2007–08 Maltese Second Division
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The Maltese Second Division 2007–08 (known as BOV Second Division 2007–08 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 21 September 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. San Gwann and
Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other ...
were relegated from
2006–07 Maltese First Division The 2006–07 Maltese First Division (known as 2006–07 BOV First Division due to sponsorship reasons) started on September 3 and finished on May 13. Mosta and Ħamrun Spartans were the teams which were relegated from the 2005–06 Maltese Prem ...
.The promoted teams from 2006–07 Maltese Third Division were Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq.The league was won by San Gwann.They finished on 47 points, level with
Balzan Youths Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. The Club was founded in 1937 and has played top-level football since 2010. The club has been one of the top teams i ...
and Rabat Ajax.They were declared champions for their superior goal difference.
Balzan Youths Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. The Club was founded in 1937 and has played top-level football since 2010. The club has been one of the top teams i ...
and Rabat Ajax had to play a promotion play-off for the team to get promoted. The play-off was won 3-0 by Rabat Ajax. At the other end Sirens and Zurrieq were relegated while Mgarr United had to play the relegation playoffs with four teams from the
Third Division In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...
. Zurrieq were relegated because they had a 5-point deduction by the Malta Football Association. They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet. Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27 to be abandoned. Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player. If they were deducted no points it would have been Mgarr United relegated. Mgarr managed to win the relegation playoffs and secure their second division status for the first time.


Participating teams

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Balzan Youths Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. The Club was founded in 1937 and has played top-level football since 2010. The club has been one of the top teams i ...
* Birzebbuga St.Peters *
Lija Athletic Lija ( mt, Ħal Lija) is a small village in the Central Region of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels. The parish church is dedica ...
* Melita * Mgarr United *
Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other ...
* Rabat Ajax * San Gwann * Sirens * St.Andrews * Santa Venera Lightning * Zurrieq


Changes from previous season

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Dingli Swallows Dingli Swallows Football Club is a Maltese football club from the small village of Ħad-Dingli Dingli ( mt, Ħad-Dingli) is a village in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 3,865 as of 2021. It is from the capital Valletta ...
and Mellieha were promoted to the First Division. They were replaced with San Gwann and
Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other ...
, both relegated from
2006–07 Maltese First Division The 2006–07 Maltese First Division (known as 2006–07 BOV First Division due to sponsorship reasons) started on September 3 and finished on May 13. Mosta and Ħamrun Spartans were the teams which were relegated from the 2005–06 Maltese Prem ...
. * Gozo FC,
Gudja United Gudja United Football Club is a Malta, Maltese professional football (soccer), football club from the south-eastern village of Gudja that currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. Gudja United plays in blue and white striped jerseys. Their ...
and Zebbug Rangers were relegated to the
Third Division In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...
. They were replaced with Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq, all promoted from 2006–07 Maltese Third Division.


Final standings


Promotion play-off


Relegation-promotion play-off

;Participating ;Quarter final * Gharghur remain in Maltese Third Division ;Semi finals * Xghajra and Gzira remain in Maltese Third Division ;Final * Mgarr remain in Maltese Second Division * Attard remain in Maltese Third Division


Top scorers


Results

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