The 2023–24 Maltese Premier League was the 109th season of top-flight league

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. The season began on 15 September 2023 and ended in April 2024. The season saw the relegation of

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, one of the most historic teams in Maltese football, for the first time in their history while bearing this name. The Maltese Premier League saw a 22% increase in attendance, with the Floriana versus Ħamrun Spartans match on 27 April drawing the largest crowd of 9,090 spectators.

Teams

The league consisted of fourteen teams; the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League. Ħamrun Spartans entered the season as defending champions. Sliema Wanderers and Naxxar Lions were promoted and returned to the Maltese Premier League after one and five years of absence, respectively. They replaced the 2022–23 Maltese Premier League bottom two teams, Pietà Hotspurs and Żebbuġ Rangers (both relegated after one year in the top flight). On 13 April 2023, The

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announced that four clubs would be relegated to the Maltese Challenge League at the end of the season, as the number of clubs would be reduced to twelve starting from the 2024–25 season. As a result, the Maltese Premier League play-off was scrapped for this season, and this was the last season to consist of fourteen teams.

Venues

On 29 April 2024, the

introduced another stadium,

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due to the final fixture of the season that played four matches at the same time.

Personnel and kits

* Additionally, referee kits are made by Macron

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes ⁴ Player scored 4 goalss

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 11 ** Evans Damian Aneni (Mosta) * Most red cards: 2 ** Ali Diakite (Birkirkara)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 66 ** Sliema Wanderers * Most red cards: 6 ** Sliema Wanderers

Monthly awards

References

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