2007–08 Maltese Third Division

The Maltese Third Division 2007–08 (known as BOV 3rd Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season and started on 21 September 2007 and finished on 18 May.For the first time the Division was divided into two sections:A and B.Section A consisted of 10 teams and Section B of 9.The winners of Section A were Zebbug Rangers and those of Section B were Gozo FC.Both were promoted to the 2nd Division.The overall champions were Gozo FC who beat Zebbug 3-1.The match was abandoned on 57 minutes. The teams who finished 2nd and 3rd in each Section were to play in a Promotion/Relegation Playoff with the 10th finishing place team of Second Division.These were Attard, Xghajra from Section A and Gzira and Gharghur from Section B.The 10th finishing team from Second Division were Mgarr.Mgarr won the play-off Final and therefore each team stayed in its respective Division.

Participating teams

Section A

Section B

Changes from previous season

Maltese Third Division 2007-08 Standings

As of May 2008

Section A

P Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Zebbug Rangers (C) 18 13 3 2 37 13 +24 42
2 Attard 18 9 6 3 39 12 +27 33
3 Xghajra Tornadoes 18 8 8 2 30 16 +14 32
4 Mdina Knights 18 9 4 5 32 16 +16 31
5 Qrendi 18 7 4 7 20 17 +3 25
6 Fgura United 18 7 4 7 20 21 −1 25
7 Siggiewi 18 7 2 9 37 38 −1 23
8 Zejtun Corinthians 18 5 5 8 29 31 −2 20
9 Ghaxaq 18 3 4 11 18 40 −22 13
10 Mtarfa 18 2 0 16 16 74 −58 6

Section B

P Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Gozo FC (C) 16 15 1 0 40 14 +26 46
2 Gzira United 16 10 2 4 32 14 +18 32
3 Għargħur 16 8 5 3 30 15 +15 29
4 Pembroke Athleta 16 8 4 4 36 14 +22 28
5 Gudja United 16 5 5 6 22 24 −2 20
6 Luqa St.Andrews 16 5 4 7 18 28 −10 19
7 Santa Lucia 16 4 1 11 22 39 −17 13
8 Kalkara 16 3 4 9 15 37 −22 13
9 Kirkop United 16 0 2 14 11 41 −30 2

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

Champions and Promotion to Maltese Second Division 2008-09
Relegation-Promotion Playoffs

Champions Playoff

Champions Play off
Team #1 Result Team #2
Zebbug 1-3 Gozo FC

Relegation-Promotion Playoffs

Quarter Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Xghajra 1-0 Gharghur
Semi Finals
Team #1 Result Team #2
Mgarr 1-0(aet) Xghajra
Attard 4-3(pens.) Gzira
Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Mgarr 1-0 Attard

2007/2008 Results

Section A

Attard Fgura Ghaxaq Mdina Mtarfa Qrendi Siggiewi Xghajra Zebbug Zejtun
Attard 1-1 4-0 0-3 10-1 0-0 4-1 0-2 0-2 0-0
Fgura 0-3 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-1 1-3 2-1
Ghaxaq 0-3 1-0 1-2 3-1 0-2 0-7 0-3 1-1 2-5
Mdina 0-0 0-2 1-1 6-0 0-2 4-0 0-0 2-1 4-0
Mtarfa 0-1 1-5 0-4 1-2 0-6 1-6 0-4 2-3 0-2
Qrendi 0-0 2-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-0
Siggiewi 1-6 2-1 2-1 0-4 10-0 1-3 1-0 0-3 1-4
Xghajra 1-1 3-0 1-1 2-1 4-3 0-0 3-3 1-1 2-1
Zebbug 0-2 0-0 4-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-0
Zejtun 0-4 2-2 1-1 2-2 3-4 4-0 1-0 1-1 2-4

Section B

Gharghur Gozo FC Gudja Gzira Kalkara Kirkop Luqa Pembroke Santa Lucia
Gharghur 1-3 1-1 1-2 3-0 4-2 0-0 1-1 1-0
Gozo FC 3-1 4-0 3-2 5-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-1
Gudja 0-3 1-2 0-2 2-2 5-1 4-1 0-2 4-1
Gzira 0-0 1-2 2-0 6-0 2-0 3-3 1-2 2-1
Kalkara 0-5 2-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-3 5-2
Kirkop 0-2 2-3 0-1 0-3 1-2 0-1 2-2 1-6
Luqa 1-2 1-2 1-1 0-3 1-1 3-1 1-3 1-5
Pembroke 2-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 0-1 4-0 0-1 11-0
St.Lucia 0-3 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-0 2-1 0-1 0-3

Top scorers

Section A

Goals Player Team
13
 Malta Eman Ciappara Siggiewi
11
 Malta Matthew Francalanza Mdina
10
 Malta Firas Aboulezz Attard

Section B

Goals Player Team
14
 Malta Liam Camilleri Pembroke
9
 Malta Chris Camilleri Gozo
8
 Malta Anthony Portelli Gozo
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