Final Table: 1.Valletta 27 21 4 2 80-22 67 Champions 2.Birkirkara 27 18 6 3 46-21 60 3.Floriana 27 16 5 6 56-28 53 4.Sliema Wanderers 27 14 4 9 58-30 46 5.Hamrun Spartans 27 12 3 12 46-40 39 6.Hibernians 27 10 7 10 39-38 37 7.Pieta Hotspurs 27 11 3 13 35-41 36 8.Naxxar Lions 27 5 7 15 18-45 22 ----------------------------------------------------- 9.Rabat Ajax 27 5 3 19 32-73 18 Relegated 10.Lija Athletic 27 2 0 25 22-94 6 Relegated [Birkirkara have dropped Luxol from their name] Round 1 [Aug 24,25,26] Birkirkara 3-2 Sliema Naxxar 0-0 Pieta Hamrun 6-1 Lija Hibernians 3-2 Rabat Valletta 1-2 Floriana Round 2 Valletta 1-1 Sliema Birkirkara 3-0 Lija Pieta 3-0 Hamrun Rabat 2-0 Naxxar Floriana 1-0 Hibernians Round 3 [Sep 7,8,9] Hamrun 1-2 Birkirkara Naxxar 0-4 Floriana Valletta 5-2 Lija Pieta 3-1 Rabat Hibernians 1-0 Sliema Round 4 [Sep 27,28,29] Hamrun 3-1 Rabat Hibernians 4-0 Lija Valletta 2-0 Birkirkara Floriana 1-0 Pieta Sliema 3-0 Naxxar Round 8 [Oct 26, moved forward to Oct 2] Floriana 2-0 Lija Birkirkara 0-0 Rabat Round 5 [Oct 4,5,6] Valletta 3-0 Hamrun Naxxar 2-0 Lija Hibernians 1-1 Birkirkara Floriana 3-0 Rabat Pieta 1-2 Sliema Round 8 [Oct 26, moved forward to Oct 10] Sliema 3-0 Hamrun Round 6 [Oct 11,12,13] Valletta 3-0 Hibernians Pieta 1-2 Lija Naxxar 0-1 Birkirkara Sliema 7-0 Rabat Floriana 2-2 Hamrun Round 8 [Oct 26, moved forward to Oct 15] Hibernians 0-0 Naxxar Valletta 6-2 Pieta Round 7 [Oct 18,19,20] Hamrun 1-1 Hibernians Rabat 1-4 Lija Naxxar 1-1 Valletta Pieta 0-1 Birkirkara Floriana 0-3 Sliema Round 9 [Nov 3,9] Pieta 2-0 Hibernians Sliema 4-2 Lija Hamrun 4-0 Naxxar Rabat 0-2 Valletta Floriana 1-2 Birkirkara [Nov 18] Round 10 [Nov 23,24] Pieta 1-0 Naxxar [Nov 16] Sliema 0-2 Birkirkara Rabat 0-6 Hibernians Lija 0-3 Hamrun Floriana 0-0 Valletta Round 11 [Nov 30, Dec 1] Birkirkara 2-1 Lija Naxxar 2-2 Rabat Hamrun 2-1 Pieta Valletta 3-2 Sliema Hibernians 0-1 Floriana [Dec 8] Round 12 [Dec 7,8] Rabat 1-2 Pieta Lija 0-8 Valletta Birkirkara 0-0 Hamrun Floriana 4-1 Naxxar [Dec 21] Sliema 3-0 Hibernians [Dec 22] Round 13 [Dec 21,22,28,29] Hamrun 2-1 Rabat Valletta 0-1 Birkirkara Hibernians 3-0 Lija Pieta 0-5 Floriana Naxxar 1-1 Sliema Round 14 [Jan 4,5] Valletta 4-2 Hamrun [Dec 29] Lija 0-2 Naxxar Sliema 1-3 Pieta Birkirkara 1-1 Hibernians Floriana 1-1 Rabat Round 15 [Jan 11,12] Naxxar 1-3 Birkirkara Rabat 2-0 Sliema Hibernians 1-4 Valletta Hamrun 1-3 Floriana Lija 1-2 Pieta [Jan 18] Round 16 [Jan 18,19] Valletta 5-1 Naxxar Hibernians 3-1 Hamrun Sliema 3-1 Floriana Birkirkara 1-0 Pieta [Jan 25] Lija 1-5 Rabat [Jan 25] Round 17 [Feb 1,2] Naxxar 0-0 Hibernians [Jan 26] Hamrun 2-1 Sliema [Jan 26] Lija 0-7 Floriana Pieta 0-3 Valletta Rabat 1-4 Birkirkara Round 18 [Feb 15,16] Naxxar 0-1 Hamrun [Feb 2] Hibernians 2-0 Pieta Lija 2-4 Sliema Valletta 4-1 Rabat Birkirkara 3-1 Floriana Round 19 [Feb 22,23] Birkirkara 1-0 Sliema Naxxar 1-3 Pieta Hamrun 4-0 Lija Valletta 0-0 Floriana Hibernians 6-3 Rabat [Mar 1] Round 20 [Mar 1,2] Lija 0-2 Birkirkara Pieta 1-0 Hamrun Sliema 1-2 Valletta Rabat 0-1 Naxxar [Mar 8] Floriana 0-0 Hibernians [Mar 9] Round 21 [Mar 15,16] Valletta 3-0 Lija [Mar 8] Hamrun 0-3 Birkirkara [Mar 9] Naxxar 0-1 Floriana Pieta 0-1 Rabat Hibernians 0-2 Sliema Round 22 [Mar 22,23] Birkirkara 1-3 Valletta [Mar 16] Lija 2-3 Hibernians Floriana 3-1 Pieta Rabat 0-2 Hamrun Sliema 0-0 Naxxar Round 23 [Apr 3,4] Hamrun 1-2 Valletta Hibernians 1-1 Birkirkara Rabat 2-4 Floriana Naxxar 1-0 Lija Pieta 1-1 Sliema [Apr 6] Round 24 [Apr 6,7] Valletta 4-0 Hibernians Birkirkara 4-2 Naxxar Floriana 1-4 Hamrun Lija 2-5 Pieta [Apr 12] Sliema 3-0 Rabat [Apr 12] Round 25 [Apr 13,15,16] Hamrun 3-0 Hibernians Naxxar 0-3 Valletta Floriana 1-3 Sliema Pieta 0-0 Birkirkara Rabat 2-1 Lija Round 26 [Apr 19,20] Hibernians 2-1 Naxxar [Apr 16] Sliema 3-1 Hamrun Valletta 3-1 Pieta Lija 1-5 Floriana Birkirkara 4-1 Rabat Round 27 [May 3,4,5] Hamrun 0-1 Naxxar Pieta 2-1 Hibernians Sliema 5-0 Lija Rabat 2-5 Valletta Floriana 2-0 Birkirkara Final Table: 1.Valletta 27 21 4 2 80-22 67 Champions 2.Birkirkara 27 18 6 3 46-21 60 3.Floriana 27 16 5 6 56-28 53 4.Sliema Wanderers 27 14 4 9 58-30 46 5.Hamrun Spartans 27 12 3 12 46-40 39 6.Hibernians 27 10 7 10 39-38 37 7.Pieta Hotspurs 27 11 3 13 35-41 36 8.Naxxar Lions 27 5 7 15 18-45 22 ----------------------------------------------------- 9.Rabat Ajax 27 5 3 19 32-73 18 Relegated 10.Lija Athletic 27 2 0 25 22-94 6 Relegated [Birkirkara have dropped Luxol from their name] Promoted: Xghajra Tornadoes and Tarxien Rainbows. Malta Cup 1996/97 Round 1 Sta. Lucia 2-3 Pietà H. [aet] Mellieha 3-5 Rabat A. Birkirkara 0-1 Zurrieq Marsa 0-6 Hamrun S. Tarxien R. 1-1 Xghajra T. [aet, 4-5 pen] St. Patrick 1-1 Mosta [aet, 3-4 pen] Naxxar L. 4-1 Dingli S. Lija A. 1-3 Ghaxaq [aet] Round 2 Hamrun S. 4-1 Rabat A. Zurrieq 0-4 Mosta Xghajra T. 5-0 Ghaxaq Naxxar L. 0-0 Pietà H. [aet, 4-5 pen] Quarterfinals Hibernians 3-1 Xghajra T. [aet] Hamrun S. 7-1 Mosta Floriana 0-3 Pietà H. Valletta 3-0 Sliema W. Semifinals Valletta 1-0 Hamrun S. [aet] Hibernians 3-2 Pietà H. Final [May 22] Valletta 2-1 Hibernians Malta 1996/97 First Division (2nd Level) Table: 1.Xghajra Tornadoes 18 10 5 3 35-23 35 Promoted 2.Tarxien Rainbows 18 9 7 2 28-13 34 Promoted ------------------------------------------ 3.Saint Patrick 18 8 7 3 32-16 31 4.Mosta 18 6 6 6 35-29 24 5.Zurrieq 18 7 3 8 29-30 24 6.Marsa 18 6 5 7 20-24 23 7.Mellieha 18 7 2 9 26-31 23 8.Dingli Swallows 18 6 4 8 20-25 22 ------------------------------------------ 9.Santa Lucia 18 4 8 6 22-26 20 Relegated 10.Ghaxaq 18 2 3 13 17-47 9 Relegated Round 1 07.09.96 Dingli S. 3-0 Zurrieq Tarxien R. 1-1 Sta Lucia 08.09.96 St. Patrick 3-0 Marsa Xghajra 1-0 Mosta 14.09.96 Mellieha 0-1 Ghaxaq Round 2 14.09.96 Zurrieq 1-0 Tarxien R. 15.09.96 Sta Lucia 0-0 St. Patrick Marsa 1-1 Mosta 21.09.96 Ghaxaq 0-2 Dingli S. Xghajra T. 1-5 Mellieha Round 3 22.09.96 Tarxien R. 1-1 St. Patrick Mosta 1-1 Sta Lucia 28.09.96 Zurrieq 4-2 Ghaxaq Mellieha 1-0 Marsa 29.09.96 Dingli S. 0-0 Xghajra Round 4 29.09.96 St. Patrick 2-1 Mosta 05.10.96 Ghaxaq 1-2 Tarxien R. Sta Lucia 0-0 Mellieha 06.10.96 Xghajra 2-0 Zurrieq Marsa 1-2 Dingli S. Round 5 12.10.96 Tarxien R. 2-0 Mosta Mellieha 1-2 St. Patrick 13.10.96 Ghaxaq 1-1 Xghajra T. Dingli S. 1-0 Sta Lucia 09.11.96 Zurrieq 0-0 Marsa Round 6 09.11.96 Mellieha 1-1 Mosta 17.11.96 St. Patrick 1-1 Dingli S. Tarxien R. 1-0 Xghajra T. 23.11.96 Marsa 2-1 Ghaxaq Sta Lucia 1-4 Zurrieq Rounds 7-14 results missing. Round 15 Mosta 3-1 Mellieha Xghajra T. 1-1 Tarxien R. St. Patrick 1-1 Dingli S. Marsa 1-1 Ghaxaq Zurrieq 0-3 Sta Lucia Round 16 Tarxien R. 3-0 Mellieha Mosta 4-3 Dingli S. Xghajra T. 3-0 Marsa St. Patrick 0-1 Zurrieq Ghaxaq 1-1 Sta Lucia Round 17 Mellieha 2-1 Dingli S. Zurrieq 3-1 Mosta Sta Lucia 1-2 Xghajra T. Marsa 1-0 Tarxien R. St. Patrick 4-0 Ghaxaq Round 18 Tarxien R. 3-1 Dingli S. Xghajra T. 2-1 St. Patrick Zurrieq 2-3 Mellieha Sta Lucia 0-2 Marsa Ghaxaq 1-5 Mosta Table: 1.Xghajra Tornadoes 18 10 5 3 35-23 35 Promoted 2.Tarxien Rainbows 18 9 7 2 28-13 34 Promoted ------------------------------------------ 3.Saint Patrick 18 8 7 3 32-16 31 4.Mosta 18 6 6 6 35-29 24 5.Zurrieq 18 7 3 8 29-30 24 6.Marsa 18 6 5 7 20-24 23 7.Mellieha 18 7 2 9 26-31 23 8.Dingli Swallows 18 6 4 8 20-25 22 ------------------------------------------ 9.Santa Lucia 18 4 8 6 22-26 20 Relegated 10.Ghaxaq 18 2 3 13 17-47 9 Relegated Malta 1996/97 Second Division (3rd Level) Section A Table: 1.St.George's 12 10 2 0 32- 6 32 Promoted ----------------------------------------- 2.Pembroke Athleta 12 7 3 2 28-12 24 3.Zebbug Rangers 12 6 3 3 20- 6 21 4.Gzira United 12 3 6 3 13-11 15 5.Gudja United 12 3 4 5 11-20 13 6.Vittoriosa Stars 12 2 3 7 7-22 9 ----------------------------------------- 7.Qrendi 12 0 1 11 6-40 1 Relegated NB: goal differences not confirmed. Section B Table: 1.Siggiewi 12 9 2 1 24- 5 29 Promoted ---------------------------------------- 2.Qormi 12 8 1 3 45-15 25 3.Gozo 12 5 2 5 21-28 17 4.Mqabba 12 3 4 5 16-22 13 5.San Gwann 12 3 3 6 13-21 12 6.Marsaxlokk 12 3 3 6 13-28 12 ---------------------------------------- 7.Balzan Youths 12 2 3 7 15-28 9 Relegated NB: goal differences not confirmed. Malta 1996/97 Third Division (4th Level) Section A Latest scores: Mgarr Utd 6-0 Gharghur St Venera 2-2 Senglea Attard 10-0 Ta' Xbiex Table: 1.St.Venera Lightnings 12 10 2 0 33- 9 32 Promoted ---------------------------------------------- 2.Attard 13 8 3 2 40-15 27 3.Senglea Athletics 12 7 3 2 30-10 24 4.Melita 12 6 1 5 31-19 19 5.Mgarr United 12 5 1 6 22-20 16 6.Sirens 12 5 1 6 22-26 16 7.Gharghur 12 2 1 9 10-40 7 8.Ta' Xbiex 13 0 0 13 11-60 0 Section B Latest scores: B'Bugia 2-1 Luqa St Andrew 2-1 Zejtun Kirkop 2-0 Msida Table: 1.St.Andrew's 12 10 2 0 30- 8 32 ------------------------------------------- 2.Kirkop United 13 9 2 2 35-18 29 3.Luqa St.Andrew's 12 7 1 4 25-14 22 4.Fgura United 12 5 2 5 14-18 17 5.Kalkara United 12 4 1 7 14-25 13 6.Msida St.Joseph's 13 3 3 7 16-26 12 7.B'Bugia St.Peter's 12 2 2 8 16-27 8 8.Zejtun Corinthians 12 1 3 8 12-26 6
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