The 2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the BOV National Amateur League) occurs between 20 September 2025 and April 2026. This will be the second season since the Amateur League was split and the league system returned back into two tiers since the 2019-20 season.[1]Attard were crowned champions[2], earning the right to play in the 2026-27 Challenge League.

Macron will provide the match footballs this season.[3]

Team changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season:

Promoted from2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League IIRelegated from2024–25 Maltese Challenge LeagueRelegated to2025–26 Maltese National Amateur League IIPromoted to2025–26 Maltese Challenge League
MqabbaVictoria HotspursLija AthleticSenglea AthleticGharghurMarsaskalaMsida Saint-JosephRabat AjaxBirzebbugaVittoriosa

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the 2025-26 League. Victoria Hotspurs became the first Gozitan club to reach the third tier of Maltese football since the, now defunct, Gozo F.C. played in the old Second Division in 2006-07.

Location of Maltese clubs playing in the BOV Amateur League 1
Team Location Manager
AttardAttardMalta Daniel Agius
Kirkop UnitedKirkopMalta David James Saliba
Lija AthleticLijaMaltaIvan Zammit
Luqa St. Andrew'sLuqaMalta Paul Bugeja
MellieħaMellieħaMontenegroVesko Petrović
MqabbaMqabbaMalta George Magri
Pembroke AthletaPembrokeMalta Jeffrey Mifsud
QormiQormiMalta Clive Mizzi
QrendiQrendiMalta Alfred Attard
San ĠwannSan ĠwannMalta Xavier Saliba
Senglea AthleticSengleaMalta Edmond Lufi
Victoria HotspursVictoriaMaltaOliver Spiteri
Xgħajra TornadosXghajraMalta Keith Darmanin
Żejtun CorinthiansZejtunMalta Paul Falzon

Venues

Ta' QaliHamrun
Location of host stadia during the 2025-26 Maltese National Amateur League
Centenary StadiumVictor Tedesco Stadium
Capacity: 1,732Capacity: 1,962
St. Paul's BayMostaPembroke
Sirens Stadium Charles Abela Memorial StadiumLuxol Stadium
Capacity: 1,024Capacity: 700Capacity: 702

Regular season

During the regular season, each team plays each other twice in a round robin format. The top two teams will be promoted to the Challenge League for the following season, while the bottom four teams will be relegated to the National Amateur League II.[4]

League stage

PosTeam PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Attard(C, P)26 20 3 3 73 38 +35 63 Promotion to 2026-27 Challenge League
2 Victoria Hotspurs(P)26 17 3 6 51 24 +27 54
3 Qormi26 17 1 8 60 26 +34 52
4 Lija Athletic26 15 4 7 48 35 +13 49
5 Mqabba26 14 6 6 47 27 +20 48
6 San Ġwann26 9 6 11 29 41 −12 33
7 Senglea Athletic26 9 4 13 35 49 −14 31
8 Mellieħa26 9 3 14 25 38 −13 30
9 Qrendi26 8 6 12 33 48 −15 30
10 Pembroke Athleta26 8 4 14 34 44 −10 28
11 Xgħajra Tornados(R)26 7 7 12 36 48 −12 28 Relegation to 2026-27 National Amateur League II
12 Kirkop United(R)26 5 10 11 31 38 −7 25
13 Żejtun Corinthians(R)26 6 4 16 32 49 −17 22
14 Luqa St. Andrew's(R)26 6 3 17 29 58 −29 21
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2026. Source: [1]Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, relegation, or teams for relegation play-offs).(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ATTKRKLJALQAMQAMLHPBKQORQRESGNSENVCTXJRZEJ
Attard— 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 6–5
Kirkop United4–4 — 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–5 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–1
Lija Athletic4–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–4 2–0 4–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–2
Luqa St. Andrew's1–4 2–5 1–1 — 2–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–2
Mqabba1–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 — 2–0 0–3 1–0 4–1 5–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 3–1
Mellieħa1–5 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 — 1–0 0–5 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Pembroke Athleta2–3 0–0 1–3 4–1 0–2 2–1 — 0–2 2–5 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–4 2–1
Qormi4–7 2–0 5–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 — 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–0
Qrendi0–4 0–0 0–5 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 2–3 1–4 1–2 1–1
San Ġwann0–3 1–1 0–0 6–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 — 0–3 0–3 0–5 2–1
Senglea Athletic1–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 2–6 3–0 — 0–4 1–1 0–2
Victoria Hotspurs1–0 3–2 5–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 — 2–2 1–0
Xgħajra Tornados1–4 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–1 4–2 0–2 — 2–1
Żejtun Corinthians2–4 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2026. Source: [2]Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff

Due to Pembroke Athleta and Xghajra Tornados both finishing equal on points, a playoff was required to take place to determine who finished in tenth and eleventh positions and got the fourth and final relegation place. [5] Pembroke saved their status with Brazilian forward Weverton Gomes scoring the only goal of the match, while Xghajra were relegated to the National Amateur League 2. [6]

09/05/2026 16:00Pembroke Athleta1-0Xgħajra TornadosĦamrun, Malta
Weverton65'ReportStadium: Victor Tedesco StadiumReferee: Anthony Paul Vella (Malta)

References

  1. ^"IZIBet Amateur League". maltafootball.info. 18 July 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025.
  2. ^"Attard Champions tal-Kampjonat BOV Amateur 1" [Attard Champions of the BOV Amateur Championship 1]. talk.mt (in Maltese). 2 May 2026.
  3. ^"Official 2025/26 BOV Challenge League and BOV Amateur Leagues I and II match ball unveiled". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.
  4. ^"Draws held for 2025/26 BOV National Leagues". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.
  5. ^"BOV Amateur League I: Attard crowned champions as Pembroke, Xghajra force decider against relegation". maltafootball.com. 2 May 2026.
  6. ^"BOV Amateur League I: Xghajra Tornados relegated". maltafootball.com. 9 May 2026.