2006–07 Maltese Third Division

The 2006–07 Maltese Third Division (referred to as the BOV Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the league season of the Maltese Third Division which spanned from 24 September 2006 until 7 May 2007.

Maltese Third Division
Season2006–07
Dates24 September 2006 – 7 May 2007
ChampionsMġarr United
PromotedMġarr United
Sirens
Żurrieq
Top goalscorerLawrence Vella (16 goals)
Highest scoringTa' Xbiex 1–11 Qrendi
(12 March 2007)
← 2005–06

Teams

A total of 19 teams participated in the 2006–07 Third Division. Mdina Knights made their league debut after they were founded in 2006, while Qrendi rejoined the Maltese football league system after a nine-year absence following their last appearance in the 1996–97 Second Division season.[1] At the end of the season, a series of promotion-relegation play-off matches are contested by the teams finishing between third and fifth place in the Third Division and the tenth-placed team in the Second Division; the winner, acquires promotion to the Second Division.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mġarr United (C, P) 18 12 6 0 34 6 +28 42 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Sirens (P) 18 12 5 1 32 7 +25 41
3 Żurrieq (O, P) 18 12 4 2 33 8 +25 40 Qualification for promotion-relegation play-offs
4 Fgura United 18 12 3 3 34 14 +20 39
5 Qrendi 18 9 7 2 32 11 +21 34
6 Għargħur 18 9 5 4 34 14 +20 32
7 Luqa St. Andrew's 18 9 2 7 29 20 +9 29
8 Pembroke Athleta 18 6 8 4 23 14 +9 26
9 Għaxaq 18 7 3 8 33 32 +1 24
10 Siġġiewi 18 7 1 10 30 33 −3 22
11 Kalkara 18 6 3 9 26 33 −7 21
12 Mdina Knights 18 5 5 8 25 25 0 20
13 Gżira United 18 5 5 8 21 26 −5 20
14 Attard 18 5 2 11 27 28 −1 17
15 Xgħajra Tornadoes 18 4 5 9 20 26 −6 17
16 Żejtun Corinthians 18 5 2 11 31 45 −14 17
17 Kirkop United 18 4 5 9 21 36 −15 17
18 St. Lucia 18 3 3 12 13 31 −18 12
19 Ta' Xbiex 18 2 0 16 9 98 −89 6
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Results
Home \ Away ATD FGR GĦR GXQ GŻR KKR KKP LQA MDN MĠR PBK QRD SĠW SIR SLC XBX XJR ŻTN ŻRQ
Attard — 0–2 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 8–0 5–1 1–5
Fgura United 1–1 — 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1
Għargħur 3–0 1–0 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Għaxaq 0–3 — 6–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 7–0 6–4 0–4
Gżira United 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 0–3 4–2 0–0 2–3 1–2
Kalkara 1–0 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–5 1–3 1–3 0–3
Kirkop United 1–1 2–3 2–5 — 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–2
Luqa St. Andrew's 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 — 2–4 2–0 1–2 4–2 0–1
Mdina Knights 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–4 — 1–4 0–0 6–0 2–4 0–0
Mġarr United 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 4–2 7–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Pembroke Athleta 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 — 6–0 0–0 0–1
Qrendi 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–0
Siġġiewi 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 — 0–2 2–1 2–1
Sirens 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 9–0
St. Lucia 1–6 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 — 1–0
Ta' Xbiex 1–9 1–7 0–7 0–2 1–11 1–6 — 2–0 0–3 0–6
Xgħajra Tornadoes 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 —
Żejtun Corinthians 2–3 0–6 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 3–2 —
Żurrieq 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 —
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. Kirkop United were awarded a 2–0 win after a protest. Originally, Attard won the encounter 2–0.

Play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation ŻRQ FGR ŻBĠ QRD
1 Żurrieq (P) 6 3 0 3 5 0 +5 9 Promotion to the Second Division — 2–0
2 Fgura United 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 — 1–0 3–0
3 Żebbuġ Rangers (R) 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3 Relegation to the Third Division 0–2 — 1–0
4 Qrendi 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Lawrence Vella Għargħur 16
2 Clint Ellul Fgura United 15
3 Godwin Mifsud Żejtun Corinthians 13
4 Bjorn Dalli Għaxaq 12
5 Carlo Leonardi Pembroke Athleta 11
6 Adrian Galea Sirens 10
Pierre Spiteri Siġġiewi
8 Alessandro Pirrone Luqa St. Andrews 9

Hat-tricks
Player[3] For Against Result Date
Daniel Zammit Żurrieq Żejtun Corinthians 3–1 29 September 2006
Kevin Tonna Kalkara Ta' Xbiex 7–0 17 November 2006
Alex Azzopardi Xgħajra Tornadoes St. Lucia 5–0 19 November 2006
Andre Cachia Pembroke Athleta Ta' Xbiex 6–0 27 November 2006
Pierre Spiteri Siġġiewi Ta' Xbiex 6–1 10 December 2006
Lawrence Vella6 Għargħur Ta' Xbiex 7–1 14 January 2007
Clint Ellul Fgura United Mdina Knights 3–1 19 January 2007
Josef Axisa4 Attard Ta' Xbiex 8–0 22 January 2007
Alessandro Pirrone Luqa St. Andrews Mdina Knights 4–1 2 February 2007
Adrian Galea4 Sirens Ta' Xbiex 9–0 19 February 2007
Ryan Theuma Sirens Ta' Xbiex 9–0 19 February 2007
Bjorn Dalli Għaxaq Żejtun Corinthians 6–4 15 April 2007
Godwin Mifsud Żejtun Corinthians Għaxaq 4–6 15 April 2007
Lawrence Vella Għargħur Żejtun Corinthians 6–0 23 April 2007
Pierre Spiteri Siġġiewi Kalkara 5–2 27 April 2007
Clint Ellul4 Fgura United Ta' Xbiex 9–1 30 April 2007
Matthew Spiteri Fgura United Ta' Xbiex 9–1 30 April 2007

See also
  • 2006–07 Second & Third Division knock-out

References
  1. "Mdina Knights and Qrendi FC to play in MFA Division Three". Times of Malta. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. "Malta: BOV Third Division 2006/07 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. "BOV Third Division League Results 2006/07". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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