2008–09 Maltese Second Division

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.

Maltese Second Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsBalzan
PromotedBalzan
Melita
RelegatedNaxxar Lions
Mgarr United
Marsa
Goals scored341
Average goals/game2.58
Top goalscorerMatthew Borg I (18)

Participating teams
Participating teams

Changes from previous season

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Balzan (C) 22 18 3 1 48 9 +39 58[lower-alpha 1] Champions and promotion to 2009–10 Maltese First Division
2 Melita 22 15 5 2 49 11 +38 50 Runners-up and promotion to 2009–10 Maltese First Division
3 Lija Athletic 22 15 3 4 35 17 +18 48
4 Santa Venera Lightning 22 10 4 8 24 24 0 34
5 Birzebbuga St. Peters 22 9 4 9 27 28 −1 31
6 Mellieha 22 9 3 10 29 24 +5 30
7 Gozo FC 22 7 6 9 27 37 −10 27
8 St. Andrews 22 4 13 5 24 23 +1 25
9 Zebbug Rangers 22 5 9 8 25 29 −4 19[lower-alpha 2]
10 Naxxar Lions (R) 22 4 5 13 25 49 −24 17 Relegation playoffs
11 Mgarr United (R) 22 3 6 13 18 41 −23 15 Relegation to 2009–10 Maltese Third Division
12 Marsa (R) 22 1 3 18 10 49 −39 6
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 bonus point awarded?
  2. Zebbug started the season with a 5 point deduction due to incidents that occurred in the Champions play-off of the 3rd Division

Relegation-promotion play-off
Participating
Club
 Position
Gudja United3rd in 3rd Division Section A
Mdina Knights2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Naxxar Lions10th in Maltese Second Division 2007-08
Santa Lucia3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Zurrieq2nd in 3rd Division Section B
Quarter final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gudja United 0–2 Santa Lucia
Semi finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mdina Knights 0–1 Zurrieq
Naxxar Lions 0–1 Santa Lucia
Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zurrieq 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Santa Lucia

Results
Home \ Away 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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Goals Player Team
18 Malta Matthew Borg I Melita
13 Malta Aaron Agius Balzan
12 Malta Ronnie Celeste Birzebbuga
11 Malta Wayne Borg St. John Mellieha
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