2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League

The 2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League), was the third level league football in Malta. This is the second season since the unification of both the Second and Third Divisions into the three group Amateur League system.[2] Żurrieq won the title by beating fellow group winners Attard in the champioship final.[3] The second-placed promotion play-off saw Marsaskala defeat Għargħur by 2 goals to 1[4] with Għargħur facing Mtarfa in the promotion play-off final. Mtarfa won all four of their post-league stage games, in the process winning the play-off final against Għargħur to win promotion to the Challenge League.[5]

Maltese National Amateur League
Season2021–22
Dates17 September 2021 – 16 April 2022
ChampionsŻurrieq
PromotedAttard
Marsaskala
Mtarfa
Matches played170
Goals scored491 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerNicholas Schembri (21)[1]
Highest scoringTa' Xbiex 2–7 Xgħajra Tornados
Longest winning run8 matches
Attard
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Attard
Longest winless run10 matches
Ta' Xbiex
Longest losing run6 matches
Dingli Swallows
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 10 April 2022.

Teams

Nineteen teams are competing in the league. These were split into two groups, one group of ten and another of nine.[6] The top team from each group will be promoted with another team to be promoted emerging from the play-offs, a deciding match with the winner of each group being declared the champion of the league. The clubs placed second in each group shall play a deciding promotion play-off match and the winner shall be promoted to the Challenge League. The losing side will play in the final of the play-offs. The play-offs will start with the fifth placed team from group A playing with fourth placed side from group B and vice versa. The winners from the first round will play the third placed clubs in either group. The second round winners will play each other in the third round with the winners of that contest going on to play the runners-up from the promotion final. [7]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Attard Attard Sirens Stadium 1,500
Birżebbuġa Birżebbuġa Centenary Stadium 2,000
Dingli Swallows Ħad-Dingli Tartarni Ground 500
Għargħur Għargħur Għargħur Stadium 800
Għaxaq Għaxaq Għaxaq Stadium 300
Kalkara Kalkara Luxol Sports Ground 800
Kirkop United Ħal Kirkop Centenary Stadium 2,000
Marsaskala Marsaskala Luxol Sports Ground 800
Mdina Knights Mdina Knights Centenary Stadium 2,000
Mellieħa Mellieħa Mellieħa Sports Complex 400
Msida St. Joseph Msida Victor Tedesco Stadium 6,000
Mtarfa Mtarfa Mtarfa Ground 150
Qormi Qormi Thomaso Ground 500
Siġġiewi Siġġiewi Siġġiewi Ground 240
St. Venera Santa Venera Santa Venera Lightnings Training Centre 800
Ta' Xbiex Ta' Xbiex
Xgħajra Tornados Xgħajra Xgħajra Tornados Ground 200
Żabbar St. Patrick Ħaż-Żabbar Il-Foss 1,000
Żurrieq Żurrieq Żurrieq Football Ground 100

League stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Attard (P) 18 16 2 0 46 3 +43 41[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
2 Għargħur (Q) 18 8 7 3 24 12 +12 31 Qualification for the Promotion play-off
3 Birżebbuġa (Q) 18 8 6 4 21 12 +9 30 Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4 Kalkara (Q) 18 8 4 6 31 19 +12 28 Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5 Msida St. Joseph (Q) 18 6 8 4 23 23 0 26
6 Xgħajra Tornados 18 7 3 8 28 29 −1 24
7 Siġġiewi 18 3 6 9 18 37 −19 15
8 Għaxaq 18 5 2 11 22 33 −11 17
9 Ta' Xbiex 18 3 4 11 18 44 −26 13
10 Dingli Swallows 18 2 6 10 19 38 −19 12
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Attard received a 9 point deduction after an ex-committee member pleaded guilty to attempting to fix a match the previous season.[8]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Żurrieq (C) 16 12 3 1 36 10 +26 39 Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
2 Marsaskala (P) 16 12 2 2 29 11 +18 38 Qualification for the Promotion play-off
3 Żabbar St. Patrick (Q) 16 11 2 3 42 15 +27 35 Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4 Mtarfa (P) 16 11 1 4 29 24 +5 34 Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5 Mdina Knights (Q) 16 6 0 10 14 27 −13 18
6 Mellieħa 16 4 1 11 16 31 −15 13
7 Kirkop United 16 3 2 11 14 26 −12 11
8 Qormi 16 2 4 10 14 32 −18 10
9 St. Venera 16 2 3 11 13 31 −18 9
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results

National Amateur League Group A Results
Home \ Away ATT BSP DIN GHA GFC KLK MSJ SGI TXB XTF
Attard — 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 3–0 3–0 5–0 1–0
Birżebbuġa 0–1 — 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0
Dingli Swallows 0–3 1–1 — 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–5 0–0 1–2
Għargħur 0–0 1–0 5–1 — 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0
Għaxaq 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–2 — 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
Kalkara 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–4 — 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–1
Msida St. Joseph 0–3 0–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 3–3 1–3
Siġġiewi 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 2–2 0–2
Ta' Xbiex 0–2 0–4 4–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 — 2–7
Xgħajra Tornados 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Amateur League Group B Results
Home \ Away KIR MSK MDK MSC MTA QOR STV ZAB ZRR
Kirkop United — 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–1
Marsaskala 1–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–4 3–0
Mdina Knights 2–1 1–2 — 3–0 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–5
Mellieħa 0–1 1–4 0–1 — 0–2 4–2 3–2 1–2 0–2
Mtarfa 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 — 4–0 2–2 3–2 1–3
Qormi 1–3 2–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 — 0–0 1–4 1–1
St. Venera 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 — 0–4 1–3
Żabbar St. Patrick 2–1 1–2 5–0 4–0 5–2 1–1 2–1 — 2–3
Żurrieq 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 7–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Second-place Promotion Decider
2 April 2022 Għargħur 1 - 2 Marsaskala Pembroke
  • Formosa  11', 77'
  • Scholey  77'
 Report
  • Zammit 43', 88',  88'
 Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Play-Offs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
3b Zabbar St. Patrick 3
4a Kalkara 1
4a Kalkara 5
5b Mdina Knights 1
3b Zabbar St. Patrick 2
4b Mtarfa 3
3a Birzebbuga St. Peter's 1
4b Mtarfa 3
4b Mtarfa 3
5a Msida St Joseph 1

Quarter-finals
3 April 2022 Kalkara 5 - 1 Mdina Knights Pembroke
  • G Vella 9' (o.g.)
  • Ahmad 18'
  • Pisani 30'
  • Degiorgio 53'
  • Orban 69'
  • J Vella  83'
 Report
  • Doric  50'
  • Borg 61' (pen)
  • Saliba  83'
 Stadium: Luxol Stadium
3 April 2022 Mtarfa 3 - 1 Msida St. Joseph Pembroke
  • Zammit 11' (pen)
  • Silva 69'
  • DD Camilleri 85'
 Report
  • Gauci  10'
  • Borg  36'
  • J Camilleri 59'
  • Chircop  80'
 Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Semi-finals
9 April 2022 Żabbar St. Patrick 3 - 1 Kalkara St Paul's Bay
  • Souzaa 15'
  • Abela 61'
  • Tanti  78'
  • Benhamed  86'
  • Zammit 90+3'
 Report
  • Ahmad 65'
 Stadium: Sirens Stadium
9 April 2022 Birżebbuġa 1 - 3 Mtarfa St Paul's Bay
  • Ubuwere  34'
  • Agius 49',  80'
  • Micallef  89'
 Report
  • Camilleri  51'
  • Silva  62'
  • Mifsud 66'
  • Brincat 67', 75'
  • Bartolo  90+2'
 Stadium: Sirens Stadium

Play-offs Final
13 April 2022 Żabbar St. Patrick 2 - 3 Mtarfa Ta' Qali
  • Aquilina 10', 90+2'
  • Gusman  40'
  • Ciantar  63'
  • Fava  87'
  • Benhamed  90+3'
  • Triganza  90+4'
 Report
  • Brincat  11', 61'
  • Bartolo  15'
  • K Zammit 41', 54'
  • Caruana  80'
  • Borg  87'
  • Agius  90+3'
 Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Promotion Final
16 April 2022 Mtarfa 4 - 1 Għargħur Ta' Qali
  • Silva 26', 44', 79' (pen)
  • D.D. Camilleri  51'
  • D. Cremona  58'
  • Brincat 73'
  • J.P. Formosa  80'
 Report
  • Igwemeke  31'
  • N. Formosa 45+2',  89'
  • R.G. CAmilleri  84'
 Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Championship play-offs

Championship Final
10 April 2022 Attard 1 - 2 Żurrieq Ħamrun
  • Spiteri 21'
  • Fedele  90+1'
 Report
  • Caruana  20', 31'
  • Cutajar  90+1'
  • Bojovic 90+2'
  • Darmanin  90+2'
 Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium

References
  1. "National Amateur League Group A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. "BOV Amateur League A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. "Żurrieq beat Attard to be crowned National Amateur League champions". Sports Desk/Times of Malta. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. "Marsaskala defeat Gharghur in BOV National Amateur League decider to secure promotion". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. "BOV National Amateur League: Mtarfa promoted after winning Play-Offs final". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. "BOV National Amateur League Group A". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. "BOV National Amateur League - Malta Fixtures, Results, Tables & Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. "Attard FC to start season with minus points after ex-committee member pleads guilty to match fixing". The Malta Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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