2014–15 Maltese First Division

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.

Maltese First Division

Season	2014–15
Champions	Pembroke Athleta
Promoted	Pembroke Athleta St. Andrews
Relegated	Żurrieq Msida Saint-Joseph Birżebbuġa St. Peter's
Matches played	183
Goals scored	543 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ariel Laudisi (16 goals)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Teams

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

To First Division Promoted from Maltese Second Division Mqabba Pembroke Athleta Fgura United Relegated from Maltese Premier League Vittoriosa Stars Rabat Ajax

From First Division Relegated to Maltese Second Division Ħamrun Spartans Żejtun Corinthians Promoted to Maltese Premier League Pietà Hotspurs Żebbuġ Rangers

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]

Gżira United v Melita

3 May 2015	Gżira United	0–0 (4–3 p)	Melita	Centenary 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. "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.

External links

• First Division on Malta Football Association