2025–26 Maltese Challenge League

Maltese Challenge League

Season	2025–26
Dates	13 September 2025 – April or May 2026
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 18 July 2025.

The 2025–26 Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-level league football in Malta. It is the sixth season that the competition has been running in its present form.

Teams

The league consists of sixteen teams; twelve teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the 2024-25 Maltese National Amateur League, and two teams relegated from the 2024-25 Maltese Premier League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season:

To Maltese Challenge League

Promoted from Maltese National Amateur League

• Birzebbuga St. Peter's
• Vittoriosa Stars

Relegated from the Maltese Premier League

• Balzan
• Melita

From Maltese Challenge League

Promoted to the Maltese Premier League

• Tarxien Rainbows
• Valletta

Relegated to Maltese National Amateur League

• Lija Athletic
• Senglea Athletic

Balzan

Birzebbuga St. Peter's

Fgura United

Gudja United

Marsa

Melita

Mgarr United

Mtarfa

Pietà

Santa Lucia

Sirens

St. Andrews

Swieqi United

Vittoriosa Stars

Żebbuġ Rangers

Żurrieq

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Location of teams in 2025–26 Maltese Challenge League

Team	Location	Manager
Balzan	Balzan
Birzebbuga St. Peter's	Birzebbuga
Fgura United	Fgura	Kevin Vella
Gudja United	Gudja	Orosco Anonam
Lija Athletic	Lija	Joseph Galea
Marsa	Marsa	Saviour Debono Grech
Melita	San Ġiljan
Mgarr United	Mgarr	Brian Spiteri
Mtarfa	Mtarfa	Ivan Casha
Pietà Hotspurs	Pietà	Manuel Caruana
Santa Lucia	Santa Luċija	Liam Mangion
Senglea Athletic	Senglea	Robert Cassar
Sirens	St. Paul's Bay	Stephen Damato
St. Andrews	St. Andrew's, Malta	Jose` Borg
Swieqi United	Swieqi	Pablo Doffo
Vittoriosa Stars	Birgu
Żebbuġ Rangers	Żebbuġ	Rodney Bugeja
Żurrieq	Żurrieq	Francis Cassar

Venues

Ta' Qali	Ta' Qali	Ta' Qali Victor Tedesco Stadium Sirens Stadium class=notpageimage| Location of host stadia during the 2025-26 Maltese Challenge League
Ta' Qali National Stadium	Centenary Stadium
Capacity: 16,997	Capacity: 3,000
St. Paul's Bay	Hamrun
Sirens Stadium	Victor Tedesco Stadium
Capacity: 1,024	Capacity: 1,962

Regular season

During the regular season, each team plays each other once (either at home or at away). The top eight teams qualify for the Top eight, while the bottom eight teams qualify for the Play-Out.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Balzan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Top Eight
2	Birzebbuga St. Peter's	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fgura United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gudja United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Melita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Marsa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Mgarr United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Mtarfa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Pietà Hotspurs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Play-Out
10	Santa Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Sirens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	St. Andrews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Swieqi United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Vittoriosa Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Żebbuġ Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Żurrieq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Malta Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions or teams for relegation).

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	BRZ	FGU	GUD	MEL	MSA	MGR	MTF	PIE	STL	SIR	STA	SWQ	VIT	ZEB	ZUR
Balzan	—
Birzebbuga St. Peter's		—
Fgura United			—
Gudja United				—
Melita					—
Marsa						—
Mgarr United							—
Mtarfa								—
Pietà Hotspurs									—
Santa Lucia										—
Sirens											—
St. Andrews												—
Swieqi United													—
Vittoriosa Stars														—
Żebbuġ Rangers															—
Żurrieq																—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2025. Source: Malta Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.