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 with a total of 21 games, usually held between September and April. The majority of matches are played at the Gozo Stadium and Kercem Arkafort 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 15 2023–24Oratory Youths 6th 6 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 Titles SeasonWinnerRunners-upThird place1937–38Victoria Stars1938–39Victoria CityVictoria StarsGħajnsielem1939–40Xagħra Blue Stars1940–41 to 1943–44Cancelled due to World War II1944–45Victoria AthleticsXagħra Blue StarsXewkija Tigers1945–46Victoria Athletics Xewkija TigersXagħra Blue Stars1946–47Victoria Athletics 1947–48Competition not held1948–49Salesian YouthsVictoria HotspursGħajnsielem1949–50 to 1951–52Competition not held1952–53Salesian Youths St. Andrew's1953–54Competition not held1954–55Victoria Athletics 1955–56Competition not held1956–57Salesian Youths S.K. CalypsiansXewkija Tigers1957–58Salesian Youths GħajnsielemS.K. Calypsians1958–59Salesian Youths GħajnsielemXewkija United1959–60Salesian Youths 1960–61Competition abandoned due to problems within the GFA1961–62Victoria 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 Hotspurs2020–21Competition abandoned due COVID-19 pandemic in Malta2021–22Nadur Youngsters Għajnsielem Kerċem Ajax2022–23Nadur YoungstersQala SaintsKerċem Ajax2023–24Nadur YoungstersQala SaintsS.K. Victoria Wanderers2024–25Qala Saints Nadur YoungstersXewkija Tigers2025–26Kerċem Ajax GħajnsielemXewkija Tigers
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-upNadur Youngsters 1514Victoria Hotspurs 139Sannat Lions 107Xewkija Tigers811Għajnsielem79Xagħra United64Oratory Youths61Victoria Athletics40Kerċem Ajax22S.K. Calypsians13S.K. Victoria Wanderers12Qala Saints12Żebbuġ Rovers10Victoria City10Victoria Stars10
Notes
League appearances and goals As at 31 December 2023Kelder Lennard, GOZO TOP LEAGUE RECORDS - ALL TIME RECORDS (Malta, 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