The 2017–18 season was Valletta's twenty-fourth title-winning season in the Maltese Premier League and the 14th as the Maltese FA Trophy winners. They were, however, eliminated in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, losing out to FC Utrecht, after having already dispatched SS Folgore Falciano Calcio of San Marino in the first qualifying round.

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Valletta won 3-0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Utrecht won 3-1 on aggregate.

BOV Premier League

Results

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersReport119 August 2017MostaCentenary Stadium1–0712Pani 45' (pen)Report225 August 2017Senglea AthleticCentenary Stadium1–0Mifsud 34'Report310 September 2017Naxxar LionsNational Stadium0–0Report417 September 2017Sliema WanderersNational Stadium1–0Ašćerić 14'Report524 September 2017BalzanNational Stadium1–2979Santiago 5'Report629 September 2017BirkirkaraNational Stadium3–0Mifsud 12', Nwoko 31', Denni 62'Report713 October 2017Lija AthleticVictor Tedesco Stadium4–2879Piciollo (2) 11', 61', Denni 32', Nwoko 46'Report821 October 2017Tarxien RainbowsCentenary Stadium6–0805Gill 10', Nwoko (2) 34', 83', Santiago 45', Piciollo 51', Fenech 80'Report928 October 2017St. AndrewsCentenary Stadium3–0Denni 6', Je. Borg 21', Piciollo 33'Report105 November 2017HiberniansNational Stadium0–02,087Report1119 November 2017Ħamrun SpartansNational Stadium0–02,521Report1226 November 2017FlorianaNational Stadium1–03,681Piciollo 80'Report1310 December 2017Gżira UnitedHibernians Stadium1–2914Denni 66' (pen)Report1416 December 2017MostaHibernians Stadium1–0Denni 4'Report156 January 2018Senglea AthleticHibernians Stadium1–0775Denni 59' (pen)Report1613 January 2018Naxxar LionsVictor Tedesco Stadium1–0955Santiago 23'Report1726 January 2018Sliema WanderersCentenary Stadium1–1Prosa 82'Report184 February 2018BalzanNational Stadium0–02,023Report1912 February 2018Lija AthleticCentenary Stadium3–1Prosa 34', Alba (2) 65', 74'Report2025 February 2018BirkirkaraNational Stadium0–04,013Report213 March 2018Tarxien RainbowsNational Stadium2–0721Santiago 51', Piciollo 55'Report2211 March 2018HiberniansNational Stadium2–12,571Santiago 25', Prosa 30'Report2317 March 2018St. AndrewsNational Stadium1–0734Mifsud 90+4'Report248 April 2018Ħamrun SpartansNational Stadium3–02,690Nwoko (2) 33', 78', Santiago 41'Report2514 April 2018FlorianaNational Stadium1–1Piciollo 9'Report2621 April 2018Gżira UnitedNational Stadium2–13,561Piciollo 7', Saleh 65'Report

League table

The FA Trophy

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersReportR32 December 2017Senglea AthleticCentenary Stadium2–0Saleh 27', Mifsud 29'ReportR421 January 2018Pietà HotspursNational Stadium1–01,146R. Camilleri 2'ReportQuarter-final17 February 2018Żejtun CorinthiansNational Stadium2–0Nwoko 25', S. Borg 70'ReportSemi-final29 April 2018BalzanNational Stadium2–12,472Denni 80' (pen), Piciollo 82'ReportFinal5 May 2018BirkirkaraNational Stadium2–17,011Nwoko 41', Santiago 79'Report

Squad statistics First Team No.Pos.NameBOV Premier LeagueUEFA Europa LeagueThe FA TrophyTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Henry Bonello2404040320304DF Steve Borg22041413021125DF Ryan Camilleri2504031321306DF Juan Cruz Gill16(2)1402(2)022(4)1308MF Santiago Malano24(2)6424132(2)9109FW Michael Mifsud8(10)3402(1)114(11)4209FW Kenny Spagnol00000000009FW Ryan Tonna000000000010MF Roderick Briffa000(4)0000(4)01010FW Matteo Piciollo19(3)8004123(3)93010DF Paul Chircop000000000011FW Orson Mackay000000000011DF Gianluca Borg000000000011MF Shaun Dimech000000000011DF Jake Borg000000000013GK Nicky Vella200010300013GK Andre Spiteri000000000014FW Kyrian Nwoko14(12)60(4)04218(16)81015FW Russell Fenech0(2)1000(1)00(3)11016DF Jean Borg16(6)10(4)01(3)017(13)13017MF Uchenna Umeh7(4)0401(1)012(5)03017DF Miguel Ghigo000000000018MF Jurgen Suda000000000018DF Enmy Peña10(1)0004014(1)03019DF Joseph Zerafa18(1)0405029(1)014120MF Matthew Spiteri000000000020MF Raed Ibrahim Saleh24100412821021MF Denni9(9)6001(2)110(11)74022MF Nicholas Pulis0(5)0000(2)00(7)00023MF Claudio Pani8(4)1403015(4)16123DF Daniel Camilleri000000000024MF Rowen Muscat10(8)0003(1)013(9)03024MF Jeremy Micallef000000000025DF Leonard Farrugia000000000027FW Maximiliano Velasco004100410027FW Miguel Alba11200401525029GK Maverick Buhagiar000000000090DF Romeu5(1)0401010(1)03099FW Nikola Ašćerić510000512099FW Albert Prosa8(2)3000(2)08(4)310

Transfers

In DatePos.NameFromFee14 June 2017FW Kyrian Nwoko St. AndrewsFree15 June 2017GK Henry Bonello BirkirkaraFree16 June 2017DF Joseph Zerafa BirkirkaraFree14 July 2017MF Raed Ibrahim Saleh FanjaFree17 July 2017MF Denni Sliema WanderersFree1 August 2017MF Benjamin Giles Debrincat Swieqi UnitedFree16 August 2017FW Nikola Ašćerić Tokushima VortisFree24 August 2017FW Matteo Piciollo FlorianaFree6 December 2017FW Albert Prosa FCI TallinnFree5 January 2018DF Enmy Peña St. AndrewsFree11 January 2018FW Miguel Alba Gimnasia y TiroFree

Out DatePos.NameToFee1 June 2017FW Jhonnattann Al-BatinFree18 June 2017FW Luke Montebello BirkirkaraFree3 July 2017MF Ennio HamutenyaUnattachedReleased5 July 2017MF Llywelyn Cremona BirkirkaraFree7 July 2017DF Leon Camilleri Gudja UnitedFree9 July 2017GK Dziugas Bartkus ŽalgirisFree10 July 2017FW Tomas Radzinevičius Spartak ChrastavaFree11 July 2017DF Ian Azzopardi Senglea AthleticFree23 July 2017MF Matthew Spiteri Tarxien RainbowsFree31 July 2017FW Maximiliano VelascoUnattachedReleased1 August 2017FW Dasser Sammut QrendiFree5 August 2017FW Isaac Zammit Swieqi UnitedFree10 August 2017FW Kurt Borg Żabbar St. Patrick Free16 August 2017DF Leandro Aguirre Gimnasia y EsgrimaFree17 August 2017MF Roderick Briffa Gżira UnitedFree20 November 2017FW Kenny Spagnol Żejtun CorinthiansFree23 January 2018DF Daniel Camilleri Swieqi UnitedFree26 January 2018FW Nikola Ašćerić PAS Lamia 1964Free8 May 2018MF DenniUnattachedReleased

Loan out Date fromDate toPos.NameTo2 July 201730 April 2018MF Bjorn Bondin Qrendi8 July 201730 April 2018DF Fabio Muscat Msida St. Joseph20 July 201730 April 2018DF Brandon Grech Qormi22 July 201730 April 2018DF Miguel Attard Żebbuġ Rangers28 July 20171 December 2017DF Kieron Grima Qormi31 July 201730 April 2018FW Terence Scerri Senglea Athletic11 August 201728 December 2017MF Jurgen Suda Żebbuġ Rangers31 August 20173 January 2018MF Cleavon Frendo Fgura United28 September 201730 April 2018FW Isaac McCarthy Lija Athletic2 January 201831 May 2018DF Leonard Farrugia Mqabba4 January 201830 April 2018MF Jurgen Suda Senglea Athletic4 January 201830 April 2018MF Dario Tabone Vittoriosa Stars19 January 201830 April 2018MF Cleavon Frendo Marsaxlokk

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