2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League

Maltese National Amateur League
Season	2021–22
Dates	17 September 2021 – 16 April 2022
Champions	Żurrieq
Promoted	Attard; Marsaskala; Mtarfa
Matches played	170
Goals scored	491 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicholas Schembri (21)
Highest scoring	Ta' Xbiex 2–7 Xgħajra Tornados
Longest winning run	8 matches; Attard
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches; Attard
Longest winless run	10 matches; Ta' Xbiex
Longest losing run	6 matches; Dingli Swallows
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 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]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Attard	Attard	Sirens Stadium	1,500
Birżebbuġa	Birżebbuġa	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Dingli Swallows	Ħad-Dingli	Tartarni Ground	500
Għargħur	Għargħur	Għargħur Stadium	800
Għaxaq	Għaxaq	Għaxaq Stadium	300
Kalkara	Kalkara	Luxol Sports Ground	800
Kirkop United	Ħal Kirkop	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Marsaskala	Marsaskala	Luxol Sports Ground	800
Mdina Knights	Mdina Knights	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Mellieħa	Mellieħa	Mellieħa Sports Complex	400
Msida St. Joseph	Msida	Victor Tedesco Stadium	6,000
Mtarfa	Mtarfa	Mtarfa Ground	150
Qormi	Qormi	Thomaso Ground	500
Siġġiewi	Siġġiewi	Siġġiewi Ground	240
St. Venera	Santa Venera	Santa Venera Lightnings Training Centre	800
Ta' Xbiex	Ta' Xbiex
Xgħajra Tornados	Xgħajra	Xgħajra Tornados Ground	200
Żabbar St. Patrick	Ħaż-Żabbar	Il-Foss	1,000
Żurrieq	Żurrieq	Żurrieq Football Ground	100

League stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Attard (P)	18	16	2	0	46	3	+43	41^[a]	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
2	Għargħur (Q)	18	8	7	3	24	12	+12	31	Qualification for the promotion play-off
3	Birżebbuġa (Q)	18	8	6	4	21	12	+9	30	Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4	Kalkara (Q)	18	8	4	6	31	19	+12	28	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5	Msida St. Joseph (Q)	18	6	8	4	23	23	0	26	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
6	Xgħajra Tornados	18	7	3	8	28	29	−1	24
7	Siġġiewi	18	3	6	9	18	37	−19	15
8	Għaxaq	18	5	2	11	22	33	−11	17
9	Ta' Xbiex	18	3	4	11	18	44	−26	13
10	Dingli Swallows	18	2	6	10	19	38	−19	12

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Attard received a 9 point deduction after an ex-committee member pleaded guilty to attempting to fix a match the previous season.^[8]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Żurrieq (C)	16	12	3	1	36	10	+26	39	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
2	Marsaskala (P)	16	12	2	2	29	11	+18	38	Qualification for the promotion play-off
3	Żabbar St. Patrick (Q)	16	11	2	3	42	15	+27	35	Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4	Mtarfa (P)	16	11	1	4	29	24	+5	34	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5	Mdina Knights (Q)	16	6	0	10	14	27	−13	18	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
6	Mellieħa	16	4	1	11	16	31	−15	13
7	Kirkop United	16	3	2	11	14	26	−12	11
8	Qormi	16	2	4	10	14	32	−18	10
9	St. Venera	16	2	3	11	13	31	−18	9

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

National Amateur League group A results

Home \ Away	ATT	BSP	DIN	GHA	GFC	KLK	MSJ	SGI	TXB	XTF
Attard	—	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	3–0	5–0	1–0
Birżebbuġa	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
Dingli Swallows	0–3	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–5	0–0	1–2
Għargħur	0–0	1–0	5–1	—	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0
Għaxaq	1–0	0–1	5–1	0–2	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–0
Kalkara	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	—	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–1
Msida St. Joseph	0–3	0–0	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–3
Siġġiewi	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	0–2
Ta' Xbiex	0–2	0–4	4–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	—	2–7
Xgħajra Tornados	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Amateur League group B results

Home \ Away	KIR	MSK	MDK	MSC	MTA	QOR	STV	ZAB	ZRR
Kirkop United	—	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–1
Marsaskala	1–1	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	3–0
Mdina Knights	2–1	1–2	—	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–5
Mellieħa	0–1	1–4	0–1	—	0–2	4–2	3–2	1–2	0–2
Mtarfa	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	—	4–0	2–2	3–2	1–3
Qormi	1–3	2–3	1–0	0–3	1–2	—	0–0	1–4	1–1
St. Venera	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	0–4	1–3
Żabbar St. Patrick	2–1	1–2	5–0	4–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–3
Żurrieq	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	7–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Second-place promotion decider

2 April 2022	Għargħur	1 - 2	Marsaskala	Pembroke
	Formosa 11', 77' Scholey 77'	Report	Zammit 43', 88', 88'	Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

3b

Zabbar St. Patrick

3

4a

Kalkara

1

4a

Kalkara

5

5b

Mdina Knights

1

3b

Zabbar St. Patrick

2

4b

Mtarfa

3

3a

Birzebbuga St. Peter's

1

4b

Mtarfa

3

4b

Mtarfa

3

5a

Msida St Joseph

1

Quarter-finals

3 April 2022	Kalkara	5 - 1	Mdina Knights	Pembroke
	G Vella 9' (o.g.) Ahmad 18' Pisani 30' Degiorgio 53' Orban 69' J Vella 83'	Report	Doric 50' Borg 61' (pen) Saliba 83'	Stadium: Luxol Stadium

3 April 2022	Mtarfa	3 - 1	Msida St. Joseph	Pembroke
	Zammit 11' (pen) Silva 69' DD Camilleri 85'	Report	Gauci 10' Borg 36' J Camilleri 59' Chircop 80'	Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Semi-finals

9 April 2022	Żabbar St. Patrick	3 - 1	Kalkara	St Paul's Bay
	Souzaa 15' Abela 61' Tanti 78' Benhamed 86' Zammit 90+3'	Report	Ahmad 65'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium

9 April 2022	Birżebbuġa	1 - 3	Mtarfa	St Paul's Bay
	Ubuwere 34' Agius 49', 80' Micallef 89'	Report	Camilleri 51' Silva 62' Mifsud 66' Brincat 67', 75' Bartolo 90+2'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium

Play-offs final

13 April 2022	Żabbar St. Patrick	2 - 3	Mtarfa	Ta' Qali
	Aquilina 10', 90+2' Gusman 40' Ciantar 63' Fava 87' Benhamed 90+3' Triganza 90+4'	Report	Brincat 11', 61' Bartolo 15' K Zammit 41', 54' Caruana 80' Borg 87' Agius 90+3'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Promotion final

16 April 2022	Mtarfa	4 - 1	Għargħur	Ta' Qali
	Silva 26', 44', 79' (pen) D.D. Camilleri 51' D. Cremona 58' Brincat 73' J.P. Formosa 80'	Report	Igwemeke 31' N. Formosa 45+2', 89' R.G. CAmilleri 84'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Championship play-offs

Championship final

10 April 2022	Attard	1 - 2	Żurrieq	Ħamrun
	Spiteri 21' Fedele 90+1'	Report	Caruana 20', 31' Cutajar 90+1' Bojovic 90+2' Darmanin 90+2'	Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium

References

^ "National Amateur League Group A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "BOV Amateur League A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ "Żurrieq beat Attard to be crowned National Amateur League champions". Sports Desk/Times of Malta. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Marsaskala defeat Gharghur in BOV National Amateur League decider to secure promotion". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "BOV National Amateur League: Mtarfa promoted after winning play-offs final". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "BOV National Amateur League Group A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "BOV National Amateur League - Malta Fixtures, Results, Tables & Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ "Attard FC to start season with minus points after ex-committee member pleads guilty to match fixing". The Malta Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

External links

Official website Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "National Amateur League Group A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[2] "BOV Amateur League A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[3] "Żurrieq beat Attard to be crowned National Amateur League champions". Sports Desk/Times of Malta. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[4] "Marsaskala defeat Gharghur in BOV National Amateur League decider to secure promotion". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[5] "BOV National Amateur League: Mtarfa promoted after winning play-offs final". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[6] "BOV National Amateur League Group A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[7] "BOV National Amateur League - Malta Fixtures, Results, Tables & Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

[8] "Attard FC to start season with minus points after ex-committee member pleads guilty to match fixing". The Malta Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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