1999–2000 Maltese Premier League

The 1999–2000 Maltese Premier League (known as the Rothmans Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 85th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Birkirkara F.C. won the championship.

Maltese Premier League
Season1999–2000
Dates24 August 1999 – 29 April 2000
ChampionsBirkirkara
(1st title)
RelegatedGozo
Żurrieq
Champions LeagueBirkirkara
UEFA CupSliema Wanderers
Valletta
UEFA Intertoto CupFloriana
Matches played132
Goals scored462 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Mifsud (21 goals)

Teams

The following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:

From the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division:

First phase

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Birkirkara 18 15 2 1 39 9 +30 47 Qualification for the Top Six
2 Valletta 18 13 1 4 58 22 +36 40
3 Floriana 18 11 1 6 35 24 +11 34
4 Sliema Wanderers 18 10 3 5 41 23 +18 33
5 Pietà Hotspurs 18 7 5 6 33 36 −3 26
6 Hibernians 18 5 7 6 28 25 +3 22
7 Naxxar Lions 18 4 4 10 27 40 −13 16 Qualification for the Play-out
8 Gozo 18 3 5 10 14 29 −15 14
9 Żurrieq 18 3 3 12 20 55 −35 12
10 Rabat Ajax 18 2 3 13 19 51 −32 9
Source: RSSSF

Results
Home \ Away BKR FRN GZO HIB NXR PTA RBT SLM VLT ŻRQ
Birkirkara — 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
Floriana 0–1 — 5–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–3 1–0 3–1 3–2
Gozo 1–0 0–1 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0
Hibernians 0–0 0–1 3–1 — 3–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–2
Naxxar Lions 1–5 3–0 2–1 0–0 — 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–0
Pietà Hotspurs 0–1 3–2 2–3 1–4 1–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–5 2–1
Rabat Ajax 0–2 1–4 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–2 — 0–2 0–9 1–3
Sliema Wanderers 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–3 3–0 2–3 3–1 — 1–3 5–0
Valletta 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–3 2–1 1–2 — 9–1
Żurrieq 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 2–7 0–6 —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Top Six
Floriana-Pieta Hotspurs at Ta'Qali

The teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Top Six, and the points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Birkirkara 24 points, Valletta 20, Floriana 17, Sliema Wanderers 17, Pietà Hotspurs 13 and Hibernians 11.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BKR SLM VLT FRN PTA HIB
1 Birkirkara (C) 10 7 1 2 22 5 +17 46 Qualification for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League — 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–1
2 Sliema Wanderers 10 7 1 2 21 13 +8 39 Qualification for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup 0–2 — 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
3 Valletta 10 5 1 4 17 14 +3 36 1–5 1–2 — 3–0 4–2 2–1
4 Floriana 10 3 1 6 15 20 −5 27 Qualification for the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0–3 4–5 0–2 — 2–0 3–0
5 Pietà Hotspurs 10 3 0 7 12 21 −9 22 1–0 0–3 0–2 2–3 — 4–0
6 Hibernians 10 3 0 7 9 23 −14 20 0–2 2–5 2–1 2–1 0–3 —
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Play-out

The teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the play-out and at the end of the phase the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Naxxar Lions 8 points, Gozo 7, Zurrieq 6, Rabat Ajax 5.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation NXR RBT GZO ŻRQ
7 Naxxar Lions 6 4 1 1 17 9 +8 21 — 3–3 1–0 6–2
8 Rabat Ajax 6 3 3 0 15 11 +4 17 3–2 — 1–1 5–3
9 Gozo (R) 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 12 Relegation to the 2000–01 Maltese First Division 1–3 0–0 — 3–1
10 Żurrieq (R) 6 1 0 5 12 22 −10 9 0–2 2–3 4–3 —
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Season statistics
Sliema Wanderers' Michael Mifsud finished as the league top scorer with 21 goals.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Malta Michael Mifsud Sliema Wanderers 21
2 Malta Gilbert Agius Valletta 17
Malta Stefan Giglio Valletta
4 Bulgaria Nikolai Kirilov Żurrieq 15
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Veselji Valletta
6 Malta Michael Galea Birkirkara 14
Democratic Republic of the Congo Rufin Oba Floriana
Nigeria Orosco Anonam Naxxar Lions
9 Malta Malcolm Licari Pietà Hotspurs 12
10 Albania Edmond Lufi Pietà Hotspurs 11

References
  1. "Rothmans Premier League". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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