The 2017–18 Gozo First Division (known as the BOV GFA First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of the Gozo Football League First Division, the highest division in Gozitan football. The season began on 15 September 2017.
Following a dominant campaign, Victoria Hotspurs ended the season as champions, winning their twelfth title in their history.
Format
The season is composed of a round-robin system where each team plays each other three times, totalling 21 games in total. The seventh-placed team will play a relegation play-off with the second-placed team in the Second Division. Most of the matches are scheduled to be played at the Gozo Stadium, with Sannat Ground and Kerċem Ajax Stadium being used as well.
Teams
Xagħra United are relegated after they finished last the previous season. They are replaced by Għarb Rangers, who won the 2016–17 Second Division title.
Team Home city 2016–17 season Għajnsielem Għajnsielem 3rd Għarb Rangers Għarb 1st (Second Division) Kerċem Ajax Kerċem 4th Nadur Youngsters Nadur 2nd Oratory Youths Victoria 6th S.K. Victoria Wanderers Victoria 7th Victoria Hotspurs Victoria 5th Xewkija Tigers Xewkija 1st
League table
Results Matches 1–14
Teams play each other twice, once assigned as home and once away.
Matches 15–22
Teams play every other team once (either assigned at home or away).
Relegation play-off
A play-off match took place between the seventh-placed team from the First Division, S.K. Victoria Wanderers, and the second-placed team from the Second Division, Sannat Lions, for a place in the 2018–19 GFA First Division.
Season statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Elton da SilvaVictoria Hotspurs192 Darko KrsticNadur Youngsters15 Claudio Antunes PavlidisXewkija Tigers4 Ralph Ebube OkpokwuOratory Youths125 Ognjen RolovićKerċem Ajax11 Stanimir MiloškovićNadur Youngsters Marcelo BarbosaGħarb Rangers8 Luis André de Melo LimaGħajnsielem10 Ige AdeshinaS.K. Victoria Wanderers
Awards Monthly awards
MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayerClubSeptember Rodney ButtigiegXewkija TigersOctober Ferdinando ApapVictoria HotspursNovember Shaun AttardNadur YoungstersDecember Joseph Mario VellaXewkija TigersJanuary Christian MerciecaVictoria HotspursFebruary Alberto XuerebGħajnsielemMarch Marcelo BarbosaGħarb Rangers
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