2008–09 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) |
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← 2007–08 2009–10 → | |
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.
Participating teams
These teams will contest the Maltese First Division 2008-09 season:
Changes from previous season
- Tarxien Rainbows and Qormi were promoted to the Premier League.They were replaced with Pieta Hotspurs and Mqabba,both relegated from Maltese Premier League 2007-08
- Mellieha and Marsa were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2008-09.They were replaced with San Gwann and Rabat Ajax.
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 |
- Dingli Swallows champions.Vittoriosa Stars runners-up.
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Simon Shead |
Pieta Hotspurs | |
 Anthony Eviparker |
Vittoriosa Stars | |
| Uchenna Anyanwu |
Dingli Swallows | |
 Martin Deanov |
Pieta Hotspurs | |
| John Nwoba |
St.Georges |
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