Football league season
Season | 1997β98 |
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Champions | Valletta F.C. (16th title) |
Relegated | Xghajra Tornadoes Tarxien Rainbows F.C. |
UEFA Champions League | Valletta F.C. |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Hibernians F.C. |
UEFA Cup | Birkirkara F.C. |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Sliema Wanderers F.C. |
Matches played | 135 |
Goals scored | 419 (3.1 per match) |
β 1996β97 1998β99 β |
The 1997β98 Maltese Premier League was the: 18th season of theββMaltese Premier League, and the "83rd season of top-tier football in Malta." Ten teams competed in the league. And Valletta F.C. won the championship.
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Valletta F.C. (C) | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 19 | +47 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Champions League |
2 | Birkirkara F.C. | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup |
3 | Sliema Wanderers F.C. | 27 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup |
4 | Hibernians F.C. | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
5 | Floriana F.C. | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 45 | |
6 | PietΓ Hotspurs F.C. | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 32 | |
7 | Naxxar Lions | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 28 | |
8 | Hamrun Spartans F.C. | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 27 | |
9 | Xghajra Tornadoes (R) | 27 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 71 | −53 | 12 | Relegation |
10 | Tarxien Rainbows F.C. (R) | 27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 81 | −67 | 6 |
- ^ Hibernians qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Winners
Resultsβ»
Matches 1β18β»
Home \ Away | BKR | FRN | HIB | Δ¦MR | NXR | PTA | SLM | TRX | VLT | XJR |
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Birkirkara | — | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 3β0 |
Floriana | 1β1 | — | 1β1 | 7β1 | 5β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 5β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 |
Hibernians | 1β5 | 0β0 | — | 3β2 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 0β3 | 3β2 | 0β1 | 5β0 |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | 0β2 | 0β1 | 1β2 | — | 1β1 | 1β5 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 4β0 |
Naxxar Lions | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β5 | 0β0 | — | 1β0 | 1β0 | 5β0 | 0β2 | 8β2 |
PietΓ Hotspurs | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 3β1 | — | 2β3 | 3β0 | 1β4 | 0β1 |
Sliema Wanderers | 0β1 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | — | 6β0 | 1β0 | 4β1 |
Tarxien Rainbows | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 1β5 | — | 0β6 | 0β0 |
Valletta | 4β1 | 2β3 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 5β0 | — | 3β0 |
XgΔ§ajra Tornadoes | 1β6 | 0β4 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 0β1 | — |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 19β27β»
Home \ Away | BKR | FRN | HIB | Δ¦MR | NXR | PTA | SLM | TRX | VLT | XJR |
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Birkirkara | — | 2β1 | — | — | 5β0 | — | 2β1 | 4β1 | — | — |
Floriana | — | — | 2β3 | 0β0 | — | 0β1 | — | 1β0 | 1β2 | — |
Hibernians | 1β2 | — | — | — | 0β0 | — | 1β0 | 4β0 | — | 3β0 |
Δ¦amrun Spartans | 2β1 | — | 1β3 | — | 2β0 | 0β4 | — | — | — | — |
Naxxar Lions | — | 2β1 | — | — | — | 3β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | — |
PietΓ Hotspurs | 0β2 | — | 3β0 | — | — | — | — | 3β1 | — | 2β0 |
Sliema Wanderers | — | 4β1 | — | 0β0 | — | 6β2 | — | — | 1β2 | 3β1 |
Tarxien Rainbows | — | — | — | 0β1 | — | — | 1β6 | — | 1β5 | 4β1 |
Valletta | 2β1 | — | 2β0 | 3β0 | — | 5β1 | — | — | — | — |
XgΔ§ajra Tornadoes | 0β5 | 1β2 | — | 1β2 | 2β2 | — | — | — | 0β0 | — |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.