Gozo Football League First Division

{{short description|Top division of the Gozo Football League in Malta}}

{{Infobox football league

| name = GFL First Division

| logo =

| pixels =

| country ={{flag|Malta}}

| confed =

| founded = 1937

| teams = 8

| promotion =

| relegation = Second Division

| levels = 1

| domest_cup = G.F.A. Cup
GFA Super Cup
Independence Cup
Freedom Day Cup
First Division Knock-Out

| confed_cup = The FA Trophy Maltese

| champions = Qala Saints

| season = 2024–25

| current = 2025-26 Gozo First Division

| website = [https://gozofa.com/ Official site]

|region={{flag|Gozo}}}}

The Gozitan First Division, known for sponsorship reasons as the BOV GFL First Division, is the top division of the Gozo Football League, the league competition for men's football clubs in Gozo.

The GFL First Division is played on three rounds where each team plays each other once, with a total of 21 games played in total by each team, usually held between the months of September and April. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned league champion, while the bottom club is relegated to the Second Division. A relegation play-off match takes place between the seventh-placed team in the First Division and the second-placed team in the Second Division, with the winner securing a place in the following season's First Division.

The majority of matches are played at the Gozo Stadium and Kercem Arkafort Stadium.

Clubs

= 2022–23 season =

Club !Position in 2021–22 !Top division titles !Last top division title
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
style="text-align:left"\|Għajnsielem	{{ntsh\|2}}2nd	7	2015–16
style="text-align:left;"\|Kerċem Ajax	{{ntsh\|3}}3rd	1	1985–86
style="text-align:left;"\|Nadur Youngsters	{{ntsh\|1}}1st	15	2023–24
style="text-align:left;"\|Oratory Youths	{{ntsh\|6}}6th	5	1959–60
style="text-align:left;"\|Qala Saints	{{ntsh

}1st in Second Division|| 0 ||

|style="text-align:left;"|Sannat Lions || {{ntsh|7}}7th || 10 || 2010–11

|style="text-align:left;"|Victoria Hotspurs || {{ntsh|4}}4th || 13 || 2018–19

|style="text-align:left;"|Xewkija Tigers || {{ntsh|5}}5th || 8 ||2016–17

List of winners by season

class="wikitable" \|+Key
scope="row"\|Club {{small\|(X)}} \|Club name and number of times they had won the title at that point (if more than one)

class="wikitable"

|+Key

scope="row"|Club {{small|(X)}}

|Club name and number of times they had won the title at that point (if more than one)

class="wikitable sortable"

!Season

!Winner{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gozochamp.html |title=Gozo - List of Champions |website=RSSSF |date=13 September 2018 }}

!Runners-up{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gozohist.html |title=Gozo - Final Tables |website=RSSSF |date=5 June 2005 }}

!Third place

align="center"|1937–38

|Victoria Stars

align="center"|1938–39

|Victoria City

|Victoria Stars

|Għajnsielem

align="center"|1939–40

|Xagħra Blue Stars{{efn|name=xaghra-united|Xagħra United were known as Xagħra Blue Stars and Xagħra Young Stars.}}

align="center"|1940–41 to 1943–44

|align="center" colspan="3"|Cancelled due to World War II

align="center"|1944–45

|Victoria Athletics

|Xagħra Blue Stars{{efn|name=xaghra-united}}

|Xewkija Tigers

align="center"|1945–46

|Victoria Athletics {{small|(2)}}

|Xewkija Tigers

|Xagħra Blue Stars{{efn|name=xaghra-united}}

align="center"|1946–47

|Victoria Athletics {{small|(3)}}

align="center"|1947–48

|align="center" colspan="3"|Competition not held

align="center"|1948–49

|Salesian Youths{{efn|name=oratory-youths|Oratory Youths were known as Salesian Youths and Calypsian Bosco Youths.}}

|Victoria Hotspurs

|Għajnsielem

align="center"|1949–50 to 1951–52

|align="center" colspan="3"|Competition not held

align="center"|1952–53

|Salesian Youths{{efn|name=oratory-youths}} {{small|(2)}}

|St. Andrew's

align="center"|1953–54

|align="center" colspan="3"|Competition not held

align="center"|1954–55

|Victoria Athletics {{small|(4)}}

align="center"|1955–56

|align="center" colspan="3"|Competition not held

align="center"|1956–57{{efn|The result of the 1956–57 championship deciding match between Salesian Youths and S.K. Calypsians is unknown.}}

|Salesian Youths{{efn|name=oratory-youths}} {{small|(3)}}

|S.K. Calypsians

|Xewkija Tigers

align="center"|1957–58

|Salesian Youths{{efn|name=oratory-youths}} {{small|(4)}}

|Għajnsielem

|S.K. Calypsians

align="center"|1958–59

|Salesian Youths{{efn|name=oratory-youths}} {{small|(5)}}

|Għajnsielem

|Xewkija United{{efn|name=xewkija-tigers|Xewkija Tigers F.C. were known as Xewkija United}}

align="center"|1959–60

|Salesian Youths{{efn|name=oratory-youths}} {{small|(6)}}

align="center"|1960–61

|align="center" colspan="3"|Competition abandoned due to problems within the GFA

align="center"|1961–62

Gozo Football League First Division

Clubs

= 2022–23 season =

List of winners by season

= Performance by club =

Notes

League appearances and goals

=Appearances=

=Goals=

References

External links