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.

Floriana are the current champions and the most successful club with 27 titles.

Champions

+KeyClub Club name and number of times they had won the title at that point (if more than one)Champions also won the FA Trophy that season, completing a domestic double

First Division (1909–80)

SeasonWinnerRunner-upThird placeTop scorer(s)Goals1909–10FlorianaSliema WanderersSt. Joseph's United (Floriana)41910–11League championship was not held1911–12Floriana Ħamrun SpartansSt. George's1912–13Floriana Ħamrun SpartansSliema Wanderers1913–14Ħamrun SpartansSt. George'sValletta United1914–15Valletta UnitedĦamrun SpartansSliema Wanderers1915–16League championship was not held1916–17St. George'sSliema WanderersĦamrun Spartans1917–18Ħamrun Spartans St. George'sSliema Wanderers1918–19King's Own Malta RegimentĦamrun UnitedRoyal Army Service Corps1919–20Sliema WanderersĦamrun SpartansValletta United1920–21Floriana Marsa UnitedĦamrun Spartans1921–22Floriana Sliema WanderersMalta Police1922–23Sliema Wanderers FlorianaSliema Rangers1923–24Sliema Wanderers Vittoriosa RoversValletta United1924–25Floriana Sliema WanderersValletta United1925–26Sliema Wanderers FlorianaValletta United1926–27Floriana Sliema WanderersSt. George's1927–28Floriana Valletta UnitedSt. George's1928–29Floriana Sliema WanderersValletta United (Floriana)41929–30Sliema Wanderers St. George'sValletta United1930–31Floriana Sliema WanderersValletta United (Floriana)41931–32Valletta United Sliema WanderersSliema Hotspurs1932–33Sliema Wanderers HiberniansSliema Rangers1933–34Sliema Wanderers Hibernians (Sliema Wanderers)21934–35Floriana Sliema WanderersHibernians (Sliema Wanderers)111935–36Sliema Wanderers FlorianaHibernians (Floriana)31936–37Floriana HiberniansSliema Wanderers (Floriana)41937–38Sliema Wanderers FlorianaValletta (Sliema Wanderers) (Floriana)51938–39Sliema Wanderers MelitaSt. George's (Sliema Wanderers)81939–40Sliema Wanderers St. George'sMelita (Sliema Wanderers)181940–41 to 1943–44League suspended owing to the Second World War1944–45Valletta Sliema AthleticsFloriana (Sliema Athletics)61945–46Valletta Sliema WanderersFloriana1946–47Ħamrun Spartans VallettaFloriana (Melita) (Floriana)111947–48Valletta Ħamrun SpartansSliema Wanderers (Ħamrun Spartans)161948–49Sliema Wanderers Ħamrun SpartansValletta (Valletta) (Sliema Wanderers)111949–50Floriana Ħamrun SpartansSliema Wanderers (Valletta)161950–51Floriana HiberniansValletta (Valletta)141951–52Floriana Ħamrun SpartansSliema Wanderers (Floriana)171952–53Floriana BirkirkaraValletta (Valletta)91953–54Sliema Wanderers FlorianaĦamrun Spartans (Sliema Wanderers)121954–55Floriana Sliema WanderersĦamrun Spartans (Floriana) (Floriana)131955–56Sliema Wanderers FlorianaĦamrun Spartans (Sliema Wanderers)151956–57Sliema Wanderers VallettaFloriana (Sliema Wanderers)141957–58Floriana Sliema WanderersĦamrun Spartans (Floriana)141958–59Valletta Sliema WanderersĦamrun Spartans (Ħamrun Spartans)111959–60Valletta HiberniansFloriana (Valletta) (Valletta)121960–61HiberniansVallettaSliema Wanderers (Floriana)121961–62Floriana VallettaSliema Wanderers (Floriana)171962–63Valletta HiberniansSliema Wanderers (Valletta)201963–64Sliema Wanderers VallettaHibernians (Valletta)111964–65Sliema Wanderers VallettaHibernians (Sliema Wanderers)121965–66Sliema Wanderers FlorianaHibernians (Sliema Wanderers) (Sliema Wanderers)61966–67Hibernians Sliema WanderersFloriana (Hibernians)81967–68Floriana Sliema WanderersHibernians (Sliema Wanderers)101968–69Hibernians VallettaFloriana (Hibernians)91969–70Floriana Sliema WanderersHibernians (Sliema Wanderers) (Sliema Wanderers)71970–71Sliema Wanderers MarsaGżira United (Floriana)51971–72Sliema Wanderers FlorianaValletta (Valletta)91972–73Floriana Sliema WanderersĦamrun Spartans (Ħamrun Spartans)101973–74Valletta HiberniansFloriana (Sliema Wanderers)91974–75Floriana Sliema WanderersSt. George's (Floriana)171975–76Sliema Wanderers FlorianaHibernians (Sliema Wanderers)91976–77Floriana Sliema WanderersValletta (Floriana)161977–78Valletta HiberniansSliema Wanderers (Valletta)161978–79Hibernians VallettaSliema Wanderers (Marsa)111979–80Valletta HiberniansFloriana (Sliema Wanderers) (Valletta) (Valletta)15

Premier League (1980–present)

SeasonWinnerRunner-upThird placeTop scorer(s)Goals1980–81Hibernians Sliema WanderersĦamrun Spartans (Hibernians)131981–82Hibernians Sliema WanderersŻurrieq (Hibernians)121982–83Ħamrun Spartans VallettaRabat Ajax (Ħamrun Spartans)71983–84Valletta Rabat AjaxĦamrun Spartans (Ħamrun Spartans) (Żurrieq)71984–85Rabat AjaxĦamrun SpartansSliema Wanderers (Valletta)91985–86Rabat Ajax HiberniansĦamrun Spartans (Żurrieq)81986–87Ħamrun Spartans VallettaŻurrieq (Rabat Ajax)101987–88Ħamrun Spartans Sliema WanderersŻurrieq (Ħamrun Spartans)71988–89Sliema Wanderers VallettaĦamrun Spartans (Valletta)111989–90Valletta Sliema WanderersHibernians (Valletta)171990–91Ħamrun Spartans VallettaFloriana (Valletta)121991–92Valletta FlorianaSliema Wanderers (Ħamrun Spartans)221992–93Floriana Ħamrun SpartansValletta (Hibernians)221993–94Hibernians FlorianaValletta (Hibernians) (Valletta)171994–95Hibernians Sliema WanderersValletta (Sliema Wanderers)181995–96Sliema Wanderers VallettaFloriana (Sliema Wanderers)181996–97Valletta BirkirkaraFloriana (Valletta)321997–98Valletta BirkirkaraSliema Wanderers (Birkirkara/Floriana)191998–99Valletta BirkirkaraSliema Wanderers (Valletta)201999–2000BirkirkaraVallettaFloriana (Sliema Wanderers)212000–01Valletta Sliema WanderersBirkirkara (Sliema Wanderers)302001–02Hibernians Sliema WanderersBirkirkara (Sliema Wanderers)322002–03Sliema Wanderers BirkirkaraValletta (Hibernians (Sliema Wanderers) (Birkirkara)182003–04Sliema Wanderers BirkirkaraHibernians (Sliema Wanderers)192004–05Sliema Wanderers BirkirkaraHibernians (Hibernians)212005–06Birkirkara Sliema WanderersMarsaxlokk (Birkirkara)192006–07MarsaxlokkSliema WanderersBirkirkara (Marsaxlokk)312007–08Valletta MarsaxlokkBirkirkara (Valletta)192008–09Hibernians VallettaBirkirkara (Hibernians)262009–10Birkirkara VallettaSliema Wanderers (Qormi)242010–11Valletta FlorianaBirkirkara (Marsaxlokk)172011–12Valletta HiberniansBirkirkara (Marsaxlokk/Mosta)342012–13Birkirkara HiberniansValletta (Melita/Rabat Ajax)222013–14Valletta BirkirkaraHibernians (Birkirkara) (Hibernians)212014–15Hibernians VallettaBirkirkara (Hibernians) (Hibernians)252015–16Valletta HiberniansBirkirkara (Floriana)202016–17Hibernians BalzanBirkirkara Bojan Kaljević (Balzan)232017–18Valletta BalzanGżira United (Gżira United)212018–19Valletta HiberniansGżira United Taylon Correa (Hibernians)192019–20Floriana VallettaHibernians Kristian Keqi (Floriana)142020–21Ħamrun Spartans HiberniansGżira United Kevin Rosero (St. Lucia)172021–22Hibernians FlorianaĦamrun Spartans Maxuell Maia (Gżira United)172022–23Ħamrun Spartans BirkirkaraGżira United Jefferson Assis (Gżira United)202023–24Hamrun Spartans FlorianaSliema Wanderers Luke Montebello (Hamrun Spartans)212024–25Hamrun Spartans BirkirkaraFloriana Maxuell Samurai Maia (Birkirkara)222025–26Floriana MarsaxlokkHamrun Spartans Joseph Mbong (Hamrun Spartans)14

Total titles won

Clubs participating in the 2025–26 Maltese Premier League are denoted in bold type Clubs no longer active are denoted in italics

ClubWinnersRunners-upFloriana 2714Sliema Wanderers 2631Valletta 2517Hibernians 1314Ħamrun Spartans 1111Birkirkara410Rabat Ajax21St. George's14Marsaxlokk12The King's Own Malta Regiment10

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