes Silva Raphael | Ħamrun Spartans | ||
Luke Montebello | Ħamrun Spartans | ||
Alex Bruno De Souza Silva | Hibernians | ||
Jurgen Degabriele | Hibernians | ||
Aldair Simanca Pena | Melita | ||
Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa | Melita | ||
Jean Pierre Attard | Melita | ||
Westherley Caxambu Garcia Nogueira | Naxxar Lions | ||
Sergio Filipe Ramos Da Silva | Sliema Wanderers | ||
Vito Plut | Sliema Wanderers | ||
David Oliveira Souza | Żabbar St. Patrick | ||
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Darijan Zarkov | Gżira United | 1 |
Emeka Kelvin Agu | Sliema Wanderers | ||