2007–08 Maltese Second Division

The Maltese Second Division 2007–08 (known as BOV Second Division 2007–08 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 21 September 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. San Gwann and Naxxar Lions were relegated from 2006–07 Maltese First Division.The promoted teams from 2006–07 Maltese Third Division were Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq.The league was won by San Gwann.They finished on 47 points, level with Balzan Youths and Rabat Ajax.They were declared champions for their superior goal difference. Balzan Youths and Rabat Ajax had to play a promotion play-off for the team to get promoted. The play-off was won 3-0 by Rabat Ajax. At the other end Sirens and Zurrieq were relegated while Mgarr United had to play the relegation playoffs with four teams from the Third Division. Zurrieq were relegated because they had a 5-point deduction by the Malta Football Association. They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet. Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27 to be abandoned. Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player. If they were deducted no points it would have been Mgarr United relegated. Mgarr managed to win the relegation playoffs and secure their second division status for the first time.

Maltese Second Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsSan Gwann
PromotedSan Gwann
Rabat Ajax
RelegatedZurrieq
Sirens
Goals scored353
Average goals/game2.67
Top goalscorerKurt Coleiro (17)

Participating teams

Changes from previous season

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 San Gwann (C) 22 14 5 3 45 22 +23 47 Champions and promotion to 2008–09 Maltese First Division
2 Balzan Youths 22 15 2 5 55 25 +30 47 Promotion playoff
3 Rabat Ajax 22 14 5 3 36 11 +25 47
4 Melita 22 13 3 6 43 23 +20 42
5 Birzebbuga St.Peters 22 11 2 9 36 36 0 35
6 Lija Athletic 22 8 4 10 25 29 −4 28
7 Santa Venera Lightning 22 8 4 10 28 39 −11 28
8 St. Andrews 22 7 5 10 20 26 −6 26
9 Naxxar Lions 22 7 2 13 17 31 −14 23
10 Mgarr United (O) 22 5 6 11 23 37 −14 21 Relegation-promotion playoffs
11 Zurrieq (R) 22 5 7 10 26 31 −5 17[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to 2008–09 Maltese Third Division
12 Sirens (R) 22 1 3 18 11 55 −44 6
Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Zurrieq were docked 5 points. They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet. Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27th to be abandoned. Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player.

Promotion play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Rabat Ajax 3–0 Balzan Youths

Relegation-promotion play-off
Participating
Club
 Position
Attard2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Gharghur3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Gzira United2nd in 3rd Division Section B
Mgarr United10th in Maltese Second Division 2007–08
Xghajra Tornadoes3rd in 3rd Division Section A
Quarter final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Xghajra Tornadoes 1–0 Gharghur
Semi finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mgarr 1–0 (a.e.t.) Xghajra Tornadoes
Attard 4–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) Gzira United
Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mgarr United 1–0 Attard

Top scorers
Goals Player Team
17 Malta Kurt Coleiro Balzan
12 Malta Ronnie Celeste Birzebbuga
Malta Johann Zammit Birzebbuga
11 Malta Godfrey Chetcuti Zurrieq
10 Malta Matthew Borg II Melita
Malta Chris Abela Mgarr
Malta Adam Smeir Rabat

Results
Home \ Away BAL BIR LIJ MEL MGA NAX RAB SGW SIR STA STV ZUR
Balzan 2–1 4–2 3–2 4–1 7–0 0–0 1–3 4–0 0–1 5–0 0–3
Birzebbuga 0–4 4–2 2–3 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 4–2
Lija 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–1
Melita 3–1 1–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 4–1 0–1
Mgarr 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
Naxxar 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0
Rabat 0–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–0
S.Gwann 1–0 3–4 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1
Sirens 1–5 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–5 0–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 0–1
St.Andrews 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1[lower-alpha 1]
S.Venera 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–4 3–4 1–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 1–1
Zurrieq 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match abandoned after 69 minutes.
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