List of Maltese football champions
The Maltese football champions are the winners of the primary football competition in Malta, the Premier League. The league is contested on a round-robin system and the championship is awarded to the highest ranked team at the end of the season. Originally known as the First Division, it started with a disparate number of participating teams. Nowadays, it is contested by 14 teams. With a hiatus during the Second World War, the competition has been ever-present since its inception.
Sliema Wanderers and Floriana are the most successful clubs with 26 titles each, with the latter being the current champions after winning the 2019–20 competition.
Champions
Club | Club name and number of times they had won the title at that point |
Champions also won the FA Trophy that season, completing a domestic double |
First Division (1909–80)
Premier League (1980–present)
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Top scorer | Goals |
1980–81 | Hibernians | Sliema Wanderers | Ħamrun Spartans | 13 | |
1981–82 | Hibernians | Sliema Wanderers | Żurrieq | 12 | |
1982–83 | Ħamrun Spartans | Valletta | Rabat Ajax | 7 | |
1983–84 | Valletta | Rabat Ajax | Ħamrun Spartans | | 7 |
1984–85 | Rabat Ajax | Ħamrun Spartans | Sliema Wanderers | 9 | |
1985–86 | Rabat Ajax | Hibernians | Ħamrun Spartans | 8 | |
1986–87 | Ħamrun Spartans | Valletta | Żurrieq | 10 | |
1987–88 | Ħamrun Spartans | Sliema Wanderers | Żurrieq | 7 | |
1988–89 | Sliema Wanderers | Valletta | Ħamrun Spartans | 11 | |
1989–90 | Valletta | Sliema Wanderers | Hibernians | 17 | |
1990–91 | Ħamrun Spartans | Valletta | Floriana | 12 | |
1991–92 | Valletta | Floriana | Sliema Wanderers | 22 | |
1992–93 | Floriana | Ħamrun Spartans | Valletta | 22 | |
1993–94 | Hibernians | Floriana | Valletta | | 17 |
1994–95 | Hibernians | Sliema Wanderers | Valletta | 18 | |
1995–96 | Sliema Wanderers | Valletta | Floriana | 18 | |
1996–97 | Valletta | Birkirkara | Floriana | 32 | |
1997–98 | Valletta | Birkirkara | Sliema Wanderers | 19 | |
1998–99 | Valletta | Birkirkara | Sliema Wanderers | 20 | |
1999–2000 | Birkirkara | Valletta | Floriana | 21 | |
2000–01 | Valletta | Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | 30 | |
2001–02 | Hibernians | Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | 32 | |
2002–03 | Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | Valletta | | 18 |
2003–04 | Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | Hibernians | 19 | |
2004–05 | Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | Hibernians | 21 | |
2005–06 | Birkirkara | Sliema Wanderers | Marsaxlokk | 19 | |
2006–07 | Marsaxlokk | Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | 31 | |
2007–08 | Valletta | Marsaxlokk | Birkirkara | 19 | |
2008–09 | Hibernians | Valletta | Birkirkara | 26 | |
2009–10 | Birkirkara | Valletta | Qormi | 24 | |
2010–11 | Valletta | Floriana | Birkirkara | 17 | |
2011–12 | Valletta | Hibernians | Birkirkara | 34 | |
2012–13 | Birkirkara | Hibernians | Valletta | 22 | |
2013–14 | Valletta | Birkirkara | Hibernians | | 21 |
2014–15 | Hibernians | Valletta | Birkirkara | | 25 |
2015–16 | Valletta | Hibernians | Birkirkara | 20 | |
2016–17 | Hibernians | Balzan | Birkirkara | 23 | |
2017–18 | Valletta | Balzan | Gżira United | 21 | |
2018–19 | Valletta | Hibernians | Gżira United | Taylon Correa | 19 |
2019–20 | Floriana | Valletta | Hibernians | Kristian Keqi | 14 |
Total titles won
- Clubs participating in the 2019–20 Maltese Premier League are denoted in bold type
- Clubs no longer active are denoted in italics
Club | Winners | Runners-up |
Sliema Wanderers | 26 | 29 |
Floriana | 26 | 12 |
Valletta | 25 | 18 |
Hibernians | 12 | 14 |
Ħamrun Spartans | 7 | 11 |
Birkirkara | 4 | 8 |
Rabat Ajax | 2 | 1 |
St. George's | 1 | 4 |
Marsaxlokk | 1 | 1 |
The King's Own Malta Regiment | 1 | 0 |