2014–15 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season2014–15
ChampionsPembroke Athleta
PromotedPembroke Athleta
St. Andrews
RelegatedŻurrieq
Msida Saint-Joseph
Birżebbuġa St. Peter's
Matches183
Goals543 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerAriel Laudisi (16 goals)
2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Maltese First Division (referred to as the BOV First Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 12 September 2014 and finished with a play-off match on 3 May 2015.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pembroke Athleta (C, P) 26 17 4 5 54 22 +32 55 Promotion to the 2015–16 Maltese Premier League
2 St. Andrews (P) 26 15 6 5 49 32 +17 51
3 Gżira United (O, P) 26 14 3 9 46 31 +15 45 Qualification for the play-off
4 Melita 26 14 3 9 36 28 +8 45
5 Fgura United 26 11 10 5 32 27 +5 43
6 St. George's 26 11 8 7 43 38 +5 41
7 Gudja United 26 11 8 7 46 32 +14 41
8 Vittoriosa Stars 26 11 5 10 44 43 +1 38
9 Lija Athletic 26 12 2 12 45 43 +2 38
10 Mqabba 26 10 6 10 40 36 +4 36
11 Rabat Ajax 26 8 5 13 27 37 −10 29
12 Żurrieq (R) 26 6 4 16 29 46 −17 22 Relegation to the 2015–16 Maltese Second Division
13 Msida Saint-Joseph (R) 26 4 3 19 27 64 −37 15
14 Birżebbuġa St. Peter's (R) 26 3 3 20 25 64 −39 12
Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team plays every other team in the league home-and-away for a total of 26 matches played each.

Home \ Away BBĠ FGR GDJ GŻI LJA MEL MQB MSJ PBK RBT STA STG VIT ŻRQ
Birżebbuġa St. Peter's — 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–5 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–0 5–7 2–5 3–3 0–1
Fgura United 1–1 — 0–0 4–3 4–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Gudja United 4–0 3–2 — 3–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 2–2 0–2 4–1
Gżira United 2–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–3 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 4–1 2–1
Lija Athletic 4–3 1–0 0–2 0–3 — 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–0
Melita 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 — 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0
Mqabba 3–0 2–0 1–5 0–5 2–3 0–1 — 2–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–1
Msida Saint-Joseph 1–3 1–2 2–6 1–6 0–5 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 4–1
Pembroke Athleta 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–1
Rabat Ajax 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–5
St. Andrews 4–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 — 1–1 0–4 1–0
St. George's 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–5 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–1
Vittoriosa Stars 4–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 0–4 3–2 2–8 2–1 0–1 2–2 — 1–4
Żurrieq 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 5–2 0–3 3–0 0–2 1–5[a] 1–2 —
Source: Malta Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match between Żurrieq and St. George's was originally played on 7 November 2014 but was abandoned due to heavy rainfall with a 0–0 scoreline

Play-off

Due to a tie for third place between Melita and Gżira United, a play-off match was played to determine which team would participate in the promotion play-off against the tenth-placed team from the Premier League.[1] The match was played on 3 May 2015.[2]

3 May 2015 Gżira United 0–0
(4–3 p)		MelitaCentenary Stadium
16:00 Report Referee: Matthew Degabriele[3]
Man of the Match: George Gribbon[3]
Penalties
  • Moises Avila Perez
  • Jerry Ani
  • Ryan Dalli
  • Matteo Caribotti
  • Daniel Scerri
  • Julian Galea
  • Kurt Coleiro
  • George Gribbon
  • Federico Mennini
  • Nicholas Micallef

Top scorers

As of 3 May 2015[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ariel Laudisi Pembroke Athleta 17
2 Luigi del Giudice Mqabba 14
Angelo Catania Gudja United
4 Jojo Ogunnupe Żurrieq 11
Jeremiah Ani Birżebbuġa St. Peter's
Matteo Desira Buttigieg St. Andrew's
7 John Nwoba Ogechukwu Gżira United 10
Ayrton Azzopardi Pembroke Athleta
Ige Adeshina Lija Athletic
Larson Mallia St. George's
Trayo Grozev St. Andrew's
Gabriel Okechukwu St. George's

References

  1. ^ Busuttil, Antoine (25 April 2015). "BOV Division 1:Gzira United force decider for third place". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ Busuttil, Antoine (26 April 2015). "Dates for deciders released". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Gżira earn shot at promotion". Times of Malta. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. ^ "BOV First Division Top Scorers". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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