2004–05 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2004–05
Champions	Hamrun Spartans
Promoted	Hamrun Spartans Mosta
Relegated	Balzan Youths Gozo FC
Goals scored	279
Average goals/game	3.1
Top goalscorer	Jeremiah Ani (18)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The Maltese First Division 2004–05 (known as BOV First Division 2004-05 for sponsorship reasons) started on 5 September 2004 and finished on 15 May 2005.Balzan and Hamrun were relegated from the Premier League.St.Georges and Gozo were promoted from Maltese Second Division with the latter(Gozo) having won a promotion playoff against Gzira to clinch promotion.Hamrun were champions and Mosta were runners-up.Both teams were promoted to the Maltese Premier League.Balzan having just got relegated from Premier League were once again relegated this time to the Maltese Second Division alongside Gozo.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2004–05 was made up of these teams:

• Balzan
• Gozo
• Hamrun
• Marsa
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Naxxar
• San Gwann
• Senglea
• St.George's

Changes from previous season

• St. Patrick and Lija Athletic were promoted from the First Division to the Premier League.They were replaced by Balzan Youths and Hamrun Spartans,both relegated from Maltese Premier League 2003-04.
• Tarxien Rainbows and Rabat Ajax were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2004-05.They were replaced by St. George's, champions of Maltese Second Division 2003-04 and Gozo FC,runners-up.

Final League Table 2004-05

P	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hamrun Spartans (C)	18	10	5	3	30	19	35
2	Mosta	18	9	5	4	37	24	32
3	Mqabba	18	9	4	5	33	19	31
4	Senglea Athletics	18	7	7	4	31	27	28
5	Marsa	18	7	5	6	38	33	26
6	San Gwann	18	6	5	7	21	27	23
7	Naxxar Lions	18	7	2	9	29	35	23
8	St. Georges	18	6	6	6	23	25	22
9	Balzan Youths (R)	18	5	3	10	23	31	18
10	Gozo FC (R)	18	1	4	13	14	39	7

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

	Champions and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2005-06
	Runners-up and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2005-06
	Relegation to Maltese Second Division 2005-06

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
18	Jeremiah Ani	Naxxar
16	Uchenna Anywanna	Mqabba
13	Ikechukwu Chibueze	Mosta
12	Stefan Sultana	Hamrun
	Gilbert Martin	Marsa

2004/2005 Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Balzan	Gozo	Hamrun	Marsa	Mosta	Mqabba	Naxxar	San Gwann	Senglea	St.Georges
Balzan		5-0	1-1	3-2	1-2	1-3	1-3	2-0	0-0	1-3
Gozo	1-2		1-0	1-2	1-2	1-1	0-3	0-1	1-2	0-3
Hamrun	1-0	0-0		2-1	3-2	3-2	4-2	3-4	2-1	2-0
Marsa	2-2	5-1	1-1		3-1	1-3	1-2	2-2	5-4	2-2
Mosta	3-1	3-2	1-0	3-1		2-1	2-3	6-0	3-3	0-0
Mqabba	2-0	5-2	0-0	0-1	0-3		2-1	2-0	3-0	3-0
Naxxar	3-0	2-1	1-3	1-3	2-2	1-0		0-1	1-1	1-3
San Gwann	0-1	0-0	0-2	3-1	1-1	1-1	4-1		1-2	0-0
Senglea	2-1	1-0	1-1	1-1	2-1	2-2	5-2	1-2		1-1
St.Georges	3-1	2-2	1-2	1-4	0-0	0-3	2-0	2-1	1-2