2003–04 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	St. Patrick
Promoted	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 Maltese First Division 2003–04 (known as MIA First Division 2003–04 for sponsorship reasons) started on 13 September 2003 and finished on 9 May 2004. Marsa and Mosta were relegated from Maltese Premier League. Tarxien and San Gwann were promoted from Maltese Second Division with the latter (San Gwann) having won a promotion playoff against Vittoriosa. St.Patrick were the champions while Lija were runners-up.Both were promoted to Maltese Premier League. Tarxien and Rabat 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:

Changes from previous season

Msida SJ and Balzan Youths were promoted from the First Division to the Premier League.They were replaced by Marsa and Mosta,both relegated from Maltese Premier League 2002-03.
Gozo FC and Xghajra Tornadoes were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2003-04.They were replaced by Tarxien Rainbows,champions of Maltese Second Division 2003-04 and San Gwann,runners-up.

Final League Table 2003-04

P	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	St. Patrick (C)	18	10	3	5	35	28	33
2	Lija Athletic	18	9	5	4	31	24	32
3	Mqabba	18	8	5	5	29	21	29
4	Senglea Athletics	18	7	5	6	36	28	26
5	Naxxar Lions	18	7	5	6	30	34	26
6	Mosta	18	6	7	5	34	27	25
7	Marsa	18	6	7	5	27	31	25
8	San Gwann	18	5	6	7	23	24	21
9	Tarxien Rainbows (R)	18	5	5	8	29	33	20
10	Rabat Ajax (R)	18	1	4	13	19	43	7

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

	Champions and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2004-05
	Runners-up and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2004-05
	Relegation to Maltese Second Division 2004-05

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
18	Ikechukwu Chibueze	Mqabba
15	Simon Shead	Tarxien
14	Chima Dozie	Naxxar
10	Mark Tanti	St.Patrick
9	Thomas Caruana	St.Patrick
	Trevor Thomas	Senglea
	Ibrahim Tarik	Marsa

Results

For a complete set of results,see 1

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