# 2022–23 Maltese National Amateur League

The 2022–23 Maltese National Amateur League (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the IZIBet National Amateur League) is taking place between August 26, 2022 and April 23, 2023. This is the third season since the Second and Third divisions were unified into the two-group Amateur League system. The Maltese National Amateur League is Malta's third-highest professional football division. The 2022-23 League winners will be promoted to the Maltese Challenge League.

## Teams

Twenty-one teams competed in the 2022-23 League. These teams were split into two groups, one of eleven and one of ten.
| Team | Location |
| Birzebbuga St. Peter's | Birzebbuga |
| Dingli Swallows | Dingli |
| Gharghur | Gharghur |
| Ghaxaq | Ghaxaq |
| Kalkara United | Kalkara |
| Kirkop United | Kirkop |
| Luqa St. Andrew's | Luqa |
| Mdina Knights | Mdina |
| Mellieħa | Mellieħa |
| Mgarr United | Mgarr |
| Msida Saint-Joseph | Msida |
| Pembroke Athleta | Pembroke |
| Qormi | Qormi |
| Rabat Ajax | Rabat |
| Santa Venera Lightnings | Santa Venera |
| Senglea Athletic | Senglea |
| Siggiewi | Siggiewi |
| St. George's | Cospicua |
| Ta' Xbiex | Ta' Xbiex |
| Xgħajra Tornados | Xghajra |
| Żabbar St. Patrick | Zabbar |

## Venues

| Luxol StadiumSirens StadiumCentenary StadiumVictor Tedesco Stadium | Pembroke | San Pawl il-Baħar | Ta' Qali | Hamrun |
| Luxol StadiumSirens StadiumCentenary StadiumVictor Tedesco Stadium | Luxol Stadium | Sirens Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium |
| Luxol StadiumSirens StadiumCentenary StadiumVictor Tedesco Stadium | Capacity: 600 | Capacity: 800 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 1,962 |

## League stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Senglea Athletic (C) | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 8 | +45 | 53 | Promotion to the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League and Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Mgarr United (Q) | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 11 | +45 | 50 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Żabbar St. Patrick (P) | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 10 | +43 | 48 | Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round |
| 4 | Kalkara United (Q) | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 5 | Xgħajra Tornados (Q) | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 32 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 6 | Birzebbuga St. Peter's | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 28 | |
| 7 | Qormi | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 22 | |
| 8 | Pembroke Athleta | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 21 | |
| 9 | Mellieħa | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 16 | |
| 10 | Santa Venera Lightning | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 14 | |
| 11 | Ta' Xbiex | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 80 | −70 | 1 | |

### Group A Results

| Home \ Away | BRZ | KLK | MLH | MGR | PBK | QOR | SVL | SEN | XBX | XJR | ZBR |
| Birzebbuga St. Peter's | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Kalkara United | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Mellieħa | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Mgarr United | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pembroke Athleta | 3–2 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Qormi | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| Santa Venera Lightning | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–4 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Senglea Athletic | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Ta' Xbiex | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–6 |
| Xgħajra Tornados | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–3 |
| Żabbar St. Patrick | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 2–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Msida Saint-Joseph (P) | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 11 | +41 | 43 | Promotion to the 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League and Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Luqa St. Andrew's (P) | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 33 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Gharghur (Q) | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 31 | Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round |
| 4 | Rabat Ajax (Q) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 31 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 5 | St. George's (Q) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for the play-offs 1st round |
| 6 | Kirkop United | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 29 | |
| 7 | Ghaxaq | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 25 | |
| 8 | Siggiewi | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 12 | |
| 9 | Dingli Swallows | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 32 | −20 | 9 | |
| 10 | Mdina Knights | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 67 | −56 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Gharghur and Rabat Ajax finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the third place and Qualification for the play-offs 2nd round
* 1 2 Kirkop United and St. George's finished equal on points, A play-off decider determines the fifth place and Qualification for the play-offs 1st round

### Group B Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | GHR | GHX | LQA | KRK | MDI | MSI | RBT | SIG | STG |
| Dingli Swallows | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Gharghur | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Ghaxaq | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Luqa St. Andrew's | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Kirkop United | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Mdina Knights | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–7 | — | 0–7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Msida Saint-Joseph | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 12–0 | — | 0–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Rabat Ajax | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Siggiewi | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 |
| St. George's | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |
* ↑ Msida Saint-Joseph were awarded a 3–0 win after the Malta Football Association's Protests Board upheld their protest. Originally, the match ended in a 0–0.

## Group B tie-breakers
### Group B Third Place tie-breaker

With both Gharghur and Rabat Ajax level on 31 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualify for the play-offs 2nd round

### Group B Fifth Place tie-breaker

With both Kirkop United and Rabat Ajax level on 29 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualify for the play-offs 1st round

## Promotion play-offs
### Second-place Promotion Decider
### Play-offs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 3b | Gharghur | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Kalkara United | 3 | | | |
| 4a | Kalkara United | 2 | | Kalkara United | 3 | | | |
| 5b | St. George's | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5b | St. George's | 1 | | | | Kalkara United | Kalkara United | 1 |
| | | | | | | Zabbar St. Patrick | Zabbar St. Patrick | 2 |
| | | | 3a | Zabbar St. Patrick | 3 | | | |
| | | | | Rabat Ajax | 0 | | | |
| 4b | Rabat Ajax | 2 | | Rabat Ajax | 0 | | | |
| 5a | Xghajra Tornados | 0 | | | | | | |

### Promotion final
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 2 April 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Christian Ebisindor Saint | Mgarr United | 20 |
| 2 | Erik Pietribiasi | Gharghur | 16 |
| 2 | Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza | Msida St.Joseph | 16 |
| 2 | Timothy Thomas | Senglea Athletic | 16 |
| 5 | Wéverton Gomes | Pembroke Athleta | 15 |
| 6 | Aidan Agius Gilford | Xghajra Tornados | 14 |
| 7 | Morientes Muscat | St. George's | 13 |
| 7 | Andre Joe Cutajar | Zabbar St.Patrick | 13 |
| 9 | Giovanni Galea | Msida St.Joseph | 12 |
| 10 | David Oliveira Souza | Zabbar St.Patrick | 11 |
| 11 | Andrely Kouessabio Makela | Birzebbuga St.Peter's | 9 |
| 11 | Malcolm Vella Vidal | Mellieħa | 9 |
| 11 | Esquivel Sebastian Perdomo | Senglea Athletic | 9 |
| 14 | Keith Muscat | Birzebbuga St.Peter's | 8 |
| 15 | Jean Paul Formosa | Kalkara United | 7 |
| 15 | Isaac Abela | Kirkop United | 7 |
| 15 | Saturday Nanapere | Mgarr United | 7 |
| 15 | Aidan Azzopardi | Senglea Athletic | 7 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Group | Stadium | Date |
| Saturday Nanapere | Mgarr United | Pembroke Athleta | 5–1 (H) | A | Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar | 4 September 2022 |
| Esquivel Sebastian Perdomo | Senglea Athletic | Santa Venera Lightning | 3–0 (A) | A | Luxol Stadium, Pembroke | 4 September 2022 |
| Morientes Muscat | St. George's | Kirkop United | 4–1 (A) | B | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali | 16 September 2022 |
| Erik Pietribiasi | Gharghur | Mdina Knights | 4–0 (A) | B | Luxol Stadium, Pembroke | 15 October 2022 |
| Andre Joe Cutajar | Zabbar St.Patrick | Ta' Xbiex | 8–0 (H) | A | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali | 28 October 2022 |
| Giovanni Galea | Msida St.Joseph | Mdina Knights | 7–0 (A) | B | Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar | 5 November 2022 |
| Saint Ebisindor Christian | Mgarr United | Ta' Xbiex | 6–0 (A) | A | Luxol Stadium, Pembroke | 6 November 2022 |
| Aidan Agius Gilford | Xghajra Tornados | Mellieha | 3–1 (A) | A | Luxol Stadium, Pembroke | 17 December 2022 |
| Sam Lorn Kind | Luqa St. Andrew's | Mdina Knights | 5–0 (H) | B | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun | 8 January 2023 |
| Timothy Thomas | Senglea Athletic | Ta' Xbiex | 6–0 (H) | A | Luxol Stadium, Pembroke | 28 January 2023 |
| Saint Ebisindor Christian | Mgarr United | Santa Venera Lightnings | 6–1 (A) | A | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali | 24 February 2023 |
| Aidan Agius Gilford | Xghajra Tornados | Qormi | 3–1 (A) | A | Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar | 4 March 2023 |
| Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza$^6$ | Msida St.Joseph | Mdina Knights | 12–0 (H) | B | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun | 10 March 2023 |
| Giovanni Galea | Msida St.Joseph | Mdina Knights | 12–0 (H) | B | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun | 10 March 2023 |
| Wéverton Gomes | Pembroke Athleta | Ta' Xbiex | 4–0 (A) | A | Luxol Stadium, Pembroke | 12 March 2023 |
| Dale Tabone | Kirkop United | Mdina Knights | 7–0 (A) | B | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali | 19 March 2023 |

##### Notes

$^6$ Player scored 6 goals

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Carmelo Caruana | Senglea Athletic | 13 |
| 2 | Jonathan Grech | Żabbar St. Patrick | 12 |
| 3 | Jacob Chircop St John | Mgarr United | 9 |
| 3 | Dean Sciberras | Rabat Ajax | 9 |
| 5 | Clive Caruana | Msida Saint-Joseph | 8 |
| 6 | Andrew Joseph Zammit | Gharghur | 6 |
| 6 | Damian Borg | Qormi / Luqa St. Andrew's | 6 |
| 8 | Leon Seisun | Ghaxaq | 5 |
| 8 | Mario Bartolo | Kalkara United | 5 |
| 8 | Brandon Edward Bartolo | Luqa St. Andrew's | 5 |
| 8 | Miguel Abela | Xgħajra Tornados | 5 |
| 12 | Ryan Micallef | Siggiewi | 4 |
| 12 | Matthew Camilleri | St. George's | 4 |
| 14 | Jonathan Mallia | Kirkop United | 3 |
| 15 | Ristan Schembri | Birzebbuga St. Peter's | 2 |
| 15 | James Magro | Mellieħa | 2 |
| 15 | Andre Spiteri | Msida Saint-Joseph | 2 |
| 15 | Miguel Falzon | Qormi | 2 |
| 15 | Clyde Aquilina | Santa Venera Lightning | 2 |

### Discipline
#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 62
** St. George's
* Most red cards: 6
** Dingli Swallows
** St. George's