The 2023–24 Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the
BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-level league football in Malta. It is the fourth season that the competition has been running in its present form.
The top two teams (
Melita and
Żabbar St. Patrick) were promoted to the
2024–25 Maltese Premier League
The 2024–25 Maltese Premier League was the 110th season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began on 16 August 2024 and ended on 10 May 2025.
Teams
The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous sea ...
. The bottom four teams (
Msida Saint-Joseph and three others) will be relegated to the
2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League.
Teams
The league consisted of sixteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, four teams promoted from the
2022-23 Maltese National Amateur League
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, and two teams relegated from the
2022-23 Maltese Premier League.
Team changes
The following teams have changed divisions since the 2022–23 season:
To Maltese Challenge League
Promoted from
Maltese National Amateur League
The Maltese National Amateur League I (referred to as the IZIBet Amateur League for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division in Football in Malta, Maltese football, replacing the Maltese Second Division and Maltese Third Division durin ...
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Luqa St. Andrew's
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Msida Saint-Joseph
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Senglea Athletic
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Zabbar St. Patrick
Relegated from the
Maltese Premier League
The Maltese Premier League, known as 360Sports Malta Premier for sponsorship reasons with 360Sports (colloquialism, colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Foot ...
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Pietà Hotspurs
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Żebbuġ Rangers
From
Maltese Challenge League
The Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the Bank of Valletta, BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division in Football in Malta, Maltese football, behind the Maltese Premier League. The First Division was th ...
Promoted to the
Maltese Premier League
The Maltese Premier League, known as 360Sports Malta Premier for sponsorship reasons with 360Sports (colloquialism, colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Foot ...
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Sliema Wanderers
Sliema Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed "tax-Xelin" ( of the shilling), is a professional Maltese football club. It is the most successful team in Malta and hails from the seaside town of Sliema. It currently plays in the Maltese Premier Leagu ...
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Naxxar Lions
Naxxar Lions Football Club is a professional football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta.
Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because th ...
Relegated to
Maltese National Amateur League
The Maltese National Amateur League I (referred to as the IZIBet Amateur League for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division in Football in Malta, Maltese football, replacing the Maltese Second Division and Maltese Third Division durin ...
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Marsaskala
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Originally a fishing village, it has grown into a tourist destination and a permanent hometown for an ever-growing population. ...
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Mqabba
Mqabba () is a town in the Western Region of Malta. It has a traditional Maltese village layout, with a population of about 3,339 inhabitants, as of January 2019. The focal point is the Parish Church of the Assumption, found at the core of the v ...
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Mtarfa
Mtarfa () is a small town in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 2,572 as of March 2014. It was considered to be a suburb of Rabat until 2000, when it became a separate local council.
History
A number of historic silos were disc ...
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Qrendi
Qrendi () is a village in the Western Region, Malta, Western Region of Malta, with a population of 3,148 people as of October 2021. It is located close to Mqabba, Żurrieq and Siġġiewi. Within its boundaries are the two Neolithic temples of ...
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San Gwann
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Vittoriosa Stars
Kits
Managerial changes
Venues
On 29 January 2024. The
Malta Football Association
The Malta Football Association (MFA; ) is the governing body of football (soccer), football in Malta.
The Association organises the Maltese Football League for both men and women and several other competitions, including knockout competitions ...
introduced another three stadiums
Charles Abela Stadium,
Luxol Stadium
The Luxol Stadium is a stadium in Pembroke, Malta, opened on 26 May 2006. It was built at a cost of Lm 350,000 with an artificial turf surface and floodlighting. It is the home ground of Maltese football club St. Andrews F.C., who currently play ...
and
Sirens Stadium
The Sirens Stadium is a stadium in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. It originally opened in 1970 with a sandy pitch, but introduced a new artificial pitch in 2011. It is the home ground of Maltese Premier League club Sirens F.C. It is also used by all Sire ...
due to the final fixture of the first round that played five matches at the same time.
Regular season
During the regular season, each team plays each other once (either at home or at away). The top six teams qualify for the
Top Six
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, while the bottom ten teams qualify for the
Play-Out.
League table
Results
Second phase
Top Six
The top six teams from the regular season face each other twice more (once at home and once away), with the top two teams earning promotion to the 2024–25 Maltese Premier League
The 2024–25 Maltese Premier League was the 110th season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began on 16 August 2024 and ended on 10 May 2025.
Teams
The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous sea ...
. Results from the regular season were carried over into this round.
League table
Results
Play-Out
The bottom ten teams from the regular season face each other for the second time (either at home or away), with the bottom four teams being relegated to the 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League. Results from the regular season were carried over into this round.
League table
Results
Relegation tie-breaker
With both St. Andrews and Luqa St. Andrew's level on 28 points, a play-off match was conducted to the looser will be Relegation to the 2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League.
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
;Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
Discipline
Player
* Most yellow cards: 12
** Camilo Del Castillo Escobar (Attard)
* Most red cards: 2
** Lucas Vinicius Viana Prati (Lija Athletic)
** Josmar Galea (Żejtun Corinthians)
Club
* Most yellow cards: 63
** Swieqi United
**Żurrieq
Żurrieq ( ) is a town in the Western Region of Malta. It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and has a population of 11,823 inhabitants as of March 2014. Żurrieq is one of the 10 parishes to be documented in 1436 and is dedicated to S ...
* Most red cards: 6
** Lija Athletic
References
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2023–24 in European second-tier association football leagues
Challenge League