The Maltese Futsal League, (), formerly the Gatorade League but now known as the Enemed Futsal League for sponsorship reasons, is the official professional futsal league in Malta and was founded in 2011. The Maltese futsal championship currently consists of 14 teams. It is organised by the Futsal Malta Association and the Malta Football Association. Prior to a decrease in teams, the league used to be known as the Maltese Futsal Premier Division, which was the highest tier, with a promotion and relegation system tied to the Maltese Futsal First Division.
The league is played entirely in National Sport School in Pembroke, formerly at the Corradino Sports Pavilion.
History
First 'official' five-a-side tournaments were held at Athleta Sliema till 1997. In the early 90s the teams which dominated were Athleta A & B and Ace of Clubs made up mainly of Uni students (AOC first team founded by Peter Micallef, Jonathan Pace and John Mayl). Futsal has been officially played since 1998. The league started in 1999 when three University students, who had organized the unofficial Dr. Stanley's Workshop five-a-side league, contacted the Malta FA. Laboratoires Alta Care were the first well-documented league winner of any Maltese futsal championship. The club won two titles in a row, for the season 2000-01 and 2001-02.
The league was created in 2011. The highest peak saw 4 divisions with over 70 teams. Teams started decreasing when the Futsal Malta Association made requirements more stringent to make the league more professional.
Eventually, with a further decrease in teams, only one division was necessary, which became known as the Maltese Futsal League, as of the 2015–2016 season.
Champions
Key †League champions also won the Maltese Futsal Knockout Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double.
SeasonChampions Runners-upLeague winnerTop league scorerPlayer Nat.Goals1999–2000 Ace Of Clubs2000–01 Laboratoires Alta Care2001–02 Laboratoires Alta Care2002–03 Air Malta Cabine Crew Alta Care Swing Kids (group A) King of Shaves (gr. B)2003–04 RBSM El MundosEl Mundos (group A) RBSM (group B)2004–05 Serbia HiberniansSerbia (Group A) Hibernians (Group B)2005–06 Hibernians Serbia Hibernians (Group A) Serbia (Group B)2006–07 Jeepers Handyman Centre †European Pilot AcademyJeepers Handyman Centre (Group A) European Pilot Academy (Group B)2007–08 Scandals †European Pilot AcademyAluserv2008–09 White Eagles Jeepers Handyman CentreNaxxar Motors2009–10 ZC Excess †Naxxar MotorsNaxxar Motors ?2010–11 ZC Excess Paola DowntownZC Excess 422011–12 Excess RP Bidnija †Naxxar MotorsExcess RP Bidnija 402012–13 Hibernians BalzanBalzan2013–14 Balzan †Hibernians Hibernians 47+2014–15 Luxol BalzanLuxol 2015–16 Valletta 2016–17 Luxol 752017–18 Valletta LuxolLuxol2018–19 Luxol †Valletta2019–20 Luxol VallettaLuxolMark Zammit 102020–21 Luxol2021–22 Luxol2022–23 Luxol2023–24 Luxol †University of Malta ACJ GroupUniversity of Malta ACJ Group2024–25 LuxolSwieqi United LEC07Ezequiel Alarcón 242025–26
Performance by club Club Champions Runners-up Third place
2016–2017 season
In the 2016–17 season, the FMA reopened to independent teams not part of a football club from within the Maltese football league system.
Format There are 14 teams which shall play each other once. After this round, the teams split into the top 6 teams, known as the Elite pool, and the remainder play in the Division One pool. The Elite teams play each other once again and the first 4 after this round, enter a knockout playoff stage. The winner of the playoff stage enters the UEFA Futsal League cup.
Teams Birzebbuga St. Peter's Futsal Selection U18 Futsal Selection U19 Gzira United Santa Margerita Marsascala Futsal Sliema Futsal Fort Fitness Luxol Futsal Swieqi Utd Futsal Ta' Xbiex University of Malta Students' Futsal Team ŻRQ Bormla
2025-2026 season
Format There are 9 teams which shall play each other once. After this round, the teams split into the top 5 teams, known as the Malta Futsal Premier League, and the remaining 4 play in the Malta Futsal Challenge League. The Elite teams play each other once again and the first 4 after this round, enter a knockout playoff stage while the fifth place team enters the playoff structure to compete for the Malta Futsal Challenge League Trophy. The winner of the playoff stage enters the UEFA Futsal League cup.
Teams In order after the first round:
Malta Futsal Premier League:
Luxol Futsal University of Malta Students' Futsal Team Marsascala Futsal Birzebbuga St. Peter's Żejtun Corinthians Futsal WA
Malta Futsal Challenge League:
Futsal Selection U19 Sliema Fort Fitness Santa Venera Futsal Futsal Selection U17
References
External links Futsal Malta Association Malta Football Association