# 2006–07 Maltese Second Division

The Maltese Second Division 2006-07 (known as BOV Second Division 2006-07 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 23 September 2006 and ended on 6 May 2007. Lija Athletic and St.Andrews were the relegated teams. The promoted teams were Birzebbuga St.Peters, Santa Venera Lightning and Rabat Ajax. Dingli Swallows finished the league as champions. Therefore, they were promoted to 2007–08 Maltese First Division. They were joined with Mellieha who finished as runner-up. Gudja United and Gozo FC were relegated to 2007–08 Maltese Third Division. Zebbug Rangers were also relegated as they lost the relegation-playoffs.

## Participating teams

* Balzan Youths
* Birzebbuga St.Peters
* Dingli Swallows
* Gozo FC
* Gudja United
* Lija Athletic
* Melita
* Mellieha
* Rabat Ajax
* St.Andrews
* Santa Venera Lightning
* Zebbug Rangers

## Changes from previous season

* Qormi and Vittoriosa Stars were promoted to 2006–07 Maltese First Division. They were replaced with Lija Athletic and St.Andrews, both relegated from 2005–06 Maltese First Division.
* Gzira United, Attard and Gharghur were relegated to 2006–07 Maltese Third Division. They were replaced with Birzebbuga St.Peters, Santa Venera Lightning and Rabat Ajax, all promoted from 2005–06 Maltese Third Division.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dingli Swallows (C) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 47 | Champions and promotion to 2007–08 Maltese First Division |
| 2 | Mellieha | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 42 | Promotion to 2007–08 Maltese First Division |
| 3 | Rabat | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 39 | |
| 4 | Birzebbuga St.Peters | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 35 | |
| 5 | Balzan Youths | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Melita | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 34 | |
| 7 | Lija Athletic | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Santa Venera Lightning | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 30 | |
| 9 | St.Andrews | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 26 | |
| 10 | Zebbug Rangers (R) | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 23 | Relegation playoffs |
| 11 | Gudja United (R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 50 | −33 | 15 | Relegation to 2007–08 Maltese Third Division |
| 12 | Gozo FC (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 52 | −32 | 11 | Relegation to 2007–08 Maltese Third Division |

## Relegation playoffs

| 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 | | | — |

## Top scorers

| Goals | Player | Team |
| 16 | Malcolm Tirchett | Balzan |
| 16 | Chris Ciappara | Dingli |
| 14 | Matthew Borg I | Melita |
| 14 | Aldrin Muscat | Birzebbuga |
| 13 | Adam Smeir | Rabat |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BIR | DIN | GOZ | GUD | LIJ | MLT | MLL | RAB | STA | STV | ZEB |
| Balzan | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Birzebbuga | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Dingli | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Gozo | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Gudja | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 1–0 |
| Lija | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Melita | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Mellieha | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Rabat | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| St.Andrews | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| S.Venera | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Zebbug | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |