2009–10 Maltese Third Division

The Maltese Third Division 2009–10 (known as BOV 3rd Division 2009–10 due to sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the Maltese Third Division. It started in September 2009 and ended in May 2010 with the promotion play-offs. Naxxar Lions, Mgarr United and Marsa were relegated from the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division.

Maltese Third Division
Season2009–10

The division is divided into two sections (Section A and Section B), both with 10 teams. The winners of each section faced each other in a play-off where the winner was crowned as champion of the division, but both teams were still given the promotion.

Mgarr United won Section A, while Zejtun Corinthians won Section B after a decider with Naxxar Lions. In the Championship play-off Zejtun bet Mgarr 4–3 to win the Division.

In the promotion play-offs semi-final Gudja United beat Santa Venera, who finished 10th in the Second Division. In the final Naxxar Lions defeated Gudja on penalties to win promotion.

This was the debut season of Swieqi United.

Clubs

Section A

Section B

Changes from previous season

League table

Section A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Mgarr United (C) 18 14 2 2 41 17 +24 44 Promoted to 2010–11 Maltese Second Division
2 Mdina Knights (Q) 18 11 4 3 33 19 +14 37 Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off
3 Ghaxaq (Q) 18 9 4 5 36 32 +4 31
4 Marsa 18 7 5 6 22 19 +3 26
5 Siggiewi 18 8 2 8 33 37 −4 26
6 Mtarfa 18 6 5 7 19 25 −6 23
7 Luqa St. Andrew's 18 6 3 9 34 33 +1 21
8 Pembroke Athleta 18 5 3 10 22 28 −6 18
9 Fgura United 18 4 2 12 17 31 −14 14
10 Kalkara 18 4 2 12 21 37 −16 14
Source:
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Section B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Zejtun Corinthians (C) 18 14 4 0 46 8 +38 46[lower-alpha 1] Promoted to 2010–11 Maltese Second Division
2 Naxxar Lions (Q) 18 15 1 2 51 16 +35 46[lower-alpha 1] Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off
3 Gudja United (Q) 18 9 3 6 37 17 +20 30
4 Attard 18 7 6 5 30 27 +3 27
5 Kirkop United 18 6 5 7 25 27 −2 23
6 Sirens 18 7 1 10 31 42 −11 22
7 Xghajra Tornadoes 18 6 1 11 19 37 −18 19
8 Swieqi United 18 5 1 12 25 49 −24 16
9 Qrendi 18 5 0 13 29 51 −22 15
10 Santa Lucia 18 4 2 12 16 35 −19 14
Source:
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Since Zejtun Corinthians and Naxxar Lions were level on points, the section championship was decided by a play-off match (won by Zejtun Corinthians).
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Championship decider
Naxxar Lions 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) Zejtun Corinthians

Champions playoff
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mgarr United 3–4 Zejtun Corinthians

Promotion-relegation play-off
Participating
Club
 Position
Ghaxaq3rd in 3rd Division Section A
Gudja United3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Mdina Knights2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Naxxar Lions2nd in 3rd Division Section B
St. Venera Lightning10th in 2nd Division
Quarter final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ghaxaq 1–2 Gudja United
Semi finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mdina Knights 0–2 Naxxar Lions
St. Venera Lightning 0–2 Gudja United
Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Naxxar Lions 5–5 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Gudja United

Results

Section A
Home \ Away FGR GXQ KKR LQA MRS MDN MGR MTF PBK SGW
Fgura 2–3 4–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0
Ghaxaq 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–2
Kalkara 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–3
Luqa 4–0 4–4 3–4 1–1 3–2 1–2 3–4 1–2 3–1
Marsa 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–1
Mdina 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–3
Mgarr 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0
Mtarfa 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3
Pembroke 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–5 0–1 2–2
Siggiewi 1–2 5–2 1–2 3–2 0–4 3–1 2–7 1–1 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Section B
Home \ Away ATD GDJ KKP NXR QRD SIR SLC SWQ XJR ZTN
Attard 0–2 2–2 1–6 2–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 4–2 0–0
Gudja 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–0 7–0 4–0 0–0
Kirkop 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–2
Naxxar 3–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–3
Qrendi 1–2 0–5 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–2 3–4 1–4 1–2
Sirens 3–3 1–3 3–1 0–5 4–5 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–4
St. Lucia 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 3–4 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–3
Swieqi 1–4 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–4 3–1 1–2 0–3
Xghajra 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–5
Zejtun 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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