2021–22_Maltese_Challenge_League

Maltese Challenge League
Season	2021–22
Dates	10 September 2021 – 23 April 2022
Champions	Żebbuġ Rangers
Promoted	Marsaxlokk; Pietà Hotspurs; Żebbuġ Rangers
Relegated	Luqa St. Andrew's; Mġarr United; Pembroke Athleta; Rabat Ajax F.C.; Senglea Athletic; St. George's
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022.

2021–22 Maltese Challenge League

Football league season

The 2021–22 Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-level league football in Malta. It was the second season that the competition ran in its present form.

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Following the decision of the Maltese Football Association Executive Committee, the teams that had finished in the promotion and relegation places in the previous Challenge League season would remain in the Challenge League in the 2021-22 season (with the exception of Qormi, due to less than 75% of the matches having been completed in the competition.^[1]^[2]^[3] Relegation from the Premier League and promotion from the National Amateur League remained in place due to these competitions being adequately completed. This season therefore saw twenty-two teams competed rather than the sixteen that had been originally expected. This took place within two groups on eleven teams with the top two clubs from either group earning promotion to the Premier League. ^[4]^[5] The six teams to finish in the bottom three places of both groups relegated to the National Amateur League the following season.

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[table_note_PEM0.10214931056935-6] On 20 May 2022 Pembroke Athleta ask the Malta Football Association that they want to play in the National Amateur League instead Premier League due to Financing Problems.

[table_note_VST0.10214931056935-7] Vittoriosa Stars were originally relegated to National Amateur League. On 16 June 2022 the Malta Football Association decide that they will play in the Maltese Challenge League instead of Pembroke Athleta

[table_hth_MSA0.30664307824645-9] Marsa received a 2 point deduction after their player assaulted a match official in a match against Pietà Hotspurs ^[6]

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"MFA Exco approve proposals to increase of number of overseas players in matchday squads". Times of Malta. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

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"New format proposed by MFA EXCO for expanded Challenge League". Times of Malta. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

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"MFA Council to vote for composition of national competitions for 2021-22 season on Tuesday". Times of Malta. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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"AChallenge League side Marsa FC deducted two points after Pietà melee". SportsDesk. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

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Team	Location
Fgura United	Fgura
Lija Athletic	Lija
Luqa St. Andrew's	Luqa
Marsa	Marsa
Marsaxlokk	Marsaxlokk
Melita	San Ġiljan
Mġarr United	Mġarr
Mqabba	Mqabba
Naxxar Lions	Naxxar
Pembroke Athleta	Pembroke
Pietà Hotspurs	Pietà
Qrendi	Qrendi
Rabat Ajax F.C.	Rabat
San Ġwann	San Ġwann
Senglea Athletic	Senglea
St. Andrews	St. Andrew's, Malta
St. George's	Cospicua
Swieqi United	Swieqi
Tarxien Rainbows	Tarxien
Vittoriosa Stars	Birgu
Żebbuġ Rangers	Żebbuġ
Żejtun Corinthians	Żejtun

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pembroke Athleta^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	20	14	6	0	49	16	+33	48	Relegation to the 2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League
2	Marsaxlokk (P)	20	13	2	5	40	22	+18	41	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Premier League
3	Żejtun Corinthians	20	12	4	4	44	24	+20	40
4	Naxxar Lions	20	12	1	7	37	22	+15	37
5	Melita	20	10	3	7	28	22	+6	33
6	San Ġwann	20	8	6	6	38	22	+16	30
7	Lija Athletic	20	8	4	8	39	37	+2	28
8	Mqabba	20	5	5	10	29	41	−12	20
9	Vittoriosa Stars^{[lower-alpha 2]}	20	5	1	14	23	61	−38	16	~~Relegation to the 2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League~~
10	Rabat Ajax (R)	20	3	4	13	20	42	−22	13	Relegation to the 2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League
11	St. George's (R)	20	1	2	17	13	51	−38	5	Relegation to the 2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Żebbuġ Rangers (P)	20	14	3	3	46	15	+31	45	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Premier League
2	Pietà Hotspurs (P)	20	12	4	4	39	19	+20	40	Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Premier League
3	Tarxien Rainbows	20	10	8	2	45	24	+21	38
4	Marsa	20	10	5	5	35	22	+13	33^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Fgura United	20	9	4	7	35	27	+8	31
6	St. Andrews	20	8	4	8	36	30	+6	28
7	Qrendi	20	7	3	10	30	37	−7	24
8	Swieqi United	20	5	9	6	21	29	−8	24
9	Senglea Athletic (R)	20	4	3	13	24	50	−26	15	Relegation to the 2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League
10	Mġarr United (R)	20	3	5	12	11	36	−25	14
11	Luqa St. Andrew's (R)	20	2	4	14	9	42	−33	10

Home \ Away	LIJ	MXK	MEL	MQA	NXL	PEM	RAB	SĠW	STG	VST	ŻEJ
Lija Athletic	—	0–1	1–2	4–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–1
Marsaxlokk	3–4	—	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	6–0	1–3
Melita	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–3
Mqabba	1–1	0–2	3–2	—	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–4	4–1	2–1	2–4
Naxxar Lions	2–0	1–3	0–2	5–0	—	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–2
Pembroke Athleta	5–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	—	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Rabat Ajax	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	—	2–7	1–1	3–0	0–2
San Ġwann	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	—	4–0	3–2	0–0
St. George's	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–6	0–3	2–0	—	1–2	3–5
Vittoriosa Stars	1–5	1–3	0–3	1–1	2–9	1–4	3–2	2–1	3–1	—	1–4
Żejtun Corinthians	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	—

Home \ Away	FGU	LSA	MSA	MĠA	PHS	QND	SEN	STA	SWI	TAR	ŻEB
Fgura United	—	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	5–1	2–2	2–5	0–0	1–3	3–0
Luqa St. Andrew's	1–2	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–8
Marsa	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–3
Mġarr United	1–0	1–0	0–2	—	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–4	1–2	0–4	0–4
Pietà Hotspurs	1–3	5–0	2–0	3–0	—	3–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	0–1
Qrendi	1–2	2–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	2–3	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0
Senglea Athletic	2–3	1–0	3–5	0–0	0–6	2–3	—	2–1	0–1	1–6	0–3
St. Andrews	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	—	2–2	1–3	0–1
Swieqi United	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–4	—	2–2	0–3
Tarxien Rainbows	1–4	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–3	2–2	0–0	—	1–1
Żebbuġ Rangers	2–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	—

2021–22_Maltese_Challenge_League

2021–22 Maltese Challenge League

Teams

League tables

Challenge League Group A

Challenge League Group B

Results

Challenge League Group A Results

Challenge League Group B Results

Championship play-offs

Championship final

References

External links

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23 April 2022	Pembroke Athleta	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Żebbuġ Rangers	Ta' Qali
15:00 CEST	Erikys da Silva Ferreira 11'		Shalon Diacono 79'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium