1948–49 Maltese Premier League
# 1948–49 Maltese Premier League

The 1948–49 Maltese First Division was the 34th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Sliema Wanderers F.C. won the championship.

The team managed to gain the top of the leaderboard only on the penultimate day, after winning by 1-0 a decisive clash against the historical rivals of Floriana.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sliema Wanderers F.C. (C) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 22 | Champions |
| 2 | Hamrun Spartans F.C. | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 20 | |
| 3 | Valletta F.C. | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 19 | |
| 4 | Floriana F.C. | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 17 | |
| 5 | Hibernians F.C. | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 15 | |
| 6 | St. Andrews F.C. | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 7 | |
| 7 | St. George's F.C. | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 6 | |
| 8 | Naxxar Lions (R) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 6 | Relegation |

### Relegation tie-breaker

With both St. George's and Naxxar Lions level on 6 points, a play-off match was conducted to determine 8th place and the relegation.

## Results

| Home \ Away | FRN | HIB | ĦMR | NXR | SLM | STA | STG | VLT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Floriana | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Hibernians | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Ħamrun Spartans | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 |
| Naxxar Lions | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–6 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 3–2 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| St. Andrews | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| St. George's | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | 3–3 |
| Valletta | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | — |
