| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Valletta (20th title) |
| Relegated | Vittoriosa S. |
| Champions League | Valletta |
| Europa League | Floriana |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 411 (3.11 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Valletta 5-0Hamrun Spartans |
| Biggest away win | Vittoriosa S. 1–6Floriana |
| Highest scoring | Marsaxlokk 6-3Hamrun Spartans |
2011–12 → | |
The2010–11 Maltese Premier League is the 96th season of theMaltese Premier League, the top-tierfootball league inMalta. It began in August 2010 and ended in May 2011.Birkirkara are the defending champions, having won their third titlelast season.
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, theMalta 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.
Dingli Swallows andMsida St. Joseph were relegated to theFirst Division after finishing in the last two places of thePlay-Out.
Promoted from the First Division wereMarsaxlokk as champions andVittoriosa 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.
| Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | Hamrun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium | |
| Capacity:16,997 | Capacity:3,000 | Capacity:2,968 | Capacity:1,962 | |
Only a few stadia have the infrastructure needed to host Premier League matches. These areTa' Qali National Stadium andCentenary Stadium atTa' Qali,Victor Tedesco Stadium atĦamrun andHibernians Ground atPaola. 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.
| Team | Location of origin | Ground | Location of ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkirkara | Birkirkara | Infetti Ground | Birkirkara |
| Floriana | Floriana | Victor Tedesco Stadium | Ħamrun |
| Hibernians | Paola | Hibernians Ground | Paola |
| Hamrun Spartans | Ħamrun | Victor Tedesco Stadium | Ħamrun |
| Marsaxlokk | Marsaxlokk | Marsaxlokk Ground | Marsaxlokk |
| Qormi | Qormi | Thomaso Grounds | Qormi |
| Sliema Wanderers | Sliema | Tigné Point | Sliema |
| Tarxien Rainbows | Tarxien | Tarxien Ground | Tarxien |
| Valletta | Valletta | Salinos Ground | Valletta |
| Vittoriosa Stars | Vittoriosa | Marsaxlokk Ground | Marsaxlokk |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valletta | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 11 | +31 | 44 | Qualification for theTop Six |
| 2 | Tarxien Rainbows | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 29 | |
| 3 | Floriana | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 27 | |
| 4 | Birkirkara | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 27 | |
| 5 | Marsaxlokk | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Hamrun Spartans | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 23 | |
| 7 | Sliema Wanderers | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 22 | Qualification for thePlay-Out |
| 8 | Qormi | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 21 | |
| 9 | Hibernians | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 15 | |
| 10 | Vittoriosa Stars | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 11 |
| Home \ Away | BIR | FLO | HIB | HAM | MRS | QOR | SLI | TAR | VAL | VIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkirkara | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Floriana | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Hibernians | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Hamrun Spartans | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Marsaxlokk | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Qormi | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 |
| Tarxien Rainbows | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Valletta | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | — | 3–0 |
| Vittoriosa Stars | 0–1 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | FLO | BIR | MRS | TAR | HAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valletta(C) | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 42 | Qualification for the2011–12 UEFA Champions League | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Floriana | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 34 | Qualification for the2011–12 UEFA Europa League[a] | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Birkirkara | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 29 | 0–1 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Marsaxlokk | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 26 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | — | 2–4 | 6–3 | ||
| 5 | Tarxien Rainbows | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 23 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | ||
| 6 | Hamrun Spartans | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 16 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | SLI | QOR | HIB | VIT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Sliema Wanderers | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 26 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 8 | Qormi | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 18 | 0–4 | — | 5–2 | 2–2 | ||
| 9 | Hibernians | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 17 | 2–3 | 4–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 10 | Vittoriosa Stars(R) | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 10 | Relegation to the2011–12 Maltese First Division | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | — |