2024–25 Maltese Premier League

The 2024–25 Maltese Premier League is the 110th season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began in September 2024 and will end in April or May 2025.

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League. Ħamrun Spartans entered the season as defending champions two years in a row. Melita was promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after eleven years of absence. And Żabbar St. Patrick was promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after twenty years of absence. They replaced Gudja United, Santa Lucia and Sirens were all relegated after five years in the top flight, And Valletta after Seventy-nine years in the top flight.

Balzan

Birkirkara

Floriana

Gżira United

Ħamrun

Hibernians

Marsaxlokk

Melita

Mosta

Naxxar Lions

Sliema

Żabbar St. Patrick

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Maltese Premier League

Venues

Ta' Qali Ta' Qali Tony Bezzina Stadium	Ta' Qali	Ta' Qali	Paola
	Ta' Qali National Stadium	Centenary Stadium	Tony Bezzina Stadium
	Capacity: 16,997	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,968

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Balzan	Dave Rogers	Joma	MBI Group	Visit Malta (Bottom)
Birkirkara	Stefano De Angelis	Nike	McDonald's	Inter Sport (Top)	Visit Malta (Right)
Floriana	Darren Abdilla	Joma	Harmont & Blaine, Greens Supermarket		Go & Fun (Right)
Gżira United	Andrew Cohen	Joma		Finanzi (Top), Recruit Giant (Bottom), Visit Malta (Bottom)
Ħamrun Spartans	Alessandro Zinnari	Puma	J. Portelli	Meridianbet (Bottom), Besteam audio (Bottom)	Ta' Fonzu (Right), Tescoma (Left)
Hibernians	Branko Nišević	Joma	Bezzina
Marsaxlokk	Winston Muscat	Joma	1padel		Mr. Fitz Restaurant Marsaxlokk (Left)
Melita	Clive Mizzi	Hummel	Atlas Insurance	Hub88 (Top), Burger King (Middle) Eurosport (Bottom)	I nouv (Right), VIBE (Left)
Mosta	Joseph Grech	Macron		Teamsport (Bottom)
Naxxar Lions	George Vella	Joma	Brown's, sottozero	Zarb Coaches (Top), Badass, McQueen, Sammut Concrete Supplies (Bottom)	Welbee's (Right), Würth, Centerparc (Left)
Sliema Wanderers	Paul Zammit	Adidas	NMGroup, Comeon Group, Xace	Daikin, Zarb Coaches (Bottom)
Żabbar St. Patrick	João Janeiro	Erreà	The Shoreline	DL Group (Top), Kristal (Bottom)

• Additionally, referee kits are made by Macron

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Żabbar St. Patrick	Emilio Cornago San Pedro	Resign	17 April 2024	Pre-season	João Janeiro	16 May 2024
Balzan	Oliver Spiteri		4 May 2024		Dave Rogers	3 June 2024
Ħamrun Spartans	Luciano Zauri		13 May 2024		Alessandro Zinnari	17 May 2024
Birkirkara	Jose Borg	End of Contract			Stefano De Angelis	7 June 2024
Floriana	Mauro Camoranesi	Mutual Agreement	15 May 2024		Darren Abdilla	21 May 2024

Format

The new league format, which will come into being from the 2024–25 season, the Maltese Premier League will be made up of 12 teams and be split into an Opening Round and Closing Round in a way that is similar to domestic footballing systems used in South America.^[1][2] The Opening Round will see each of the 12 teams play each other once before the league is then split between a Top 6 and a Bottom 6, allowing for the teams in each of those splits to play each other another time. Once the ranking is set, each team will go back down to 0 points and start from scratch in the Closing Round, where the same process will be repeated

Opening Round

First phase

League table

Results

References