Maltese First Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsDingli Swallows
PromotedDingli Swallows
RelegatedRabat Ajax
Senglea Athletic
Goals scored276
Average goals/game3.06
Top goalscorerSimon Shead and Anthony Eviparker (15)

The 2008–09 Maltese First Division season (known as 2008–09 BOV First Division 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 Athletic were relegated to the Second Division.

Teams

These teams will contest the Maltese First Division 2008-09 season:

Changes from previous season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dingli Swallows (C) 18 10 4 4 33 17 +16 34 Promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Premier League
2 Vittoriosa Stars[lower-alpha 1] 18 10 4 4 34 20 +14 34
3 Pietà Hotspurs 18 9 6 3 34 23 +11 33
4 St. George's 18 8 3 7 34 32 +2 27
5 St. Patrick 18 7 6 5 24 24 0 27
6 Mqabba 18 5 9 4 28 24 +4 24
7 Mosta 18 6 4 8 20 22 −2 22
8 San Ġwann 18 6 4 8 31 38 −7 22
9 Rabat Ajax (R) 18 5 2 11 20 36 −16 17 Relegation to 2009–10 Maltese Second Division
10 Senglea Athletic (R) 18 2 2 14 18 40 −22 8
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Vittoriosa Stars were promoted. However, after playing one match in the Premier League, Vittoriosa Stars were relegated to the First Division due to a decision by the Board to Investigate Corrupt Practices.

Championship play-offs

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dingli Swallows 2–1 Vittoriosa Stars

Results

Home \ Away DIN MOS MQA PIE RAB SĠW SEN STG STP VIT
Dingli Swallows — 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
Pietà Hotspurs 1–3 2–2 2–1 — 3–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 2–2 0–3
Rabat Ajax 0–4 0–4 2–0 0–1 — 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–3
San Ġwann 4–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 — 4–2 0–3 4–1 1–2
Senglea Athletic 0–5 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 2–1 3–0 0–1
St. George's 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 Stars 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 5–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 17 May 2009[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Simon Shead Pietà Hotspurs 15
Nigeria Anthony Eviparker Vittoriosa Stars
3 Nigeria Uchenna Anyanwu Dingli Swallows 13
4 Bulgaria Martin Deanov Pietà Hotspurs 11
5 Nigeria John Nwoba St. George's 10

References

  1. ↑ "Malta: BOV First Division 2008/09 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "BOV First Division Results 2008/09". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Malta: BOV First Division 2008/09 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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