Maltese Third Division 2007–08

The Maltese Third Division 2007–08 (known as BOV 3rd Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season and started on 21 September 2007 and finished on 18 May.For the first time the Division was divided into two sections:A and B.Section A consisted of 10 teams and Section B of 9.The winners of Section A were Zebbug Rangers and those of Section B were Gozo FC.Both were promoted to the 2nd Division.The overall champions were Gozo FC who beat Zebbug 3-1.The match was abandoned on 57 minutes. The teams who finished 2nd and 3rd in each Section were to play in a Promotion/Relegation Playoff with the 10th finishing place team of Second Division.These were Attard, Xghajra from Section A and Gzira and Gharghur from Section B.The 10th finishing team from Second Division were Mgarr.Mgarr won the play-off Final and therefore each team stayed in its respective Division.

Participating teams

Section A Attard Fgura Ghaxaq Mdina Mtarfa Qrendi Siggiewi Xghajra Zebbug Zejtun

Section B Gharghur Gozo FC Gudja Gzira Kalkara Kirkop Luqa Pembroke Santa Lucia

Changes from previous season

• Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq were promoted to the Second Division.They were replaced with Gozo FC, Gudja United and Zebbug Rangers,all relegated from Maltese Second Division 2006-07

Maltese Third Division 2007-08 Standings

As of May 2008

Section A

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Zebbug Rangers (C)	18	13	3	2	37	13	+24	42
2	Attard	18	9	6	3	39	12	+27	33
3	Xghajra Tornadoes	18	8	8	2	30	16	+14	32
4	Mdina Knights	18	9	4	5	32	16	+16	31
5	Qrendi	18	7	4	7	20	17	+3	25
6	Fgura United	18	7	4	7	20	21	−1	25
7	Siggiewi	18	7	2	9	37	38	−1	23
8	Zejtun Corinthians	18	5	5	8	29	31	−2	20
9	Ghaxaq	18	3	4	11	18	40	−22	13
10	Mtarfa	18	2	0	16	16	74	−58	6

Section B

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Gozo FC (C)	16	15	1	0	40	14	+26	46
2	Gzira United	16	10	2	4	32	14	+18	32
3	Għargħur	16	8	5	3	30	15	+15	29
4	Pembroke Athleta	16	8	4	4	36	14	+22	28
5	Gudja United	16	5	5	6	22	24	−2	20
6	Luqa St.Andrews	16	5	4	7	18	28	−10	19
7	Santa Lucia	16	4	1	11	22	39	−17	13
8	Kalkara	16	3	4	9	15	37	−22	13
9	Kirkop United	16	0	2	14	11	41	−30	2

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 Second Division 2008-09
	Relegation-Promotion Playoffs

Champions Playoff

Champions Play off

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Zebbug	1-3	Gozo FC

• Match abandoned on 57 minutes.Zebbug Rangers started a fight and the referee had to abandon the match.Gozo FC were winning 3-1 and that was taken as the final score.As a punishment Zebbug Rangers started the Maltese Second Division 2008-09 with a five point deduction.

Relegation-Promotion Playoffs

Quarter Final

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Xghajra	1-0	Gharghur

• Gharghur remain in Maltese Third Division

Semi Finals

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Mgarr	1-0(aet)	Xghajra
Attard	4-3(pens.)	Gzira

• Xghajra Tornadoes and Gzira United remain in Maltese Third Division

Final

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Mgarr	1-0	Attard

• Mgarr United remain in Maltese Second Division
• Attard remain in Maltese Third Division

2007/2008 Results

Section A

	Attard	Fgura	Ghaxaq	Mdina	Mtarfa	Qrendi	Siggiewi	Xghajra	Zebbug	Zejtun
Attard		1-1	4-0	0-3	10-1	0-0	4-1	0-2	0-2	0-0
Fgura	0-3		1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	0-1	1-1	1-3	2-1
Ghaxaq	0-3	1-0		1-2	3-1	0-2	0-7	0-3	1-1	2-5
Mdina	0-0	0-2	1-1		6-0	0-2	4-0	0-0	2-1	4-0
Mtarfa	0-1	1-5	0-4	1-2		0-6	1-6	0-4	2-3	0-2
Qrendi	0-0	2-0	2-1	0-1	1-2		1-1	0-1	0-1	1-0
Siggiewi	1-6	2-1	2-1	0-4	10-0	1-3		1-0	0-3	1-4
Xghajra	1-1	3-0	1-1	2-1	4-3	0-0	3-3		1-1	2-1
Zebbug	0-2	0-0	4-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	2-0	2-1		1-0
Zejtun	0-4	2-2	1-1	2-2	3-4	4-0	1-0	1-1	2-4

Section B

	Gharghur	Gozo FC	Gudja	Gzira	Kalkara	Kirkop	Luqa	Pembroke	Santa Lucia
Gharghur		1-3	1-1	1-2	3-0	4-2	0-0	1-1	1-0
Gozo FC	3-1		4-0	3-2	5-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2-1
Gudja	0-3	1-2		0-2	2-2	5-1	4-1	0-2	4-1
Gzira	0-0	1-2	2-0		6-0	2-0	3-3	1-2	2-1
Kalkara	0-5	2-2	0-1	1-2		0-0	1-2	0-3	5-2
Kirkop	0-2	2-3	0-1	0-3	1-2		0-1	2-2	1-6
Luqa	1-2	1-2	1-1	0-3	1-1	3-1		1-3	1-5
Pembroke	2-2	1-2	1-1	1-0	0-1	4-0	0-1		11-0
St.Lucia	0-3	1-2	1-1	0-1	2-0	2-1	0-1	0-3

Top scorers

Section A

Goals	Player	Team
13	Eman Ciappara	Siggiewi
11	Matthew Francalanza	Mdina
10	Firas Aboulezz	Attard

Section B

Goals	Player	Team
14	Liam Camilleri	Pembroke
9	Chris Camilleri	Gozo
8	Anthony Portelli	Gozo