1979–80 Maltese Premier League

Football league season

Maltese First Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Valletta F.C. (11th title)
Relegated	Zebbug Rangers Qormi F.C. St. George's F.C.
European Cup	Valletta F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Hibernians F.C.
UEFA Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Matches played	90
Goals scored	283 (3.14 per match)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Maltese First Division was the 65th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valletta F.C. (C)	18	14	3	1	59	8	+51	31	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	18	13	2	3	47	11	+36	28	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
3	Floriana F.C.	18	12	4	2	35	6	+29	28
4	Hibernians F.C.	18	11	4	3	46	11	+35	26	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup
5	Hamrun Spartans F.C.	18	9	2	7	28	24	+4	20
6	Birkirkara F.C.	18	6	2	10	23	38	−15	14
7	Marsa F.C.	18	6	1	11	14	40	−26	13
8	Zebbug Rangers (R)	18	2	4	12	9	31	−22	8	Relegation
9	Qormi F.C. (R)	18	3	1	14	13	65	−52	7
10	St. George's F.C. (R)	18	1	3	14	9	49	−40	5

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

Hibernians qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Winners

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	HIB	ĦMR	MRS	QOR	SLM	STG	VLT	ZEB
Birkirkara	—	1–3	0–5	5–1	0–0	4–1	0–7	0–0	0–4	1–0
Floriana	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0
Hibernians	3–0	0–1	—	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1
Ħamrun Spartans	0–1	0–4	1–3	—	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–4	4–0
Marsa	3–1	0–8	1–0	0–1	—	3–0	0–7	2–0	0–4	2–0
Qormi	2–6	0–3	0–7	0–4	5–0	—	0–5	0–1	0–11	1–0
Sliema Wanderers	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	8–0	—	3–0	0–2	1–0
St. George's	0–1	1–5	0–9	0–3	1–2	1–3	1–3	—	0–2	1–1
Valletta	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	6–0	7–1	0–0	5–1	—	4–0
Żebbuġ Rangers	3–1	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	—

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

References

Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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