2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League II

The 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League 2 (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the IZIBet National Amateur League) occurs between August 2024 and April 2025. This will be the first season since the fourth division returned after four years with three levels of the Football Division League system. The Maltese National Amateur League 2 is Malta's fourth-highest professional football division. The 2024-25 League winners will be promoted to the Maltese National Amateur League.

Maltese National Amateur League II
Season2024–25
Dates15 September 2024 –April 2025
Matches played30
Goals scored85 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerAndres Tenorio Viveros
(4 Goals)
Biggest home winVictoria Hotspurs 5–0 Dingli Swallows
(27 October 2024)
Biggest away winTa' Xbiex 0–6 Victoria Hotspurs
(9 November 2024)
Highest scoringMqabba 5–3 Ghaxaq
(21 September 2024)
Longest winning runVictoria Hotspurs
(6 Games)
Longest unbeaten runVictoria Hotspurs
(6 Games)
Longest winless runSanta Venera Lightning
Ta' Xbiex
(6 Games Each)
Longest losing runSanta Venera Lightning
Ta' Xbiex
(6 Games Each)
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2024.

On 30 April 2024 Victoria Hotspurs from Gozo became a new member of Malta Football Association. They became Gozo's first football club to play in the Maltese Football League.

Teams

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Ten teams competed in the 2024-25 League.

Location of Maltese clubs played in Maltese Premier League
Team Location Manager
Dingli Swallows Dingli   Nicolai Caruana
Ghaxaq Ghaxaq   Conrad Debattista
Kalkara United Kalkara   Bruno Menezes Pinheiro
Mdina Knights Mdina   Constantin Cristinel Cretu
Mqabba Mqabba   Joseph Attard
Santa Venera Lightnings Santa Venera   Carmelo Camilleri
Siggiewi Siggiewi   Simon Agius
St. George's Cospicua   Edmond Lufi
Ta' Xbiex Ta' Xbiex   Marc Psaila Soler
Victoria Hotspurs Victoria   Oliver Spiteri

Venues

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Pembroke Mosta San Pawl il-Baħar Ta' Qali
Luxol Stadium Charles Abela Stadium Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium
Capacity: 600 Capacity: 700 Capacity: 800 Capacity: 3,000
       

League stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Victoria Hotspurs 6 6 0 0 21 3 +18 18 Qualification for the Top Four
2 Mqabba 6 4 0 2 17 10 +7 12
3 Kalkara United 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12
4 Dingli Swallows 6 4 0 2 14 11 +3 12
5 St. George's 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10
6 Siggiewi 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
7 Mdina Knights 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9
8 Ghaxaq 6 1 2 3 9 11 −2 5
9 Santa Venera Lightning 6 0 0 6 3 20 −17 0
10 Ta' Xbiex 6 0 0 6 1 19 −18 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, relegation, or teams for relegation play-offs).

Results

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Home \ Away DIN GHX KLK MDI MQA SVL SIG STG XBX VCT
Dingli Swallows 5 Jan 5–1 14 Dec 2–4 2–0
Ghaxaq 1–2 13 Dec 0–0 2–2
Kalkara United 1 Dec 22 Dec 2–0 2–0 4 Jan 0–2
Mdina Knights 0–3[a] 2–0 1 Dec 2–1 22 Dec
Mqabba 22 Dec 5–3 2–0 14 Dec 4 Jan 2–4
Santa Venera Lightning 0–3 0–4 0–3 22 Dec 1 Dec 4 Jan
Siggiewi 4 Jan 3–1 1 Dec 3–1 2–0 22 Dec
St. George's 0–1 3–1 2–0 13 Dec
Ta' Xbiex 0–3 13 Dec 0–4 0–6
Victoria Hotspurs 5–0 1 Dec 2–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Dingli Swallows were awarded a 3–0 win after the Malta Football Association's Protests Board upheld their protest. Originally, the match ended in a 1–1.[1]

Top scorers

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As of 8 November 2024[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Andres Tenorio Viveros Mqabba 6
2   Ronaldinho Nathaniel Daley Dingli Swallows 5
  Aaron Agius Ghaxaq
  Emmanuel Mbong Victoria Hotspurs
5   Nicholas Zammit Dingli Swallows 4
  Kurt Borg Victoria Hotspurs
  Rondinely Roberto Monteiro Victoria Hotspurs
8   Timothy John Thomas Mqabba 3
  Isaac Kwesi Dankwah Ansanyi Siggiewi
  Shaun Attard Victoria Hotspurs

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Stadium Date
  Aaron Agius Ghaxaq Ta' Xbiex 3–0 (A) Luxol Stadium, Pembroke 19 October 2024
  Rondinely Roberto Monteiro Victoria Hotspurs Dingli Swallows 5–0 (H) Sirens Stadium, St. Paul's Bay 27 October 2024
  Kurt Borg 4 Ta' Xbiex 6–0 (A) 9 November 2024
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goalss

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Liam Lagana Kalkara United 4
2   Mario Bartolo Mqabba 3
  Adrian Parnis Victoria Hotspurs
4   Aiden Farrugia Mdina Knights 2
  Leon Seisun Siggiewi
6   Adam Benjelloun Dingli Swallows 1
  Dwayne Camilleri Ghaxaq
  Luke Attard Ghaxaq
  Jake Schiavone St. George's
  Richard Sammut Victoria Hotspurs

Discipline

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Player

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  • Most yellow cards: 4
    •   Gaynor D'Amato (Ghaxaq)
  • Most red cards: 1
    •   Kane William Micallef (Mdina Knights)
    •   Raphael Said (Santa Venera Lightning)
    •   Gianluca Borg (St. George's)
    •   Jake Schiavone (St. George's)
    •   Nicky Vella (Ta' Xbiex)

Club

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References

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  1. ^ "IZIBET Amateur League 2: Dingli Swallows awarded points after protest". 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Tables & Statistics". maltafootball.com. 20 September 2020.