2017–18 Gozo First Division

{{Infobox football league season

|season = 2017–18

|dates = 15 September 2017 – 5 May 2018

|competition = Gozo Football League First Division

|winners = Victoria Hotspurs
(12th title)

|relegated = Oratory Youths

|continentalcup1 =

|continentalcup1 qualifiers =

|continentalcup2 =

|continentalcup2 qualifiers =

|league topscorer = Elton da Silva (19 goals)

|biggest home win =

|biggest away win =

|highest scoring =

|matches = 84

|total goals = 320

|prevseason = 2016–17

|nextseason = 2018–19

|updated = 12 May 2018

}}

The 2017–18 Gozo First Division (known as the BOV GFA First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of the Gozo Football League First Division, the highest division in Gozitan football. The season began on 15 September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://gozofa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/GFA-Rem.-1.pdf |title=August & September 2017 Fixtures |publisher=Gozo FA }}

Following a dominant campaign, Victoria Hotspurs ended the season as champions, winning their twelfth title in their history.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-04-30/football/BOV-GFA-Div-I-Victoria-Hotspurs-crowned-Champions-6736189022 |title=BOV GFA Div. I: Victoria Hotspurs crowned Champions |publisher=The Malta Independent |date=30 April 2018 |accessdate=12 May 2018 }}

Format

The season is composed of a round-robin system where each team plays each other three times, totalling 21 games in total. The seventh-placed team will play a relegation play-off with the second-placed team in the Second Division. Most of the matches are scheduled to be played at the Gozo Stadium, with Sannat Ground and Kerċem Ajax Stadium being used as well.

Teams

{{Location map+ |Malta |width=375|float=right |caption=Locations of the 2017–18 GFA First Division teams |places=

{{location map~ |Malta |lat=36.043611 |long=14.243056 |label_size=90|label=Victoria|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Malta |lat=36.026944 |long=14.290278 |label_size=90|label=Għajnsielem|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Malta |lat=36.061111 |long=14.209167 |label_size=90|label=Għarb R.|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Malta |lat=36.040556 |long=14.229722 |label_size=90|label=Kerċem A.|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Malta |lat=36.038056 |long=14.295 |label_size=90|label=Nadur Y.|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Malta |lat=36.033056 |long=14.258333 |label_size=90|label=Xewkija T.|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Malta |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=36.072054 |long=14.358583 |label_size=90|label=Victoria teams
Oratory Y.
S.K. Victoria W.
Victoria H.|position=right}}

}}

Xagħra United are relegated after they finished last the previous season. They are replaced by Għarb Rangers, who won the 2016–17 Second Division title.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Home city

! 2016–17 season

Għajnsielem

| Għajnsielem

| data-sort-value="3"| 3rd

Għarb Rangers

| Għarb

| data-sort-value="8"| 1st (Second Division)

Kerċem Ajax

| Kerċem

| data-sort-value="4"| 4th

Nadur Youngsters

| Nadur

| data-sort-value="2"| 2nd

Oratory Youths

| Victoria

| data-sort-value="6"| 6th

S.K. Victoria Wanderers

| Victoria

| data-sort-value="7"| 7th

Victoria Hotspurs

| Victoria

| data-sort-value="5"| 5th

Xewkija Tigers

| Xewkija

| data-sort-value="1"| 1st

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gozo2018.html RSSSF]

|team1=VCH |team2=NDR |team3=XWK |team4=GĦJ |team5=KRĊ |team6=GĦB |team7=SKVW |team8=ORY

|result1=CHA |result7=RPO |result8=REL

|update=complete

|win_GĦJ=7 |draw_GĦJ=6 |loss_GĦJ=8 |gf_GĦJ=30 |ga_GĦJ=41

|win_GĦB=6 |draw_GĦB=4 |loss_GĦB=11 |gf_GĦB=28 |ga_GĦB=41

|win_KRĊ=7 |draw_KRĊ=5 |loss_KRĊ=9 |gf_KRĊ=34 |ga_KRĊ=50

|win_NDR=13|draw_NDR=1 |loss_NDR=7 |gf_NDR=55 |ga_NDR=39

|win_ORY=3 |draw_ORY=5 |loss_ORY=13 |gf_ORY=28 |ga_ORY=48

|win_SKVW=5|draw_SKVW=4|loss_SKVW=12|gf_SKVW=35|ga_SKVW=47

|win_VCH=19|draw_VCH=1 |loss_VCH=1 |gf_VCH=63 |ga_VCH=15

|win_XWK=10|draw_XWK=2 |loss_XWK=9 |gf_XWK=45 |ga_XWK=37

|status_VCH=C

|status_ORY=R

|name_GĦJ=Għajnsielem

|name_GĦB=Għarb Rangers

|name_KRĊ=Kerċem Ajax

|name_NDR=Nadur Youngsters

|name_ORY=Oratory Youths

|name_SKVW=S.K. Victoria Wanderers

|name_VCH=Victoria Hotspurs

|name_XWK=Xewkija Tigers

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion and UEFA competition places); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.{{cite web |url=http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=1264&view=rules |title=Gozo First Division 2017/2018 - Season rules |work=Scoresway |accessdate=12 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331104022/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=1264&view=rules |archive-date=31 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CHA=green1 |text_CHA=

|col_RPO=red2 |text_RPO=Qualification for the relegation play-off

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to the Gozo FA Second Division

}}

Results

= Matches 1–14 =

Teams play each other twice, once assigned as home and once away.

{{#invoke:sports results|main

| source = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gozo2018.html RSSSF]

| update = complete

| a_note =

| matches_style = FBR

| team1=GĦJ | team2=GĦB | team3=KRĊ | team4=NDR | team5=ORY | team6=SKVW | team7=VCH | team8=XWK

| name_GĦJ=Għajnsielem

| name_GĦB=Għarb Rangers

| name_KRĊ=Kerċem Ajax

| name_NDR=Nadur Youngsters

| name_ORY=Oratory Youths

| name_SKVW=S.K. Victoria Wanderers

| name_VCH=Victoria Hotspurs

| name_XWK=Xewkija Tigers

| match_GĦJ_GĦB = 1–2

| match_GĦJ_KRĊ = 0–2

| match_GĦJ_NDR = 1–4

| match_GĦJ_ORY = 2–2

| match_GĦJ_SKVW = 2–1

| match_GĦJ_VCH = 0–6

| match_GĦJ_XWK = 0–3

| match_GĦB_GĦJ = 0–1

| match_GĦB_KRĊ = 1–1

| match_GĦB_NDR = 0–4

| match_GĦB_ORY = 2–1

| match_GĦB_SKVW = 1–4

| match_GĦB_VCH = 0–1

| match_GĦB_XWK = 1–0

| match_KRĊ_GĦJ = 3–3

| match_KRĊ_GĦB = 5–4

| match_KRĊ_NDR = 0–4

| match_KRĊ_ORY = 1–0

| match_KRĊ_SKVW = 3–2

| match_KRĊ_VCH = 1–3

| match_KRĊ_XWK = 2–4

| match_NDR_GĦJ = 1–0

| match_NDR_GĦB = 3–2

| match_NDR_KRĊ = 3–1

| match_NDR_ORY = 2–1

| match_NDR_SKVW = 5–0

| match_NDR_VCH = 1–3

| match_NDR_XWK = 2–5

| match_ORY_GĦJ = 1–1

| match_ORY_GĦB = 0–0

| match_ORY_KRĊ = 1–2

| match_ORY_NDR = 1–2

| match_ORY_SKVW = 4–3

| match_ORY_VCH = 1–4

| match_ORY_XWK = 0–1

| match_SKVW_GĦJ = 0–0

| match_SKVW_GĦB = 0–2

| match_SKVW_KRĊ = 1–3

| match_SKVW_NDR = 5–2

| match_SKVW_ORY = 2–2

| match_SKVW_VCH = 1–4

| match_SKVW_XWK = 2–4

| match_VCH_GĦJ = 3–3

| match_VCH_GĦB = 2–1

| match_VCH_KRĊ = 5–0

| match_VCH_NDR = 2–0

| match_VCH_ORY = 2–0

| match_VCH_SKVW = 2–0

| match_VCH_XWK = 2–1

| match_XWK_GĦJ = 0–2

| match_XWK_GĦB = 3–0

| match_XWK_KRĊ = 3–2

| match_XWK_NDR = 1–2

| match_XWK_ORY = 5–0

| match_XWK_SKVW = 3–2

| match_XWK_VCH = 0–1

}}

= Matches 15–22 =

Teams play every other team once (either assigned at home or away).

{{#invoke:sports results|main

| source = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gozo2018.html RSSSF]

| update = complete

| a_note =

| matches_style = FBR

| team1=GĦJ | team2=GĦB | team3=KRĊ | team4=NDR | team5=ORY | team6=SKVW | team7=VCH | team8=XWK

| name_GĦJ=Għajnsielem

| name_GĦB=Għarb Rangers

| name_KRĊ=Kerċem Ajax

| name_NDR=Nadur Youngsters

| name_ORY=Oratory Youths

| name_SKVW=S.K. Victoria Wanderers

| name_VCH=Victoria Hotspurs

| name_XWK=Xewkija Tigers

| match_GĦJ_GĦB = —

| match_GĦJ_KRĊ = 2–0

| match_GĦJ_NDR = 1–4

| match_GĦJ_ORY = 3–1

| match_GĦJ_SKVW = —

| match_GĦJ_VCH = —

| match_GĦJ_XWK = 1–1

| match_GĦB_GĦJ = 1–3

| match_GĦB_KRĊ = —

| match_GĦB_NDR = —

| match_GĦB_ORY = —

| match_GĦB_SKVW = —

| match_GĦB_VCH = 2–1

| match_GĦB_XWK = 5–3

| match_KRĊ_GĦJ = —

| match_KRĊ_GĦB = 0–0

| match_KRĊ_NDR = —

| match_KRĊ_ORY = 1–1

| match_KRĊ_SKVW = —

| match_KRĊ_VCH = 0–5

| match_KRĊ_XWK = —

| match_NDR_GĦJ = —

| match_NDR_GĦB = 3–3

| match_NDR_KRĊ = —

| match_NDR_ORY = —

| match_NDR_SKVW = 0–1

| match_NDR_VCH = —

| match_NDR_XWK = 2–3

| match_ORY_GĦJ = —

| match_ORY_GĦB = 4–1

| match_ORY_KRĊ = —

| match_ORY_NDR = 3–5

| match_ORY_SKVW = —

| match_ORY_VCH = —

| match_ORY_XWK = —

| match_SKVW_GĦJ = 2–3

| match_SKVW_GĦB = 1–0

| match_SKVW_KRĊ = 2–2

| match_SKVW_NDR = 5–2

| match_SKVW_ORY = 4–0

| match_SKVW_VCH = —

| match_SKVW_XWK = —

| match_VCH_GĦJ = 4–1

| match_VCH_GĦB = —

| match_VCH_KRĊ = —

| match_VCH_NDR = 3–1

| match_VCH_ORY = 3–0

| match_VCH_SKVW = 4–1

| match_VCH_XWK = —

| match_XWK_GĦJ = —

| match_XWK_GĦB = —

| match_XWK_KRĊ = 1–2

| match_XWK_NDR = —

| match_XWK_ORY = 2–5

| match_XWK_SKVW = 1–1

| match_XWK_VCH = 1–3

}}

Relegation play-off

A play-off match took place between the seventh-placed team from the First Division, S.K. Victoria Wanderers, and the second-placed team from the Second Division, Sannat Lions, for a place in the 2018–19 GFA First Division.

{{football box collapsible

|result =

|nobars = 1

|date = 5 May 2018

|score = 2–0

|time =

|report =

|team1 = S.K. Victoria Wanderers (1)

|team2 = Sannat Lions (2)

|goals1 = A. G. Attard {{goal|37}}
N. Vella {{goal|45+2}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Gozo Stadium

|location = Xewkija

|attendance =

|referee = Trustin Farrugia Cann

|motm =

}}

Season statistics

= Top goalscorers =

{{updated|29 April 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.maltafootball.info/archives/2017-18/tables/gozo-first/scorers.php |title= BOV Gozo Football League First Division 2017–18 |website=MaltaFootball.com |accessdate=13 October 2018 }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

! Player

! Club

! Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Elton da Silva

|align="left"|Victoria Hotspurs

|19

rowspan="2"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Darko Krstic

|align="left"|Nadur Youngsters

|rowspan="2"|15

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Claudio Antunes Pavlidis

|align="left"|Xewkija Tigers

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} Ralph Ebube Okpokwu

|align="left"|Oratory Youths

|12

rowspan="3"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|MNE}} Ognjen Rolović

|align="left"|Kerċem Ajax

|rowspan="3"|11

align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Stanimir Milošković

|align="left"|Nadur Youngsters

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Barbosa

|align="left"|Għarb Rangers

rowspan="2"|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luis André de Melo Lima

|align="left"|Għajnsielem

|rowspan="2"|10

align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} Ige Adeshina

|align="left"|S.K. Victoria Wanderers

Awards

= Monthly awards =

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Month

!colspan="2"|Player of the Month

Player

!Club

September{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the Month - Rodney Buttigieg (Xewkija Tigers) wins September Award |date=2 November 2017 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/bov-gfa-pom-sep17-rodney-buttigieg |work=Bank of Valletta }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{flagicon|Malta}} Rodney Buttigieg

|Xewkija Tigers

October{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the Month - Ferdinando Apap (Victoria Hotspurs) lands October award |date=23 November 2017 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/bov-gfa-pom-oct17-ferdinando-apap |work=Bank of Valletta }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{flagicon|Malta}} Ferdinando Apap

|Victoria Hotspurs

November{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the Month - Shaun Attard (Nadur Youngsters) lands November award |date=29 December 2017 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/gfa-pom-nov17-shaun-attard |work=Bank of Valletta }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{flagicon|Malta}} Shaun Attard

|Nadur Youngsters

December{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the month - Joseph Mario Vella (Xewkija Tigers) wins award for December 2017 |date=4 January 2018 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/bov-gfa-pom-dec17-joseph-mario-vella |work=Bank of Valletta |access-date=12 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202154651/https://www.bov.com//News/bov-gfa-pom-dec17-joseph-mario-vella |archive-date=2 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}

|{{flagicon|Malta}} Joseph Mario Vella

|Xewkija Tigers

January{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the Month - Christian Mercieca (Victoria Hotspurs) wins January Award |date=26 January 2018 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/bov-gfa-pom-jan18-chris-mercieca |work=Bank of Valletta }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{flagicon|Malta}} Christian Mercieca

|Victoria Hotspurs

February{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the Month - February award goes to Ghajnsielem’s Alberto Xuereb |date=10 April 2018 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/bov-gfa-pom-feb18-alberto-xuereb |work=Bank of Valletta }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{flagicon|Malta}} Alberto Xuereb

|Għajnsielem

March{{cite news |title=BOV GFA Player of the Month - Marcelo Barbosa (Għarb Rangers) wins March award |date=16 April 2018 |url=https://www.bov.com/news/bov-gfa-pom-mar18-marcelo-barbosa |work=Bank of Valletta }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Marcelo Barbosa

|Għarb Rangers

References

{{Reflist}}

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{{Maltese football}}

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