1999–2000 Maltese Premier League

Football competitionOctober 2018 1999–2000 24 August 1999 – 29 April 2000 Maltese Premier League Birkirkara(1st title) GozoŻurrieq Champions League Birkirkara UEFA Cup Sliema WanderersValletta UEFA Intertoto Cup Floriana Michael Mifsud (21 goals) 132 462 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 Maltese Premier League (known as the Rothmans Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 85th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Birkirkara F.C. won the championship. Teams Malta 300 right Locations of the 1999–2000 Maltese Premier League teams Malta 35.896667 14.4625 Birkirkara 80 left Malta 35.893333 14.505833 Floriana 80 bottom Malta 35.872778 14.5075 Hibernians 80 bottom Malta 36.038349 14.256160 Gozo 80 top Malta 35.915 14.444722 Naxxar L. 80 top Malta 35.893056 14.493611 Pietà H. 80 top Malta 35.881667 14.398889 Rabat A. 80 bottom Malta 35.912222 14.504167 Sliema W. 80 right Malta 35.898373 14.512216 Valletta 80 right Malta 35.832790 14.472729 Żurrieq 80 bottom The following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season: Gozo Żurrieq From the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division: St. Patrick Ħamrun Spartans First phase League table main WDL Q BIR Birkirkara VAL Valletta FLO Floriana SLI Sliema Wanderers PIE Pietà Hotspurs HIB Hibernians NAX Naxxar Lions GOZ Gozo ZUR Żurrieq RAB Rabat Ajax 15 2 1 39 9 13 1 4 58 22 11 1 6 35 24 10 3 5 41 23 7 5 6 33 36 5 7 6 28 25 4 4 10 27 40 3 5 10 14 29 3 3 12 20 55 2 3 13 19 51 green1 Qualification for the Top Six CG CG CG CG CG CG red2 Qualification for the Play-out RG RG RG RG complete RSSSF Results main RSSSF complete FBR BKR FRN GZO HIB NXR PTA RBT SLM VLT ŻRQ Birkirkara Floriana Gozo Hibernians Naxxar Lions Pietà Hotspurs Rabat Ajax Sliema Wanderers Valletta Żurrieq 2-1 2-0 2-0 5-2 3-1 4-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 5-1 2-0 2-0 2-2 4-3 1-0 3-1 3-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-1 3-1 3-3 2-2 3-0 1-1 3-2 1-2 1-5 3-0 2-1 0-0 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-4 3-0 0-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-5 2-1 0-2 1-4 2-1 0-3 2-3 2-2 0-2 0-9 1-3 0-1 2-1 4-1 3-3 3-0 2-3 3-1 1-3 5-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 3-0 5-3 2-1 1-2 9-1 1-4 1-2 1-1 2-1 2-2 1-4 1-1 2-7 0-6 Second phase Top Six thumb|300px|right|Floriana-Pieta Hotspurs at Ta'Qali The teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Top Six, and the points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Birkirkara 24 points, Valletta 20, Floriana 17, Sliema Wanderers 17, Pietà Hotspurs 13 and Hibernians 11. main WDL Q BKR Birkirkara SLM Sliema Wanderers VLT Valletta FRN Floriana PTA Pietà Hotspurs HIB Hibernians 7 1 2 22 5 C 7 1 2 21 13 5 1 4 17 14 3 1 6 15 20 3 0 7 12 21 3 0 7 9 23 24 17 20 17 13 11 true 110 FBR 1-1 0-1 5-0 2-0 2-1 0-3 3-0 2-0 4-5 0-2 0-2 2-1 0-3 2-5 2-1 1-0 2-3 4-0 0-3 0-2 0-2 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-5 3-0 2-1 4-2 1-2 green1 Qualification for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League CL blue1 Qualification for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup UC UC #ccccff Qualification for the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup IC complete RSSSF Play-out The teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the play-out and at the end of the phase the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Naxxar Lions 8 points, Gozo 7, Zurrieq 6, Rabat Ajax 5. main WDL R 7 NXR Naxxar Lions RBT Rabat Ajax GZO Gozo ŻRQ Żurrieq 4 1 1 17 9 3 3 0 15 11 1 2 3 8 10 R 1 0 5 12 22 R 8 5 7 6 true 110 FBR 1-3 0-0 3-1 1-0 3-3 6-2 1-1 3-2 5-3 4-3 0-2 2-3 red1 Relegation to the 2000–01 Maltese First Division R R complete RSSSF Season statistics thumb|upright|Sliema Wanderers' Michael Mifsud finished as the league top scorer with 21 goals. Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://archive.malta-football.com/archives/1999-2000/table.shtmlml Rothmans Premier League MaltaFootball.com 16 August 2022 1MLT Michael MifsudSliema Wanderers212MLT Gilbert AgiusValletta17MLT Stefan GiglioValletta4BUL Nikolai KirilovŻurrieq15FR Yugoslavia Nenad VeseljiValletta6MLT Michael GaleaBirkirkara14DR Congo Rufin ObaFlorianaNGR Orosco AnonamNaxxar Lions9MLT Malcolm LicariPietà Hotspurs1210ALB Edmond LufiPietà Hotspurs11 References External links Official website Association football Malta Category:Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Category:1999–2000 in Maltese football