Local champions guaranteed two rounds of European football

By virtue of the changes regarding clubs’ access to the UEFA competitions for the four-year cycle 2018-2021, the local club that wins the Premier League will be guaranteed two rounds of European football. This was also announced during a meeting of the MFA Executive Committee on Thursday.

In fact, as from season 2018/19, if the Maltese champions fail to progress from the initial round of the UEFA Champions League, they will go into the UEFA Europa League.

The local champions are expected to enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, the FA Trophy winners would enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League while the runners-up and the third-placed team would enter the Preliminary Round of the UEFA Europa League.