2008–09 Maltese Second Division

May 2026 Maltese Second Division 2008–09 Balzan BalzanMelita Naxxar LionsMgarr UnitedMarsa Matthew Borg I (18) 341 2.58 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Maltese Second Division season, also known as the 2008–09 BOV 2nd Division 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 2008–09 Maltese Second Division was won by Balzan.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 Malta 400 Malta 35 53 53 N 14 27 12 E Balzan Malta 35 49 32 N 14 31 41 E Birżebbuġa bottom Malta 36 2 18.0 N 14 15 22.5 E Gozo Malta 35 54 5 N 14 26 50 E Lija left Malta 35 53 0 N 14 29 41 E Marsa right Malta 35 57 23 N 14 21 59 E Mellieħa left Malta 35 55 7 N 14 29 24 E Melita right Malta 35 55 11 N 14 21 59 E Mġarr left Malta 35 54 54 N 14 26 41 E Naxxar left Malta 35.924028 14.476073 St. Andrews top Malta 35 53 23 N 14 28 40 E Santa Venera Malta 35 52 23 N 14 26 31 E Żebbuġ left Participating teams Balzan Birżebbuġa Gozo Lija Marsa Mellieħa Melita Mġarr Naxxar St. Andrews Santa Venera Żebbuġ Changes from previous season San Gwann and Rabat Ajax were promoted to 2008–09 Maltese First Division. They were replaced with Mellieha and Marsa, both relegated from 2007–08 Maltese First Division Zurrieq and Sirens were relegated to 2008–09 Maltese Third Division. They were replaced with Gozo FC and Zebbug Rangers, both promoted from 2007–08 Maltese Third Division. Final league table main WDL PR BAL Balzan MLT Melita LIJ Lija Athletic STV Santa Venera Lightning BIR Birzebbuga St. Peters MLL Mellieha GOZ Gozo FC STA St. Andrews ZEB Zebbug Rangers NAX Naxxar Lions MGA Mgarr United MAR Marsa 18 3 1 48 9 C 15 5 2 49 11 15 3 4 35 17 10 4 8 24 24 9 4 9 27 28 9 3 10 29 24 7 6 9 27 37 4 13 5 24 23 5 9 8 25 29 4 5 13 25 49 R 3 6 13 18 41 R 1 3 18 10 49 R 1 1 bonus point awarded? -5 Zebbug started the season with a 5 point deduction due to incidents that occurred in the Champions play-off of the 3rd Division green1 Champions and promotion to 2009–10 Maltese First Division CP green2 Runners-up and promotion to 2009–10 Maltese First Division P red3 Relegation playoffs RP red1 Relegation to 2009–10 Maltese Third Division R R complete Relegation-promotion play-off Participating ClubPositionGudja United3rd in 3rd Division Section AMdina Knights2nd in 3rd Division Section ANaxxar Lions10th in Maltese Second Division 2007-08Santa Lucia3rd in 3rd Division Section BZurrieq2nd in 3rd Division Section B Quarter final Gudja United 0–2 Santa Lucia |} Gudja United remain in Maltese Third Division Semi-finals 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 Zurrieq 2–2 5–4 Santa Lucia |} Zurrieq promoted to Maltese Second Division Santa Lucia remain in Maltese Third Division Results main FBR grey BAL BIR GOZ LIJ MAR MLT MLL MGA NAX STA STV ZEB 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 complete Top scorers GoalsPlayerTeam 18Malta Matthew Borg IMelita 13Malta Aaron AgiusBalzan 12Malta Ronnie CelesteBirzebbuga 11Malta Wayne Borg St. JohnMellieha Category:Maltese Second Division seasons Malta 3