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2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League

Maltese National Amateur League
Season2025–26
Dates19 September 2025 – April 2026
Matches104
Top goalscorerPrecious Uchechukwu Nwankwo (18)
Biggest home winQormi 5-0 Lija A.
Biggest away winSenglea A. 2-6 Qrendi
Highest scoringQormi 4-7 Attard
Attard 6-5 Zejtun C.
Longest winning runLija A. (6)
Longest unbeaten runLija A. (10)
Longest winless runSenglea A. (11)
Longest losing runSenglea A. (9)
2026-27 →
All statistics correct as of 12 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League) occurs between 20 September 2025 and April 2026. This will be the second season since the Amateur League was split and the league system returned back into two tiers since the 2019-20 season.[1]

Macron will provide the match footballs this season.[2]

Team changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season:

Promoted from
2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League II 		Relegated from
2024–25 Maltese Challenge League 		Relegated to
2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League II 		Promoted to
2025–26 Maltese Challenge League
Mqabba
Victoria Hotspurs 		Lija Athletic
Senglea Athletic 		Gharghur
Marsaskala
Msida Saint-Joseph
Rabat Ajax 		Birzebbuga
Vittoriosa

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the 2025-26 League. Victoria Hotspurs became the first Gozitan club to reach the third tier of Maltese football since the, now defunct, Gozo F.C. played in the old Second Division in 2006-07.

Location of Maltese clubs playing in the BOV Amateur League 1
Team Location Manager
Attard Attard Malta Daniel Agius
Kirkop United Kirkop Malta David James Saliba
Lija Athletic Lija Malta Ivan Zammit
Luqa St. Andrew's Luqa Malta Andrea Chircop
Mellieħa Mellieħa Montenegro Vesko Petrović
Mqabba Mqabba Malta George Magri
Pembroke Athleta Pembroke Malta Jeffrey Mifsud
Qormi Qormi Malta Clive Mizzi
Qrendi Qrendi Malta Kevin Ellul
San Ġwann San Ġwann Malta Xavier Saliba
Senglea Athletic Senglea Malta Edmond Lufi
Victoria Hotspurs Victoria Malta Oliver Spiteri
Xgħajra Tornados Xghajra Malta Keith Darmanin
Żejtun Corinthians Zejtun Malta Paul Falzon







Venues

Ta' Qali Hamrun
Location of host stadia during the 2025-26 Maltese National Amateur League
Centenary Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium
Capacity: 1,732 Capacity: 1,962
St. Paul's Bay Mosta Pembroke
Sirens Stadium Charles Abela Memorial Stadium Luxol Stadium
Capacity: 1,024 Capacity: 700 Capacity: 702

Regular season

During the regular season, each team plays each other twice in a round robin format. The top two teams will be promoted to the Challenge League for the following season, while the bottom four teams will be relegated to the National Amateur League II.[3]

League stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Attard 13 10 1 2 42 26 +16 31 Promotion to 2026-27 Challenge League
2 Qormi 13 10 0 3 32 15 +17 30
3 Mqabba 13 8 2 3 23 15 +8 26
4 Lija Athletic 13 7 3 3 20 13 +7 24
5 Victoria Hotspurs 12 7 2 3 21 11 +10 23
6 San Ġwann 13 6 3 4 15 13 +2 21
7 Qrendi 13 5 3 5 17 17 0 18
8 Pembroke Athleta 13 4 2 7 17 23 −6 14
9 Xgħajra Tornados 13 4 2 7 17 27 −10 14
10 Kirkop United 13 2 7 4 20 18 +2 13
11 Żejtun Corinthians 12 4 1 7 17 21 −4 13 Relegation to 2026-27 National Amateur League II
12 Mellieħa 13 3 2 8 13 22 −9 11
13 Luqa St. Andrew's 13 3 1 9 13 29 −16 10
14 Senglea Athletic 13 2 1 10 15 32 −17 7
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, relegation, or teams for relegation play-offs).

Results

Home \ Away ATT KRK LJA LQA MQA MLH PBK QOR QRE SGN SEN VCT XJR ZEJ
Attard — 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 15 Feb 3–1 2–1 2–3 6–5
Kirkop United 4–4 — 1–1 1–1 2–2 21 Feb 0–1 2–2 0–1
Lija Athletic 4–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–1 15 Feb 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–2
Luqa St. Andrew's 2–5 — 0–3 0–4 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–0 15 Feb
Mqabba 1–2 21 Feb 3–2 — 0–3 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–1
Mellieħa 1–5 0–0 1–1 20 Feb 1–2 — 0–1 2–1 1–1
Pembroke Athleta 0–0 4–1 2–1 — 0–2 15 Feb 0–3 1–2 2–4
Qormi 4–7 2–0 5–0 2–2 3–1 — 2–1 2–1 3–1 21 Feb
Qrendi 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 — 21 Feb 2–3 1–2
San Ġwann 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 — 0–3 15 Feb 2–1
Senglea Athletic 1–3 15 Feb 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–6 3–0 — 0–4 0–2
Victoria Hotspurs 22 Feb 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 —
Xgħajra Tornados 0–4 0–1 15 Feb 2–3 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–2 — 2–1
Żejtun Corinthians 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 20 Feb 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 February 2026. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ "IZIBet Amateur League". maltafootball.info. 18 July 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Official 2025/26 BOV Challenge League and BOV Amateur Leagues I and II match ball unveiled". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Draws held for 2025/26 BOV National Leagues". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.
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