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
Season2014–15
ChampionsPembroke Athleta
PromotedPembroke Athleta
St. Andrews
RelegatedŻurrieq
Msida Saint-Joseph
Birżebbuġa St. Peter's
Matches played183
Goals scored543 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerAriel Laudisi (16 goals)
2015–16 →

Teams

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

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 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 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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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[lower-alpha 1] 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]

3 May 2015 Gżira United0–0
(4–3 p)		MelitaCentenary 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.
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