2022–23 Maltese National Amateur League

The 2022–23 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the IZIBet National Amateur League) is taking place between August 26, 2022 and April 23, 2023. This is the third season since the Second and Third divisions were unified into the two-group Amateur League system. The Maltese National Amateur League is Malta's third-highest professional football division. The 2022-23 League winners will be promoted to the Maltese Challenge League.

Maltese National Amateur League

Season	2022–23
Dates	26 August 2022 – 23 April 2023
Champions	Senglea Athletic
Promoted	Senglea Athletic Msida Saint-Joseph Luqa St. Andrew's Zabbar St. Patrick
Matches played	210
Goals scored	763 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Ebisindor Saint (20 Goals)
Biggest home win	Msida Saint-Joseph 12-0 Mdina Knights (10 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Pembroke Athleta 0-7 Kalkara United (18 September 2022) Mdina Knights 0-7 Msida Saint-Joseph (5 November 2022) Mdina Knights 0-7 Kirkop United (19 March 2023)
Highest scoring	Msida Saint-Joseph 12-0 Mdina Knights (10 March 2023)
Longest winning run	Senglea Athletic (10 Games)
Longest unbeaten run	Msida Saint-Joseph (12 Games)
Longest winless run	Ta' Xbiex (20 Games)
Longest losing run	Ta' Xbiex (11 Games)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 23 April 2023.

Teams

Twenty-one teams competed in the 2022-23 League. These teams were split into two groups, one of eleven and one of ten.

Birzebbuga St. Peter's

Dingli Swallows

Gharghur

Ghaxaq

Kalkara United

Kirkop United

Luqa St. Andrew's

Mdina Knights

Mellieħa

Mgarr United

Msida Saint-Joseph

Pembroke

Qormi

Rabat Ajax

Santa Venera Lightning

Senglea

Siggiewi

St. George's

Ta' Xbiex

Xgħajra T.

Żabbar St. Patrick

Location of Maltese clubs played in Maltese Premier League

Team	Location
Birzebbuga St. Peter's	Birzebbuga
Dingli Swallows	Dingli
Gharghur	Gharghur
Ghaxaq	Ghaxaq
Kalkara United	Kalkara
Kirkop United	Kirkop
Luqa St. Andrew's	Luqa
Mdina Knights	Mdina
Mellieħa	Mellieħa
Mgarr United	Mgarr
Msida Saint-Joseph	Msida
Pembroke Athleta	Pembroke
Qormi	Qormi
Rabat Ajax	Rabat
Santa Venera Lightnings	Santa Venera
Senglea Athletic	Senglea
Siggiewi	Siggiewi
St. George's	Cospicua
Ta' Xbiex	Ta' Xbiex
Xgħajra Tornados	Xghajra
Żabbar St. Patrick	Zabbar

Venues

Luxol Stadium Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium	Pembroke	San Pawl il-Baħar	Ta' Qali	Hamrun
	Luxol Stadium	Sirens Stadium	Centenary Stadium	Victor Tedesco Stadium
	Capacity: 600	Capacity: 800	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 1,962

League stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Senglea Athletic (C)	20	17	2	1	53	8	+45	53	Promotion to the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League and Championship play-offs
2	Mgarr United (Q)	20	16	2	2	56	11	+45	50	Promotion play-offs
3	Żabbar St. Patrick (P)	20	15	3	2	53	10	+43	48	Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4	Kalkara United (Q)	20	11	3	6	39	25	+14	36	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5	Xgħajra Tornados (Q)	20	10	2	8	30	28	+2	32
6	Birzebbuga St. Peter's	20	9	1	10	35	29	+6	28
7	Qormi	20	7	1	12	30	42	−12	22
8	Pembroke Athleta	20	7	0	13	29	51	−22	21
9	Mellieħa	20	5	1	14	21	42	−21	16
10	Santa Venera Lightning	20	4	2	14	20	50	−30	14
11	Ta' Xbiex	20	0	1	19	10	80	−70	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions or teams for promotion play-offs).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A Results

Home \ Away	BRZ	KLK	MLH	MGR	PBK	QOR	SVL	SEN	XBX	XJR	ZBR
Birzebbuga St. Peter's	—	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	4–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2
Kalkara United	2–0	—	3–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	6–3	1–0	1–1
Mellieħa	1–0	1–3	—	0–4	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–3	4–1	1–3	1–3
Mgarr United	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	5–1	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
Pembroke Athleta	3–2	0–7	2–1	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–3	6–2	0–2	0–4
Qormi	1–5	1–2	2–2	2–3	2–3	—	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–5
Santa Venera Lightning	1–5	1–3	1–0	1–6	2–1	2–4	—	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2
Senglea Athletic	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	7–1	0–1	4–0	—	6–0	3–0	0–0
Ta' Xbiex	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–6	0–4	0–5	0–3	0–4	—	0–2	0–6
Xgħajra Tornados	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–5	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	—	1–3
Żabbar St. Patrick	2–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	8–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Msida Saint-Joseph (P)	18	13	4	1	52	11	+41	43	Promotion to the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League and Championship play-offs
2	Luqa St. Andrew's (P)	18	9	6	3	35	17	+18	33	Promotion play-offs
3	Gharghur[a] (Q)	18	8	7	3	34	17	+17	31	Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4	Rabat Ajax[a] (Q)	18	9	4	5	24	16	+8	31	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5	St. George's[b] (Q)	18	8	5	5	26	24	+2	29
6	Kirkop United[b]	18	9	2	7	29	19	+10	29
7	Ghaxaq	18	7	4	7	22	21	+1	25
8	Siggiewi	18	3	3	12	11	31	−20	12
9	Dingli Swallows	18	1	6	11	12	32	−20	9
10	Mdina Knights	18	1	3	14	11	67	−56	6

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions or teams for promotion play-offs).
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Gharghur and Rabat Ajax finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the third place and Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
2. Kirkop United and St. George's finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the fifth place and Qualification for the play-offs 1st round

Group B Results

Home \ Away	DIN	GHR	GHX	LQA	KRK	MDI	MSI	RBT	SIG	STG
Dingli Swallows	—	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–3
Gharghur	3–0	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–3	3–0	3–1	3–1
Ghaxaq	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–1	6–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	2–1
Luqa St. Andrew's	2–2	1–1	4–0	—	1–1	5–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0
Kirkop United	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–4
Mdina Knights	1–1	0–4	1–3	1–5	0–7	—	0–7	0–2	1–1	1–2
Msida Saint-Joseph	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	12–0	—	0–1	6–0	3–0[a]
Rabat Ajax	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–3	—	3–0	0–0
Siggiewi	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–2
St. George's	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–4	1–4	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Msida Saint-Joseph were awarded a 3–0 win after the Malta Football Association's Protests Board upheld their protest. Originally, the match ended in a 0–0.

Group B tie-breakers

Group B Third Place tie-breaker

With both Gharghur and Rabat Ajax level on 31 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualify for the play-offs 2nd round

Gharghur v Rabat Ajax

8 April 2023	Gharghur	0-0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Rabat Ajax	St. Paul's Bay
17:30 CEST	Matthew Borda  45' Warren Azzopardi  61' Jonathan Pace  85'		Miguel Aquilina  63' Andrew Joseph Sant  80' Immy Micalle  90+3'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium Referee: Stefan Minic
	Penalties
	Jamie Delia Mark Cutajar Robert Ciantar Matthew Borda Shawn Vella		Immy Micallef Craig Borg Nobukatsu Tsuchiya Dean Sciberras Kurt Agius

Group B Fifth Place tie-breaker

With both Kirkop United and Rabat Ajax level on 29 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualify for the play-offs 1st round

Kirkop United v St. George's

8 April 2023	Kirkop United	1-3	St. George's	Ta' Qali
18:00 CEST	Melchior Grech  56' Jamie Mifsud  68' Isaac Abela 70' Jean Claude Vella  73'		Morientes Muscat 65' (pen.) Jean Luca Caruana 90+2' (o.g.) Paul Simon Ellul 90+4'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Emanuel Grech

Championship play-offs

Championship final

Senglea Athletic v Msida Saint-Joseph

16 April 2023	Senglea Athletic	2-0	Msida Saint-Joseph	Ta' Qali
11:30 CEST	Esquivel Sebastian Perdomo 39' Ryan Sammut  43' Steven Meilak  72' Nicholas Gauci  77' Carmelo Caruana  79' Keith Vella  80' Aidan Paul Azzopardi 90+1',  90+2'		Ryan Dalli  21' Carmelo Farrugia  48' Agatino Sicali  68' Davide Mula  75' Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza  80'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Patrick Falzon

Promotion play-offs

Second-place Promotion Decider

Mgarr United v Luqa Saint Andrew's

16 April 2022	Mgarr United	1-2	Luqa Saint Andrew's	St. Paul's Bay
15:00 CEST	Julian Camilleri  22',  60' Saint Ebisindor Christian 90+8',  53' Kevin Camilleri  78' Jamie Lee Micallef  90+2'		Julien Iwueke  45+2' Josmike Cesare  45+3',  90+6' Sam Lorn Kind 78' Ryan Schembri  86' Fabien Lufi 90+3' (pen.),  90+3'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium Referee: Anthony Paul Vella

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

3b

Gharghur

2

Kalkara United

3

4a

Kalkara United

2

5b

St. George's

1

Kalkara United

1

Zabbar St. Patrick

2

3a

Zabbar St. Patrick

3

Rabat Ajax

0

4b

Rabat Ajax

2

5a

Xghajra Tornados

0

Quarter-finals

Kalkara United v St. George's

12 April 2023	Kalkara United	2-1	St. George's	Ta' Qali
19:30 CEST	David Azzopardi 57' Vadim Gulceac 60'		Nicholas Zammit 84'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Daniel Casha

Rabat Ajax v Xghajra Tornados

12 April 2023	Rabat Ajax	2-0	Xghajra Tornados	Ħamrun
20:00 CEST	Dean Sciberras  11' Andy Paul Camilleri 22' Miguel Aquilina 90+5'		Lark Pino Falzon  90+1'	Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium Referee: Raiden Psaila

Semi-finals

Gharghur v Kalkara United

15 April 2023	Gharghur	2-3	Kalkara United	St. Paul's Bay
15:00 CEST	Andrew Joseph Zammit  11' Erik Pietribiasi 19' (pen.) Samuel Agius 52' Isaac Chircop  75' Jamie Delia  75' Warren Azzopardi  90+5',		Jean Paul Formosa 12' Ryan Cauchi  16' Vadim Gulceac 25' Owen Magri 37' (o.g.) Mario Bartolo  81' David Azzopardi  84' Calvin Camilleri  90+2'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium Referee: Daniel Portelli

Zabbar St. Patrick v Rabat Ajax

15 April 2023	Zabbar St. Patrick	3-0	Rabat Ajax	St. Paul's Bay
17:30 CEST	David Oliveira Souza 15' Nick Borg 32' Kurt Borg  75', 90' Carl Magro  63' Andre Joe Cutajar  84'		Matthew Farrugia  75' Andy Paul Camilleri  90+2'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium Referee: Andrea Naudi

Play-offs final

Kalkara United v Zabbar St. Patrick

19 April 2023	Kalkara United	1-2	Zabbar St. Patrick	Ħamrun
20:30 CEST	David Azzopardi  30' Vadim Gulceac 47'		Brendan Scerri  10' Samuel Buhagiar  20' Nick Borg 53',  54' Kurt Borg 77'	Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium Referee: Gerard William Zammit Young

Promotion final

Zabbar St. Patrick v Mgarr United

23 April 2023	Zabbar St. Patrick	2-0	Mgarr United	Ta' Qali
11:00 CEST	Samuel Buhagiar  13' Nick Borg 18' John Micallef 64' (o.g.) Shalon Diacono  72' Andre Joe Cutajar  80'		Clayton Borg  16' Christian Ebisindor Saint  70' Saturday Nanapere  10'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Daniel Portelli

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 April 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christian Ebisindor Saint	Mgarr United	20
2	Erik Pietribiasi	Gharghur	16
	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Msida St.Joseph
	Timothy Thomas	Senglea Athletic
5	Wéverton Gomes	Pembroke Athleta	15
6	Aidan Agius Gilford	Xghajra Tornados	14
7	Morientes Muscat	St. George's	13
	Andre Joe Cutajar	Zabbar St.Patrick
9	Giovanni Galea	Msida St.Joseph	12
10	David Oliveira Souza	Zabbar St.Patrick	11
11	Andrely Kouessabio Makela	Birzebbuga St.Peter's	9
	Malcolm Vella Vidal	Mellieħa
	Esquivel Sebastian Perdomo	Senglea Athletic
14	Keith Muscat	Birzebbuga St.Peter's	8
15	Jean Paul Formosa	Kalkara United	7
	Isaac Abela	Kirkop United
	Saturday Nanapere	Mgarr United
	Aidan Azzopardi	Senglea Athletic

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Group	Stadium	Date
Saturday Nanapere	Mgarr United	Pembroke Athleta	5–1 (H)	A	Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar	4 September 2022
Esquivel Sebastian Perdomo	Senglea Athletic	Santa Venera Lightning	3–0 (A)		Luxol Stadium, Pembroke
Morientes Muscat	St. George's	Kirkop United	4–1 (A)	B	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali	16 September 2022
Erik Pietribiasi	Gharghur	Mdina Knights	4–0 (A)		Luxol Stadium, Pembroke	15 October 2022
Andre Joe Cutajar	Zabbar St.Patrick	Ta' Xbiex	8–0 (H)	A	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali	28 October 2022
Giovanni Galea	Msida St.Joseph	Mdina Knights	7–0 (A)	B	Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar	5 November 2022
Saint Ebisindor Christian	Mgarr United	Ta' Xbiex	6–0 (A)	A	Luxol Stadium, Pembroke	6 November 2022
Aidan Agius Gilford	Xghajra Tornados	Mellieha	3–1 (A)			17 December 2022
Sam Lorn Kind	Luqa St. Andrew's	Mdina Knights	5–0 (H)	B	Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun	8 January 2023
Timothy Thomas	Senglea Athletic	Ta' Xbiex	6–0 (H)	A	Luxol Stadium, Pembroke	28 January 2023
Saint Ebisindor Christian	Mgarr United	Santa Venera Lightnings	6–1 (A)		Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali	24 February 2023
Aidan Agius Gilford	Xghajra Tornados	Qormi	3–1 (A)		Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar	4 March 2023
Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza6	Msida St.Joseph	Mdina Knights	12–0 (H)	B	Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun	10 March 2023
Giovanni Galea
Wéverton Gomes	Pembroke Athleta	Ta' Xbiex	4–0 (A)	A	Luxol Stadium, Pembroke	12 March 2023
Dale Tabone	Kirkop United	Mdina Knights	7–0 (A)	B	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali	19 March 2023

Notes

⁶ Player scored 6 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Carmelo Caruana	Senglea Athletic	13
2	Jonathan Grech	Żabbar St. Patrick	12
3	Jacob Chircop St John	Mgarr United	9
	Dean Sciberras	Rabat Ajax
5	Clive Caruana	Msida Saint-Joseph	8
6	Andrew Joseph Zammit	Gharghur	6
	Damian Borg	Qormi / Luqa St. Andrew's
8	Leon Seisun	Ghaxaq	5
	Mario Bartolo	Kalkara United
	Brandon Edward Bartolo	Luqa St. Andrew's
	Miguel Abela	Xgħajra Tornados
12	Ryan Micallef	Siggiewi	4
	Matthew Camilleri	St. George's
14	Jonathan Mallia	Kirkop United	3
15	Ristan Schembri	Birzebbuga St. Peter's	2
	James Magro	Mellieħa
	Andre Spiteri	Msida Saint-Joseph
	Miguel Falzon	Qormi
	Clyde Aquilina	Santa Venera Lightning

Discipline

Club

• Most yellow cards: 62
  • St. George's
• Most red cards: 6
  • Dingli Swallows
  • St. George's

External links

• Official website Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine