Gozo Football League First Division
Introduction 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.
Clubs === 2022–23 season ===ClubPosition in 2021–22Top division titlesLast top division titleGħajnsielem  2nd  7  2015–16Kerċem Ajax  3rd  1  1985–86Nadur Youngsters  1st  13  2021–22Oratory Youths  6th  5  1959–60Qala Saints  1st in Second Division 0  Sannat Lions  7th   10  2010–11Victoria Hotspurs  4th  13  2018–19Xewkija Tigers  5th  8 2016–17
List of winners by season +KeyClub Club name and number of times they had won the title at that point (if more than one)SeasonWinnerRunners-upThird place1937–38Victoria Stars1938–39Victoria CityVictoria StarsGħajnsielem1939–40Xagħra Blue Stars1940–41 to 1943–44''Cancelled due to World War II''1944–45Victoria AthleticsXagħra Blue StarsXewkija Tigers1945–46Victoria Athletics Xewkija TigersXagħra Blue Stars1946–47Victoria Athletics 1947–48''Competition not held''1948–49Salesian YouthsVictoria HotspursGħajnsielem1949–50 to 1951–52''Competition not held''1952–53Salesian Youths St. Andrew's1953–54''Competition not held''1954–55Victoria Athletics 1955–56''Competition not held''1956–57Salesian Youths S.K. CalypsiansXewkija Tigers1957–58Salesian Youths GħajnsielemS.K. Calypsians1958–59Salesian Youths GħajnsielemXewkija United1959–60Salesian Youths 1960–61''Competition abandoned due to problems within the GFA''1961–62Victoria HotspursNadur YoungstersSt. George's1962–63Victoria Hotspurs Xagħra Young StarsNadur Youngsters1963–64Xagħra Young Stars Nadur YoungstersVictoria Hotspurs1964–65Victoria Hotspurs Nadur YoungstersS.K. Victoria Wanderers1965–66Victoria Hotspurs S.K. CalypsiansNadur Youngsters1966–67Victoria Hotspurs Nadur YoungstersS.K. Calypsians1967–68Nadur YoungstersGħajnsielemVictoria Hotspurs1968–69S.K. CalypsiansGħajnsielemNadur Youngsters1969–70GħajnsielemVictoria HotspursNadur Youngsters1970–71Għajnsielem S.K. CalypsiansXewkija Tigers1971–72Għajnsielem Oratory YouthsVictoria Hotspurs1972–73Għajnsielem Nadur YoungstersVictoria Hotspurs1973–74Għajnsielem Victoria HotspursS.K. Calypsians1974–75Xewkija TigersSannat LionsGħajnsielem1975–76Sannat LionsXewkija TigersGħajnsielem1976–77Sannat Lions GħajnsielemVictoria Hotspurs1977–78Sannat Lions Nadur YoungstersGħajnsielem1978–79Victoria UnitedSannat LionsVictoria Hotspurs1979–80Victoria Hotspurs Sannat LionsVictoria United1980–81Sannat Lions Victoria UnitedCalypsian Bosco Youths1981–82Sannat Lions 1982–83Xewkija Tigers Victoria HotspursSannat Lions1983–84Xewkija Tigers Sannat LionsCalypsian Bosco Youths1984–85Victoria Hotspurs Xewkija TigersCalypsian Bosco Youths1985–86Kerċem AjaxXewkija TigersSannat Lions1986–87Sannat Lions Victoria Hotspurs Xagħra United1987–88Sannat Lions Victoria Hotspurs Xagħra United1988–89Xagħra United Sannat Lions Xewkija Tigers1989–90Sannat Lions Xagħra UnitedXewkija Tigers1990–91Victoria Hotspurs Xewkija TigersSannat Lions1991–92Xagħra United Xewkija TigersVictoria Hotspurs1992–93Xagħra United 1993–94Victoria Hotspurs Nadur YoungstersXagħra United1994–95Nadur Youngsters Xagħra UnitedMunxar Falcons1995–96Nadur Youngsters Victoria HotspursGħajnsielem1996–97Nadur Youngsters Victoria HotspursGħajnsielem1997–98Xagħra United Nadur YoungstersVictoria Hotspurs1998–99Nadur Youngsters Sannat LionsXagħra United1999–2000Victoria Hotspurs GħajnsielemNadur Youngsters2000–01Xewkija Tigers Nadur YoungstersGħajnsielem2001–02Nadur Youngsters Xewkija TigersGħajnsielem2002–03Nadur Youngsters Xewkija TigersŻebbuġ Rovers2003–04Żebbuġ RoversNadur YoungstersGħajnsielem2004–05Għajnsielem Xewkija TigersKerċem Ajax2005–06Nadur Youngsters Kerċem AjaxSannat Lions2006–07Nadur Youngsters Sannat LionsXagħra United2007–08Nadur Youngsters Victoria HotspursSannat Lions2008–09Sannat Lions GħajnsielemVictoria Hotspurs2009–10Victoria Hotspurs GħajnsielemNadur Youngsters2010–11Sannat Lions GħajnsielemNadur Youngsters2011–12Xewkija Tigers Nadur YoungstersS.K. Victoria Wanderers2012–13Nadur Youngsters Kerċem AjaxS.K. Victoria Wanderers2013–14Xewkija Tigers S.K. Victoria WanderersNadur Youngsters2014–15Xewkija Tigers Nadur YoungstersVictoria Hotspurs2015–16Għajnsielem Xewkija TigersKerċem Ajax2016–17Xewkija Tigers Nadur YoungstersGħajnsielem2017–18Victoria Hotspurs Nadur YoungstersXewkija Tigers2018–19Victoria Hotspurs Nadur YoungstersXewkija Tigers2019–20Nadur Youngsters Xewkija TigersVictoria Hotspurs2020–21''Competition abandoned due COVID-19 pandemic in Malta''2021–22Nadur Youngsters Għajnsielem Kerċem Ajax2022–23Nadur YoungstersQala SaintsKerċem Ajax===Performance by club ===* Clubs participating in the 2019–20 Gozo First Division are denoted in '''bold''' type* Clubs no longer active are denoted in ''italics'' Club Winners Runners-up'''Nadur Youngsters''' 1413'''Victoria Hotspurs''' 139Sannat Lions 107'''Xewkija Tigers'''811'''Għajnsielem'''78'''Xagħra United'''64Oratory Youths61''Victoria Athletics''40''S.K. Calypsians''13'''S.K. Victoria Wanderers'''12'''Kerċem Ajax'''12Żebbuġ Rovers10''Victoria City''10''Victoria Stars''10
Notes
League appearances and goals ''As at 31 December 2023'' ===Appearances=== No. Player Apps Clubs1Chris Camilleri353Xaghra United/Xewkija Tigers/Nadur Youngsters/Sannat Lions/Kercem Ajax/Ghajnsielem/Victoria Hotspurs2Jason Portelli308 Victoria Hotspurs/Zebbug Rovers/Sannat Lions/Xewkija Tigers/Kercem Ajax/Xaghra United/Ghajnsielem3John-Paul Grima303Victoria Hotspurs/Nadur Youngsters/Victoria Wanderers/Gharb Rangers/Sannat Lions4Paul-Anthony Camilleri296Nadur Youngsters/Kercem Ajax/Qala St. Joseph/St. Lawrence Spurs5John Camilleri293Xaghra United/Ghajnsielem/Sannat Lions/Xewkija Tigers/Kercem Ajax/Victoria Hotspurs===Goals=== No. Player Goals Clubs1John Camilleri156Xaghra United/Ghajnsielem/Sannat Lions/Xewkija Tigers/Kercem Ajax/Victoria Hotspurs2Antonio Claudio Pavlidis Cadu138 Nadur Youngsters/Kercem Ajax/Xewkija Tigers3Sabri Rais135Victoria Hotspurs/Xewkija Tigers/Sannat Lions/Kercem Ajax4Chris Camilleri126Xaghra United/Xewkija Tigers/Nadur Youngsters/Sannat Lions/Kercem Ajax/Victoria Hotspurs5Frank Muscat125Sannat Lions/Victoria United/Xewkija Tigers/Victoria Hotspurs
References
External links *  Gozo Football Association official website