2008–09 Maltese Second Division

Maltese Second Division
Season 2008–09
Champions Balzan Youths
Promoted Balzan Youths
Melita
Relegated Naxxar Lions
Mgarr United
Marsa
Goals scored 341
Average goals/game 2.58
Top goalscorer Matthew Borg I (18)
← 2007–08
2009–10 →

The Maltese Second Division 2008–09 season (known as BOV 2nd Division 2008-09 due to sponsorship reason) started on 27 September 2008 and ended on 10 May 2009.Mellieha and Marsa were relegated from the First Division.The promoted teams were Gozo FC and Zebbug Rangers.Zebbug had to start the season with a five point deduction due to incidents which occurred the previous season.The Maltese Second Division 2008–09 was won by Balzan Youths.The runners-up were Melita,who finished 2 points off Lija Athletic. Mgarr United and Marsa were relegated to the Third Division. This was the third straight relegation for Marsa,who 3 years previously were competing in the Premier League and now have to compete in the Third Division.Naxxar Lions were also relegated as they lost in the promotion-relegation play-offs to Santa Lucia.The play-offs were won by Zurrieq.

Participating teams

These teams will contest the Maltese Second Division 2008–09 season:

Changes from previous season

League table

P Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Balzan Youths (C) 22 18 3 1 48 9 +39 58
2 Melita 22 15 5 2 49 11 +38 50
3 Lija Athletic 22 15 3 4 35 17 +18 48
4 Santa Venera Lightning 22 10 4 8 24 24 0 34
5 Birzebbuga St. Peters 22 9 4 9 27 28 −1 31
6 Mellieha 22 9 3 10 29 24 +5 30
7 Gozo FC 22 7 6 9 27 37 −10 27
8 St. Andrews 22 4 13 5 24 23 +1 25
9 Zebbug Rangers 22 5 9 8 25 29 −4 19[1]
10 Naxxar Lions (R) 22 4 5 13 25 49 −24 17
11 Mgarr United (R) 22 3 6 13 18 41 −23 15
12 Marsa (R) 22 1 3 18 10 49 −39 6

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

Champions and promotion to Maltese First Division 2009-10
Runners-up and promotion to Maltese First Division 2009-10
Relegation playoffs
Relegation to Maltese Third Division 2009-10

Relegation-Promotion Play-Off

Participating
Club
 Position
Gudja United3rd in 3rd Division Section A
Mdina Knights2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Naxxar Lions10th in Maltese Second Division 2007-08
Santa Lucia3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Zurrieq2nd in 3rd Division Section B
Quarter Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Gudja United 0-2 Santa Lucia
Semi Finals
Team #1 Result Team #2
Mdina Knights 0-1 Zurrieq
Naxxar Lions 0-1 Santa Lucia
Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Zurrieq 2-2(AET) 5-4(pens.) Santa Lucia

2008/2009 Results

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

Balzan Birzebbuga Gozo Lija Marsa Melita Mellieha Mgarr Naxxar St. Andrews S.Venera Zebbug
Balzan 1-0 7-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 3-1 5-3 1-0 4-0 1-0
Birzebbuga 0-1 2-2 0-1 1-0 1-4 1-1 3-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 6-3
Gozo 0-1 1-1 2-3 3-0 1-2 1-0 3-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Lija 2-0 1-0 5-2 2-1 0-2 2-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 0-2
Marsa 0-3 0-1 3-4 0-4 0-4 0-3 0-3 2-3 0-0 2-5 0-3
Melita 0-0 4-0 3-0 0-1 3-0 4-1 0-0 6-1 1-0 3-0 2-1
Mellieha 0-1 0-1 3-0 0-3 1-0 2-1 3-0 3-1 1-2 0-0 1-1
Mgarr 0-5 2-3 0-3 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-3 0-3 1-1 2-3 2-0
Naxxar 1-4 2-0 3-1 2-2 0-0 1-6 0-2 0-0 3-3 0-2 0-1
St. Andrews 0-0 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 1-1 1-2 1-1
St. Venera 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 1-1
Zebbug 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-2 2-0 3-3 0-2

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
18
 Malta Matthew Borg I Melita
13
 Malta Aaron Agius Balzan
12
 Malta Ronnie Celeste Birzebbuga
11
 Malta Wayne Borg St. John Mellieha

References

  1. ↑ Zebbug started the season with a 5 point deduction(-5) due to incidents that occurred in the Champions play-off of the 3rd Division