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

Season	2008–09
Champions	Dingli Swallows
Promoted	Dingli Swallows Vittoriosa Stars
Relegated	Rabat Ajax Senglea Athletics
Goals scored	276
Average goals/game	3.06
Top goalscorer	Simon Shead and Anthony Eviparker (15)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Teams

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

• Dingli
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Pieta
• Rabat
• San Gwann
• St. George's
• Senglea
• St. Patrick
• Vittoriosa

Changes from previous season

• Tarxien Rainbows and Qormi were promoted to the Premier League. They were replaced with Pieta Hotspurs and Mqabba, both relegated from 2007–08 Maltese Premier League
• Mellieha and Marsa were relegated to the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with San Gwann and Rabat Ajax.

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 Swallows	2-1	Vittoriosa Stars

• Dingli Swallows were the champions. Vittoriosa Stars were the runners-up.

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.