Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 13 August 2021 – 7 May 2022 |
Champions | Hibernians (13th title) |
Relegated | Sliema Wanderers |
Champions League | Hibernians |
Europa Conference League | Floriana Ħamrun Spartans Gżira United |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 350 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Floriana 3–0 Valletta (11 September 2021) Ħamrun Spartans 3–0 St. Lucia (28 November 2021) Gżira United 4–1 Ħamrun Spartans (5 February 2022) |
Biggest away win | Sirens 1–6 Balzan (21 November 2021) |
Highest scoring | Valletta 5–3 St. Lucia (30 October 2021) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Floriana |
Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Hibernians |
Longest winless run | 14 matches Sliema Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Sliema Wanderers |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 9 May 2022. |
The 2021–22 Maltese Premier League was the 107th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-flight league football in Malta. Ħamrun Spartans were the defending champions, having won their eighth title in the previous season.
On 9 April, the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. Following the decision of the Maltese Football Association Executive Committee, the teams that had finished in the relegation places in the previous Premier League season would be relegated to the Challenge League due to having played the prerequisite 75% of matches for the seasons result to stand. However, as the Challenge League teams did not complete 75% of matches, they would not be promoted to the Premier League to replace the exiting teams, meaning that the 2021–22 season will have only 12 teams competing.
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 22 games. The league then splits into two groups. Teams that finish in positions 1–6 compete in the "Top Six" and teams that finish in positions 7–12 play in the "Play-Out".
Twelve teams will compete in the league.
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Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola |
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Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | |
Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | |
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Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Balzan | ![]() |
Joma | Investors Mutual Limited |
Birkirkara | ![]() |
Nike | McDonald's (Front), Inter Sport (Back Top), Visit Malta (Back Bottom) |
Floriana | ![]() |
Joma | Harmont & Blaine, Boggi |
Gudja United | ![]() |
Macron | All Nuts, Handy Man, Green Finance |
Gżira United | ![]() |
Puma | |
Ħamrun Spartans | ![]() |
Puma | J. Portelli Projects |
Hibernians | ![]() |
Joma | Bezzina |
Mosta | ![]() |
Macron | Dimbros, Nilmar |
Sirens | ![]() |
Macron | Café del Mar Malta (Front), Welbee's (Front), Malta National Aquarium (Back), Ozo Group (Sleeves Both) |
Sliema Wanderers | ![]() |
Jartazi | NM group, Sixt |
Santa Lucia | ![]() |
Capelli Sport | Multivend, avanza |
Valletta | ![]() |
Puma | Iniala |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sirens | ![]() |
Resign | 27 May 2021 | Pre-season | ![]() |
27 May 2021 |
Floriana | ![]() |
End of Contract | 14 June 2021 | ![]() |
17 June 2021 | |
Balzan | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 19 October 2021 | 9th | ![]() |
23 October 2021 |
Santa Lucia | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 January 2022 | 11th | ![]() |
12 January 2022 |
Valletta | ![]() |
3 February 2022 | 7th | ![]() |
3 February 2022 | |
Ħamrun Spartans | ![]() |
14 February 2022 | 5th | ![]() |
15 February 2022 | |
Sliema Wanderers | ![]() |
16 February 2022 | 12th | ![]() |
16 February 2022 | |
Balzan | ![]() |
15 April 2022 | 11th | ![]() |
23 April 2022 | |
Birkirkara | ![]() |
20 April 2022 | 3rd | ![]() |
20 April 2022 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hibernians | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 47 | Qualification for the Top Six |
2 | Floriana | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 45 | |
3 | Birkirkara | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 36 | |
4 | Ħamrun Spartans | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 35 | |
5 | Gżira United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 33 | |
6 | Gudja United | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 29 | |
7 | Sirens | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Play-Out |
8 | Valletta | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 26 | |
9 | Mosta | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 25 | |
10 | Balzan | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 23 | |
11 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 22 | |
12 | Sliema Wanderers | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 12 |
Home \ Away | BAL | BIR | FLO | GUD | GŻI | ĦAM | HIB | MOS | SIR | SLI | SLC | VAL |
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Balzan | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Birkirkara | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
Floriana | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
Gudja United | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Gżira United | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Ħamrun Spartans | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Hibernians | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Mosta | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
Sirens | 1–6 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Sliema Wanderers | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Santa Lucia | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
Valletta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIB | FLO | ĦAM | GŻI | BIR | GUD | |
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1 | Hibernians (C) | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League | — | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 | — | |
2 | Floriana | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League | — | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | — | |
3 | Ħamrun Spartans | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 45 | 2–1 | — | — | 2–0 | — | — | ||
4 | Gżira United | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 43 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
5 | Birkirkara | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
6 | Gudja United | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 32 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | — | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | VAL | SIR | MOS | BAL | SLC | SLI | |
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7 | Valletta | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 36 | — | — | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
8 | Sirens | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 34 | 0–3 | — | — | 2–3 | — | — | ||
9 | Mosta | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 32 | — | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | ||
10 | Balzan | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 30 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 0–3 | — | ||
11 | Santa Lucia | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 27 | Relegation to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League | — | 2–2 | — | — | — | 1–2 | |
12 | Sliema Wanderers (R) | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 18 | Relegation to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League | — | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Gżira United | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
Hibernians | 14 |
3 | ![]() |
Valletta | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Birkirkara | 11 |
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Mosta | ||
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Gżira United | ||
7 | ![]() |
Hibernians | 9 |
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Floriana | ||
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Sirens | ||
10 | ![]() |
Santa Lucia | 8 |
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Sirens |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Valletta | Sirens | 3–1 (H) | 17 October 2021 |
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Gżira United | Ħamrun Spartans | 4–1 (H) | 5 February 2022 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Floriana | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
Ħamrun Spartans | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
Gudja United | 9 |
4 | ![]() |
Hibernians | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
Birkirkara | 5 |
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7 | ![]() |
Valletta | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Santa Lucia | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Balzan | 2 |
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Gżira United | ||
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Hibernians | ||
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Sliema Wanderers | ||
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Santa Lucia | ||
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Mosta | ||
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Sirens |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August and September |
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Hibernians | ![]() |
Hibernians |
October | ![]() |
Sirens | ![]() |
Birkirkara |
November | ![]() |
Hibernians | ![]() |
Hibernians |
December | ![]() |
Balzan | ![]() | |
January | ![]() |
Gudja United | ![]() |
Sliema Wanderers |
February | ![]() |
Floriana | ![]() |
Floriana |
March | ![]() |
Hibernians | ![]() |
Hibernians |
April and May | ![]() |
Floriana |
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