# 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.

## Teams

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. 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

| 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 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 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 | Qualification for promotion-relegation play-offs |
| 5 | Qrendi | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 11 | +21 | 34 | Qualification for promotion-relegation play-offs |
| 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 | |

## Results

| 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 | 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 | — |
* ↑ Kirkop United were awarded a 2–0 win after a protest. Originally, Attard won the encounter 2–0.

## Play-offs

| 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 | | | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 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 |
| 6 | Pierre Spiteri | Siġġiewi | 10 |
| 8 | Alessandro Pirrone | Luqa St. Andrews | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | 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 Vella$^6$ | Għargħur | Ta' Xbiex | 7–1 | 14 January 2007 |
| Clint Ellul | Fgura United | Mdina Knights | 3–1 | 19 January 2007 |
| Josef Axisa$^4$ | Attard | Ta' Xbiex | 8–0 | 22 January 2007 |
| Alessandro Pirrone | Luqa St. Andrews | Mdina Knights | 4–1 | 2 February 2007 |
| Adrian Galea$^4$ | 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 Ellul$^4$ | Fgura United | Ta' Xbiex | 9–1 | 30 April 2007 |
| Matthew Spiteri | Fgura United | Ta' Xbiex | 9–1 | 30 April 2007 |