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

Season	2005–06
Champions	St. George's
Promoted	St. George's Marsa
Relegated	Lija Athletic St. Andrews
Goals scored	251
Average goals/game	2.78
Top goalscorer	Chima Dozie (15)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Teams

The Maltese First Division 2005–06 was made up of these teams:

• Lija
• Marsa
• Mqabba
• Naxxar
• San Gwann
• Senglea
• St. Andrew's
• St. George's
• St.Patrick
• Tarxien

Changes from previous season

• Hamrun Spartans and Mosta were promoted from the First Division to the Premier Lague. They were replaced by Lija Athletic and St. Patrick, both relegated from the 2004–05 Maltese Premier League.
• Balzan Youths and Gozo FC were relegated to the 2005–06 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced by Tarxien Rainbows and St. Andrews.

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.