2010–11 Maltese Premier League


The 2010–11 Maltese Premier League is the 96th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-tier football league in Malta. It began in August 2010 and ended in May 2011. Birkirkara are the defending champions, having won their third title last season.
The Premier League consists of two rounds. In the First Round, every team plays each opponent twice, once "home" and once "away", for a total of 18 games. The league then splits into two pools. Earned points are subsequently halved. Teams that finish in positions 1–6 compete in the "Championship Pool" and teams that finish in positions 7–10 play in the "Relegation Pool".
On 13 January 2011, the Malta Football Association decided to expand the league to 12 teams as from the 2011–12 season. Therefore changes had to be made to accommodate the new number of teams. Thus only one team would be relegated at the end of this season.

Teams

and Msida St. Joseph were relegated to the First Division after finishing in the last two places of the relegation pool.
Promoted from the First Division were Marsaxlokk as champions and Vittoriosa Stars as runners-up. Both of these clubs were supposed to take part in last season's competition, but each of them were found guilty in a corruption scandal and were immediately relegated to the First Division.

Stadia and training grounds

Only a few stadia have the infrastructure needed to host Premier League matches. These are Ta' Qali National Stadium and Centenary Stadium at Ta' Qali, Attard, Victor Tedesco Stadium at Ħamrun and Hibernians Ground at Paola. Additional to that, each team has been assigned to a dedicated training ground. On a few occasions, Hibernians and Hamrun Spartans play at their home ground, but otherwise all games are played on neutral ground, rendering "home" and "away" games purely symbolic.
TeamLocation of originGroundLocation of ground
BirkirkaraBirkirkaraInfetti GroundBirkirkara
FlorianaFlorianaVictor Tedesco StadiumĦamrun
HiberniansPaolaHibernians GroundPaola
Victor Tedesco StadiumĦamrun
MarsaxlokkMarsaxlokkMarsaxlokk GroundMarsaxlokk
QormiQormiThomaso GroundsQormi
Sliema WanderersSliemaTigné PointSliema
Tarxien RainbowsTarxienTarxien GroundTarxien
VallettaVallettaSalinos GroundValletta
Vittoriosa StarsVittoriosaMarsaxlokk GroundMarsaxlokk

First round

League table

Results

Second round

Championship Pool

Relegation Pool

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alfred EffiongMarsaxlokk17
2 Terence ScerriValletta16
3 Gaetan SpiteriHamrun Spartans14
4 Daniel NwokeFloriana13
4 Jean Pierre Mifsud TriganzaSliema Wanderers13
6 Daniel Mariano BuenoTarxien Rainbows11
6 DenniValletta11
8 SergioTarxien Rainbows10
9 Michael GaleaBirkirkara9
9 Emiliano LattesBirkirkara9
9 Ivan WoodsFloriana9