The 2022–23 Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-level league football in Malta. It is the third season that the competition has been running in its present form.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:
To Maltese Challenge League
Promoted from Maltese National Amateur League
Żurrieq
Attard
Marsaskala
Mtarfa
Relegated from the Maltese Premier League
Sliema Wanderers
From Maltese Challenge League
Promoted to the Maltese Premier League
Marsaxlokk
Pietà Hotspurs
Żebbuġ Rangers
Relegated to Maltese National Amateur League
Luqa St. Andrew's
Mġarr United
Pembroke Athleta
Rabat Ajax F.C. Senglea Athletic St. George's
Teams
Eighteen teams will compete in the league which will include the Four teams promoted from the Amateur League and one team relegated from the Premier League. This Season will be playing only one round. After the first round, the top six will play each other twice to determine whether to win the Challenge League, be promoted, or stay in Challenge League next season. And those who finish seventh till eighteenth in the first round will play once in Play-Out to determine who will stay in Challenge League or have either been relegated.
Venues
On 21 December 2022. The Malta Football Association introduce another stadium at Luxol Stadium in Pembroke due to the final fixture of the first round that played three matches at the same time. On 21 December 2022. The Malta Football Association introduce another stadium at Sirens Stadium in San Pawl il-Baħar due to the final fixture of the season that is playing four matches at the same time.
League table
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Results
Second phase
Top Six
Play-Out
Promotion or Relegation play-offs
A play-offs match shall be played between the twelfth-placed team in the Premier League, Santa Lucia, and the third-placed team in the Maltese Challenge League, Żejtun Corinthians. The winner will play in the 2023-24 Maltese Premier League.