2005–06 Maltese First Division

The Maltese First Division 2005–06 (known as BOV First Division 2005-06 for sponsorship reasons) started on 10 September 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. Lija F.C. and St. Patrick F.C. were the teams which were relegated from the 2004–05 Maltese Premier League. Tarxien Rainbows and St.Andrews were the promoted teams. St. Georges were the champions and Marsa were the runners-up. Both were promoted to the Premier League. Lija Athletic and St. Andrews were relegated. This was two straight relegations for Lija while St. Andrews were sent back down having just been promoted.

Maltese First Division
Season2005–06
ChampionsSt. George's
PromotedSt. George's
Marsa
RelegatedLija Athletic
St. Andrews
Goals scored251
Average goals/game2.78
Top goalscorerChima Dozie (15)

Teams

The Maltese First Division 2005–06 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 St. George's (C) 18 10 5 3 27 14 +13 35 Champions and promotion to 2006–07 Maltese Premier League
2 Marsa 18 9 6 3 33 20 +13 33 Runners-up and promotion to 2006–07 Maltese Premier League
3 Mqabba 18 9 4 5 28 18 +10 31
4 Tarxien Rainbows 18 8 5 5 25 18 +7 29
5 Senglea Athletics 18 8 3 7 21 23 −2 27
6 St.Patrick 18 7 5 6 29 22 +7 26
7 San Gwann 18 7 2 9 23 25 −2 23
8 Naxxar Lions 18 6 2 10 32 38 −6 20
9 Lija Athletic (R) 18 5 3 10 20 33 −13 18 Relegation to 2006–07 Maltese Second Division
10 St. Andrews (R) 18 1 5 12 13 40 −27 8
Source: [1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away LJA MAR MQA NAX SĠW SEN STA STG STP TAR
Lija 0–3 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–1 4–2 1–3 2–2 1–2
Marsa 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2
Mqabba 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–2
Naxxar 0–1 0–4 2–5 4–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2
San Gwann 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
Senglea 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
St. Andrews 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2
St. George's 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
St. Patrick 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–2
Tarxien 2–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Goals[3] Player Team
15
 Chima Dozie Naxxar
11
 Mark Tanti St. Patrick
10
 Gilbert Martin Marsa
9
 Uchenna Anywanna Mqabba
8
 Karl Sciberras San Gwann
Anthony Ewurum St. Georges

References
  1. "Malta: BOV First Division 2005/06 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "BOV First Division Results 2005/06". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Malta: BOV First Division 2005/06 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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