Maltese Third Division 2008–09

The Maltese Third Division 2008–09 (known as the BOV 3rd Division 2008–09 due to sponsorship reasons) is the 9th season of the Maltese Third Division. It started on September 2008 and ended in late May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals. This division is divided into two sections: Section A, with ten teams and Section B, with nine. The winners from both sections will face each other in a play-off where the winner is crowned as champion of this division, but both teams will still be given promotion to the Second Division.

Gharghur were the winners of Section A, while Gzira United were the winners of Section B. Gzira United finished the season as overall champions after they beat Gharghur 3-0.

Zurrieq were also promoted after winning the promotion play-offs, beating Santa Lucia on penalties in the final.Santa Lucia beat Naxxar Lions in the semi-final.

Clubs

Section A Fgura Gharghur Ghaxaq Gudja Kalkara Luqa Mdina Qrendi Sirens Xghajra

Section B Attard Gzira Kirkop Mtarfa Pembroke Siggiewi Santa Lucia Zejtun Zurrieq

Changes from previous season

Relegated from Maltese Second Division 2007-08

• Sirens F.C.
• Zurrieq F.C.

League table

Section A

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Gharghur  (C)	18	12	4	2	36	15	+21	40
2	Mdina Knights	18	9	5	4	33	22	+11	32
3	Gudja United	18	8	6	4	27	18	+10	30
4	Ghaxaq	18	8	5	5	25	24	+1	29
5	Kalkara	18	7	3	8	24	27	−3	24
6	Xghajra Tornadoes	18	5	7	6	19	22	−3	22
7	Sirens	18	6	3	9	22	22	0	21
8	Fgura United	18	4	6	8	12	21	−9	18
9	Luqa St. Andrew's	18	4	3	11	17	30	−13	15
10	Qrendi	18	2	8	8	12	27	−15	14

Section B

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Gzira United  (C)	16	11	5	0	25	9	+17	38
2	Zurrieq	16	10	4	2	25	11	+14	34
3	Santa Lucia	16	7	6	3	20	12	+8	27
4	Siggiewi	16	7	4	5	26	20	+6	25
5	Attard	16	4	6	6	17	20	−3	18
6	Zejtun Corinthians	16	5	3	8	18	22	−4	18
7	Pembroke Athleta	16	5	1	10	18	24	−6	16
8	Kirkop United	16	3	7	6	12	20	−8	16
9	Mtarfa	16	1	2	13	7	28	−21	5

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.

Champions Playoff

Champions Play off

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Gharghur	0-3	Gzira United

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

Results

Section A

	Fgura	Gharghur	Ghaxaq	Gudja	Kalkara	Luqa	Mdina	Qrendi	Sirens	Xghajra
Fgura		1–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0-3	0–0
Gharghur	2–1		4–1	1–0	3-0	4–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Ghaxaq	1–0	2–3		1–3	1–4	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	4-0
Gudja	1–0	1–1	2–2		3–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2
Kalkara	2–0	2–4	1–1	1-3		0–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Luqa	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1		1–5	0-0	2–3	3–1
Mdina	4–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	1-1		0–1	3–2	0–1
Qrendi	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–4		0–2	2–2
Sirens	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1		0–1
Xghajra	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	2-2	4–1	1–1

Section B

	Attard	Gzira	Kirkop	Mtarfa	Pembroke	Siggiewi	S. Lucia	Zejtun	Zurrieq
Attard		1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2
Gzira	2–1		1-0	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
Kirkop	0–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	2-2
Mtarfa	1–2	1–1	0–2		0–1	0-3	0–0	0–2	0–3
Pembroke	4–1	1–2	1–1	0–1		1–0	1–3	1-0	1–2
Siggiewi	0–0	0-3	2–1	1–0	3–4		2–3	3–0	0–0
St. Lucia	2-0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		1–1	1–1
Zejtun	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–2	2–1		0–2
Zurrieq	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0

External links

• Third Division on MaltaFootball.com