1973–74 Maltese Premier League

The 1973–74 Maltese First Division was the 59th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.

Maltese First Division

Season	1973–74
Champions	Valletta F.C. (9th title)
Relegated	Qormi F.C. Hamrun Spartans F.C.
European Cup	Valletta F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
UEFA Cup	Hibernians F.C.
Matches played	91
Goals scored	178 (1.96 per match)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valletta F.C. (C)	18	12	4	2	23	8	+15	28	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Hibernians F.C.	18	10	4	4	21	9	+12	24	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
3	Floriana F.C.	18	7	7	4	32	21	+11	21
4	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	18	8	5	5	25	14	+11	21	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup[a]
5	Zebbug Rangers	18	4	7	7	8	13	−5	15
6	Marsa F.C.	18	5	5	8	19	25	−6	15
7	Gzira United	18	5	5	8	16	23	−7	15
8	Birkirkara F.C.	18	3	8	7	12	19	−7	14
9	Qormi F.C. (R)	18	5	4	9	10	23	−13	14	Relegation
10	Hamrun Spartans F.C. (R)	18	2	9	7	11	22	−11	13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Sliema Wanderers qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Winners

Relegation tie-breaker

With both Birkirkara and Qormi level on 14 points, a play-off match was conducted to Finish 9th place and be Relegated.

Birkirkara F.C. v Qormi F.C.

	Birkirkara F.C.	1–0	Qormi F.C.	Gżira
				Stadium: Empire Stadium

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	GŻI	HIB	ĦMR	MRS	QOR	SLM	VLT	ZEB
Birkirkara	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0
Floriana	1–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–5	7–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
Gżira United	2–2	1–1	—	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	3–1
Hibernians	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0
Ħamrun Spartans	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–4	—	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Marsa	4–1	2–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0
Qormi	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–0
Sliema Wanderers	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	—	2–1	3–1
Valletta	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	0–0
Żebbuġ Rangers	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Official table from Maltafootball.com Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)