2007–08 Maltese First Division

The Maltese First Division 2007–08 (known as BOV First Division 2007–08 for sponsorship reasons) started on October 9, 2007 and ended on May 23, 2008. Marsa F.C. and St. George's F.C. were the teams which were relegated from the 2006–07 Maltese Premier League. Dingli Swallows and Mellieha were the promoted teams from the 2006–07 Maltese Second Division. Tarxien Rainbows finished as champions and were promoted to the 2008–09 Maltese Premier League. They were joined with Qormi, who won a play-off with Mosta 4-3 on penalties, following a 0-0 draw. The play-off was necessary because the two teams finished level on points. Mellieha and Marsa were relegated to the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division. Mellieha had just been promoted but went straight down. Marsa suffered two straight relegations, having been relegated from the Premier League.

Maltese First Division

Season	2007–08
Champions	Tarxien Rainbows
Promoted	Tarxien Rainbows Qormi
Relegated	Mellieha Marsa
Goals scored	294
Average goals/game	3.26
Top goalscorer	Anthony Eviparker (15)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Teams

The Maltese First Division 2007-08 was made up of these teams:

• Dingli
• Marsa
• Mellieha
• Mosta
• Qormi
• Senglea
• St. Georges
• St.Patrick
• Tarxien
• Vittoriosa

Changes from previous season

• Hamrun Spartans and Mqabba were promoted to the Premier League. They were replaced with St. Georges and Marsa, both relegated from 2006–07 Maltese Premier League.
• San Gwann and Naxxar Lions were relegated to 2007–08 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Dingli Swallows and Mellieha.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tarxien (C)	18	12	3	3	32	17	+15	39	Champions and promotion to 2008–09 Maltese Premier League
2	Mosta	18	11	4	3	34	18	+16	37	Promotion Playoffs, winner promoted to 2008–09 Maltese Premier League
3	Qormi	18	11	4	3	37	22	+15	37
4	Senglea	18	10	1	7	32	23	+9	31
5	Dingli	18	8	3	7	34	27	+7	27
6	Vittoriosa	18	8	1	9	33	29	+4	25
7	St.Georges	18	6	3	9	27	33	−6	21
8	St.Patrick	18	4	4	10	21	27	−6	16
9	Mellieha (R)	18	3	4	11	21	43	−22	13	Relegation to 2008–09 Maltese Second Division
10	Marsa (R)	18	3	1	14	23	55	−32	10

Source: [1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Promotion Play off

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Qormi	4-3(pens.)	Mosta

• The playoff was played due to Mosta and Qormi finished level on points.
• Qormi promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	MAR	MEL	MOS	QOR	SEN	STG	STP	TAR	VIT
Dingli		6–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–0
Marsa	0–3		0–1	2–4	3–4	0–5	1–3	1–0	2–3	1–4
Mellieha	0–2	1–3		1–2	4–3	1–3	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–6
Mosta	4–0	0–3	3–0		2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1
Qormi	4–2	1–1	3–0	3–3		1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–1
Senglea	0–4	5–2	4–0	2–1	1–3		2–0	0–4	0–1	1–0
St. George's	4–2	6–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–4		2–1	2–0	3–7
St. Patrick	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	4–1		1–1	1–3
Tarxien	2–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–0		3–2
Vittoriosa	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–3

Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Goals[3]	Player	Team
15	Anthony Eviparker	Vittoriosa
13	Anthony Ewurum	Senglea
12	Chris Ciappara	Dingli
10	Warren Chircop	Marsa
9	Carlos Camenzuli	Mosta
	Joseph Farrugia	Qormi

References

1. "Malta: BOV First Division 2007/08 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
2. "BOV First Division Results 2007/08". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
3. "Malta: BOV First Division 2007/08 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.