Season 2010–11 Matches played 56 | Goals scored 161 | |
Top goalscorer Simon Shead
Mosta F.C. (11 goals) Highest scoring Pietà 6–1 Dingli
St. George's 3-4 Balzan
Balzan 4-3 Pieta | ||
The 2010–11 Maltese First Division (also known as 2010–11 BOV 1st Division due to sponsorship reasons) began on 23 October 2010 and will conclude on 1 May 2011.
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Due to a in-season change regarding the league system, the third-placed team of this season will be promoted to the Maltese Premier League, along with the regular two promotees.
Teams
Marsaxlokk as 2009–10 champions and Vittoriosa Stars as runners–up were promoted to the 2010–11 Premier League. They were replaced by Dingli and Msida, who were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 Maltese Premier League after finishing in the bottom two places of the table.
On the other end of the table, ninth-placed St. Patrick and last-placed San Gwann were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by 2009–10 Second Division champions Lija and runners-up St. Andrew's.
Below is a list of all ten teams participating in the 2010–11 season:
On 13 March 2011, Msida Saint-Joseph F.C. were mathematically relegated to the 2nd Division following a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Mosta F.C..
League table
Updated to games played on 1 May 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Msida Saint-Joseph were docked four points because of unknown reasons.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.