2010–11_Maltese_Premier_League

2010–11 Maltese Premier League

2010–11 Maltese Premier League

Football league season

The 2010–11 Maltese Premier League is the 96th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-tier football league in Malta. It began in August 2010 and ended in May 2011. Birkirkara are the defending champions, having won their third title last season.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The Premier League consists of two rounds. In the first round, every team plays each opponent twice, once "home" and once "away" (in actuality, the designation of home and away is purely arbitrary as most of the clubs do not have their own grounds), for a total of 18 games. The league then splits into two pools. Earned points are subsequently halved. Teams that finish in positions 1–6 compete in the "Top Six" and teams that finish in positions 7–10 play in the "Play-Out".

On 13 January 2011, the Malta Football Association decided to expand the league to 12 teams as from the 2011–12 season.[1] Therefore, changes had to be made to accommodate the new number of teams. Thus only one team would be relegated at the end of this season.

Teams

Dingli Swallows and Msida St. Joseph were relegated to the First Division after finishing in the last two places of the Play-Out.

Promoted from the First Division were Marsaxlokk as champions and Vittoriosa Stars as runners-up. Both of these clubs were supposed to take part in last season's competition, but each of them were found guilty in a corruption scandal and were immediately relegated to the First Division.

Venues

More information Ta' Qali, Paola ...

Stadia and training grounds

Only a few stadia have the infrastructure needed to host Premier League matches. These are Ta' Qali National Stadium and Centenary Stadium at Ta' Qali, Victor Tedesco Stadium at Ħamrun and Hibernians Ground at Paola. Additional to that, each team has been assigned to a dedicated training ground. On a few occasions, Hibernians and Hamrun Spartans play at their home ground, but otherwise all games are played on neutral ground, rendering "home" and "away" games purely symbolic.

Location of teams in 2010–11 Maltese Premier Division
More information Team, Location of origin ...

First phase

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions). Teams ranked 1 through 6 qualified for the championship pool, teams ranked 7 through 10 played in the relegation pool. Earned points were halved and taken over to the respective pools.

Results

More information Home \ Away, BIR ...
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Top Six

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions). Points earned in the first round have been halved and rounded up.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Floriana won the 2010–11 Maltese FA Trophy competition. Therefore, Floriana and Birkirkara qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Play-Out

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions). Points earned in the first round have been halved and rounded up.
(R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...

References

  1. [1]
    Changes to National League, FA Trophy format approved
  2. [2]
    "Malta: BOV Premier League 2010/11 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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