2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League II

Maltese National Amateur League II
Season2024–25
Dates15 September 2024 – 5 April 2025
ChampionsVictoria Hotspurs
PromotedMqabba F.C.
Matches played96
Goals scored315 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerTimothy John Thomas
(19 Goals)
Biggest home winKalkara 6–0 Santa Venera Lightnings
(24 January 2025)
Biggest away winSanta Venera Lightnings 0–7 Victoria Hotspurs
(4 January 2025)
Highest scoringSanta Venera Lightnings 3–6 St. George's
(22 December 2024)
Longest winning runVictoria Hotspurs
(18 Games)
Longest unbeaten runVictoria Hotspurs
(All season)
Longest winless runSanta Venera Lightnings
(All season)
Longest losing runSanta Venera Lightnings
(12 Games)
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All statistics correct as of 13 May 2025.

The 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League 2 (referred to, for sponsorship reasons, as the IZIBet National Amateur League) occurs between August 2024 and April 2025. This will be the first season since the fourth division returned after four years with three levels of the Football Division League system. The Maltese National Amateur League 2 is Malta's fourth-highest professional football division. The 2024-25 League winners will be promoted to the Maltese National Amateur League.

On 30 April 2024 Victoria Hotspurs from Gozo became a new member of Malta Football Association. They became Gozo's first football club to play in the Maltese Football League.

Teams

Ten teams competed in the 2024-25 League.

Location of clubs that played in the 2024-25 League
Team Location Manager
Dingli Swallows Dingli Nicolai Caruana
Ghaxaq Ghaxaq Conrad Debattista
Kalkara United Kalkara Bruno Menezes Pinheiro
Mdina Knights Mdina Constantin Cristinel Cretu
Mqabba Mqabba Joseph Attard
Santa Venera Lightnings Santa Venera Carmelo Camilleri
Siggiewi Siggiewi Simon Agius
St. George's Cospicua Edmond Lufi
Ta' Xbiex Ta' Xbiex Marc Psaila Soler
Victoria Hotspurs Victoria Oliver Spiteri

Venues

Pembroke Mosta
Luxol Stadium Charles Abela Stadium
Capacity: 600 Capacity: 700
San Pawl il-Baħar Ta' Qali
Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium
Capacity: 800 Capacity: 3,000

Table

Regular Season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Victoria Hotspurs 18 18 0 0 64 7 +57 54 Qualification for the Top Four
2 Mqabba 18 12 3 3 47 22 +25 39
3 St. George's 18 11 3 4 34 19 +15 36
4 Kalkara United 18 11 2 5 36 14 +22 35
5 Dingli Swallows 18 8 3 7 29 33 −4 27
6 Siggiewi 18 6 4 8 16 25 −9 22
7 Ghaxaq 18 6 2 10 30 38 −8 20
8 Mdina Knights 18 6 1 11 18 28 −10 19
9 Ta' Xbiex 18 2 1 15 13 46 −33 7
10 Santa Venera Lightning 18 0 1 17 11 66 −55 1
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, relegation, or teams for relegation play-offs).

Results

Home \ Away DIN GHX KLK MDI MQA SVL SIG STG XBX VCT
Dingli Swallows — 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–3 5–1 2–1 2–4 2–0 0–3
Ghaxaq 1–2 — 1–0 0–1 2–4 4–0 0–0 2–2 4–3 0–4
Kalkara United 1–2 4–3 — 2–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–2
Mdina Knights 0–3[a] 2–0 0–4 — 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1
Mqabba 2–2 5–3 2–0 2–0 — 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–4
Santa Venera Lightning 1–3 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–3 — 1–1 3–6 1–2 0–7
Siggiewi 2–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–4 3–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–2
St. George's 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 — 2–0 0–3[b]
Ta' Xbiex 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–3 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 — 0–6
Victoria Hotspurs 5–0 5–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 6–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2025. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Dingli Swallows were awarded a 3–0 win after the Malta Football Association's Protests Board upheld their protest. Originally, the match ended in a 1–1.[1]
  2. ^ Victoria Hotspurs were awarded a 3–0 win after the Malta Football Association's Protests Board upheld their protest. Originally, St. George's won the game 2–0.[2]

Top Four

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Victoria Hotspurs 21 20 1 0 72 8 +64 61 Promotion to the Maltese National Amateur League I
2 Mqabba 21 13 4 4 50 26 +24 43
3 St. George's 21 12 3 6 37 27 +10 39
4 Kalkara United 21 11 4 6 39 18 +21 37
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2025. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, relegation, or teams for relegation play-offs).

Results

Home \ Away KLK MQA STG VCT
Kalkara United — 0–0 – –
Mqabba – — 3–0 –
St. George's 3–2 – — 0–3
Victoria Hotspurs 1–1 4–0 – —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2025. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 13 May 2025[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Timothy John Thomas Kalkara/Mqabba 19
2 Andres Tenorio Viveros Mqabba 17
Rondinely Roberto Monteiro Victoria Hotspurs
4 Aaron Agius Ghaxaq 16
5 Kurt Borg Victoria Hotspurs 12

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Stadium Date
Aaron Agius Ghaxaq Ta' Xbiex 3–0 (A) Luxol Stadium, Pembroke 19 October 2024
Rondinely Roberto Monteiro Victoria Hotspurs Dingli Swallows 5–0 (H) Sirens Stadium, St. Paul's Bay 27 October 2024
Kurt Borg 4 Ta' Xbiex 6–0 (A) 9 November 2024
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goalss

Clean sheets

As of 31 May 2025[4]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Liam Lagana Kalkara United 11
2 Mario Bartolo Mqabba 10
Adrian Parnis Victoria Hotspurs
4 Clive Caruana St. George's 7
5 Leon Seisun Siggiewi 6

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 4
    • Gaynor D'Amato (Ghaxaq)
  • Most red cards: 1
    • Kane William Micallef (Mdina Knights)
    • Raphael Said (Santa Venera Lightning)
    • Gianluca Borg (St. George's)
    • Jake Schiavone (St. George's)
    • Nicky Vella (Ta' Xbiex)

Club

References

  1. ^ "IZIBET Amateur League 2: Dingli Swallows awarded points after protest". 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ "IZIBET Amateur League 2: Victoria Hotspurs awarded points after protest". 2 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Tables & Statistics". maltafootball.com. 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ "NAL2 Clean Sheets Charts". The Amateur League Corner - Facebook.com. 7 April 2025.
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