# 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

* Attard
* Fgura
* Ghaxaq
* Mdina
* Mtarfa
* Qrendi
* Siggiewi
* Xghajra
* Zebbug
* Zejtun

### Section B

* Gharghur
* Gozo FC
* Gudja
* Gzira
* Kalkara
* Kirkop
* Luqa
* Pembroke
* Santa Lucia

## Changes from previous season

* Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq were promoted to the Second Division. They were replaced with Gozo FC, Gudja United and Zebbug Rangers, all relegated from 2006–07 Maltese Second Division.

## Standings
### Section A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Zebbug Rangers (C, P) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 42 | Promoted to 2008–09 Maltese Second Division |
| 2 | Attard | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 12 | +27 | 33 | Qualified for promotion-relegation playoffs |
| 3 | Xghajra Tornadoes | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 32 | Qualified for promotion-relegation playoffs |
| 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Gozo FC (C, P) | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 46 | Promoted to 2008–09 Maltese Second Division |
| 2 | Gzira United | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 32 | Qualified for promotion-relegation playoffs |
| 3 | Għargħur | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 29 | Qualified for promotion-relegation playoffs |
| 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 | |

## Champions playoff
### Champions Play off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zebbug Rangers | 1–3 | Gozo FC |
* Match abandoned on 57 minutes. Zebbug Rangers started a fight and the referee had to abandon the match. Gozo FC were winning 3-1 and that was taken as the final score. As a punishment, Zebbug started the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division with a five point deduction.

## Promotion-relegation playoffs
### Quarter final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Xghajra Tornadoes | 1–0 | Gharghur |
* Gharghur remain in Maltese Third Division

### Semi finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mgarr | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Xghajra Tornadoes |
| Attard | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Gzira United |
* Xghajra Tornadoes and Gzira United remain in Maltese Third Division

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mgarr United | 1–0 | Attard |
* Mgarr United remain in Maltese Second Division
* Attard remain in Maltese Third Division

## Results
### Section A

| Home \ Away | ATD | FGR | GXQ | MDN | MTF | QRD | SGW | XJR | ZBG | ZTN |
| 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

| Home \ Away | GHR | GZO | GDJ | GZR | KKR | KKP | LQA | PBK | SLC |
| 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 | Eman Ciappara | Siggiewi |
| 11 | Matthew Francalanza | Mdina |
| 10 | Firas Aboulezz | Attard |
Section B :
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 14 | Liam Camilleri | Pembroke |
| 9 | Chris Camilleri | Gozo |
| 8 | Anthony Portelli | Gozo |