1972–73 Maltese Premier League

Football league season

Maltese First Division
Season	1972–73
Champions	Floriana F.C. (22nd title)
Relegated	St. George's F.C. St. Patrick F.C.
European Cup	Floriana F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Gzira United
UEFA Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Matches played	91
Goals scored	200 (2.2 per match)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Maltese First Division was the 58th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Floriana F.C. (C)	18	12	2	4	31	10	+21	26	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	18	10	5	3	34	14	+20	25	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
3	Hamrun Spartans F.C.	18	10	5	3	25	10	+15	25
4	Valletta F.C.	18	9	6	3	29	14	+15	24
5	Birkirkara F.C.	18	8	8	2	17	9	+8	24
6	Hibernians F.C.	18	5	5	8	15	15	0	15
7	Gzira United	18	5	5	8	13	20	−7	15	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup
8	Marsa F.C.	18	4	6	8	15	22	−7	14
9	St. George's F.C. (R)	18	2	5	11	7	25	−18	9	Relegation
10	St. Patrick F.C. (R)	18	1	1	16	11	58	−47	3	Relegation

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Gzira United qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Winners

Second Place tie-breaker

With both Sliema Wanderers and Hamrun Spartans level on 25 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualification for the UEFA Cup

Sliema Wanderers	3–0	Hamrun Spartans

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	GŻI	HIB	ĦMR	MRS	SLM	STG	STP	VLT
Birkirkara	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–1
Floriana	0–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–2
Gżira United	0–1	1–0	—	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1
Hibernians	1–2	0–2	2–0	—	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1
Ħamrun Spartans	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Marsa	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–4	—	2–2	1–0	5–2	0–0
Sliema Wanderers	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	—	0–0	1–1	5–1
St. George's	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–1	—	0–1	0–1
St. Patrick	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–5	1–5	0–3	0–3	2–4	—	0–8
Valletta	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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