2008–09 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division
Season 2008–09
Champions Dingli Swallows
Promoted Dingli Swallows
Vittoriosa Stars
Relegated Rabat Ajax
Senglea Athletics
Goals scored 276
Average goals/game 3.06
Top goalscorer Simon Shead and Anthony Eviparker (15)

The Maltese First Division 2008-09 season (known as BOV First Division 2008-09 for sponsorship reasons) started in October 2008 and ended in May 2009. Pieta Hotspurs and Mqabba were relegated from the Premier League. The promoted teams were San Gwann and Rabat Ajax. Dingli Swallows and Vittoriosa Stars finished the league as joint first with the same number of points. Both were promoted but a decider had to be played to decide who the champions would be. The decider was won by Dingli by the score of 2-1. At the other end Rabat Ajax and Senglea Athletics were relegated to the Second Division.

Contents

Participating teams

These teams will contest the Maltese First Division 2008-09 season:

Changes from previous season

League Table 2008/09

P Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Dingli Swallows (C) 18 10 4 4 33 17 +16 34
2 Vittoriosa Stars 18 10 4 4 34 20 +14 34
3 Pieta Hotspurs 18 9 6 3 34 23 +11 33
4 St. George's 18 8 3 7 34 32 +2 24
5 St. Patrick 18 7 6 5 24 24 0 24
6 Mqabba 18 5 9 4 28 24 +4 24
7 Mosta 18 6 4 8 20 22 −2 22
8 San Gwann 18 6 4 8 31 38 −7 22
9 Rabat Ajax (R) 18 5 2 11 20 36 −16 17
10 Senglea Athletics (R) 18 2 2 14 18 40 −22 8

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

Championship play-offs. Both teams promoted to Maltese Premier League 2009-10
Relegation to Maltese Second Division 2009-10

Championship Decider

Championship Decider
Team #1 Result Team #2
Dingli Swallows 2-1 Vittoriosa Stars

2008/2009 Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

Dingli Mosta Mqabba Pieta Rabat S.Gwann Senglea St.Georges St.Patrick Vittoriosa
Dingli 1-0 1-0 1-1 4-1 2-2 3-1 3-1 0-1 2-0
Mosta 0-1 3-1 1-3 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-2
Mqabba 3-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-0 4-4 0-0 1-1
Pieta 1-3 2-2 2-1 3-0 3-3 4-2 1-2 2-2 0-3
Rabat 0-4 0-4 2-0 0-1 1-2 2-0 1-2 2-1 1-3
San Gwann 4-3 0-2 1-1 0-1 3-3 4-2 0-3 4-1 1-2
Senglea 0-5 2-2 1-3 1-1 0-2 0-1 2-1 3-0 0-1
St.Georges 2-1 1-0 2-2 1-4 1-2 7-2 2-0 3-3 0-4
St. Patrick 0-0 4-0 1-1 1-3 1-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 1-3
Vittoriosa 1-1 1-1 1-3 0-1 5-2 1-2 3-2 2-1 1-1

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
15
 Simon Shead Pieta Hotspurs
Anthony Eviparker Vittoriosa Stars
13
 Uchenna Anyanwu Dingli Swallows
11
 Martin Deanov Pieta Hotspurs
10
 John Nwoba St.Georges
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