Season 2015–16 Champions League Valletta Dates 21 Aug 2015 – 6 May 2016 Location Malta Matches played 198 | Champions Valletta
(23rd title) Europa League Hibernians
Birkirkara Champion Valletta F.C. Goals scored 632 | |
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Biggest home win Balzan 8–0 Naxxar Lions Biggest away win Naxxar Lions 0–8 Hibernians Relegated Qormi F.C., Naxxar Lions F.C. People also search for 2015–16 Montenegrin First League | ||
The 2015–16 Maltese Premier League was the 101st season of the Maltese Premier League. The season began on 21 August 2015 and concluded on 30 April 2016. Hibernians were the defending champions, having won their 11th title the previous season.
Contents
- Format
- Teams and stadiums
- Results matches 122
- Second phase
- Results matches 2333
- Relegation play offs
- Top goalscorers
- References
The Maltese Premier League consisted of three rounds, for a total of 33 matches per team, with the first two rounds played between 21 August 2015 and 14 February 2016, and the third and final round played from 20 February to 30 April 2016. After the end of the second round, the points earned were halved.
Format
The format for the 2015–16 Maltese Premier League was the same as the previous season. First all teams meet twice in a round-robin format for a total of 22 matches. After the two first rounds all teams advanced to a second phase where half of the points from the first two rounds were carried over and teams played each other once. These rules were changed before the previous season after a decision not to split the teams for a championship round and relegation round.
Teams and stadiums
Pietà Hotspurs and Żebbuġ Rangers were relegated after they finished eleventh and twelfth, respectively, the previous season. Pembroke Athleta, the 2014–15 First Division champion, made their debut in the Premier League. Runner-up St. Andrews returned to the highest level for the first time since the 1993–94 season.
Source: Scoresway
Results (matches 1–22)
Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second phase
All teams advanced to the second phase. Teams kept their records from the first phase, but their points from the first phase were halved and rounded. Teams played each other once.
Results (matches 23–33)
Source: Malta Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation play-offs
A play-off match took place between St. Andrews, the tenth-placed team from the Premier League and Senglea Athletic, the third-placed team from the First Division for a place in the 2016–17 Maltese Premier League.
Top goalscorers
As of 12 April 2016Source: MFA