2007–08 Maltese First Division

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

The Maltese First Division 2007–08 (known as BOV First Division 2007–08 for sponsorship reasons) started on October 9, 2007 and ended on May 23, 2008. Marsa F.C. and St. George's F.C. 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. Mellieha 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.

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 (C) 18 12 3 3 32 17 +15 39 Champions and promotion to 2008–09 Maltese Premier League
2 Mosta 18 11 4 3 34 18 +16 37 Promotion Playoffs, winner promoted to 2008–09 Maltese Premier League
3 Qormi 18 11 4 3 37 22 +15 37
4 Senglea 18 10 1 7 32 23 +9 31
5 Dingli 18 8 3 7 34 27 +7 27
6 Vittoriosa 18 8 1 9 33 29 +4 25
7 St.Georges 18 6 3 9 27 33 −6 21
8 St.Patrick 18 4 4 10 21 27 −6 16
9 Mellieha (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) Champion; (R) Relegated

Promotion Play off[]

Team #1 Result Team #2
Qormi 4-3(pens.) 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 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
Mellieha 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 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 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2
Vittoriosa 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[]

Goals[3] Player Team
15
 Nigeria Anthony Eviparker Vittoriosa
13
 Nigeria Senglea
12
 Malta Dingli
10
 Malta Marsa
9
 Malta Mosta
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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