Winners of Best Players, Top Scorers and Fair Play Awards

The winners of the Best Players in the various divisions, the Youth League, Women’s League and Futsal, the Top Scorers and the Fair Play Awards were announced during a meeting of the Council of the Malta Football Association on Thursday.

The presentation of these awards will take place during the MFA Annual Football Awards which will be held on Wednesday 4th July.

During the same event, the winner of the Footballer of the Year Award will be announced. The finalists are Jonathan Caruana, William Barbosa and Denni Rocha dos Santos (Valletta), Andrew Cohen and Clayton Failla (Hibernians).

The winners of the various awards were as follows:

Best Players

BOV First Division 1. Darren Falzon (Naxxar), 2. Marcelo Pereira (Vittoriosa), 3. Adam Smeir (Rabat), 4. Zach Muscat (Pietà), 5. Kenneth Abela (Zejtun).
BOV Second Division 1. Simon Shead (Gzira), 2. Peter Xuereb (San Gwann), 3. Andrew Agius (Attard), 4. Warren Cuschieri (St. Venera), 5. Phil Taylor (Mellieha).
BOV Third Division 1. Matthew Spiteri (Fgura), 2. Jason Galea (Santa Lucia), 3. Lydin Cilia (Pembroke), 4. Chris Abela (Mgarr), 5. Haruna Doda (Mtarfa).
Youth League 1. Johann Bezzina (Hibs), 2. Jonathan Bajada (Mosta), 3. Terence Agius (Pietà), 4. Jurgen Borg (Floriana), Clyde Borg (Floriana).
BOV Women’s League 1. Rachel Cuschieri (Birkirkara), 2. Stefania Farrugia (Birkirkara), 3. Brenda Borg (Mgarr), 4. Gabriella Zahra (Birkirkara), 5. Nicole Cutajar (Hamrun).
Futsal 1. Noel Bray (Naxxar Motors), 2. Florin Anton (Excess RP Bidnija), 3. Todorev Boycho Marev (Paola Downtown), 4. Carlos Scicluna (Excess RP Bidnija), 5. Christopher Azzopardi (sportinmalta.com).

Top Scorers

Premier League 1. Obinna Obiefule (Marsaxlokk/Mosta) 34 goals; 2. Edison Luis dos Santos (Hibs) 21 goals; Jorge Pereira da Silva (Qormi) 18 goals.
First Division 1. Darren Falzon (Naxxar) and Marcelo Pereira (Vittoriosa) 14 goals; 3. Kenneth Abela (Zejtun) 13 goals.
Second Division 1. Simon Shead (Gzira) 20 goals; 2. Rumen Kerekov (Kirkop) 18 goals; 3. Trayo Grosev (Gharghur) and Roland Emeka (Senglea) 17 goals.
Third Division 1. Ricardo Severino Goncalves (Fgura) 25 goals; 2. Basil Chibueze (Santa Lucia) 21 goals; 3. Chris Abela (Mgarr) 17 goals.
Women’s First Division 1. Ylenia Carabott (Hibs) 22 goals; 2. Rachel Cuschieri (Birkirkara), Rachel Nolan (Mosta) and Dorianne Theuma (Mosta) 17 goals.
Women’s Second Division 1. Brenda Borg (Mgarr) 33 goals; 2. Roxanne Micallef (Hamrun) 24 goals; 3. Rodianne Zerafa (Zurrieq) 23 goals.
Futsal First Division Alexander Ribic (Excess RP Bidnija) 40 goals.
Futsal Second Division Claude Camilleri (City Boys) 38 goals.
Futsal Third Division Shawn Vella (Ta’ Zwejt Boys) 16 goals.
Futsal Fourth Division Wayne Muscat (Balzan Youths) 45 goals.

Fair Play Awards

Premier League 1. Qormi, 2. Valletta, 3. Hibernians.
First Division 1. Rabat Ajax, 2. Pietà Hotspurs, 3. St. Patrick.
Second Division 1. Gzira United, 2. Zebbug Rangers, 3. Luqa St. Andrew’s.
Third Division 1. Xghajra Tornados, 2. Pembroke Athleta, 3. Marsa.
Youth League 1. Balzan Youths, 2. St. Andrews, 3. Marsa.
Women’s League 1. Tarxien Rainbows, 2. Naxxar Lions, 3. Mgarr United.
Overall Winners 1. Gzira United, 2. Rabat Ajax, 3. Pietà Hotspurs.