2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League

The 2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League), was the third level league football in Malta. This is the second season since the unification of both the Second and Third Divisions into the three-group Amateur League system. Żurrieq won the title by beating fellow group winners Attard in the championship final. The second-placed promotion play-off saw Marsaskala defeat Għargħur by 2 goals to 1 with Għargħur facing Mtarfa in the promotion play-off final. Mtarfa won all four of their post-league stage games, in the process winning the play-off final against Għargħur to win promotion to the Challenge League.

Maltese National Amateur League

Season	2021–22
Dates	17 September 2021 – 16 April 2022
Champions	Żurrieq
Promoted	Attard Marsaskala Mtarfa
Matches played	170
Goals scored	491 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicholas Schembri (21)
Highest scoring	Ta' Xbiex 2–7 Xgħajra Tornados
Longest winning run	8 matches Attard
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Attard
Longest winless run	10 matches Ta' Xbiex
Longest losing run	6 matches Dingli Swallows
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 10 April 2022.

Teams

Nineteen teams are competing in the league. These were split into two groups, one group of ten and another of nine. The top team from each group will be promoted with another team to be promoted emerging from the play-offs, a deciding match with the winner of each group being declared the champion of the league. The clubs placed second in each group shall play a deciding promotion play-off match and the winner shall be promoted to the Challenge League. The losing side will play in the final of the play-offs. The play-offs will start with the fifth placed team from group A playing with fourth placed side from group B and vice versa. The winners from the first round will play the third placed clubs in either group. The second round winners will play each other in the third round with the winners of that contest going on to play the runners-up from the promotion final.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Attard	Attard	Sirens Stadium	1,500
Birżebbuġa	Birżebbuġa	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Dingli Swallows	Ħad-Dingli	Tartarni Ground	500
Għargħur	Għargħur	Għargħur Stadium	800
Għaxaq	Għaxaq	Għaxaq Stadium	300
Kalkara	Kalkara	Luxol Sports Ground	800
Kirkop United	Ħal Kirkop	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Marsaskala	Marsaskala	Luxol Sports Ground	800
Mdina Knights	Mdina Knights	Centenary Stadium	2,000
Mellieħa	Mellieħa	Mellieħa Sports Complex	400
Msida St. Joseph	Msida	Victor Tedesco Stadium	6,000
Mtarfa	Mtarfa	Mtarfa Ground	150
Qormi	Qormi	Thomaso Ground	500
Siġġiewi	Siġġiewi	Siġġiewi Ground	240
St. Venera	Santa Venera	Santa Venera Lightnings Training Centre	800
Ta' Xbiex	Ta' Xbiex
Xgħajra Tornados	Xgħajra	Xgħajra Tornados Ground	200
Żabbar St. Patrick	Ħaż-Żabbar	Il-Foss	1,000
Żurrieq	Żurrieq	Żurrieq Football Ground	100

League stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Attard (P)	18	16	2	0	46	3	+43	41	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
2	Għargħur (Q)	18	8	7	3	24	12	+12	31	Qualification for the promotion play-off
3	Birżebbuġa (Q)	18	8	6	4	21	12	+9	30	Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4	Kalkara (Q)	18	8	4	6	31	19	+12	28	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5	Msida St. Joseph (Q)	18	6	8	4	23	23	0	26
6	Xgħajra Tornados	18	7	3	8	28	29	−1	24
7	Siġġiewi	18	3	6	9	18	37	−19	15
8	Għaxaq	18	5	2	11	22	33	−11	17
9	Ta' Xbiex	18	3	4	11	18	44	−26	13
10	Dingli Swallows	18	2	6	10	19	38	−19	12

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Żurrieq (C)	16	12	3	1	36	10	+26	39	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League
2	Marsaskala (P)	16	12	2	2	29	11	+18	38	Qualification for the promotion play-off
3	Żabbar St. Patrick (Q)	16	11	2	3	42	15	+27	35	Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
4	Mtarfa (P)	16	11	1	4	29	24	+5	34	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
5	Mdina Knights (Q)	16	6	0	10	14	27	−13	18
6	Mellieħa	16	4	1	11	16	31	−15	13
7	Kirkop United	16	3	2	11	14	26	−12	11
8	Qormi	16	2	4	10	14	32	−18	10
9	St. Venera	16	2	3	11	13	31	−18	9

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

National Amateur League group A results

Home \ Away	ATT	BSP	DIN	GHA	GFC	KLK	MSJ	SGI	TXB	XTF
Attard	—	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	3–0	5–0	1–0
Birżebbuġa	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
Dingli Swallows	0–3	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–5	0–0	1–2
Għargħur	0–0	1–0	5–1	—	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0
Għaxaq	1–0	0–1	5–1	0–2	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–0
Kalkara	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	—	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–1
Msida St. Joseph	0–3	0–0	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–3
Siġġiewi	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	0–2
Ta' Xbiex	0–2	0–4	4–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	—	2–7
Xgħajra Tornados	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Amateur League group B results

Home \ Away	KIR	MSK	MDK	MSC	MTA	QOR	STV	ZAB	ZRR
Kirkop United	—	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–1
Marsaskala	1–1	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	3–0
Mdina Knights	2–1	1–2	—	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–5
Mellieħa	0–1	1–4	0–1	—	0–2	4–2	3–2	1–2	0–2
Mtarfa	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	—	4–0	2–2	3–2	1–3
Qormi	1–3	2–3	1–0	0–3	1–2	—	0–0	1–4	1–1
St. Venera	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	0–4	1–3
Żabbar St. Patrick	2–1	1–2	5–0	4–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–3
Żurrieq	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	7–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2022. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Second-place promotion decider

Għargħur v Marsaskala

2 April 2022	Għargħur	1 - 2	Marsaskala	Pembroke
	Formosa  11', 77' Scholey  77'	Report	Zammit 43', 88',  88'	Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

3b

Zabbar St. Patrick

3

4a

Kalkara

1

4a

Kalkara

5

5b

Mdina Knights

1

3b

Zabbar St. Patrick

2

4b

Mtarfa

3

3a

Birzebbuga St. Peter's

1

4b

Mtarfa

3

4b

Mtarfa

3

5a

Msida St Joseph

1

Quarter-finals

Kalkara v Mdina Knights

3 April 2022	Kalkara	5 - 1	Mdina Knights	Pembroke
	G Vella 9' (o.g.) Ahmad 18' Pisani 30' Degiorgio 53' Orban 69' J Vella  83'	Report	Doric  50' Borg 61' (pen) Saliba  83'	Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Mtarfa v Msida St. Joseph

3 April 2022	Mtarfa	3 - 1	Msida St. Joseph	Pembroke
	Zammit 11' (pen) Silva 69' DD Camilleri 85'	Report	Gauci  10' Borg  36' J Camilleri 59' Chircop  80'	Stadium: Luxol Stadium

Semi-finals

Żabbar St. Patrick v Kalkara

9 April 2022	Żabbar St. Patrick	3 - 1	Kalkara	St Paul's Bay
	Souzaa 15' Abela 61' Tanti  78' Benhamed  86' Zammit 90+3'	Report	Ahmad 65'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium

Birżebbuġa v Mtarfa

9 April 2022	Birżebbuġa	1 - 3	Mtarfa	St Paul's Bay
	Ubuwere  34' Agius 49',  80' Micallef  89'	Report	Camilleri  51' Silva  62' Mifsud 66' Brincat 67', 75' Bartolo  90+2'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium

Play-offs final

Żabbar St. Patrick v Mtarfa

13 April 2022	Żabbar St. Patrick	2 - 3	Mtarfa	Ta' Qali
	Aquilina 10', 90+2' Gusman  40' Ciantar  63' Fava  87' Benhamed  90+3' Triganza  90+4'	Report	Brincat  11', 61' Bartolo  15' K Zammit 41', 54' Caruana  80' Borg  87' Agius  90+3'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Promotion final

Mtarfa v Għargħur

16 April 2022	Mtarfa	4 - 1	Għargħur	Ta' Qali
	Silva 26', 44', 79' (pen) D.D. Camilleri  51' D. Cremona  58' Brincat 73' J.P. Formosa  80'	Report	Igwemeke  31' N. Formosa 45+2',  89' R.G. CAmilleri  84'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium

Championship play-offs

Championship final

Attard v Żurrieq

10 April 2022	Attard	1 - 2	Żurrieq	Ħamrun
	Spiteri 21' Fedele  90+1'	Report	Caruana  20', 31' Cutajar  90+1' Bojovic 90+2' Darmanin  90+2'	Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium

External links

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