# 2009–10 Maltese Third Division

The Maltese Third Division 2009–10 (known as BOV 3rd Division 2009–10 due to sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the Maltese Third Division. It started in September 2009 and ended in May 2010 with the promotion play-offs. Naxxar Lions, Mgarr United and Marsa were relegated from the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division.
The division is divided into two sections (Section A and Section B), both with 10 teams. The winners of each section faced each other in a play-off where the winner was crowned as champion of the division, but both teams were still given the promotion.
Mgarr United won Section A, while Zejtun Corinthians won Section B after a decider with Naxxar Lions. In the Championship play-off Zejtun bet Mgarr 4–3 to win the Division.
In the promotion play-offs semi-final Gudja United beat Santa Venera, who finished 10th in the Second Division. In the final Naxxar Lions defeated Gudja on penalties to win promotion.
This was the debut season of Swieqi United.

## Clubs
### Section A

* Fgura United
* Ghaxaq
* Kalkara
* Luqa SA
* Marsa
* Mdina Knights
* Mgarr United
* Mtarfa
* Pembroke A.
* Siggiewi

### Section B

* Attard
* Gudja United
* Kirkop United
* Naxxar Lions
* Qrendi
* Santa Lucia
* Sirens
* Swieqi United
* Xghajra T.
* Zejtun C.

## Changes from previous season

* Gzira United, Gharghur and Zurrieq were promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Second Division. They were replaced with Naxxar Lions, Mgarr United and Marsa, all relegated from the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division

## League table
### Section A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Mgarr United (C) | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 44 | Promoted to 2010–11 Maltese Second Division |
| 2 | Mdina Knights (Q) | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 37 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 3 | Ghaxaq (Q) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 31 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 4 | Marsa | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 26 | |
| 5 | Siggiewi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Mtarfa | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 23 | |
| 7 | Luqa St. Andrew's | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 21 | |
| 8 | Pembroke Athleta | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 18 | |
| 9 | Fgura United | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 14 | |
| 10 | Kalkara | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 14 | |

### Section B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Zejtun Corinthians (C) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 8 | +38 | 46 | Promoted to 2010–11 Maltese Second Division |
| 2 | Naxxar Lions (Q) | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 46 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 3 | Gudja United (Q) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 30 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 4 | Attard | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 27 | |
| 5 | Kirkop United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 23 | |
| 6 | Sirens | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 22 | |
| 7 | Xghajra Tornadoes | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 19 | |
| 8 | Swieqi United | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 16 | |
| 9 | Qrendi | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 15 | |
| 10 | Santa Lucia | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 14 | |
* 1 2 Since Zejtun Corinthians and Naxxar Lions were level on points, the section championship was decided by a play-off match (won by Zejtun Corinthians).
Championship decider :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |

## Champions playoff

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mgarr United | 3–4 | Zejtun Corinthians |

## Promotion-relegation play-off
### Participating

| Club | Position |
| Ghaxaq | 3rd in 3rd Division Section A |
| Gudja United | 3rd in 3rd Division Section B |
| Mdina Knights | 2nd in 3rd Division Section A |
| Naxxar Lions | 2nd in 3rd Division Section B |
| St. Venera Lightning | 10th in 2nd Division |

### Quarter final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ghaxaq | 1–2 | Gudja United |
* Ghaxaq remain in Maltese Third Division

### Semi finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mdina Knights | 0–2 | Naxxar Lions |
| St. Venera Lightning | 0–2 | Gudja United |
* Mdina Knights remain in Maltese Third Division
* St. Venera Lightning relegated to Maltese Third Division

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Naxxar Lions | 5–5 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Gudja United |

## Results
### Section A

| Home \ Away | FGR | GXQ | KKR | LQA | MRS | MDN | MGR | MTF | PBK | SGW |
| Fgura | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Ghaxaq | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Kalkara | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Luqa | 4–0 | 4–4 | 3–4 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Marsa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Mdina | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| Mgarr | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Mtarfa | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Pembroke | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | | 2–2 |
| Siggiewi | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–7 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

### Section B

| Home \ Away | ATD | GDJ | KKP | NXR | QRD | SIR | SLC | SWQ | XJR | ZTN |
| Attard | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Gudja | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Kirkop | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Naxxar | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Qrendi | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Sirens | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| St. Lucia | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Swieqi | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Xghajra | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–5 |
| Zejtun | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |