2003–04 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2003–04
Champions	Żabbar St. Patrick
Promoted	Żabbar St. Patrick Lija Athletic
Relegated	Tarxien Rainbows Rabat Ajax
Goals scored	293
Average goals/game	3.25
Top goalscorer	Ikechukwu Chibueze (18)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Maltese First Division (known as the MIA First Division for sponsorship reasons) started on 13 September 2003 and finished on 9 May 2004. Marsa and Mosta were relegated from Maltese Premier League. Tarxien Rainbows and San Gwann were promoted from Maltese Second Division with the latter (San Ġwann) having won a promotion playoff against Vittoriosa Stars. St. Patrick were the champions while Lija Athletic were runners-up. Both were promoted to Maltese Premier League. Tarxien Rainbows and Rabat Ajax were relegated to Maltese Second Division with the former having just clinched promotion only to go straight down again.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2003–04 was made up of these teams:

• Lija Athletic
• Marsa
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Naxxar Lions
• Rabat
• San Ġwann
• Senglea Athletic
• Żabbar St. Patrick
• Tarxien Rainbows

Changes from previous season

• Msida Saint-Joseph and Balzan were promoted from the First Division to the Premier League. They were replaced by Marsa and Mosta, both relegated from 2002-03 Maltese Premier League.
• Gozo and Xgħajra Tornados were relegated to the 2003–04 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced by Tarxien Rainbows, champions of 2003–04 Maltese Second Division and San Ġwann, runners-up.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Żabbar St. Patrick (C)	18	10	3	5	35	28	+7	33	Promotion to 2004–05 Maltese Premier League
2	Lija Athletic	18	9	5	4	31	24	+7	32
3	Mqabba	18	8	5	5	29	21	+8	29
4	Senglea Athletic	18	7	5	6	36	28	+8	26
5	Naxxar Lions	18	7	5	6	30	34	−4	26
6	Mosta	18	6	7	5	34	27	+7	25
7	Marsa	18	6	7	5	27	31	−4	25
8	San Ġwann	18	5	6	7	23	24	−1	21
9	Tarxien Rainbows (R)	18	5	5	8	29	33	−4	20	Relegation to 2004–05 Maltese Second Division
10	Rabat Ajax (R)	18	1	4	13	19	43	−24	7

Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

For a complete set of results, see 1

Top scorers

As of 9 May 2004[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ikechukwu Chibueze	Mqabba	18
2	Simon Shead	Tarxien Rainbows	15
3	Chima Dozie	Naxxar Lions	14
4	Mark Tanti	St. Patrick	10
5	Thomas Caruana	St. Patrick	9
	Trevor Thomas	Senglea Athletic
	Ibrahim Tarik	Marsa

References

1. "Malta: MIA First Division 2003/04 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.