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{{Infobox football league season
 | competition                = [[Maltese First Division]]
 | season                     = 2003–04
 | winners                    = [[St. Patrick F.C.|Żabbar St. Patrick]]
 | promoted                   = [[St. Patrick F.C.|Żabbar St. Patrick]]<br/>[[Lija Athletic F.C.|Lija Athletic]]
 | relegated                  = [[Tarxien Rainbows F.C.|Tarxien Rainbows]]<br />[[Rabat Ajax F.C.|Rabat Ajax]]
 | league topscorer           = Ikechukwu Chibueze (18)
 | total goals                = 293
 | average goals              = 3.25
 | prevseason                 = [[2002–03 Maltese First Division|2002–03]]
 | nextseason                 = [[2004–05 Maltese First Division|2004–05]]
}}

The '''2003–04 Maltese First Division''' (known as the '''[[Malta International Airport|MIA]] First Division''' for sponsorship reasons) started on 13 September 2003 and finished on 9 May 2004. [[Marsa F.C.|Marsa]] and [[Mosta F.C.|Mosta]] were relegated from [[2002–03 Maltese Premier League|Maltese Premier League]]. [[Tarxien Rainbows F.C.|Tarxien Rainbows]] and [[San Gwann F.C.|San Gwann]] were promoted from [[2002–03 Maltese Second Division|Maltese Second Division]] with the latter ([[San Ġwann F.C.|San Ġwann]]) having won a promotion playoff against [[Vittoriosa Stars F.C.|Vittoriosa Stars]]. [[Żabbar St. Patrick F.C.|St. Patrick]] were the champions while [[Lija Athletic F.C.|Lija Athletic]] were runners-up. Both were promoted to [[2004–05 Maltese Premier League|Maltese Premier League]]. [[Tarxien Rainbows F.C.|Tarxien Rainbows]] and [[Rabat Ajax F.C.|Rabat Ajax]] were relegated to [[2004–05 Maltese Second Division|Maltese Second Division]] with the former having just clinched promotion only to go straight down again.

==Participating teams==

The Maltese First Division 2003–04 was made up of these teams:
* [[Lija Athletic F.C.|Lija Athletic]]
* [[Marsa F.C.|Marsa]]
* [[Mosta F.C.|Mosta]]
* [[Mqabba F.C.|Mqabba]]
* [[Naxxar Lions F.C.|Naxxar Lions]]
* [[Rabat Ajax F.C.|Rabat]]
* [[San Ġwann F.C.|San Ġwann]]
* [[Senglea Athletic F.C.|Senglea Athletic]]
* [[Żabbar St. Patrick F.C.|Żabbar St. Patrick]]
* [[Tarxien Rainbows F.C.|Tarxien Rainbows]]

==Changes from previous season==

* [[Msida Saint-Joseph F.C.|Msida Saint-Joseph]] and [[Balzan F.C.|Balzan]] were promoted from the [[2002–03 Maltese First Division|First Division]] to the [[2003–04 Maltese Premier League|Premier League]]. They were replaced by [[Marsa F.C.|Marsa]] and [[Mosta F.C.|Mosta]], both relegated from [[2002-03 Maltese Premier League]].
* [[Gozo F.C.|Gozo]] and [[Xgħajra Tornados F.C.|Xgħajra Tornados]] were relegated to the [[2003–04 Maltese Second Division]]. They were replaced by [[Tarxien Rainbows F.C.|Tarxien Rainbows]], champions of [[2003–04 Maltese Second Division]] and [[San Ġwann F.C.|San Ġwann]], runners-up.

==Final league table==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_limit=5
|res_col_header=PR

|team1=ZAB|name_ZAB= [[Żabbar St. Patrick F.C.|Żabbar St. Patrick]]
|team2=LJA|name_LJA=[[Lija Athletic F.C.|Lija Athletic]]
|team3=MQA|name_MQA=[[Mqabba F.C.|Mqabba]]
|team4=SEN|name_SEN=[[Senglea Athletic F.C.|Senglea Athletic]]
|team5=NAX|name_NAX=[[Naxxar Lions F.C.|Naxxar Lions]]
|team6=MOS|name_MOS=[[Mosta F.C.|Mosta]]
|team7=MAR|name_MAR=[[Marsa F.C.|Marsa]]
|team8=SGW|name_SGW=[[San Ġwann F.C.|San Ġwann]]
|team9=TAR|name_TAR=[[Tarxien Rainbows F.C.|Tarxien Rainbows]]
|team10=RAB|name_RAB=[[Rabat Ajax F.C.|Rabat Ajax]]
|win_ZAB=10|draw_ZAB=3|loss_ZAB=5|gf_ZAB=35|ga_ZAB=28|status_ZAB=C
|win_LJA=9|draw_LJA=5|loss_LJA=4|gf_LJA=31|ga_LJA=24
|win_MQA=8|draw_MQA=5|loss_MQA=5|gf_MQA=29|ga_MQA=21
|win_SEN=7|draw_SEN=5|loss_SEN=6|gf_SEN=36|ga_SEN=28
|win_NAX=7|draw_NAX=5|loss_NAX=6|gf_NAX=30|ga_NAX=34
|win_MOS=6|draw_MOS=7|loss_MOS=5|gf_MOS=34|ga_MOS=27
|win_MAR=6|draw_MAR=7|loss_MAR=5|gf_MAR=27|ga_MAR=31
|win_SGW=5|draw_SGW=6|loss_SGW=7|gf_SGW=23|ga_SGW=24
|win_TAR=5|draw_TAR=5|loss_TAR=8|gf_TAR=29|ga_TAR=33|status_TAR=R
|win_RAB=1|draw_RAB=4|loss_RAB=13|gf_RAB=19|ga_RAB=43|status_RAB=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to [[2004–05 Maltese Premier League]]
|result1=P
|result2=P
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[2004–05 Maltese Second Division]]
|result9=R|result10=R
|update=complete|source=<ref name="table">{{cite web |url=http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2003-04/table1.shtml |title=Malta: MIA First Division 2003/04 Table |website=MaltaFootball.com |accessdate=19 January 2020 }}</ref>
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
For a complete set of results, see [http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2003-04/resultsm1.shtml 1]

==Top scorers==

{{updated|9 May 2004}}<ref name="table"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Ikechukwu Chibueze
|align="left"|Mqabba
|rowspan="1"|18
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MLT}} Simon Shead
|align="left"|Tarxien Rainbows
|rowspan="1"|15
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Chima Dozie
|align="left"|Naxxar Lions
|rowspan="1"|14
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MLT}} Mark Tanti
|align="left"|St. Patrick
|rowspan="1"|10
|-
|rowspan="3"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MLT}} Thomas Caruana
|align="left"|St. Patrick
|rowspan="3"|9
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Trevor Thomas
|align="left"|Senglea Athletic
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Ibrahim Tarik
|align="left"|Marsa
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Maltese First Division seasons}}
{{2003–04 in Maltese football}}

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[[Category:Maltese First Division seasons]]
[[Category:2003–04 in European second-tier association football leagues|Malta]]
[[Category:2003–04 in Maltese football|2]]

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