2009–10 Maltese Third Division

The Maltese Third Division 2009–10 (known as BOV 3rd Division 2009–10 due to sponsorship reasons) is the 10th season of the Maltese Third Division. It started in September 2009 and ended in May 2010 with the promotion play-offs. Naxxar Lions, Mgarr United and Marsa were relegated from the Maltese Second Division 2008-09.

The division is divided into two sections (Section A and Section B), both with 10 teams. The winners of each section will face each other in a play-off where the winner is crowned as champion of the division, but both teams will still be given the promotion.

Mgarr United won Section A, while Zejtun Corinthians won Section B after a decider with Naxxar Lions. In the Championship play-off Zejtun bet Mgarr 4-3 to win the Division.

In the promotion play-offs semi-final Gudja United beat Santa Venera, who finished 10th in the Second Division. In the final Naxxar Lions defeated Gudja on penalties to win promotion.

This was the debut season of Swieqi United.

Contents

Clubs

Section A

Section B

Changes from previous season

League table

Section A

P Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Mgarr United (C) 18 14 2 2 41 17 +24 44
2 Mdina Knights (Q) 18 11 4 3 33 19 +14 37
3 Ghaxaq (Q) 18 9 4 5 36 32 +4 31
4 Marsa 18 7 5 6 22 19 +3 26
5 Siggiewi 18 8 2 8 33 37 −4 26
6 Mtarfa 18 6 5 7 19 25 −6 23
7 Luqa St. Andrew's 18 6 3 9 34 33 +1 21
8 Pembroke Athleta 18 5 3 10 22 28 −6 18
9 Fgura United 18 4 2 12 17 31 −14 14
10 Kalkara 18 4 2 12 21 37 −16 14

Section B

P Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Zejtun Corinthians (C)   18 14 4 0 46 8 +38 46
2 Naxxar Lions (Q)   18 15 1 2 51 16 +35 46
3 Gudja United (Q) 18 10 3 6 37 17 +20 30
4 Attard   18 7 6 5 30 27 +4 27
5 Kirkop United 18 6 5 7 25 27 −4 23
6 Sirens 18 7 1 10 31 42 −11 22
7 Xghajra Tornadoes 18 6 1 11 19 37 −18 19
8 Swieqi United 18 5 1 12 25 49 −24 16
9 Qrendi 18 5 0 13 29 51 −20 15
10 Santa Lucia 18 4 2 12 16 35 −20 14

P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner.

Section B Championship Decider

Section B Championship Decider
Team #1 Result Team #2
Naxxar Lions 1–1 (aet), (p.) 3–4 Zejtun Corinthians

Champions Playoff

Champions Play off
Team #1 Result Team #2
Mgarr United 3–4 Zejtun Corinthians

Relegation-Promotion Play-Off

Participating
Club
 Position
Ghaxaq 3rd in 3rd Division Section A
Gudja United 3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Mdina Knights 2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Naxxar Lions 2nd in 3rd Division Section B
St. Venera Lightning 10th in 2nd Division
Quarter Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Ghaxaq 1–2 Gudja United
Semi Finals
Team #1 Result Team #2
Mdina Knights 0–2 Naxxar Lions
St. Venera Lightning 0–2 Gudja United
Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Naxxar Lions 5-5 aet (5-4 pen) Gudja United

Results

Section A

Fgura Ghaxaq Kalkara Luqa Marsa Mdina Mgarr Mtarfa Pembroke Siggiewi
Fgura 2–3 4–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0
Ghaxaq 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–2
Kalkara 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–3
Luqa 4–0 4–4 3–4 1–1 3–2 1–2 3–4 1–2 3–1
Marsa 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–1
Mdina 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–3
Mgarr 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0
Mtarfa 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3
Pembroke 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–5 0–1 2–2
Siggiewi 1–2 5–2 1–2 3–2 0–4 3–1 2–7 1–1 2–0

Section B

Attard Gudja Kirkop Naxxar Qrendi Sirens S. Lucia Swieqi Xghajra Zejtun
Attard 0–2 2–2 1–6 2–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 4–2 0–0
Gudja 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–0 7–0 4–0 0–0
Kirkop 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–2
Naxxar 3–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–3
Qrendi 1–2 0–5 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–2 3–4 1–4 1–2
Sirens 3–3 1–3 3–1 0–5 4–5 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–4
St. Lucia 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 3–4 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–3
Swieqi 1–4 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–4 3–1 1–2 0–3
Xghajra 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–5
Zejtun 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 2–0