2007–08 Maltese First Division

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.

Maltese First Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsTarxien Rainbows
PromotedTarxien Rainbows
Qormi
RelegatedMellieħa
Marsa
Goals scored294
Average goals/game3.26
Top goalscorerAnthony Eviparker (15)

Teams

The Maltese First Division 2007–08 was made up of these teams:

Changes from previous season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tarxien Rainbows (C) 18 12 3 3 32 17 +15 39 Promotion to 2008–09 Maltese Premier League
2 Mosta 18 11 4 3 34 18 +16 37 Promotion Playoffs
3 Qormi 18 11 4 3 37 22 +15 37
4 Senglea Athletic 18 10 1 7 32 23 +9 31
5 Dingli Swallows 18 8 3 7 34 27 +7 27
6 Vittoriosa Stars 18 8 1 9 33 29 +4 25
7 St. George's 18 6 3 9 27 33 −6 21
8 St. Patrick 18 4 4 10 21 27 −6 16
9 Mellieħa (R) 18 3 4 11 21 43 −22 13 Relegation to 2008–09 Maltese Second Division
10 Marsa (R) 18 3 1 14 23 55 −32 10
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion Play off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Qormi 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) Mosta
  • The playoff was played due to Mosta and Qormi finished level on points.
  • Qormi promoted.

Results
Home \ Away DIN MAR MEL MOS QOR SEN STG STP TAR VIT
Dingli Swallows — 6–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–0
Marsa 0–3 — 0–1 2–4 3–4 0–5 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–4
Mellieħa 0–2 1–3 — 1–2 4–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–6
Mosta 4–0 0–3 3–0 — 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1
Qormi 4–2 1–1 3–0 3–3 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1
Senglea Athletic 0–4 5–2 4–0 2–1 1–3 — 2–0 0–4 0–1 1–0
St. George's 4–2 6–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–4 — 2–1 2–0 3–7
St. Patrick 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 — 1–1 1–3
Tarxien Rainbows 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 — 3–2
Vittoriosa Stars 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–3 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 18 May 2008[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Anthony Eviparker Vittoriosa Stars 15
2 Nigeria Anthony Ewurum Senglea Athletic 13
3 Malta Chris Ciappara Dingli Swallows 12
4 Malta Warren Chircop Marsa 10
5 Malta Carlos Camenzuli Mosta 9
Malta Joseph Farrugia Qormi

References
  1. "Malta: BOV First Division 2007/08 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "BOV First Division Results 2007/08". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Malta: BOV First Division 2007/08 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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