Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Dingli Swallows |
Promoted | Dingli Swallows |
Relegated |
Rabat Ajax Senglea Athletic |
Goals scored | 276 |
Average goals/game | 3.06 |
Top goalscorer | Simon Shead and Anthony Eviparker (15) |
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2007–08
2009–10 → |
The 2008–09 Maltese First Division season (known as 2008–09 BOV First Division 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 Athletic were relegated to the Second Division.
These teams will contest the Maltese First Division 2008-09 season:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dingli Swallows (C) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 34 | Promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Premier League |
2 | Vittoriosa Stars [a] | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 34 | |
3 | Pietà 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 Ġwann | 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 Athletic (R) | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 8 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Dingli Swallows | 2–1 | Vittoriosa Stars |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 |
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Pietà Hotspurs | 15 |
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Vittoriosa Stars | ||
3 |
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Dingli Swallows | 13 |
4 |
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Pietà Hotspurs | 11 |
5 |
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St. George's | 10 |