May 1999

Sun 30

• Super Cup Valletta vs Birkirkara 2-1
• Second & Third Division Knock-Out Final Dingli S. vs Gzira U. 0-1
• Gozo - Promotion Play-Offs SK Victoria W. vs Kercem A. 2-1

Fri 29

• Besides being suspended, Birkirkara goalkeeper Robert Savic and Valletta defender Darren Debono were deprived of the medals which are awarded to the players of the two teams that take part in the Rothmans Trophy final.

Thu 27

• Rothmans Trophy Final Valletta vs Birkirkara 1-0 aet

Wed 26

• Valletta midfielder Nicky Saliba was voted as the Player of the Month for May 1999.
• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended the following players for one match: Zoran Antic (Birkirkara), Alexander Ivanov (Valletta) and Richard Buhagiar and William Camenzuli (both Floriana) for one match. Darren Attard and Mario Muscat (both Hibernians) were suspended for two matches each.
• Two new players will be joining the national squad. These are Hibernians striker Kenneth Abela and Naxxar midfielder Digger Okonkwo. The latter is a Nigerian player with Maltese nationality.

Tue 25

• National coaches Josif Ilic and Ray Farrugia announced the Senior and Under 21 squads which will face Yugoslavia on the 8th and 9th June in Thessalonika, Greece. The National Squad is made up of Barry and Busuttil (Sliema), Muscat, Vella, Carabott and Sultana (Hibs), Buttigieg, Said and Buhagiar (Floriana), Chetcuti, Debono, Saliba and Agius (Valletta), Brincat, Cutajar and Nwoko (Birkirkara), Camilleri (Hamrun) and Mifsud (Rabat). The Under 21 squad which will lack several players due to study or injuries is made up of Camilleri and Mamo (Tarxien), Darmanin, Aquilina and Galea (Pietà), Azzopardi (Rabat), Camenzuli, Holland and Mattocks (Floriana), Dimech, Grima, Bonnici, Mifsud and Sammut (Sliema), Scicluna (St. Patrick), Ciantar (Hibs), Giglio (Valletta), Bellia (Naxxar), Zahra (Birirkara) and Debono (St. Andrews).

Sun 23

• Division 3 Championship Decider Melita vs Attard 3-4 aet Attard Division 3 Champions
• Division 3 Section A Relegation Decider Sirens vs Gharghur 3-2
• Under 21 Inter-Section Knock-Out Final Tarxien R. vs Birkirkara 3-1
• Under 18 Inter-Section Knock-Out Final Valletta vs Floriana 0-1
• Women's Knock-Out Final Birkirkara vs Mosta 2-1
• Gozo - Promotion Play-Offs SK Victoria W. vs Kercem A. 1-1

Fri 21

• Rothmans Trophy Birkirkara vs Hibernians 2-1 aet
• Under 16 Knock-Out Final Valletta vs Floriana 2-1

Thu 20

• Rothmans Trophy Floriana vs Valletta 1-3

Wed 19

• Gozo - Promotion Play-Offs Xewkija T. vs Kercem A. 3-0
• Under 14 Knock Out Final Paola H. vs Pietà H. 3-1
• Valletta defender Jeffrey Chetcuti was suspended for two matches by the MFA Disciplinary Commissioner.

Tue 18

• Gozo - Promotion Play-Offs SK Victoria W. vs Victoria H. 1-2
• Women's Knock-Out Hibernians vs Mosta 0-1
• Hibs midfielder David Carabott won the Player of the Month Award for April 1999.

Mon 17

• Women's Knock-Out Birkirkara vs Melita 2-1

Sun 16

• Rothmans Trophy Naxxar L. vs Hibernians 2-3, Hamrun S. vs Valletta 2-4 aet. After these matches, there were the draws for the semi-finals which resulted in Floriana-Valletta (Thu 20) and Birkirkara-Hibernians (Fri 21).
• Division 2 Marsaxlokk vs Sta. Venera L. 2-5, Mgarr U. vs Sta. Lucia 2-1
• Division 3 Fgura U. vs San Gwann 4-1, Luqa SA vs Attard 0-3
• Gozo - Super Cup Final Ghajnsielem vs Xaghra U. 6-2

Sat 15

• Rothmans Trophy Tarxien vs Floriana 0-6, Sliema W. vs Birkirkara 4-7 (after penalties shoot-out)
• Division 2 Pembroke A. vs Vittoriosa S. 3-2, Qormi vs Dingli S. 2-2

Fri 14

• Valletta striker Gilbert Agius was voted Player of the Year by local daily l-orizzont. Rabat defender Edward Azzopardi was voted Most Promising Youngster.
• The Gozo Football Association approved the new format for the leagues in Gozo. As from next season there will be two divisions: Division 1 and Division 2. Eight clubs will play in Division 1. These will be Nadur Y., Sannat L., Xaghra U., Ghajnsielem and Zebbug R.. The other three teams will emerge from play-offs involving Victoria H., SK Victoria W., Xewkija T. and Kercem A. after that St. Lawrence opted to stay in Division 2.
• Women's Knock-Out Mosta vs Raiders 3-1

Thu 13

• Gozo - Super Cup Nadur Y. vs Xaghra U. 3-4 (golden goal)
• Women's Knock-Out Mellieha vs Hibernians 1-7

Wed 12

• The MFA will be holding an inquiry following an alleged attempt of corruption that took place in a match. However it is not yet known which match of which league is involved.
• Gozo FC will be playing not more than 9 Premier League matches next season at the Gozo Stadium. Similarly Hamrun Spartans will play nine matches of the Division 1 league at the Victor Tedesco Stadium.
• A new competition will be held next season to mark the 100th anniversary of the Malta Football Association. The new competition will be called Centenary Cup.
• Hibernians' appeal for the reconsideration of their application to take part in the Intertoto Cup was turned down by the MFA.
• Gozo - Super Cup Sannat L. vs Ghajnsielem 1-2
• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended Martin Gregory for one match in the Rothmans Trophy. Lazar Tonozliev was supended for one match in next season's Premier league.

Tue 11

• According to MFA president, Dr Joe Mifsud, there was a drop of over 34,000 spectators in attendances for the Premier League matches this season when compared to last season's figures. A total of 115,000 spectators attended the league matches for an average of 850 spectators for each match. Last season, about 150,000 spectators paid their way into the 3 stadiums for the Premier League matches. In the mean time, it was officially announce that Coca-Cola will no longer sponsor the Premier League after almost two decades.
• Works on the new Centenary Stadium are nearing completion. The MFA has just awarded the contracts for the artificial pitch, the canopy and floodlighting. The new stadium will be inaugurating it in August.
• UEFA will not expel Yugoslavia from the EURO 2000 European Championships. However their home matches will have to be moved to a neutral country due to the NATO air campaign. Yugoslavia meet Malta on June 9 in the Toumbas Stadium in Salonica, Greece.

Mon 10

• The following are the fixtures of the Rothmans Trophy Quarter Finals as drawn today: Tarxien R. vs Floriana, Sliema W. vs Birkirkara, Hamrun S. vs Valletta and Naxxar vs Hibernians. These matches will be played on the 15th and 16th May.
• Women's Knock-Out St. Andrews vs Melita 1-5
• Aberystwyth Town will be the representative from the League of Wales who will play against the Maltese representative in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in June. The local club could be either Sliema or Floriana.

Sun 9

• Premier League Rabat A. vs Hibernians 1-6, Birkirkara vs St. Patrick 1-0
• Division 1 Marsa vs Gozo 3-1, Mosta vs Xghajra T. 1-2
• Division 2 Mqabba vs Gzira U. 0-2, St. George's vs Birzebbuga SP 10-0
• Division 3 Balzan Y. vs Ta' Xbiex 11-0, Kirkop U. vs Sirens 1-2

Sat 8

• Premier League Floriana vs Pietà H. 2-4, Sliema W. vs Hamrun S. 1-2
• Division 1 Tarxien R. vs Lija A. 0-3, Mellieha vs Zurrieq 4-5
• Division 3 Msida SJ vs Senglea A. 1-3, Gudja U. vs Gharghur 1-2
• Gozo - Division 1 & 2 Knock-Out Final Kercem A. vs Oratory Y. 4-1

Fri 7

• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended the following players: Michael Micallef (Rabat) for three matches, Orosco Anonam (Naxxar), Kenneth Scicluna (St. Patrick) and Joseph Farrugia (Rabat) for one match.
• Women's Knock-Out Birkirkara vs Racoons 4-1

Wed 5

• Premier League St. Patrick vs Rabat A. 2-1, Valletta vs Naxxar L. 2-0
• Gozo - Premier Div. 1 Prom/Rel Play-Off Xewkija T. vs Zebbug R. 3-4 (golden goal)
• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended Pierre Aquilina (Pietà) for one league match.

Tue 4

• Several changes are programmed for the Gozo FA leagues following the promotion of Gozo FC to the MFA Premier League. There will no longer be the Premier League, Division 1 and Division 2 but just Division 1 and Division 2. Division 1 will be made up of 8 teams and Division 2 will have 6 teams. Nadur Y., Sannat L., Xaghra U., Ghajnsielem and the winner of the Promotion/Relegation Play-Off between Xewkija T. and Zebbug R. will definitely play in Division 1. As for the other three teams which will complete Division 1, there are still discussions going on. One proposal is to have the loser of the promotion decider, St. Lawrence S. and Kercem A. promoted to Division 1. The other proposal is to have the five teams which were due to play in Division 1 if the same format were to be used, that is, Victoria H., loser of decider Xewkija/Zebbug, Kercem A., SK Victoria W. and St. Lawrence S., playing a mini-league and the top three teams win promotion to Division 1.
• Women's League - Div. 1/2 Prom/Rel Decider Floriana vs Luqa SA 0-1 aet

Mon 3

• Women's Knock-Out Qormi vs Raiders 0-7

Sun 2

• Premier League Hibernians vs Floriana 2-3, Hamrun S. vs Birkirkara 0-7
• Division 1 Gozo vs Mosta 2-2, Xghajra vs Mellieha 0-4, St. Andrews vs Siggiewi 6-0
• Division 2 Sta. Venera L. vs Mgarr U. 7-0, Zebbug R. vs Ghaxaq 4-0 Vittoriosa relegated to Division 3
• Division 3 Melita vs Kirkop U. 5-0, Zejtun C. vs Balzan Y. Melita promoted to Division 2
• Gozo - Div. 1/2 Promotion/Relegation Play-Off SK Victoria W. vs Gharb R. 2-1

Sat 1

• Premier League Pietà H. vs Naxxar L. 4-1, Sliema W. vs Valletta 2-3
• Women's Knock-Out - First Round Racoons vs Hamrun S. 1-3, St. Andrews vs Floriana 2-0, Mellieha vs Luqa SA 1-0
• Yugoslavia could be expelled from the EURO 2000 following an appeal by the European Union to all sports federations to isolate Yugoslavia from international competitions. This would mean that Group 8 which was made up by Croatia, Ireland, Macedonia, Malta and Yugoslavia would be reduced to a group made up of just four teams. Malta was due to travel to Yugoslavia to play against the Yugoslavs on June 9th. However since this match will not take place, this date would be used for the Croatia-Malta match which was postponed last March. A final decision will be taken on the 11th May.