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as an official language. This created pro-British and pro-Italian factions within the Maltese, virtually splitting the population in two. This rivalry now remains subtly in the nation's main political parties, but also in football, where as said before Maltese prefer foreign leagues to the Maltese
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The last decades of the century saw the league format expand to its fourth tier, now with fifty clubs registered in the league. A diverse range of clubs now sharing the trophies in the Maltese league's top tier to contribute to an entertaining and high quality semi-professional football league.
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at the various barracks around Malta at the time. In 1863 a football association was formed which governed rules and regulations for this quickly changing sport, which was still in amateur competition stage and played in an un-scheduled format until 1909 when a league format was introduced.
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In the latest decades, particularly the 1990s the Maltese leagues have not had high attendances except for particular derby matches or league deciders. This has often been attributed to various reasons, including the higher quality of foreign leagues (especially the Italian
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are the notable new force in the Maltese league, after winning their first championship in the year 2000, and the team from Malta's largest town has regularly picked up honours since propelling itself into the history books. Other teams to have made relative impact were
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Most Maltese people prefer to watch English and Italian leagues. This traces its beginning to the nation's political past, where in the 1930s a hot political issue was the
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At present there are a number of clubs with the resources and capability of winning the men's championship trophy, which is now called the Maltese Premier League trophy.
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is a knockout competition for all clubs taking part in league competitions in Malta and Gozo; the winners play the Premier League champions in the
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in the 1940s, doubling the size of the number of registered clubs within ten years. Many of today's familiar names joined the league including
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to a lesser extent. These foreign fandoms generally divert attention from Maltese football to the detriment of the Maltese leagues and the
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to the top tier, a team which has had a strong following ever since getting promoted. A phenomenon also occurred in the lowest tier, where
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Interest in the Maltese league continued throughout the 1950s, 1960's and 1970s with fifteen more clubs joining the league including
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finally come to an end with four clubs taking most of the honours in this decade. The inauguration of the new national stadium,
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Normal league activity resumed in the 1945, after the end of the war with the league format of four teams joining including
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one. During World Cups Maltese generally side with either the English or the Italians. Popular foreign clubs are mainly
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have also made a name for themselves in the women's league, winning a number of titles and wresting dominance from
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Currently the Maltese men's national and official system consists of 54 teams within 4 divisions. These are the
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could have been a reason for this, with a large re-structuring of the Maltese league program to coincide with
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were the main force in the early days of the league, winning 8 titles in a row from 1998 onwards.
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enjoyed a golden age in the 1990s winning five championships and four league cups. A re-juvenated
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is the only league currently in place, with a similar knockout tournament coming with the
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were heavily involved in the North Africa conflict due to its strategic position in the
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who won the league three times in 1983, 1987 and 1988, and won a five league trophies.
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the Youth Leagues (not to be confused with the previous one) - organised by the
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A similar structure follows for the women's temas, albeit smaller in scale. The
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The first Malta Football Association Premier League (1st Division) 1909-1910:
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for boys aged up to 17 (an U20 women's league was trialled unsuccessfully)
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went on to win the Maltese league championship in 1981 and 1982,
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also picked up notable honours. 1995 also saw the start of the
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rule in the mid-19th century. The sport at the time was new to
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won the championship in 1993, as well as two league cups, and
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dominated, winning all but four championships up to 1940. The
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were spent and quickly fell out of the title races, leaving
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did win the league trophy in 1981, but were relegated to
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the Youth League - Commonly known as the Minors' League
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league trophy was implemented in the 1935 season which
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from the Maltese Third Division during season 2009-10
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The fourth season of the women's league, 1998-1999:
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Index

Malta Football Association
men's national team
women's national team
Maltese Cup
Maltese Women's Cup
Maltese Premier League
Maltese Challenge League
Maltese National Amateur League
Maltese Women's League
Men's Champions League
Women's Champions League
Europa League
Europa Conference League
Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA World Cup
Men's European Championship
UEFA Nations League
FIFA Women's World Cup
Women's European Championship
Malta Football Association
Malta
British
England
Malta
men's national football team
women's national team
Maltese Premier League
Maltese Women's League
Maltese

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