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:

• Balzan
• Birzebbuga
• Gozo FC
• Lija
• Marsa
• Mellieha
• Melita
• Mgarr
• Naxxar
• St. Andrews
• Santa Venera
• Zebbug

Changes from previous season

• San Gwann and Rabat Ajax were promoted to Maltese First Division 2008-09.They were replaced with Mellieha and Marsa, both relegated from Maltese First Division 2007-08
• Zurrieq and Sirens were relegated to Maltese Third Division 2008-09. They were replaced with Gozo FC and Zebbug Rangers, both promoted from Maltese Third Division 2007-08.

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 United	3rd in 3rd Division Section A
Mdina Knights	2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Naxxar Lions	10th in Maltese Second Division 2007-08
Santa Lucia	3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Zurrieq	2nd in 3rd Division Section B

Quarter Final

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Gudja United	0-2	Santa Lucia

• Gudja United remain in Maltese Third Division

Semi Finals

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Mdina Knights	0-1	Zurrieq
Naxxar Lions	0-1	Santa Lucia

• Mdina Knights remain in Maltese Third Division
• Naxxar Lions relegated to Maltese Third Division

Final

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Zurrieq	2-2(AET) 5-4(pens.)	Santa Lucia

• Zurrieq promoted to Maltese Second Division
• Santa Lucia remain in Maltese Third Division

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	Matthew Borg I	Melita
13	Aaron Agius	Balzan
12	Ronnie Celeste	Birzebbuga
11	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