2007–08 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division 2007–08 Tarxien Rainbows Tarxien RainbowsQormi MellieħaMarsa Anthony Eviparker (15) 294 3.26 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Maltese First Division (known as 2007–08 BOV First Division for sponsorship reasons) started on October 9, 2007 and ended on May 23, 2008. Marsa and St. George's were the teams which were relegated from the 2006–07 Maltese Premier League. Dingli Swallows and Mellieha were the promoted teams from the 2006–07 Maltese Second Division. Tarxien Rainbows finished as champions and were promoted to the 2008–09 Maltese Premier League. They were joined with Qormi, who won a play-off with Mosta 4-3 on penalties, following a 0-0 draw. The play-off was necessary because the two teams finished level on points. Mellieħa and Marsa were relegated to the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division. Mellieha had just been promoted but went straight down. Marsa suffered two straight relegations, having been relegated from the Premier League. Teams The Maltese First Division 2007–08 was made up of these teams: Dingli Swallows Marsa Mellieħa Mosta Qormi Senglea Athletic St. Georges St.Patrick Tarxien Rainbows Vittoriosa Stars Changes from previous season Ħamrun Spartans and Mqabba were promoted to the Premier League. They were replaced with St. Georges and Marsa, both relegated from 2006–07 Maltese Premier League. San Ġwann and Naxxar Lions were relegated to 2007–08 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Dingli Swallows and Mellieħa. League table main WDL 5 PR TAR Tarxien Rainbows MOS Mosta QOR Qormi SEN Senglea Athletic DIN Dingli Swallows VIT Vittoriosa Stars STG St. George's STP St. Patrick MEL Mellieħa MAR Marsa 12 3 3 32 17 C 11 4 3 34 18 11 4 3 37 22 10 1 7 32 23 8 3 7 34 27 8 1 9 33 29 6 3 9 27 33 4 4 10 21 27 3 4 11 21 43 R 3 1 14 23 55 R green1 Promotion to 2008–09 Maltese Premier League P green2 Promotion Playoffs PP PP red1 Relegation to 2008–09 Maltese Second Division R R complete http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2007-08/tables/first/tableoverall.htm Malta: BOV First Division 2007/08 Table MaltaFootball.com 19 January 2020 Promotion Play off Qormi 0–0 4–3 Mosta |} The playoff was played due to Mosta and Qormi finished level on points. Qormi promoted. Results main http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2007-08/results-first.shtml BOV First Division Results 2007/08 MaltaFootball.com 19 January 2020 complete FBR DIN MAR MEL MOS QOR SEN STG STP TAR VIT Dingli Swallows Marsa Mellieħa Mosta Qormi Senglea Athletic St. George's St. Patrick Tarxien Rainbows Vittoriosa Stars 6–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–4 3–4 0–5 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–3 1–2 4–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–6 4–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–4 5–2 4–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–4 0–1 1–0 4–2 6–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 3–7 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–3 Top scorers 18 May 2008http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2007-08/tables/first/scorers.htm Malta: BOV First Division 2007/08 Scorers MaltaFootball.com 19 January 2020 RankPlayerClubGoals1NGR Anthony EviparkerVittoriosa Stars152NGR Anthony EwurumSenglea Athletic133MLT Chris CiapparaDingli Swallows124MLT Warren ChircopMarsa105MLT Carlos CamenzuliMosta9MLT Joseph FarrugiaQormi References Category:Maltese First Division seasons Malta 2