Malta - List of Champions and Runners-Up


Football was introduced by British service teams; it appears the first ever competitive tournament was the 1899 Soldiers Cup; a league tournament was held in 1903 and won by 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

There were (and still exist) separate amateur league and cup competitions.


Season  Champions                Runners-Up

1909/10 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1910/11   not organized
1911/12 Floriana                 Ħamrun Spartans
1912/13 Floriana                 Ħamrun Spartans
1913/14 Ħamrun Spartans          St. George's
1914/15 Valletta United          Ħamrun Spartans
1915/16   not organized
1916/17 St. George's             Sliema Wanderers
1917/18 Ħamrun Spartans          St. George's
1918/19 K.O.M.R.                 Ħamrun United
1919/20 Sliema Wanderers         Ħamrun Spartans
1920/21 Floriana                 Marsa United
1921/22 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1922/23 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1923/24 Sliema Wanderers         Vittoriosa Rovers
1924/25 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1925/26 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1926/27 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1927/28 Floriana                 Valletta United
1928/29 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1929/30 Sliema Wanderers         St. George's
1930/31 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1931/32 Valletta United          Sliema Wanderers
1932/33 Sliema Wanderers         Hibernians
1933/34 Sliema Wanderers         Hibernians
1934/35 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1935/36 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1936/37 Floriana                 Hibernians
1937/38 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1938/39 Sliema Wanderers         Melita
1939/40 Sliema Wanderers         St. George's
1940/41   not organized
1941/42   not organized
1942/43   not organized
1943/44   not organized
1944/45 Valletta                 Sliema Athletics
1945/46 Valletta                 Sliema Wanderers
1946/47 Ħamrun Spartans          Valletta
1947/48 Valletta                 Ħamrun Spartans
1948/49 Sliema Wanderers         Ħamrun Spartans
1949/50 Floriana                 Ħamrun Spartans
1950/51 Floriana                 Hibernians
1951/52 Floriana                 Ħamrun Spartans
1952/53 Floriana                 Birkirkara
1953/54 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1954/55 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1955/56 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1956/57 Sliema Wanderers         Valletta
1957/58 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1958/59 Valletta                 Sliema Wanderers
1959/60 Valletta                 Hibernians
1960/61 Hibernians               Valletta
1961/62 Floriana                 Valletta
1962/63 Valletta                 Hibernians
1963/64 Sliema Wanderers         Valletta
1964/65 Sliema Wanderers         Valletta
1965/66 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1966/67 Hibernians               Sliema Wanderers
1967/68 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1968/69 Hibernians               Valletta
1969/70 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1970/71 Sliema Wanderers         Marsa
1971/72 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1972/73 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1973/74 Valletta                 Hibernians
1974/75 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1975/76 Sliema Wanderers         Floriana
1976/77 Floriana                 Sliema Wanderers
1977/78 Valletta                 Hibernians
1978/79 Hibernians               Valletta
1979/80 Valletta                 Sliema Wanderers
1980/81 Hibernians               Sliema Wanderers
1981/82 Hibernians               Sliema Wanderers
1982/83 Ħamrun Spartans          Valletta
1983/84 Valletta                 Rabat Ajax
1984/85 Rabat Ajax               Ħamrun Spartans
1985/86 Rabat Ajax               Hibernians
1986/87 Ħamrun Spartans          Żurrieq
1987/88 Ħamrun Spartans          Sliema Wanderers
1988/89 Sliema Wanderers         Valletta
1989/90 Valletta                 Sliema Wanderers
1990/91 Ħamrun Spartans          Valletta
1991/92 Valletta                 Floriana
1992/93 Floriana                 Ħamrun Spartans
1993/94 Hibernians               Floriana
1994/95 Hibernians               Sliema Wanderers
1995/96 Sliema Wanderers         Valletta
1996/97 Valletta                 Birkirkara
1997/98 Valletta                 Birkirkara
1998/99 Valletta                 Birkirkara
1999/00 Birkirkara               Sliema Wanderers
2000/01 Valletta                 Sliema Wanderers
2001/02 Hibernians               Sliema Wanderers
2002/03 Sliema Wanderers         Birkirkara
2003/04 Sliema Wanderers         Birkirkara
2004/05 Sliema Wanderers         Birkirkara
2005/06 Birkirkara               Sliema Wanderers
2006/07 Marsaxlokk               Sliema Wanderers
2007/08 Valletta                 Marsaxlokk
2008/09 Hibernians               Valletta
2009/10 Birkirkara               Valletta    
2010/11 Valletta                 Floriana
2011/12 Valletta                 Hibernians
2012/13 Birkirkara               Hibernians
2013/14 Valletta                 Birkirkara      
2014/15 Hibernians               Valletta     
2015/16 Valletta                 Hibernians  
2016/17 Hibernians               Balzan
2017/18 Valletta                 Balzan
2018/19 Valletta                 Hibernians  
2019/20 Floriana                 Valletta 
2020/21 Ħamrun Spartans          Hibernians
2021/22 Hibernians               Floriana 
2022/23 Ħamrun Spartans          Birkirkara  
2023/24 

Number of Titles (108; number of runners-up spots (108) between square brackets)

 26 [31] Sliema Wanderers  [includes Sliema Athletics]
 26 [13] Floriana 

 25 [17] Valletta          [includes Valletta United]

 13 [14] Hibernians

  9 [11] Ħamrun Spartans   [includes Ħamrun United]

  4 [ 9] Birkirkara

  2 [ 1] Rabat Ajax

  1 [ 4] St. George's
  1 [ 1] Marsaxlokk 
  1      K.O.M.R. (King's Own Malta Regiment)

    [ 2] Balzan 
    [ 2] Marsa             [includes Marsa United]
    [ 1] Melita 
    [ 1] Vittoriosa Rovers
    [ 1] Żurrieq 

Notes: Sliema Wanderers were called Sliema Athletics in 1944/45,
       Marsa United renamed to Marsa in 1921, Ħamrun United
       and Ħamrun Lions merged to form Ħamrun Spartans in 1946.

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