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 Pembroke San Pawl il-Baħar Ta' Qali Hamrun Luxol Stadium Sirens Stadium Centenary Stadium Victor Tedesco Stadium Capacity: 600 Capacity: 800 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 1,962
League stage
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Group A Results
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Group B Results
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
Championship play-offs
Championship final
Promotion play-offs
Second-place Promotion Decider
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Play-offs final
Promotion final
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Christian Ebisindor SaintMgarr United202 Erik PietribiasiGharghur16 Jean Pierre Mifsud TriganzaMsida St.Joseph Timothy ThomasSenglea Athletic5 Wéverton GomesPembroke Athleta156 Aidan Agius GilfordXghajra Tornados147 Morientes MuscatSt. George's13 Andre Joe CutajarZabbar St.Patrick9 Giovanni GaleaMsida St.Joseph1210 David Oliveira SouzaZabbar St.Patrick1111 Andrely Kouessabio MakelaBirzebbuga St.Peter's9 Malcolm Vella VidalMellieħa Esquivel Sebastian PerdomoSenglea Athletic14 Keith MuscatBirzebbuga St.Peter's815 Jean Paul FormosaKalkara United7 Isaac AbelaKirkop United Saturday NanapereMgarr United Aidan AzzopardiSenglea Athletic
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Group Stadium Date Saturday NanapereMgarr UnitedPembroke Athleta5–1 (H)ASirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar4 September 2022 Esquivel Sebastian PerdomoSenglea AthleticSanta Venera Lightning3–0 (A)Luxol Stadium, Pembroke Morientes MuscatSt. George'sKirkop United4–1 (A)BCentenary Stadium, Ta' Qali16 September 2022 Erik PietribiasiGharghurMdina Knights4–0 (A)Luxol Stadium, Pembroke15 October 2022 Andre Joe CutajarZabbar St.PatrickTa' Xbiex8–0 (H)ACentenary Stadium, Ta' Qali28 October 2022 Giovanni GaleaMsida St.JosephMdina Knights7–0 (A)BSirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar5 November 2022 Saint Ebisindor ChristianMgarr UnitedTa' Xbiex6–0 (A)ALuxol Stadium, Pembroke6 November 2022 Aidan Agius GilfordXghajra TornadosMellieha3–1 (A)17 December 2022 Sam Lorn KindLuqa St. Andrew'sMdina Knights5–0 (H)BVictor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun8 January 2023 Timothy ThomasSenglea AthleticTa' Xbiex6–0 (H)ALuxol Stadium, Pembroke28 January 2023 Saint Ebisindor ChristianMgarr UnitedSanta Venera Lightnings6–1 (A)Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali24 February 2023 Aidan Agius GilfordXghajra TornadosQormi3–1 (A)Sirens Stadium, San Pawl il-Baħar4 March 2023 Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza6Msida St.JosephMdina Knights12–0 (H)BVictor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun10 March 2023 Giovanni Galea Wéverton GomesPembroke AthletaTa' Xbiex4–0 (A)ALuxol Stadium, Pembroke12 March 2023 Dale TaboneKirkop UnitedMdina Knights7–0 (A)BCentenary Stadium, Ta' Qali19 March 2023 Notes 6 Player scored 6 goals
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Carmelo CaruanaSenglea Athletic132 Jonathan GrechŻabbar St. Patrick123 Jacob Chircop St JohnMgarr United9 Dean SciberrasRabat Ajax5 Clive CaruanaMsida Saint-Joseph86 Andrew Joseph ZammitGharghur6 Damian BorgQormi / Luqa St. Andrew's8 Leon SeisunGhaxaq5 Mario BartoloKalkara United Brandon Edward BartoloLuqa St. Andrew's Miguel AbelaXgħajra Tornados12 Ryan MicallefSiggiewi4 Matthew CamilleriSt. George's14 Jonathan MalliaKirkop United315 Ristan SchembriBirzebbuga St. Peter's2 James MagroMellieħa Andre SpiteriMsida Saint-Joseph Miguel FalzonQormi Clyde AquilinaSanta Venera Lightning
Discipline
Club Most yellow cards: 62 St. George's Most red cards: 6 Dingli Swallows St. George's
External links Official website