1989–90 Maltese Premier League

Annual soccer tournament Football league season

Maltese Premier League
Season	1989–90
Champions	Valletta F.C. (13th title)
Relegated	Tarxien Rainbows F.C. Zebbug Rangers
European Cup	Valletta F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
UEFA Cup	Hibernians F.C.
Matches played	73
Goals scored	206 (2.82 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Maltese Premier League was the 10th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 75th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 9 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.

Teams

Żurrieq class=notpageimage| Locations of the 1989–90 Maltese Premier League teams

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valletta F.C. (C)	16	13	2	1	31	6	+25	26	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	16	11	2	3	36	11	+25	24	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup
3	Hibernians F.C.	16	10	3	3	30	12	+18	23	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
4	Ħamrun Spartans F.C.	16	10	3	3	37	13	+24	23
5	Floriana F.C.	16	8	1	7	24	17	+7	17
6	Naxxar Lions	16	2	7	7	17	27	−10	11
7	Żurrieq F.C.	16	3	5	8	15	30	−15	11
8	Tarxien Rainbows F.C. (R)	16	1	2	13	9	40	−31	4	Relegation
9	Zebbug Rangers (R)	16	1	1	14	6	49	−43	3	Relegation

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

2 points deducted.
Sliema Wanderers qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Winners

Third Place tie-breaker

With both Hibernians and Hamrun Spartans level on 23 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualification for the UEFA Cup

Hibernians F.C.	1–0	Hamrun Spartans F.C.

Results

Home \ Away	FRN	HIB	ĦMR	NXR	SLM	TRX	VLT	ZEB	ŻRQ
Floriana	—	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	4–0	3–1
Hibernians	3–1	—	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	7–0	3–1
Ħamrun Spartans	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	10–0	2–0
Naxxar Lions	1–2	0–5	1–3	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Sliema Wanderers	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	—	4–0	0–1	1–0	5–0
Tarxien Rainbows	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–3	1–2	—	0–5	2–0	2–2
Valletta	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	—	5–0	4–0
Żebbuġ Rangers	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	—	1–2
Żurrieq	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	4–1	1–2	2–0	—

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

References

Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e Maltese Premier League seasons
First Division	1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Premier League	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Maltese Premier League seasons

First Division

1909–10
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1911–12
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1913–14
1914–15
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1918–19
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1975–76
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1977–78
1978–79
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Premier League

1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
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1995–96
1996–97
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2022–23
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v t e 1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania

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