2006–07 Maltese Third Division

The 2006–07 Maltese Third Division (referred to as the BOV Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the league season of the Maltese Third Division which spanned from 24 September 2006 until 7 May 2007.

Maltese Third Division
Season2006–07
Dates24 September 2006 – 7 May 2007
ChampionsMġarr United
PromotedMġarr United
Sirens
Żurrieq
Top goalscorerLawrence Vella (16 goals)
Highest scoringTa' Xbiex 1–11 Qrendi
(12 March 2007)

Teams

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A total of 19 teams participated in the 2006–07 Third Division. Mdina Knights made their league debut after they were founded in 2006, while Qrendi rejoined the Maltese football league system after a nine-year absence following their last appearance in the 1996–97 Second Division season.[1] At the end of the season, a series of promotion-relegation play-off matches are contested by the teams finishing between third and fifth place in the Third Division and the tenth-placed team in the Second Division; the winner, acquires promotion to the Second Division.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mġarr United (C, P) 18 12 6 0 34 6 +28 42 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Sirens (P) 18 12 5 1 32 7 +25 41
3 Żurrieq (O, P) 18 12 4 2 33 8 +25 40 Qualification for promotion-relegation play-offs
4 Fgura United 18 12 3 3 34 14 +20 39
5 Qrendi 18 9 7 2 32 11 +21 34
6 Għargħur 18 9 5 4 34 14 +20 32
7 Luqa St. Andrew's 18 9 2 7 29 20 +9 29
8 Pembroke Athleta 18 6 8 4 23 14 +9 26
9 Għaxaq 18 7 3 8 33 32 +1 24
10 Siġġiewi 18 7 1 10 30 33 −3 22
11 Kalkara 18 6 3 9 26 33 −7 21
12 Mdina Knights 18 5 5 8 25 25 0 20
13 Gżira United 18 5 5 8 21 26 −5 20
14 Attard 18 5 2 11 27 28 −1 17
15 Xgħajra Tornadoes 18 4 5 9 20 26 −6 17
16 Żejtun Corinthians 18 5 2 11 31 45 −14 17
17 Kirkop United 18 4 5 9 21 36 −15 17
18 St. Lucia 18 3 3 12 13 31 −18 12
19 Ta' Xbiex 18 2 0 16 9 98 −89 6
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Home \ Away ATD FGR GĦR GXQ GŻR KKR KKP LQA MDN MĠR PBK QRD SĠW SIR SLC XBX XJR ŻTN ŻRQ
Attard 0–2 0–2[a] 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 8–0 5–1 1–5
Fgura United 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1
Għargħur 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Għaxaq 0–3 6–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 7–0 6–4 0–4
Gżira United 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 4–2 0–0 2–3 1–2
Kalkara 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–5 1–3 1–3 0–3
Kirkop United 1–1 2–3 2–5 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–2
Luqa St. Andrew's 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–4 2–0 1–2 4–2 0–1
Mdina Knights 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–4 1–4 0–0 6–0 2–4 0–0
Mġarr United 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 7–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Pembroke Athleta 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 6–0 0–0 0–1
Qrendi 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Siġġiewi 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–1
Sirens 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 9–0
St. Lucia 1–6 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
Ta' Xbiex 1–9 1–7 0–7 0–2 1–11 1–6 2–0 0–3 0–6
Xgħajra Tornadoes 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 5–0
Żejtun Corinthians 2–3 0–6 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 3–2
Żurrieq 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. ^ Kirkop United were awarded a 2–0 win after a protest. Originally, Attard won the encounter 2–0.

Play-offs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation ŻRQ FGR ŻBĠ QRD
1 Żurrieq (P) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Promotion to the Second Division 2–0
2 Fgura United 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 1–0 3–0
3 Żebbuġ Rangers (R) 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3 Relegation to the Third Division 0–2 1–0
4 Qrendi 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0 0–1
Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1   Lawrence Vella Għargħur 16
2   Clint Ellul Fgura United 15
3   Godwin Mifsud Żejtun Corinthians 13
4   Bjorn Dalli Għaxaq 12
5   Carlo Leonardi Pembroke Athleta 11
6   Adrian Galea Sirens 10
  Pierre Spiteri Siġġiewi
8   Alessandro Pirrone Luqa St. Andrews 9

Hat-tricks

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Player[3] For Against Result Date
  Daniel Zammit Żurrieq Żejtun Corinthians 3–1 29 September 2006
  Kevin Tonna Kalkara Ta' Xbiex 7–0 17 November 2006
  Alex Azzopardi Xgħajra Tornadoes St. Lucia 5–0 19 November 2006
  Andre Cachia Pembroke Athleta Ta' Xbiex 6–0 27 November 2006
  Pierre Spiteri Siġġiewi Ta' Xbiex 6–1 10 December 2006
  Lawrence Vella6 Għargħur Ta' Xbiex 7–1 14 January 2007
  Clint Ellul Fgura United Mdina Knights 3–1 19 January 2007
  Josef Axisa4 Attard Ta' Xbiex 8–0 22 January 2007
  Alessandro Pirrone Luqa St. Andrews Mdina Knights 4–1 2 February 2007
  Adrian Galea4 Sirens Ta' Xbiex 9–0 19 February 2007
  Ryan Theuma Sirens Ta' Xbiex 9–0 19 February 2007
  Bjorn Dalli Għaxaq Żejtun Corinthians 6–4 15 April 2007
  Godwin Mifsud Żejtun Corinthians Għaxaq 4–6 15 April 2007
  Lawrence Vella Għargħur Żejtun Corinthians 6–0 23 April 2007
  Pierre Spiteri Siġġiewi Kalkara 5–2 27 April 2007
  Clint Ellul4 Fgura United Ta' Xbiex 9–1 30 April 2007
  Matthew Spiteri Fgura United Ta' Xbiex 9–1 30 April 2007

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mdina Knights and Qrendi FC to play in MFA Division Three". Times of Malta. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Malta: BOV Third Division 2006/07 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ "BOV Third Division League Results 2006/07". MaltaFootball.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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