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Maltese First Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Valletta F.C.; (11th title)
Relegated	Zebbug Rangers; Qormi F.C.; St. George's F.C.
European Cup	Valletta F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Hibernians F.C.
UEFA Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Matches played	90
Goals scored	283 (3.14 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Maltese First Division was the 65th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valletta F.C. (C)	18	14	3	1	59	8	+51	31	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	18	13	2	3	47	11	+36	28	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
3	Floriana F.C.	18	12	4	2	35	6	+29	28
4	Hibernians F.C.	18	11	4	3	46	11	+35	26	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
5	Hamrun Spartans F.C.	18	9	2	7	28	24	+4	20
6	Birkirkara F.C.	18	6	2	10	23	38	−15	14
7	Marsa F.C.	18	6	1	11	14	40	−26	13
8	Zebbug Rangers (R)	18	2	4	12	9	31	−22	8	Relegation
9	Qormi F.C. (R)	18	3	1	14	13	65	−52	7
10	St. George's F.C. (R)	18	1	3	14	9	49	−40	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Hibernians qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Maltese FA Trophy Winners

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	HIB	ĦMR	MRS	QOR	SLM	STG	VLT	ZEB
Birkirkara	—	1–3	0–5	5–1	0–0	4–1	0–7	0–0	0–4	1–0
Floriana	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0
Hibernians	3–0	0–1	—	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1
Ħamrun Spartans	0–1	0–4	1–3	—	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–4	4–0
Marsa	3–1	0–8	1–0	0–1	—	3–0	0–7	2–0	0–4	2–0
Qormi	2–6	0–3	0–7	0–4	5–0	—	0–5	0–1	0–11	1–0
Sliema Wanderers	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	8–0	—	3–0	0–2	1–0
St. George's	0–1	1–5	0–9	0–3	1–2	1–3	1–3	—	0–2	1–1
Valletta	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	6–0	7–1	0–0	5–1	—	4–0
Żebbuġ Rangers	3–1	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	—