2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League
# 2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League

The 2021–22 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League), was the third level league football in Malta. This is the second season since the unification of both the Second and Third Divisions into the three-group Amateur League system. Żurrieq won the title by beating fellow group winners Attard in the championship final. The second-placed promotion play-off saw Marsaskala defeat Għargħur by 2 goals to 1 with Għargħur facing Mtarfa in the promotion play-off final. Mtarfa won all four of their post-league stage games, in the process winning the play-off final against Għargħur to win promotion to the Challenge League.

## Teams

Nineteen teams are competing in the league. These were split into two groups, one group of ten and another of nine. The top team from each group will be promoted with another team to be promoted emerging from the play-offs, a deciding match with the winner of each group being declared the champion of the league. The clubs placed second in each group shall play a deciding promotion play-off match and the winner shall be promoted to the Challenge League. The losing side will play in the final of the play-offs. The play-offs will start with the fifth placed team from group A playing with fourth placed side from group B and vice versa. The winners from the first round will play the third placed clubs in either group. The second round winners will play each other in the third round with the winners of that contest going on to play the runners-up from the promotion final.

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Attard | Attard | Sirens Stadium | 1,500 |
| Birżebbuġa | Birżebbuġa | Centenary Stadium | 2,000 |
| Dingli Swallows | Ħad-Dingli | Tartarni Ground | 500 |
| Għargħur | Għargħur | Għargħur Stadium | 800 |
| Għaxaq | Għaxaq | Għaxaq Stadium | 300 |
| Kalkara | Kalkara | Luxol Sports Ground | 800 |
| Kirkop United | Ħal Kirkop | Centenary Stadium | 2,000 |
| Marsaskala | Marsaskala | Luxol Sports Ground | 800 |
| Mdina Knights | Mdina Knights | Centenary Stadium | 2,000 |
| Mellieħa | Mellieħa | Mellieħa Sports Complex | 400 |
| Msida St. Joseph | Msida | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 6,000 |
| Mtarfa | Mtarfa | Mtarfa Ground | 150 |
| Qormi | Qormi | Thomaso Ground | 500 |
| Siġġiewi | Siġġiewi | Siġġiewi Ground | 240 |
| St. Venera | Santa Venera | Santa Venera Lightnings Training Centre | 800 |
| Ta' Xbiex | Ta' Xbiex | | |
| Xgħajra Tornados | Xgħajra | Xgħajra Tornados Ground | 200 |
| Żabbar St. Patrick | Ħaż-Żabbar | Il-Foss | 1,000 |
| Żurrieq | Żurrieq | Żurrieq Football Ground | 100 |

## League stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Attard (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 3 | +43 | 41 | Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League |
| 2 | Għargħur (Q) | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 31 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 3 | Birżebbuġa (Q) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round |
| 4 | Kalkara (Q) | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 5 | Msida St. Joseph (Q) | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 26 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 6 | Xgħajra Tornados | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 24 | |
| 7 | Siġġiewi | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 15 | |
| 8 | Għaxaq | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 17 | |
| 9 | Ta' Xbiex | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 13 | |
| 10 | Dingli Swallows | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 12 | |

* ↑ Attard received a 9 point deduction after an ex-committee member pleaded guilty to attempting to fix a match the previous season.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Żurrieq (C) | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 10 | +26 | 39 | Promotion to the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League |
| 2 | Marsaskala (P) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 3 | Żabbar St. Patrick (Q) | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 35 | Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round |
| 4 | Mtarfa (P) | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 5 | Mdina Knights (Q) | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 18 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 6 | Mellieħa | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 13 | |
| 7 | Kirkop United | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 11 | |
| 8 | Qormi | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 10 | |
| 9 | St. Venera | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 9 | |

## Results

### National Amateur League group A results

| Home \ Away | ATT | BSP | DIN | GHA | GFC | KLK | MSJ | SGI | TXB | XTF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Attard | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Birżebbuġa | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Dingli Swallows | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Għargħur | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Għaxaq | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Kalkara | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Msida St. Joseph | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Siġġiewi | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Ta' Xbiex | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–7 |
| Xgħajra Tornados | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — |

### National Amateur League group B results

| Home \ Away | KIR | MSK | MDK | MSC | MTA | QOR | STV | ZAB | ZRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kirkop United | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Marsaskala | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 |
| Mdina Knights | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Mellieħa | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Mtarfa | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Qormi | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| St. Venera | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–3 |
| Żabbar St. Patrick | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 |
| Żurrieq | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Promotion play-offs

### Play-offs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 3b | Zabbar St. Patrick | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4a | Kalkara | 1 | | | |
| 4a | Kalkara | 5 | 4a | Kalkara | 1 | | | |
| 5b | Mdina Knights | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5b | Mdina Knights | 1 | | | | 3b | Zabbar St. Patrick | 2 |
| | | | | | | 4b | Mtarfa | 3 |
| | | | 3a | Birzebbuga St. Peter's | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4b | Mtarfa | 3 | | | |
| 4b | Mtarfa | 3 | 4b | Mtarfa | 3 | | | |
| 5a | Msida St Joseph | 1 | | | | | | |
