Season | 2016β17 |
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Dates | 19 August 2016 β 6 May 2017 |
Champions |
Hibernians (12th title) |
Relegated | Pembroke Athleta |
Champions League | Hibernians |
Europa League |
Balzan Valletta Floriana |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 570 (2.88 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Bojan KaljeviΔ (23 goals) [1] |
Biggest home win |
Tarxien Rainbows 7β1
Pembroke Athleta (22 January 2017) [2] Balzan 7β1 Mosta (24 February 2017) [3] St. Andrews 6β0 Pembroke Athleta (9 April 2017) [4] |
Biggest away win |
GΕΌira United 1β7
Birkirkara (22 October 2016) [5] |
Highest scoring |
GΕΌira United 1β7
Birkirkara (22 October 2016) [5] Tarxien Rainbows 7β1 Pembroke Athleta (22 January 2017) [2] Balzan 7β1 Mosta (24 February 2017) [3] |
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The 2016β17 Maltese Premier League was the 102nd season of the Maltese Premier League. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 6 May 2017; the relegation play-off took place on 12 May 2017. Valletta were the defending champions, having won their 23rd title the previous season.
On 30 April 2017, Hibernians defeated St. Andrews 3β1 to clinch their 12th Maltese league title. [6]
For this season, in a change from recent previous seasons, points earned in the first 22 matches were no longer halved. Each team therefore played 33 matches, home-and-away against each other team (22 matches), and then one more match (either home or away) against each other team.
Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | Hamrun | |
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Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium | |
Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | Capacity: 1,962 | |
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Naxxar Lions and Qormi were relegated to the 2016β17 Maltese First Division after they finished eleventh and twelfth, respectively, the previous season. They were replaced by GΕΌira United and Δ¦amrun Spartans, champions and runners-up respectively of the 2015β16 Maltese First Division.
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Balzan | Balzan | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 6,000 |
Birkirkara | Birkirkara | Ta' Qali National Stadium | 17,797 |
Floriana | Floriana | Independence Arena | 3,000 |
GΕΌira United | GΕΌira | Ta' Qali National Stadium | 17,797 |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | Δ¦amrun | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 6,000 |
Hibernians | Paola | Hibernians Ground | 2,968 |
Mosta | Mosta | Charles Abela Memorial Stadium | 600 |
Pembroke Athleta | Pembroke | Sirens Stadium | 1,500 |
Sliema Wanderers | Sliema | Tigne Sports Complex | 1,000 |
St. Andrews | St. Andrew's | Luxol Sports Ground | 800 |
Tarxien Rainbows | Tarxien | Tony Cassar Sports Ground | 1,000 |
Valletta | Valletta | Centenary Stadium | 2,000 |
Source: Scoresway
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hibernians (C) | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 71 | Qualification for the 2017β18 UEFA Champions League |
2 | Balzan | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the 2017β18 UEFA Europa League |
3 | Birkirkara [a] | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 62 | |
4 | Valletta | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for the 2017β18 UEFA Europa League |
5 | Floriana [b] | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 54 | |
6 | Sliema Wanderers | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 52 | |
7 | GΕΌira United | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 37 | |
8 | St. Andrews | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 37 | |
9 | Tarxien Rainbows | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 35 | |
10 | Hamrun Spartans | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 33 | |
11 | Mosta [c] (O) | 33 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation Play-Offs |
12 | Pembroke Athleta (R) | 33 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 84 | −56 | 18 | Relegation to the 2017β18 Maltese First Division |
A play-off match took place between the eleventh-placed team from the Premier League, Mosta, and the fourth-placed team from the First Division, Qormi, for a place in the 2017β18 Maltese Premier League. Mosta retained their spot in the Maltese Premier League, while Qormi remained in the Maltese First Division.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [1] |
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Balzan | 23 |
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Hibernians | 16 |
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Floriana | 14 |
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Birkirkara | 13 |
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Δ¦amrun Spartans | 12 |
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Δ¦amrun Spartans | 11 |
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Hibernians | 10 |