# 2008–09 Maltese Third Division

The Maltese Third Division 2008–09 (known as the BOV 3rd Division 2008–09 due to sponsorship reasons) is the 9th season of the Maltese Third Division. It started in September 2008 and ended in late May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals. This division is divided into two sections: Section A, with ten teams and Section B, with nine. The winners from both sections will face each other in a play-off where the winner is crowned as champion of this division, but both teams will still be given promotion to the Second Division.
Gharghur were the winners of Section A, while Gzira United were the winners of Section B. Gzira United finished the season as overall champions after they beat Gharghur 3–0.
Zurrieq were also promoted after winning the promotion play-offs, beating Santa Lucia on penalties in the final. Santa Lucia beat Naxxar Lions in the semi-final.

## Clubs
### Section A

* Fgura
* Gharghur
* Ghaxaq
* Gudja
* Kalkara
* Luqa
* Mdina
* Qrendi
* Sirens
* Xghajra

### Section B

* Attard
* Gzira
* Kirkop
* Mtarfa
* Pembroke
* Siggiewi
* Santa Lucia
* Zejtun
* Zurrieq

## Changes from previous season
### Relegated from 2007–08 Maltese Second Division

* Sirens F.C.
* Zurrieq F.C.

## League table
### Section A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Gharghur (C, P) | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 40 | Promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Second Division |
| 2 | Mdina Knights | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 32 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 3 | Gudja United | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 30 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 4 | Ghaxaq | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 29 | |
| 5 | Kalkara | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Xghajra Tornadoes | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Sirens | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 21 | |
| 8 | Fgura United | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 18 | |
| 9 | Luqa St. Andrew's | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 15 | |
| 10 | Qrendi | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 14 | |

### Section B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Gzira United (C, P) | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 38 | Promoted to 2009–10 Maltese Second Division |
| 2 | Zurrieq (P) | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 34 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 3 | Santa Lucia | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 27 | Qualified for promotion-relegation play-off |
| 4 | Siggiewi | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 25 | |
| 5 | Attard | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Zejtun Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 18 | |
| 7 | Pembroke Athleta | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 16 | |
| 8 | Kirkop United | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 16 | |
| 9 | Mtarfa | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 5 | |

## Champions playoff

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Gharghur | 0–3 | Gzira United |

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

| Club | Position |
| Gudja United | 3rd in 3rd Division Section A |
| Mdina Knights | 2nd in 3rd Division Section A |
| Naxxar Lions | 10th in Maltese Second Division 2007-08 |
| Santa Lucia | 3rd in 3rd Division Section B |
| Zurrieq | 2nd in 3rd Division Section B |

### Quarter final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Gudja United | 0–2 | Santa Lucia |
* Gudja United remain in Maltese Third Division

### Semi finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mdina Knights | 0–1 | Zurrieq |
| Naxxar Lions | 0–1 | Santa Lucia |
* Mdina Knights remain in Maltese Third Division
* Naxxar Lions relegated to Maltese Third Division

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zurrieq | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Santa Lucia |
* Zurrieq promoted to Maltese Second Division
* Santa Lucia remain in Maltese Third Division

## Results
### Section A

| Home \ Away | FGR | GHR | GXQ | GDJ | KKR | LQA | MDN | QRD | SIR | XJR |
| Fgura | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Gharghur | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Ghaxaq | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Gudja | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Kalkara | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Luqa | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Mdina | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Qrendi | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Sirens | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Xghajra | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |

### Section B

| Home \ Away | ATD | GZR | KKP | MTF | PBK | SGW | SLC | ZTN | ZRQ |
| Attard | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Gzira | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Kirkop | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| Mtarfa | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Pembroke | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Siggiewi | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| St. Lucia | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Zejtun | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 |
| Zurrieq | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |