After being relegated from the Premier League, Dingli Swallows and Msida St. Joseph will be facing each other in the first game of the BOV First Division. The league will kick-off on October 23 and will come to an end on May 1.
Matches will be played usually four each weekend. There will be no matches between December 20 and January 7.
Newly promoted St. Andrews and Lija Athletic face St. George’s and Pietà Hotspurs respectively. The other matches for Day 1 are: Mosta vs Balzan Youths and Melita vs Mqabba.
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However the season for Division 1 clubs will start on September 18 with the first matches from the Maltco Lotteries First Division Knock-Out. The group stage will in fact be played between September 18 and October 17. The semi-finals are scheduled for May 7 and the final for May 13.
The first round of the U*BET FA Trophy will be played on November 13 and 14. The second round is scheduled for December 8, the quarter-finals for March 18 and 19, semi-finals for May 14 and 15 and the final for May 22.
The match sequence for the BOV First Division is as follows:
St. Andrews: STG – BAL – DIN – LIJ – MEL – MQA – PIE – MSI – MOS
St. George’s: STA – DIN – MEL – PIE – MOS – BAL – LIJ – MQA – MSI
Mosta: BAL – LIJ – MQA – MSI – STG – DIN – MEL – PIE – STA
Balzan Youths: MOS – STA – LIJ – MQA – MSI – STG – DIN – MEL – PIE
Dingli Swallows: MSI – STG – STA – MEL – PIE – MOS – BAL – LIJ – MQA
Msida St. Joseph: DIN – MEL – PIE – MOS – BAL – LIJ – MQA – STA – STG
Melita: MQA – MSI – STG – DIN – STA – PIE – MOS – BAL – LIJ
Mqabba: MEL – PIE – MOS – BAL – LIJ – STA – MSI – STG – DIN
Pietà Hotspurs: LIJ – MQA – MSI – STG – DIN – MEL – STA – MOS – BAL
Lija Athletic: PIE – MOS – BAL – STA – MQA – MSI – STG – DIN – MEL