2008–09 Maltese First Division

The Maltese First Division 2008–09 season (known as BOV First Division 2008–09 for sponsorship reasons) started in October 2008 and ended in May 2009. Pieta Hotspurs and Mqabba were relegated from the Premier League. The promoted teams were San Gwann and Rabat Ajax. Dingli Swallows and Vittoriosa Stars finished the league as joint first with the same number of points. Both were promoted but a decider had to be played to decide who the champions would be. The decider was won by Dingli by the score of 2–1. At the other end Rabat Ajax and Senglea Athletics were relegated to the Second Division.

Maltese First Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsDingli Swallows
PromotedDingli Swallows
Vittoriosa Stars
RelegatedRabat Ajax
Senglea Athletics
Goals scored276
Average goals/game3.06
Top goalscorerSimon Shead and Anthony Eviparker (15)

Teams

These teams will contest the Maltese First Division 2008-09 season:

Changes from previous season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dingli Swallows (C) 18 10 4 4 33 17 +16 34 Championship play-offs. Both teams promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Premier League
2 Vittoriosa Stars 18 10 4 4 34 20 +14 34
3 Pieta Hotspurs 18 9 6 3 34 23 +11 33
4 St. George's 18 8 3 7 34 32 +2 27
5 St. Patrick 18 7 6 5 24 24 0 27
6 Mqabba 18 5 9 4 28 24 +4 24
7 Mosta 18 6 4 8 20 22 −2 22
8 San Gwann 18 6 4 8 31 38 −7 22
9 Rabat Ajax (R) 18 5 2 11 20 36 −16 17 Relegation to 2009–10 Maltese Second Division
10 Senglea Athletics (R) 18 2 2 14 18 40 −22 8
Source: [1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Championship play-offs
Team #1 Result Team #2
Dingli Swallows2-1Vittoriosa Stars

Results
Home \ Away DIN MOS MQA PIE RAB SĠW SEN STG STP VIT
Dingli 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–0
Mosta 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2
Mqabba 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–4 0–0 1–1
Pieta 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 2–2 0–3
Rabat 0–4 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–3
San Gwann 4–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 4–2 0–3 4–1 1–2
Senglea 0–5 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–1
St.Georges 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–4 1–2 7–2 2–0 3–3 0–4
St. Patrick 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–3
Vittoriosa 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 5–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Goals[3] Player Team
15
 Simon Shead Pieta Hotspurs
Anthony Eviparker Vittoriosa Stars
13
 Uchenna Anyanwu Dingli Swallows
11
 Martin Deanov Pieta Hotspurs
10
 John Nwoba St.Georges

References
  1. "Malta: BOV First Division 2008/09 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "BOV First Division Results 2008/09". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Malta: BOV First Division 2008/09 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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