The Maltese Futsal League, (), formerly the Gatorade League but now known as the Enemed Futsal League for sponsorship reasons, is the official futsal league in Malta and was founded in 2011. The Maltese futsal championship currently consists of 14 teams. It is organised by the Futsal Malta Association and the Malta Football Association. Prior to a decrease in teams, the league used to be known as the Maltese Futsal Premier Division, which was the highest tier, with a promotion and relegation system tied to the Maltese Futsal First Division.
The league is played entirely in National Sport School in Pembroke, formerly at the Corradino Sports Pavilion.
First 'official' five-a-side tournaments were held at Athleta Sliema till 1997. In the early 90s the teams which dominated were Athleta A & B and Ace of Clubs made up mainly of Uni students (AOC first team founded by Peter Micallef, Jonathan Pace and John Mayl). Futsal has been officially played since 1998. The league started in 1999 when three University students, who had organized the unofficial Dr. Stanley's Workshop five-a-side league, contacted the Malta FA. Laboratoires Alta Care were the first well-documented league winner of any Maltese futsal championship. The club won two titles in a row, for the season 2000-01 and 2001-02.
The league was created in 2011. The highest peak saw 4 divisions with over 70 teams. Teams started decreasing when the Futsal Malta Association made requirements more stringent to make the league more professional.
Eventually, with a further decrease in teams, only one division was necessary, which became known as the Maltese Futsal League, as of the 2015âÂÂ2016 season.
In the 2016âÂÂ17 season, the FMA reopened to independent teams not part of a football club from within the Maltese football league system.
There are 14 teams which shall play each other once. After this round, the teams split into the top 6 teams, known as the Elite pool, and the remainder play in the Division One pool. The Elite teams play each other once again and the first 4 after this round, enter a knockout playoff stage. The winner of the playoff stage enters the UEFA Futsal League cup.
There are 9 teams which shall play each other once. After this round, the teams split into the top 5 teams, known as the Malta Futsal Premier League, and the remaining 4 play in the Malta Futsal Challenge League. The Elite teams play each other once again and the first 4 after this round, enter a knockout playoff stage while the fifth place team enters the playoff structure to compete for the Malta Futsal Challenge League Trophy. The winner of the playoff stage enters the UEFA Futsal League cup.
In order after the first round:
Malta Futsal Premier League:
Malta Futsal Challenge League: