[2] Since the 2022–23 season, the league is made up of eighteen teams.

The teams are ranked in the table by:[3] In the need of a tie-breaker, a play-off game is played.

At the end of the season, the top two teams are directly promoted to the Premier League; an additional place is reserved for the winner of the relegation play-off between the twelfth-placed Premier League team and the third-placed Maltese Challenge League side.

The four lowest-finishing teams are relegated to the National Amateur League.

[4] Pembroke Athleta, Rabat Ajax, St. George’s, Qrendi, San Gwann, Vittoriosa Stars This article about a Maltese association football competition is a stub.