2022–23 Maltese National Amateur 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.

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.

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

Santa Venera Lightning

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

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	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
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: [1]
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: [2]
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	Qualification for the play-offs 1st round
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: [3]
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:

^ ^a ^b Gharghur and Rabat Ajax finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the third place and Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
^ ^a ^b 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: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ 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

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

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' (og) Paul Simon Ellul 90+4'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Emanuel Grech

Championship play-offs

Championship final

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

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

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

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

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' (og) Mario Bartolo 81' David Azzopardi 84' Calvin Camilleri 90+2'	Stadium: Sirens Stadium Referee: Daniel Portelli

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

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

23 April 2023	Zabbar St. Patrick	2-0	Mgarr United	Ta' Qali
11:00 CEST	Samuel Buhagiar 13' Nick Borg 18' John Micallef 64' (og) 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
7	Andre Joe Cutajar	Zabbar St.Patrick	13
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)	A	Luxol Stadium, Pembroke	4 September 2022
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)	B	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)	A	Luxol Stadium, Pembroke	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	Msida St.Joseph	Mdina Knights	12–0 (H)	B	Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun	10 March 2023
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
3	Dean Sciberras	Rabat Ajax	9
5	Clive Caruana	Msida Saint-Joseph	8
6	Andrew Joseph Zammit	Gharghur	6
6	Damian Borg	Qormi / Luqa St. Andrew's	6
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
12	Matthew Camilleri	St. George's	4
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

[table_note_GHR0.1219082032898-1] Gharghur and Rabat Ajax finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the third place and Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round

[table_note_KRK0.1219082032898-2] 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

[table_note_1_MSI_STG0.23802937345488-3] 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.

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