2008–09 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division 2008–09 Dingli Swallows Dingli Swallows Rabat AjaxSenglea Athletic Simon Shead and Anthony Eviparker (15) 276 3.06 2007–08 2009–10 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: Dingli Swallows Mosta Mqabba Pietà Hotspurs Rabat Ajax San Ġwann St. George's Senglea Athletic St. Patrick Vittoriosa Changes from previous season Tarxien Rainbows and Qormi were promoted to the Premier League. They were replaced with Pieta Hotspurs and Mqabba, both relegated from 2007–08 Maltese Premier League Mellieha and Marsa were relegated to the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with San Gwann and Rabat Ajax. League table main WDL 5 PR DIN Dingli Swallows VIT Vittoriosa Stars PIE Pietà Hotspurs STG St. George's STP St. Patrick MQA Mqabba MOS Mosta SĠW San Ġwann RAB Rabat Ajax SEN Senglea Athletic 10 4 4 33 17 C 10 4 4 34 20 9 6 3 34 23 8 3 7 34 32 7 6 5 24 24 5 9 4 28 24 6 4 8 20 22 6 4 8 31 38 5 2 11 20 36 R 2 2 14 18 40 R green1 Promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Premier League CP 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. red1 Relegation to 2009–10 Maltese Second Division R R complete http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2008-09/tables/first/tableoverall.htm Malta: BOV First Division 2008/09 Table MaltaFootball.com 19 January 2020 Championship play-offs Dingli Swallows 2–1 Vittoriosa Stars |} Results main http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2008-09/results-first.shtml BOV First Division Results 2008/09 MaltaFootball.com 19 January 2020 complete FBR DIN MOS MQA PIE RAB SĠW SEN STG STP VIT Dingli Swallows Mosta Mqabba Pietà Hotspurs Rabat Ajax San Ġwann Senglea Athletic St. George's St. Patrick Vittoriosa Stars 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–4 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–4 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 4–2 0–3 4–1 1–2 0–5 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–4 1–2 7–2 2–0 3–3 0–4 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 5–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 Top scorers 17 May 2009http://archive.malta-football.com/archives/2008-09/tables/first/scorers.htm Malta: BOV First Division 2008/09 Scorers MaltaFootball.com 19 January 2020 RankPlayerClubGoals1ENG Simon SheadPietà Hotspurs15NGR Anthony EviparkerVittoriosa Stars3NGR Uchenna AnyanwuDingli Swallows134BUL Martin DeanovPietà Hotspurs115NGR John NwobaSt. George's10 References Category:Maltese First Division seasons Malta 2