2010–11 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2010–11
Matches played	56
Goals scored	161 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Simon Shead Mosta F.C. (11 goals)
Highest scoring	Pietà 6–1 Dingli St. George's 3-4 Balzan Balzan 4-3 Pieta
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Maltese First Division (also known as 2010–11 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 23 October 2010 and will conclude on 1 May 2011.

Due to a in-season change regarding the league system, the third-placed team of this season will be promoted to the Maltese Premier League, along with the regular two promotees.

Teams

Marsaxlokk as 2009–10 champions and Vittoriosa Stars as runners–up were promoted to the 2010–11 Premier League. They were replaced by Dingli and Msida, who were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 Maltese Premier League after finishing in the bottom two places of the table.

On the other end of the table, ninth-placed St. Patrick and last-placed San Gwann were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by 2009–10 Second Division champions Lija and runners-up St. Andrew's.

Below is a list of all ten teams participating in the 2010–11 season:

• Balzan Youths F.C.
• Dingli Swallows F.C.
• Lija Athletic F.C.
• Melita F.C.
• Mosta F.C.
• Mqabba F.C.
• Msida Saint-Joseph F.C.
• Pietà Hotspurs F.C.
• St. Andrews F.C.
• St. George's F.C.

On 13 March 2011, Msida Saint-Joseph F.C. were mathematically relegated to the 2nd Division following a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Mosta F.C..

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Balzan Youths (C)	18	15	2	1	42	16	+26	47	Promotion to 2011–12 Maltese Premier League
2	Mqabba (P)	18	10	5	3	38	16	+22	35
3	Mosta (P)	18	9	5	4	42	22	+20	32
4	Melita	18	9	5	4	31	21	+10	32
5	Lija Athletic	18	7	3	8	24	25	−1	24
6	St. George's	18	6	6	6	25	28	−3	24
7	St. Andrews	18	5	5	8	20	28	−8	20
8	Dingli Swallows	18	5	3	10	20	36	−16	18
9	Pietà Hotspurs	18	4	4	10	34	37	−3	16
10	Msida Saint-Joseph	18	0	2	16	5	52	−47	-2	Relegation to 2011–12 Maltese Second Division

Updated to games played on 1 May 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Msida Saint-Joseph were docked four points because of unknown reasons.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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