Maltese National Amateur League
Season2023–24
Dates15 September 2023 – 28 April 2024
Matches played77
Goals scored287 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorerSaint Ebisindor Christian
(12 Goals)
Biggest home winMgarr United 10-0 Ghaxaq
(20 Octoberber 2023)
Biggest away winTa' Xbiex 0-10 Mgarr United
(28 October 2023)
Highest scoringMgarr United 10-0 Ghaxaq
(20 Octoberber 2023)
Ta' Xbiex 0-10 Mgarr United
(28 October 2023)
Ta' Xbiex 2-8 Ghaxaq
(26 November 2023)
Longest winning runRabat Ajax
(4 Games)
Longest unbeaten runBirzebbuga St. Peter's
Rabat Ajax
(6 Games Each)
Longest winless runMdina Knights
(7 Games)
Longest losing runSiggiewi
(5 Games)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 26 November 2023.

The 2023–24 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the IZIBet National Amateur League) is taking place between August 2023 and April 2024. This is the fourth season since the Second and Third divisions were unified into the two-group Amateur League system. The Maltese National Amateur League is Malta's third-highest professional football division. The 2023-24 League winners will be promoted to the Maltese Challenge League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2022–23 season:

Promoted from
2022–23 Maltese National Amateur League
Relegated from
2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
Senglea Athletic
Msida Saint-Joseph
Luqa St. Andrew's
Zabbar St. Patrick
Marsaskala
Mqabba
Mtarfa
Qrendi
San Gwann
Vittoriosa Stars

Teams

Twenty-Three teams competed in the 2023-24 League. These teams were split into two groups.

Team Location Manager
Birzebbuga St. Peter's Birzebbuga Malta Edward Azzopardi
Dingli Swallows Dingli Malta Nicolai Caruana
Gharghur Gharghur Malta Kevin Borg Degiorgio
Ghaxaq Ghaxaq Malta Spiridione Curmi
Kalkara United Kalkara Malta Paul Bugeja
Kirkop United Kirkop Malta Matthew Caruana
Marsaskala Marsaskala Malta Brian Vella
Mdina Knights Mdina Malta Roland Sollars
Mellieħa Mellieħa England Roger Walker and Croatia Ivan Mandic (Caretakers)
Mgarr United Mgarr Malta Jason Camenzuli
Mqabba Mqabba Malta Vincent Carbonaro
Mtarfa Mtarfa Malta George Magri
Pembroke Athleta Pembroke Malta Jeffrey Mifsud
Qormi Qormi Malta Lydon Fenech
Qrendi Qrendi Malta Gotthard Conti
Rabat Ajax Rabat Malta Paul Falzon
San Ġwann San Ġwann Malta Xavier Saliba
Santa Venera Lightnings Santa Venera Malta Marco Grech
Siggiewi Siggiewi
St. George's Cospicua Malta Trevor Thomas
Ta' Xbiex Ta' Xbiex Malta Mario Fenech
Vittoriosa Stars Birgu Malta Dennis Apap
Xgħajra Tornados Xghajra Malta Keith Darmanin

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Mellieha Malta Antoine Camilleri Sacked 6 October 2023 9th (Group A) EnglandRoger Walker and Croatia Ivan Mandic (Caretakers) 6 October 2023
Siġġiewi Malta Alexander Delia 19 November 2023 11th (Group A)

Venues

Pembroke Mosta San Pawl il-Baħar Ta' Qali Hamrun
Luxol Stadium Charles Abela Stadium Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium
Capacity: 600 Capacity: 700 Capacity: 800 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 1,962

League stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rabat Ajax 7 4 2 1 14 6 +8 14 Promotion to the 2024–25 Maltese Challenge League and Championship play-offs
2 Mtarfa 7 5 1 1 18 5 +13 16
3 Qrendi 7 5 1 1 17 5 +12 16
4 Birzebbuga St. Peter's 7 3 3 1 23 11 +12 12
5 Pembroke Athleta 7 4 0 3 19 17 +2 12
6 Mqabba 7 3 0 4 10 11 1 9
7 Santa Venera Lightning 7 4 0 3 9 14 5 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8 Mellieħa 7 2 1 4 10 12 2 7
9 Xgħajra Tornados 7 3 1 3 9 10 1 10 Relegation to the 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League 2
10 Kalkara United 7 2 1 4 10 18 8 7
11 Siggiewi 7 1 1 5 5 14 9 4
12 Mdina Knights 7 0 1 6 2 22 20 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions or teams for promotion play-offs).

Group A Results

Home \ Away BRZ KLK MDI MLĦ MQA MTF PBK QRE RBT SVL SIG XJR
Birzebbuga St. Peter's 10 Feb 6–0 3–3 0–3 27 Jan 9 Mar 15 Dec 5–1 23 Feb
Kalkara United 1–1 18 Feb 3 Mar 4 Feb 12 Jan 1–5 21 Jan 2–4 16 Dec 10 Dec
Mdina Knights 21 Jan 0–2 10 Feb 13 Jan 9 Mar 1–6 16 Dec 24 Feb 0–3 1–1
Mellieħa 4 Feb 1–2 2–0 0–3 18 Feb 13 Jan 21 Jan 10 Mar 16 Dec 0–1
Mqabba 7 Jan 4–2 26 Jan 23 Feb 1–3 0–3 8 Mar 10 Feb 2–0 17 Mar
Mtarfa 3 Mar 10 Dec 7 Jan 2–0 16 Mar 2–4 18 Feb 4–0 26 Jan 3 Feb
Pembroke Athleta 2–7 24 Feb 4 Feb 1–3 21 Jan 16 Dec 13 Jan 0–3 9 Mar 2–1
Qrendi 10 Dec 3–0 17 Mar 3 Mar 9 Feb 8 Jan 0–0 27 Jan 3–0 17 Feb
Rabat Ajax 17 Mar 27 Jan 7 Jan 2–1 9 Dec 1–1 23 Feb 4–0 9 Feb 2 Mar
Santa Venera Lightning 18 Feb 17 Mar 2–0 10 Dec 1–0 21 Jan 3 Mar 2–1 4 Feb 13 Jan 6 Jan
Siggiewi 1–1 7 Jan 3 Mar 17 Mar 18 Feb 0–4 10 Dec 4 Feb 0–2 20 Jan
Xgħajra Tornados 12 Jan 9 Mar 27 Jan 24 Feb 15 Dec 1–2 10 Feb 1–3 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mgarr United 6 5 1 0 30 2 +28 16 Promotion to the 2024–25 Maltese Challenge League and Championship play-offs
2 San Ġwann 7 4 2 1 15 9 +6 14
3 St. George's 7 4 1 2 13 10 +3 13
4 Marsaskala 7 4 0 3 10 9 +1 12
5 Gharghur 6 3 1 2 15 5 +10 10
6 Qormi 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10
7 Kirkop United 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8 Vittoriosa Stars 7 3 0 4 13 10 +3 6[lower-alpha 1]
9 Dingli Swallows 6 1 1 4 3 19 16 4 Relegation to the 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League 2
10 Ta' Xbiex 6 1 0 5 7 31 24 3
11 Ghaxaq 6 1 0 5 12 27 15 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions or teams for promotion play-offs).
Notes:
  1. Vittoriosa Stars were docked three points.[1]

Group B Results

Home \ Away DIN GHR GHX KRK MRK MGR QOR SGN STG XBX VIT
Dingli Swallows 0–4 10 Mar 2–1 24 Feb 20 Jan 3 Feb 6 Jan 17 Dec 1–5
Gharghur 2 Mar 17 Feb 9 Dec 20 Jan 2–2 15 Mar 1–2 4–0 6 Jan
Ghaxaq 9 Dec 0–4 16 Mar 1–3 11 Feb 6 Jan 19 Jan 1–5 2 Mar
Kirkop United 14 Jan 10 Mar 17 Dec 17 Feb 0–1 3–3 0–1 19 Jan 5 Jan 3 Feb
Marsaskala 11 Feb 1–0 28 Jan 0–2 14 Jan 25 Feb 10 Mar 16 Mar 4–1 0–3
Mgarr United 6–0 2 Feb 10–0 2 Mar 8 Dec 5 Jan 1–0 17 Feb 15 Mar
Qormi 3–0 17 Dec 28 Jan 0–1 10 Mar 16 Feb 2 Feb 14 Jan 1–0
San Ġwann 0–0 14 Jan 3–2 11 Feb 8 Dec 3–1 1 Mar 28 Jan 25 Feb
St. George's 11 Feb 25 Feb 2–1 17 Dec 28 Jan 2–5 1–1 10 Mar 1–0
Ta' Xbiex 16 Mar 25 Feb 2–8 5 Jan 3 Feb 0–10 1–5 9 Dec 20 Jan
Vittoriosa Stars 28 Jan 14 Jan 1–2 1 Mar 17 Dec 11 Feb 4–2 16 Feb 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Ta' Xbiex were awarded a 3–0 win after the Malta Football Association's Protests Board upheld their protest. Originally, the match ended in a 5–1 to Vittoriosa Stars.

Championship final

April 2024 Group A Winners v Group B Winners Ta' Qali
CEST Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Relegation play-offs

Semi Finals

April 2024 Group A 7th Place Loser Match 1 Group B 8th Place
CEST
April 2024 Group B 7th Place Loser Match 2 Group A 8th Place
CEST

Final

April 2024 Loser Match 1 v Loser Match 2
CEST

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 26 November 2023[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Saint Ebisindor Christian Mgarr 12
2 Brazil Samuel Saldanha Birżebbuġa St. Peter's 11
3 Malta Kurt Borg Mtarfa 10
4 Brazil Weverton Gomes Souza Pembroke Athleta 9
5 Venezuela Andres Tenorio Viveros Mqabba 6
Nigeria Richmond Baratuipre Hanson Santa Venera Lightnings
7 Malta Ryden Gatt Rabat Ajax 5
Hungary Mihaly Gidaly Gharghur
9 Malta Lee Joe Schembri Birzebbuga St. Peter's 4
Serbia Luka Mijic Mellieha
Malta Jurgen Suda Mgarr United
Malta Nicholas Schembri Mgarr United
Malta Jordan Vella Pembroke Athleta
Libya Nezar Fawzi Abouhaisa San Gwann
Malta Morientes Muscat St. George's
Colombia Deison Arvey Cuero Siggiewi
Nigeria Joseph Jojo Ogunnupe Vittoriosa Stars
Malta Paul Simon Ellul Xghajra Tornados

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Group Stadium Date
Brazil Samuel Saldanha Birżebbuġa St. Peter's Pembroke Athleta 7–2 (A) A Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar 24 September 2023
Brazil Weverton Gomes Pembroke Athleta Mdina Knights 6–1 (A) Charles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta 7 October 2023
Colombia Andres Tenorio Viveros Mqabba Kalkara United 4–2 (H) Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar
Nigeria Saint Ebisindor Christian6 Mgarr United Ghaxaq 10-0 (H) B Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali 20 October 2023
Nigeria Saint Ebisindor Christian5 Ta' Xbiex 10-0 (A) Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar 28 October 2023
Brazil Samuel Saldanha Birżebbuġa St. Peter's Santa Venera Lightnings 5–1 (A) A 29 October 2023
Malta Morientes Muscat St. George's Ghaxaq 5–1 (A) B 12 November 2023
Colombia Deison Arvey Cuero Siggiewi Mdina Knights 3–0 (A) A 25 November 2023
Malta Aaron Agius Ghaxaq Ta' Xbiex 8–2 (A) B 26 November 2023
Notes

6 Player scored 6 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malta Jacob Chircop St John Mgarr 5
2 Malta Dunstan Zarb Mtarfa 4
Malta Christian Cassar Qrendi
4 Malta Andrew Joseph Zammit Gharghur 3
Malta Dean Sciberras Rabat Ajax
Malta Clyde Aquilina Santa Venera Lightning
7 Malta James Abela Mqabba 2
Malta Jean Mattiase` Vella Qormi
Malta Emanuel Bartolo San Gwann

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 5
    • Malta Jamie Mifsud (Marsaskala)
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Malta Liam Ciantar (Vittoriosa Stars)

Club

References

  1. "Decision On Vittoriosa Stars". mfa.com.mt/. Maltese National Amateur League. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. "Tables & Statistics". maltafootball.com. 20 September 2020.
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