2007–08 Maltese Second Division

Maltese Second Division
Season	2007–08
Champions	San Gwann
Promoted	San Gwann; Rabat Ajax
Relegated	Zurrieq; Sirens
Goals scored	353
Average goals/game	2.67
Top goalscorer	Kurt Coleiro (17)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The Maltese Second Division 2007–08 (known as BOV Second Division 2007-08 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 21 September 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. San Gwann and Naxxar Lions were relegated from Maltese First Division 2006-07.The promoted teams from Maltese Third Division 2006-07 were Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq.The league was won by San Gwann.They finished on 47 points,level with Balzan Youths and Rabat Ajax.They were declared champions for their superior goal difference.Balzan Youths and Rabat Ajax had to play a promotion play-off for the team to get promoted.The play-off was won 3-0 by Rabat Ajax.At the other end Sirens and Zurrieq were relegated while Mgarr United had to play the relegation-playoffs with4 teams from the Third Division. Zurrieq were relegated because they had a 5-point deduction by the Malta Football Association. They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet.Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27 to be abandoned.Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player.If they were deducted no points it would have been Mgarr United relegated.Mgarr managed to win the relegation-playoffs and secure their Second Division status for the very first time.

Participating teams

The Maltese Second Division 2007–08 was made up of these teams:

Changes from previous season

Dingli Swallows and Mellieha were promoted to the First Division.They were replaced with San Gwann and Naxxar Lions,both relegated from Maltese First Division 2006-07
Gozo FC, Gudja United and Zebbug Rangers were relegated to the Third Division.They were replaced with Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq, all promoted fromk Maltese Third Division 2006-07

2007-08 standings

As of 18 May 2008

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	San Gwann (C)	22	14	5	3	45	22	+23	47
2	Balzan Youths	22	15	2	5	55	25	+30	47
3	Rabat Ajax	22	14	5	3	36	11	+25	47
4	Melita	22	13	3	6	43	23	+20	42
5	Birzebbuga St.Peters	22	11	2	9	36	36	0	35
6	Lija Athletic	22	8	4	10	25	29	−4	28
7	Santa Venera Lightning	22	8	4	10	28	39	−11	28
8	St. Andrews	22	7	5	10	20	26	−6	26
9	Naxxar Lions	22	7	2	13	17	31	−14	23
10	Mgarr United (RP)	22	5	6	11	23	37	−14	21
11	Zurrieq (R)	22	5	7	10	26	31	−5	17^[1]
12	Sirens (R)	22	1	3	18	11	55	−44	6

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

	Champions and promotion to Maltese First Division 2008-09
	Promotion playoff.Winner promoted
	Relegation-Promotion playoffs
	Relegation to Maltese Third Division 2008-09

Promotion Play-Off

Promotion Play off

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Rabat	3-0	Balzan

Relegation-Promotion Play-Off

Participating

Club	Position
Attard	2nd in 3rd Division Section A
Gharghur	3rd in 3rd Division Section B
Gzira United	2nd in 3rd Division Section B
Mgarr United	10th in Maltese Second Division 2007–08
Xghajra Tornadoes	3rd in 3rd Division Section A

Quarter Final

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Xghajra	1-0	Gharghur

Gharghur remain in Maltese Third Division

Semi Finals

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Mgarr	1-0(aet)	Xghajra
Attard	4-3(pens.)	Gzira

Xghajra and Gzira remain in Maltese Third Division

Final

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Mgarr	1-0	Attard

Mgarr remain in Maltese Second Division
Attard remain in Maltese Third Division

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
17	Kurt Coleiro	Balzan
12	Ronnie Celeste	Birzebbuga
12	Johann Zammit	Birzebbuga
11	Godfrey Chetcuti	Zurrieq
10	Matthew Borg II	Melita
	Chris Abela	Mgarr
	Adam Smeir	Rabat

2007/2008 Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Balzan	Birzebbuga	Lija	Melita	Mgarr	Naxxar	Rabat	S.Gwann	Sirens	St.Andrews	S.Venera	Zurrieq
Balzan		2-1	4-2	3-2	4-1	7-0	0-0	1-3	4-0	0-1	5-0	0-3
Birzebbuga	0-4		4-2	2-3	2-0	3-1	0-2	2-2	2-1	4-1	0-1	4-2
Lija	0-2	0-1		3-2	1-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	4-0	1-0	0-2	3-1
Melita	3-1	1-2	2-0		5-0	1-0	0-0	2-1	5-0	1-0	4-1	0-1
Mgarr	1-2	3-1	1-2	0-0		0-1	0-4	2-2	3-0	0-0	1-2	1-0
Naxxar	2-2	1-0	0-1	0-1	2-1		0-2	1-3	1-0	1-3	0-1	1-0
Rabat	0-1	5-1	1-1	2-1	3-1	2-0		0-1	3-0	1-2	2-0	2-0
S.Gwann	1-0	3-4	4-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	1-1		1-1	4-1	1-1	2-1
Sirens	1-5	0-1	0-2	1-3	0-0	0-5	0-1	1-4		1-2	2-1	0-1
St.Andrews	1-0	1-2	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-1		1-2	3-1^[2]
S.Venera	1-3	0-1	1-3	2-4	3-4	1-0	1-1	2-4	2-1	3-1		1-1
Zurrieq	2-3	1-1	0-0	2-2	2-2	1-0	1-2	1-2	4-1	1-1	0-0

Notes

↑ Zurrieq were docked 5 points.They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet.Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27th to be abandoned.Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player.
↑ Match abandoned on 69 minutes

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[1] Zurrieq were docked 5 points.They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet.Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27th to be abandoned.Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player.

[2] Match abandoned on 69 minutes