2007–08 Maltese Premier League

Maltese Premier League

Season	2007–08
Dates	26 August 2007 – 16 May 2008
Champions	Valletta (19th title)
Relegated	Mqabba Pietà Hotspurs
Champions League	Valletta
UEFA Cup	Marsaxlokk Birkirkara
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Hibernians
Matches played	132
Goals scored	416 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Sebastián Monesterolo (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Valletta 7–0 Marsaxlokk (1 December 2017) Msida St. Joseph 7–0 Pietà Hotspurs (27 December 2017)
Biggest away win	Mqabba 1–6 Pietà Hotspurs (20 October 2017)
Highest scoring	Ħamrun Spartans 7–3 Marsaxlokk (30 December 2017)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Maltese Premier League (known as the BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 93rd season of top-level league football in Malta. Valletta won their nineteenth league title overcoming last season's champions, Marsaxlokk.

Teams

The following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:

• Mqabba
• Ħamrun Spartans

From the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division:

• St. George's
• Marsa

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valletta	18	10	6	2	40	16	+24	36	Qualification for the Top Six
2	Marsaxlokk	18	10	3	5	35	26	+9	33
3	Sliema Wanderers	18	9	5	4	31	18	+13	32
4	Floriana	18	8	4	6	33	28	+5	28
5	Birkirkara	18	7	6	5	27	18	+9	27
6	Ħamrun Spartans	18	7	6	5	30	29	+1	27
7	Hibernians	18	6	7	5	22	19	+3	25	Qualification for the Play-out
8	Msida Saint-Joseph	18	6	3	9	25	35	−10	21
9	Pietà Hotspurs	18	5	0	13	21	40	−19	15
10	Mqabba	18	2	0	16	15	50	−35	6

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	ĦMR	HIB	MXK	MQB	MSD	PTA	SLM	VLT
Birkirkara	—	3–2	5–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
Floriana	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–4	4–1	2–3	4–0	2–2	0–4
Ħamrun Spartans	2–2	2–1	—	2–2	7–3	3–0	1–2	2–3	0–3	0–0
Hibernians	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0
Marsaxlokk	3–1	3–2	0–1	5–0	—	1–0	5–0	3–1	0–0	1–1
Mqabba	1–4	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–2	—	2–1	1–6	3–2	1–2
Msida Saint-Joseph	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	4–3	—	7–0	1–4	1–1
Pietà Hotspurs	2–1	1–3	0–3	0–2	0–1	5–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–3
Sliema Wanderers	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	—	2–2
Valletta	2–1	2–3	4–1	1–1	7–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Top Six

The teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Top Six, and the points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Valletta 18 points, Marsaxlokk 16, Sliema Wanderers 16, Floriana 14, Birkirkara 13 and Ħamrun Spartans 13.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VLT	MXK	BKR	SLM	FRN	ĦMR
1	Valletta (C)	10	7	1	2	18	11	+7	40	Qualification for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League		—	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1
2	Marsaxlokk	10	6	0	4	21	14	+7	34	Qualification for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup		4–0	—	0–2	4–2	2–0	3–1
3	Birkirkara	10	6	0	4	16	15	+1	31			1–1	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	4–0
4	Sliema Wanderers	10	6	2	2	19	8	+11	36			0–2	1–0	1–3	—	0–2	5–3
5	Floriana	10	2	2	6	7	14	−7	22			0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1
6	Ħamrun Spartans	10	0	1	9	12	31	−19	14			2–4	3–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Play-out

The teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the play-out and at the end of the phase the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first phase were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second phase. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second phase: Hibernians 12 points, Msida Saint-Joseph 10, Pietà Hotspurs 7, Mqabba 3.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		HIB	MSD	PTA	MQB
7	Hibernians	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	25	Qualification for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup		—	3–0	4–2	2–1
8	Msida Saint-Joseph	6	4	1	1	16	11	+5	23			3–1	—	3–1	4–2
9	Pietà Hotspurs (R)	6	1	0	5	6	13	−7	10	Relegation to the 2008–09 Maltese First Division		1–2	2–4	—	1–0
10	Mqabba (R)	6	1	2	3	9	12	−3	8			1–1	2–2	2–0	—

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Omar Sebastian Monesterolo	Valletta	19
2	Marcelo Pereira	Mqabba	14
3	Julio Alcorsé	Marsaxlokk	12
4	Terence Scerri	Hibernians	11
	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Birkirkara
	Njongo Priso	Msida Saint-Joseph
7	Aleksandar Madžar	Marsaxlokk	10
	Frank Temile	Valletta
	Ryan Darmanin	Floriana
	Alfred Effiong	Ħamrun Spartans
	Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Marcelo Pereira	Mqabba	Sliema Wanderers	3–2	20 September 2007
Martin Deanov	Pietà Hotspurs	Mqabba	6–1	20 October 2007
Omar Sebastian Monesterolo4	Valletta	Marsaxlokk	7–0	1 December 2007
Njongo Priso4	Msida Saint-Joseph	Pietà Hotspurs	7–0	27 December 2007
Omar Sebastian Monesterolo	Valletta	Ħamrun Spartans	4–1	19 January 2008
Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Birkirkara	Ħamrun Spartans	4–0	5 April 2008

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
August	Darko Krsteski	Floriana
September	Gilbert Agius	Valletta
October	Andrew Cohen	Hibernians
November/December	Shaun Bajada	Birkirkara
January	Cleavon Frendo	Marsaxlokk
February	Kevin Sammut	Marsaxlokk
March	Frank Temile	Valletta
April	Kevin Sammut	Marsaxlokk
May	Kevin Sammut	Marsaxlokk

Annual awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Maltese Player of the Year	Best Foreign Player of the Year
Gilbert Agius (Valletta) Andrew Hogg (Valletta) Kevin Sammut (Marsaxlokk)	Frank Temile (Valletta) Marcelo Pereira (Mqabba) Njongo Priso (Msida Saint-Joseph)
Best Goalkeeper of the Year	Best Defender of the Year
Andrew Hogg (Valletta) Omar Borg (Birkirkara) Reuben Debono (Marsaxlokk)	Ronni Hartvig (Birkirkara) Brian Said (Sliema Wanderers) Josef Mifsud (Valletta)
Best Midfielder of the Year	Best Attacker of the Year
Kevin Sammut (Marsaxlokk) Gilbert Agius (Valletta) David Camilleri (Valletta)	Frank Temile (Valletta) Omar Sebastián Monesterolo (Valletta) Marcelo Pereira (Mqabba)
Coach of the Year	Most Prominent Youngster
Paul Zammit (Valletta) Brian Talbot (Marsaxlokk) John Buttigieg (Birkirkara)	Frank Temile (Valletta) Ryan Fenech (Ħamrun Spartans) Steve Bezzina (Valletta)

External links

• Official website