2012–13 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2010–11
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Maltese First Division (also known as 2012–13 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 14 September 2012 and ended on 28 April 2013.

Participating teams

These teams will contest the 2012–13 Maltese First Division season:

• Birzebbuga St. Peters
• Dingli Swallows
• Gudja United
• Gżira United
• Lija Athletic
• Marsaxlokk
• Mqabba
• Naxxar Lions
• Pietà Hotspurs
• St. Andrews
• Vittoriosa Stars
• Zejtun Corinthians

Changes from previous season

• Melita and Rabat Ajax were promoted to the 2012–13 Maltese Premier League. They were replaced with Marsaxlokk and Mqabba, relegated from 2011–12 Maltese Premier League.
• St. Patrick and St. George's were relegated to the 2012–13 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Gżira United and Gudja United, all promoted from 2011–12 Maltese Second Division.

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Naxxar Lions (C)	22	13	5	4	47	22	+25	44*
2	Vittoriosa Stars (P)	22	13	5	4	41	28	+13	44*
3	Pietà Hotspurs	22	13	4	5	46	22	+24	43
4	Lija Athletic	22	13	3	6	42	30	+12	42
5	St. Andrews	22	11	5	6	43	32	+11	38
6	Marsaxlokk	22	9	5	8	38	44	-6	32
7	Gudja United	22	8	6	8	35	36	-1	30
8	Gżira United	22	5	9	8	26	29	–3	24
9	Birzebbuga St. Peters	22	6	5	11	38	43	–5	23
10	Zejtun Corinthians	22	5	6	11	21	35	–14	21
11	Dingli Swallows (R)	22	4	4	14	21	50	–29	16
12	Mqabba (R)	22	1	5	16	24	51	–27	8

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

	Champions and promotion to 2013–14 Maltese Premier League
	Runners-up and promotion to 2013–14 Maltese Premier League
	Relegation to 2013–14 Maltese Second Division

As of 3 March 2013

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Birzebbuga	Dingli	Gudja	Gżira	Lija	Marsaxlokk	Mqabba	Naxxar Lions	Pietà	St. Andrews	Vittoriosa	Zejtun
Birzebbuga St. Peters		3-1	0-4	1-1	1-3	0-2	4-3	2-3	2-1	1-2	1-1	0-1
Dingli Swallows	3-2		0-1	1-1	0-2	1-3	1-0	1-2	0-2	2-1	1-2	4-3
Gudja United	0-6	3-2		1-0	1-2	1-3	3-0	1-4	2-1	1-1	1-2	1-1
Gżira United	1-1	1-1	0-0		1-2	4-0	1-0	0-2	1-4	1-2	3-0	0-0
Lija Athletic	3-2	2-0	1-0	1-1		1-4	1-1	0-1	1-1	3-8	1-2	3-0
Marsaxlokk	0-0	4-1	3-2	3-2	1-5		0-4	1-3	0-2	1-1	2-2	2-0
Mqabba	1-5	1-1	1-4	1-2	1-2	1-5		1-1	2-3	3-4	1-1	1-2
Naxxar Lions	1-3	6-0	2-2	2-2	2-0	2-0	5-1		0-2	4-0	0-2	5-1
Pietà Hotspurs	4-0	6-1	1-0	2-0	0-2	2-2	4-0	0-0		1-2	4-1	2-2
St. Andrews	3-1	2-0	2-2	3-1	0-3	4-1	1-1	2-2	0-1		1-2	0-1
Vittoriosa Stars	3-1	0-0	2-3	1-1	3-2	6-1	2-1	2-1	3-1	0-2		1-0
Zejtun Corinthians	2-2	3-0	2-2	1-2	0-2	0-0	1-0	0-1	1-2	0-2	0-3

As of 3 March 2013

* Championship Decider

Naxxar Lions v Vittoriosa Stars

4 May 2013 17:00

Naxxar Lions	2-1	Vittoriosa Stars
Darren Falzon Anthony Ewurum		Lydon Micallef

Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun, Malta Referee: Fyodor Zammit

Top Scorers (Top 10)

Goals	Player	Team
19	Raphael Kooh Sohna	Pietà Hotspurs
16	Trayo Grozev	St. Andrews
	Marcelo Pereira	Vittoriosa Stars
13	Vinicius Pereira dos Santos	Birzebbuga St. Peters
12	Erjon Beu	Lija Athletic
11	Senior David	Pietà Hotspurs / Dingli Swallows
	Andre Grabowski	Marsaxlokk
	Douglas da Silva Silveira	Marsaxlokk
10	Rumen Kerekov	St. Andrews
	Kiril Alexandrov	Gudja United

External links

• 2012-13 First Division Results and Fixtures
• 2012-13 First Division Table and Records
• BOV First Division Kicks Off
• Championship Decider
• Dingli Relegated
• Mqabba Relegated
• Naxxar Lions wins Championship while Vittoriosa are promoted