Maltese National Amateur League

Maltese National Amateur League

Country	Malta (21 teams)
Number of teams	16 (From 2024-25)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Maltese Challenge League
Relegation to	Maltese National Amateur League 2
Domestic cup(s)	Maltese FA Trophy
Current champions	Mgarr United (2023–24)
Current: 2023–24 Maltese National Amateur League

The Maltese National Amateur League (referred to as the IZIBet Amateur League for sponsorship reasons^[1]) is the third-highest division in Maltese football, replacing the Maltese Second Division and Maltese Third Division during the 2020–21 season following the premature end of the previous football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Format

Following the merger of the Maltese Second and Third Divisions the league is made up of two groups. Over the course of the season, each team plays twice against the others in their group.^[3] Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the table by:

1. Total points gained

In the need of a tie-breaker, a play-off game is played. At the end of the season, the top team from each group is directly promoted to the Challenge League; an additional place is reserved for the winner of the promotion play-offs. The play-offs take place between the clubs that finished second to fourth in each group with the winning team gaining promotion to the Challenge League.^[4]

In March 2021, Luqa St. Andrew's became the first champions of the league^[5] and were promoted from group stage along with Melita and Mġarr United.^[6] They were joined in the 2021-22 Challenge League by the winners of the promotion play-offs Rabat Ajax who had beaten Kirkop United in the final.^[7] With five teams being relegated from the Challenge League in 2021, and four being promoted from the Amateur League, the 2021-22 season saw an overall increase of clubs to 23.^{[citation needed]}

Venues

Luxol Stadium Charles Abela Stadium Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium	Pembroke	Mosta	San Pawl il-Baħar	Ta' Qali	Hamrun
	Luxol Stadium	Charles Abela Stadium	Sirens Stadium	Centenary Stadium	Victor Tedesco Stadium
	Capacity: 600	Capacity: 700	Capacity: 800	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 1,962

References

External links

• League at the Malta Football Association official website

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Football in Malta

Malta Football Association

National teams

Men	Men's results footballers captains U-21 U-19 U-17 Amateur Gozo Main
Women	Women's U-19 U-17

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League Challenge League Amateur League Gozo Gozo Football League First Division Gozo Football League Second Division
Women	First Division
Youth	Youth Football Association
Defunct	Second Division Third Division Women's Second Division Gozo Third Division Women's League

Domestic cups

Men	FA Trophy Super Cup National Amateur Cup Gozo G.F.A. Cup GFA Super Cup First Division Knock-Out Cup Second Division Knock-Out Second Division Challenge Cup
Women	Women's Cup
Defunct	First Division knock-out Second and Third Division knock-out Gozo Independence Cup Freedom Day Cup Republic Cup Women's Cup

Lists

Men	List of champions List of clubs List of venues (by capacity) Foreign players Player of the Year

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