2013–14 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season	2013–14
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Maltese First Division (also known as 2013–14 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 13 September 2013 and ended on 27 April 2014.

Participating teams

These teams will contest the 2013–14 Maltese First Division season:

Changes from previous season

Naxxar Lions and Vittoriosa Stars were promoted to the 2013–14 Maltese Premier League. They were replaced with Melita and Ħamrun Spartans, relegated from 2012–13 Maltese Premier League.
Dingli Swallows and Mqabba were relegated to the 2013–14 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Żebbuġ Rangers, Msida Saint-Joseph, St. George's and Żurrieq all promoted from 2012–13 Maltese Second Division.
Marsaxlokk were relegated to the 2013–14 Maltese Third Division since finding financial difficulties.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pietà Hotspurs (C)	24	18	4	2	68	22	+46	58	Promotion to 2014–15 Maltese Premier League
2	Żebbuġ Rangers (P)	24	14	3	7	51	38	+13	45	Promotion to 2014–15 Maltese Premier League
3	St. Andrews	24	12	4	8	55	45	+10	40
4	Gżira United	24	10	5	9	38	31	+7	35
5	Gudja United	24	10	4	10	41	45	−4	34
6	Melita	24	9	6	9	36	35	+1	33
7	Lija Athletic	24	9	6	9	44	44	0	33
8	St. George's	24	8	7	9	33	40	−7	31
9	Żurrieq	24	9	3	12	40	40	0	30
10	Birżebbuġa St. Peter's	24	8	5	11	40	47	−7	29
11	Msida Saint-Joseph	24	8	3	13	35	43	−8	27
12	Ħamrun Spartans (R)	24	7	6	11	31	42	−11	19^[a]	Relegation to 2014–15 Maltese Second Division
13	Żejtun Corinthians (R)	24	5	2	17	26	66	−40	17	Relegation to 2014–15 Maltese Second Division

Source: ^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Hamrun Spartans started on a -8 points deduction.^[2]

Results

Home \ Away	BBĠ	GDJ	GŻI	ĦAM	LJA	MEL	MSJ	PIE	STA	STG	ŻEB	ŻEJ	ŻRQ
Birżebbuġa St. Peter's	—	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–6	4–1	1–1	4–1	2–6	3–5
Gudja United	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	4–4	1–1	2–4	2–7	1–4	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–2
Gżira United	2–1	2–1	—	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	5–0	1–0
Ħamrun Spartans	1–1	4–4	1–4	—	3–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2
Lija Athletic	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–5	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–5
Melita	1–1	1–4	3–2	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	4–1
Msida Saint-Joseph	3–1	0–3	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	1–2
Pietà Hotspurs	2–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	—	4–3	1–1	4–0	7–0	1–0
St. Andrews	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–4	—	1–1	2–1	8–2	5–3
St. George's	2–0	2–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–0	2–1
Żebbuġ Rangers	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–3	4–0	2–3	1–0	4–1	2–2	—	4–1	2–2
Żejtun Corinthians	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–5	—	2–1
Żurrieq	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	—

Source: ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 27 April 2014^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Raphael Kooh Sohna	Pietà Hotspurs	28
2	Trayo Grozev	St. Andrews	27
3	Mauricio Osmar Britto	Żebbuġ Rangers	17
4	Kiril Aleksandrov	Lija Athletic	15
4	Osi Lucky Agboebina	Żurrieq	15