2005–06 Maltese Second Division

The 2005–06 Maltese Second Division (known as BOV Second Division 2005-06 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 24 September 2005 and ended on 8 May 2006.

Participating teams[]

Attard
Balzan Youths
Dingli Swallows
Gharghur
Gozo FC
Gudja United
Gzira United
Melita
Mellieha
Qormi
Vittoriosa Stars
Zebbug Rangers

Changes from previous season[]

Tarxien Rainbows and St.Andrews were promoted to 2005–06 Maltese First Division. They were replaced with Balzan Youths and Gozo FC, both relegated from 2004–05 Maltese First Division.
Santa Venera Lightning and Rabat Ajax were relegated to . They were replaced with Gudja United and Gharghur, both promoted from .

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Qormi (C)	22	15	5	2	48	20	+28	50	Champions and promotion to 2006–07 Maltese First Division
2	Vittoriosa Stars	22	12	8	2	34	16	+18	44	Promotion to 2006–07 Maltese First Division
3	Mellieha	22	10	7	5	39	22	+17	37
4	Dingli Swallows	22	8	11	3	28	16	+12	35
5	Balzan Youths	22	9	3	10	36	33	+3	30
6	Gozo FC	22	7	8	7	24	31	−7	29
7	Gudja United	22	7	6	9	26	28	−2	27
8	Zebbug Rangers	22	6	9	7	13	16	−3	27
9	Melita	22	7	5	10	32	29	+3	26
10	Gzira United (R)	22	6	7	9	26	34	−8	25	Relegation playoffs
11	Attard (R)	22	5	4	13	17	50	−33	19	Relegation to 2006–07 Maltese Third Division
12	Gharghur (R)	22	2	3	17	17	48	−31	9	Relegation to 2006–07 Maltese Third Division

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Relegation playoffs[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rabat	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Sirens	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Santa Lucia	3	1	0	2	5	2	+3	3
Gzira	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}


14 May 2006
Gzira	0 – 0	Sirens
Rabat	1 – 0	Santa Lucia
18 May 2006
Sirens	0 – 1	Rabat
Santa Lucia	5 – 0	Gzira
21 May 2006
Santa Lucia	0 – 1	Sirens
Gzira	1 – 4	Rabat

Rabat promoted to Maltese Second Division
Gzira relegated to Maltese Third Division
Sirens and Santa Lucia remain in Maltese Third Division

Top scorers[]

Goals	Player	Team
19	Antoine Sacco	Balzan
16	Ibrahim Tarik	Mellieha
13	Matthew Borg I	Melita
13	Johann Zammit	Qormi
12	Andrew Scerri	Qormi
12	Wayne Borg St.John	Mellieha

Results[]

Home \ Away	ATT	BAL	DIN	GHA	GOZ	GUD	GZI	MLT	MLL	QOR	VIT	ZEB
Attard		2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–5	0–2	0–0
Balzan	3–0		1–2	7–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	3–1
Dingli	7–0	2–2		3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Gharghur	0–1	1–3	1–2		6–3	0–2	3–4	0–0	0–6	0–2	1–2	0–0
Gozo	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0
Gudja	3–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0		2–2	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	0–1
Gzira	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–6	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–0
Melita	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–2	3–2		2–0	0–1	0–2	1–2
Mellieha	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1		0–0	1–1	0–1
Qormi	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	5–2	2–0	1–3		1–2	2–2
Vittoriosa	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–2	3–3		0–0
Zebbug	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.