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Maltese Challenge League
Season 2023?24
Dates 16 September 2023 ? 5 May 2024
Champions Melita
Promoted Melita
?abbar St. Patrick
Relegated Attard
Luqa St. Andrew's
Msida Saint-Joseph
?ejtun Corinthians
Matches played 195
Goals scored 501 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa
(17 Goals)
Biggest home win ?ebbu? Rangers 6-0 Msida Saint-Joseph
(17 March 2024)
Melita 5-1 Pieta Hotspurs
(27 April 2024)
Biggest away win Attard 0-6 ?ebbu? Rangers
(7 April 2024)
Highest scoring Fgura United 4-4 Melita
(17 December 2023)
Longest winning run Melita
(7 Games)
Longest unbeaten run Senglea Athletic
(12 Games)
Longest winless run Msida Saint-Joseph
(13 Games)
Longest losing run Msida Saint-Joseph
(11 Games)
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2024.

The 2023?24 Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-level league football in Malta. It is the fourth season that the competition has been running in its present form.

The top two teams ( Melita and ?abbar St. Patrick ) were promoted to the 2024?25 Maltese Premier League . The bottom four teams ( Msida Saint-Joseph and three others) will be relegated to the 2024?25 Maltese National Amateur League .

Teams [ edit ]

The league consisted of sixteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, four teams promoted from the 2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League , and two teams relegated from the 2022-23 Maltese Premier League .

Team changes [ edit ]

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2022?23 season:

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Location of teams in 2023?24 Maltese Challenge League
Team Location Manager
Attard Attard Malta Robert Magro
Fgura United Fgura Malta Kevin Vella
Lija Athletic Lija Malta Joseph Galea
Luqa St. Andrew's Luqa Malta Edmond Lufi
Marsa Marsa Nigeria Orosco Anonam
Melita San ?iljan Malta Clive Mizzi
Msida Saint-Joseph Msida Malta Neville Galea
Pieta Hotspurs Pieta Malta Manuel Caruana
Senglea Athletic Senglea Malta Liam Mangion
St. Andrews St. Andrew's, Malta Montenegro Vesko Petrovic
Swieqi United Swieqi Argentina Pablo Doffo
Tarxien Rainbows Tarxien Malta Jacques Scerri
?abbar St. Patrick Zabbar Argentina Emilio Cornago San Pedro
?ebbu? Rangers ?ebbu? Malta Rodney Bugeja
?ejtun Corinthians Zejtun Malta Ivan Casha
?urrieq ?urrieq Malta Saviour Debono Grech

Kits [ edit ]

Team Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Attard Givova Bilven Ltd, Searched A to Z Electronics (Both)
Fgura United Adidas Fundazzjoni Sebħ, Trust Stamp, Euro Bridge, Iveco (Top Left) EuroSport (Top), Rad Auto Dealer (Bottom) Fundazzjoni Sebħ (Right), Hair Haven (Left)
Lija Athletic Macron Falzon Group Of Companies TeamSport (Top), La Crema (Bottom)
Luqa St. Andrew's Macron Seduta Construction Bilon Service (Right)
Marsa Legea F Schembri
Melita Hummel Atlas Insurance Hub88 (Top), Burger King (Middle) Eurosport (Bottom) I nouv (Right), VIBE (Left)
Msida Saint-Joseph Legea C.A.M.C. Security, MTZ Group (Top Left) Sports Locker (Top), The Tub (Bottom) Cuschieri Group (Left), KF Kebab (Right)
Pieta Hotspurs Jartazi Famalco.net, A1 Supplies, Xuereb Installation Farstone Construction (Top)
Senglea Athletic Givova Palumbo, AUM, JCJuc Ltd
St. Andrews Macron Fiat , Frank Salt atg (Left), Marsali (Right)
Swieqi United Erima Platin P Casino, BEHR Eight Four Capital (Top)
Tarxien Rainbows Errea Cassar, Dee Spas Cargo Nigel (Bottom) AEN (Right)
?abbar St. Patrick Errea The Shoreline DL Group (Top), Kristal (Bottom)
?ebbu? Rangers Joma The Convenience Shop, Coop Italia
?ejtun Corinthians Errea Inno-hit Magic Castle (Right)
?urrieq Erima Trust Payment Xace (Top), Corendion, D￡, B.home (Bottom) Tax ORB (Left), Firetech (Right)

Managerial changes [ edit ]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Melita Malta Saviour Debono Grech End of Contract 24 April 2023 Pre-season Malta Clive Mizzi 25 May 2023
Marsa Malta Ryan Fenech End of Caretaker Nigeria Orosco Anonam 15 May 2023
?urrieq Malta George Magri Resign 29 April 2023 Malta Saviour Debono Grech 10 May 2023
?abbar St. Patrick Argentina Emilio Cornago End of Caretaker 2 May 2023 Malta Joseph Spiteri 20 May 2023
?ebbu? Rangers Malta Brian Spiteri End of Contract 3 May 2023 Malta Rodney Bugeja 19 May 2023
Pieta Hotspurs Malta Rodney Bugeja 6 May 2023 Malta Manuel Caruana 26 May 2023
St. Andrews Malta Brian Said 7 May 2023 Malta Ramon Zammit 13 May 2023
?ejtun Corinthians Nigeria Orosco Anonam 15 May 2023 Malta Ivan Casha 29 May 2023
Swieqi United Malta Stephen Damato Signed by Sirens 24 May 2023 Argentina Pablo Doffo 26 May 2023
St. Andrews Malta Ramon Zammit Sacked 21 October 2023 13th Malta Charles Muscat (Caretaker) 21 October 2023
Senglea Athletic Malta Edgar Degabriele 21 November 2023 10th Malta Liam Mangion 30 November 2023
St. Andrews Malta Charles Muscat End of Caretaker 21 January 2024 15th Montenegro Vesko Petrovic 21 January 2024

Venues [ edit ]

On 29 January 2024. The Malta Football Association introduced another three stadiums Charles Abela Stadium , Luxol Stadium and Sirens Stadium due to the final fixture of the first round that played five matches at the same time. [1]

Pembroke Mosta San Pawl il-Baħar Ta' Qali Hamrun
Luxol Stadium Charles Abela Stadium Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium
Capacity: 600 Capacity: 700 Capacity: 800 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 1,962

Regular season [ edit ]

During the regular season, each team plays each other once (either at home or at away). The top six teams qualify for the Top Six , while the bottom ten teams qualify for the Play-Out .

League table [ edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ?abbar St. Patrick 15 10 3 2 21 9 +12 33 Qualification for the Top Six
2 Melita 15 9 4 2 32 21 +11 31
3 Senglea Athletic 15 8 5 2 20 9 +11 29
4 Marsa 15 8 4 3 32 17 +15 28
5 Pieta Hotspurs 15 8 3 4 23 13 +10 27
6 ?urrieq 15 8 3 4 18 17 +1 27
7 Fgura United 15 8 2 5 32 25 +7 26 Qualification for the Play-Out
8 Lija Athletic 15 6 4 5 26 24 +2 22
9 Swieqi United 15 5 6 4 18 16 +2 21
10 Tarxien Rainbows 15 3 8 4 16 14 +2 17
11 ?ejtun Corinthians 15 4 5 6 17 18 −1 17
12 Luqa St. Andrew's 15 4 4 7 21 24 −3 16
13 St. Andrews 15 3 2 10 14 28 −14 11
14 ?ebbu? Rangers 15 2 4 9 11 27 −16 10
15 Attard 15 1 5 9 14 33 −19 8
16 Msida Saint-Joseph 15 2 0 13 9 29 −20 6
Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions or teams for relegation).

Results [ edit ]

Home \ Away ATT FGU LJA LQA MSA MEL MSI PIE SEN STA SWQ TAR ZAB ZEB ZEJ ZUR
Attard — 1?2 2?3 — 0?6 — — 2?1 — 1?1 — — 0?3 — 1?1 —
Fgura United — — 3?0 — 1?2 4?4 — 0?4 — 2?0 1?3 — 2?3 — — —
Lija Athletic — — — 3?1 — 2?3 3?2 — 0?2 — 2?2 0?0 — — 4?1 4?0
Luqa St. Andrew's 4?1 0?3 — — — — — — — 2?2 2?2 4?2 1?3 — 2?0 —
Marsa — — 3?0 1?0 — 3?3 — 1?3 2?1 — — — 4?1 2?0 — 1?2
Melita 1?0 — — 2?1 — — 4?0 — — — 4?1 2?1 — 2?1 0?0 2?0
Msida Saint-Joseph 2?1 0?1 — 0?1 2?0 — — — — — 1?3 0?2 — — 0?4 —
Pieta Hotspurs — — 2?2 1?0 — 2?2 1?0 — 0?1 0?1 — — — 2?0 — 2?0
Senglea Athletic 2?0 3?3 — 2?2 — 2?0 1?0 — — — — 0?0 — — 2?0 0?1
St. Andrews — — 1?2 — 1?4 0?3 3?2 — 0?1 — — 0?3 — 3?1 — 2?3
Swieqi United 1?1 — — — 0?0 — — 1?2 1?1 2?0 — — 1?0 0?1 — —
Tarxien Rainbows 4?2 0?1 — — 3?3 — — 0?1 — — 0?0 — — — 0?0 0?0
?abbar St. Patrick — — 1?0 — — 4?0 1?0 1?0 0?0 1?0 — 1?1 — 1?0 — —
?ebbu? Rangers 1?1 1?3 1?1 1?1 — — 3?0 — 0?2 — — 0?0 — — — 0?5
?ejtun Corinthians — 3?2 — — 0?0 — — 2?2 — 1?0 0?1 — 0?1 4?1 — —
?urrieq 1?1 1?4 — 1?0 — — 1?0 — — — 1?0 — 0?0 — 2?1 —
Source: Malta Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Second phase [ edit ]

Top Six [ edit ]

The top six teams from the regular season face each other twice more (once at home and once away), with the top two teams earning promotion to the 2024?25 Maltese Premier League . Results from the regular season were carried over into this round.

League table [ edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Melita (C) 25 18 5 2 56 24 +32 59 Promotion to the 2024?25 Maltese Premier League
2 ?abbar St. Patrick (P) 25 15 6 4 38 20 +18 51
3 Marsa 25 11 7 7 44 30 +14 40
4 Pieta Hotspurs 25 11 5 9 35 31 +4 38
5 Senglea Athletic 25 9 8 8 28 27 +1 35
6 ?urrieq 25 10 5 10 27 36 −9 35
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results [ edit ]

Home \ Away MSA MEL PIE SEN ZAB ZUR
Marsa — 0?4 3?0 4?1 1?3 0?0
Melita 1?0 — 5?1 2?1 1?1 5?0
Pieta Hotspurs 1?1 0?1 — 4?2 3?1 2?0
Senglea Athletic 0?0 0?1 1?0 — 0?0 0?3
?abbar St. Patrick 2?0 0?2 1?1 3?2 — 2?0
?urrieq 1?3 0?2 3?0 1?1 1?4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2024. Source: Malta Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-Out [ edit ]

The bottom ten teams from the regular season face each other for the second time (either at home or away), with the bottom four teams being relegated to the 2024?25 Maltese National Amateur League . Results from the regular season were carried over into this round.

League table [ edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Swieqi United 24 10 8 6 34 23 +11 38
2 Fgura United 24 10 7 7 39 32 +7 37
3 Lija Athletic 24 9 5 10 31 44 −13 32
4 Tarxien Rainbows 24 7 10 7 30 15 +15 31
5 ?ebbu? Rangers 24 8 5 11 36 34 +2 29
6 St. Andrews [a] 24 7 7 10 29 34 −5 28
7 Luqa St. Andrew's [a] (R) 24 7 7 10 32 40 −8 28 Relegation to the 2024?25 Maltese National Amateur League
8 ?ejtun Corinthians (R) 24 6 9 9 23 24 −1 27
9 Attard (R) 24 4 6 14 25 46 −21 18
10 Msida Saint-Joseph (R) 24 2 2 20 16 53 −37 8
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide teams for relegation).
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b St. Andrews and Luqa St. Andrew's finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the loser will be Relegation to the 2024?25 Maltese National Amateur League.

Results [ edit ]

Home \ Away ATT FGU LJA LQA MSI STA SWQ TAR ZEB ZEJ
Attard — — — 1?2 — — — 1?0 0?6 0?1
Fgura United 1?0 — 1?1 0?1 — — 1?1 — — 1?1
Lija Athletic 0?2 — — — — — — 0?4 0?4 1?0
Luqa St. Andrew's — — 0?1 — 2?0 2?2 0?4 — — —
Msida Saint-Joseph 1?1 2?2 0?2 — — 1?3 2?3 — — —
St. Andrews 2?1 0?0 5?0 — — — 0?0 1?0 — —
Swieqi United 0?2 — 4?0 — — — — 0?1 3?1 —
Tarxien Rainbows — 0?1 — 3?3 3?1 — — — 3?1 0?0
?ebbu? Rangers — 1?0 — 4?0 6?0 1?1 — — — 1?0
?ejtun Corinthians — — — 1?1 2?0 1?1 0?1 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: Malta Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation tie-breaker [ edit ]

With both St. Andrews and Luqa St. Andrew's level on 28 points, a play-off match was conducted to the looser will be Relegation to the 2024?25 Maltese National Amateur League .

5 May 2024 St. Andrews 1?0 ( a.e.t. ) Luqa St. Andrew's Ta' Qali
15:00 CEST
  • Luke Anthony Borg Yellow card 51 '
  • Clyde Cumbo Yellow card 68 '
  • Luke Grech Yellow card 70 '
  • Matthew Muscat Yellow card 79 '
  • Brayan Samuel Nyetam Junior 118'
  • Omar Khatib Yellow card 84 '
  • Alan Abdel Rahman Yellow card 86 '
  • Fabien Lufi Red card
 Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Referee: Daniel Portelli

Season statistics [ edit ]

Scoring [ edit ]

Top scorers [ edit ]

As of 28 April 2024 [2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa Melita 17
2 Argentina Augusto Rene' Caseres Marsa 13
Colombia Duvan Mosquera Torres Zebbug Rangers
4 Albania Bledi Alla Attard 12
Nigeria Nnamdi Ofufu Ibeh Fgura United
6 Colombia Camilo Andres Sanchez Gonzales Luqa St. Andrews 11
7 Albania Erjon Beu Lija Athletic 10
Malta Alan Abdel Rahman Luqa St. Andrews
Brazil David Oliveira Souza Zabbar St.Patrick
10 Colombia Johan Alberto Castano Fgura United 9
Brazil Pavlidis Claudio Antunes Pieta Hotspurs
Portugal Ivan Sousa Flora Francisco Zurrieq

Hat-tricks [ edit ]

Player For Against Result Stadium Date
Brazil Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa Melita Msida Saint-Joseph 4-0 (H) Victor Tedesco Stadium , Hamrun 1 October 2023
Argentina Santiago Fabian Moracci Tarxien Rainbows Attard 4-2 (H) Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali 22 October 2023
Argentina Augusto Rene' Caseres Marsa 6-0 (A) Victor Tedesco Stadium , Hamrun 4 November 2023
Portugal Ivan Sousa Flora Francisco ?urrieq St. Andrews 3-2 (A) Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali 2 December 2023
Brazil Pavlidis Claudio Antunes Pieta Hotspurs Marsa 3-1 (A) 10 December 2023
Brazil Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa 4 Melita Fgura United 4-4 (A) 17 December 2023
Argentina Augusto Rene' Caseres Marsa St. Andrews 4-1 (A) Victor Tedesco Stadium , Hamrun 27 January 2024
Trinidad and Tobago Rundell Winchester Tarxien Rainbows Lija Athletic 4-0 (A) 11 February 2024
Venezuela Donys Aldair Quintero Maldonado Marsa Senglea Athletic 4-1 (H) Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali 6 April 2024
Malta Johann Bezzina ?ebbu? Rangers Attard 6-0 (A) Victor Tedesco Stadium , Hamrun 7 April 2024
Brazil David Oliveira Souza ?abbar St. Patrick ?urrieq 4-1 (A) Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali 21 April 2024
Malta William James England St. Andrews Lija Athletic 5-0 (H) Sirens Stadium , San Pawl il-Baħar 28 April 2024
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets [ edit ]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malta Matthew Grech ?abbar St. Patrick 13
2 Malta Gosef Mizzi Melita 12
Malta Glenn Zammit Senglea Athletic
4 Malta Andreas Vella Tarxien Rainbows 11
5 Malta Jamie Azzopardi Zebbug Rangers 9
6 Malta Christopher Farrugia Marsa 8
Malta Frederick Tabone Zejtun Corinthians
8 Malta Reeves Cini Pieta Hotspurs 7
Malta Jean Claude Debattista Swieqi United
Malta Ryan Caruana Zurrieq

Discipline [ edit ]

Player [ edit ]

  • Most yellow cards: 12
    • Colombia Camilo Del Castillo Escobar (Attard)
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Brazil Lucas Vinicius Viana Prati (Lija Athletic)
    • Malta Josmar Galea (?ejtun Corinthians)

Club [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "BOV Challenge League match day 15 fixtures released" . maltafootball.com . 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Tables & Statistics" . maltafootball.com . 20 September 2020.
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