2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 September 2025 – April 2026 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Goals | 126 (6.3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Precious Uchechukwu Nwankwo (6) |
| Highest scoring | Qormi 4-7 Attard |
← 2024–25 2026-27 →
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2025. | |
The 2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League) occurs between 20 September 2025 and April 2026. This will be the second season since the Amateur League was split and the league system returned back into two tiers since the 2019-20 season.[1]
Macron will provide the match footballs this season.[2]
Team changes
The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season:
| Promoted from 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League II |
Relegated from 2024–25 Maltese Challenge League |
Relegated to 2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League II |
Promoted to 2025–26 Maltese Challenge League |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mqabba Victoria Hotspurs |
Lija Athletic Senglea Athletic |
Gharghur Marsaskala Msida Saint-Joseph Rabat Ajax |
Birzebbuga Vittoriosa |
Teams
Fourteen teams competed in the 2025-26 League. Victoria Hotspurs became the first Gozitan club to reach the third tier of Maltese football since the, now defunct, Gozo F.C. played in the old Second Division in 2006-07.
| Team | Location | Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Attard | Attard | Daniel Agius |
| Kirkop United | Kirkop | David James Saliba |
| Lija Athletic | Lija | Ivan Zammit |
| Luqa St. Andrew's | Luqa | Andrea Chircop |
| Mellieħa | Mellieħa | Vesko Petrović |
| Mqabba | Mqabba | George Magri |
| Pembroke Athleta | Pembroke | Jeffrey Mifsud |
| Qormi | Qormi | Clive Mizzi |
| Qrendi | Qrendi | Kevin Ellul |
| San Ġwann | San Ġwann | Xavier Saliba |
| Senglea Athletic | Senglea | Rodney Bugeja |
| Victoria Hotspurs | Victoria | Oliver Spiteri |
| Xgħajra Tornados | Xghajra | Keith Darmanin |
| Żejtun Corinthians | Zejtun | Paul Falzon |
Venues
| Ta' Qali | Hamrun | Location of host stadia during the 2025-26 Maltese National Amateur League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 1,732 | Capacity: 1,962 | ||
| St. Paul's Bay | Mosta | Pembroke | |
| Sirens Stadium | Charles Abela Memorial Stadium | Luxol Stadium | |
| Capacity: 1,024 | Capacity: 700 | Capacity: 702 | |
Regular season
During the regular season, each team plays each other twice in a round robin format. The top two teams will be promoted to the Challenge League for the following season, while the bottom four teams will be relegated to the National Amateur League II.[3]
League stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Promotion to 2026-27 Challenge League |
| 2 | Mqabba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Qrendi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Kirkop United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | Żejtun Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | Senglea Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Luqa St. Andrew's | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Mellieħa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | San Ġwann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | Victoria Hotspurs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Qormi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Relegation to 2026-27 National Amateur League II |
| 12 | Lija Athletic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Pembroke Athleta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Xgħajra Tornados | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, relegation, or teams for relegation play-offs).
Results
References
- ^ "IZIBet Amateur League". maltafootball.info. 18 July 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Official 2025/26 BOV Challenge League and BOV Amateur Leagues I and II match ball unveiled". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Draws held for 2025/26 BOV National Leagues". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.