2009–10 Maltese Second Division

Maltese Second Division

Season	2009–10
Champions	Lija Athletic
Promoted	Lija Athletic St. Andrews
Relegated	Santa Venera Lightning Gharghur Gozo FC
Goals scored	396
Average goals/game	3
Top goalscorer	Wayne Borg St.John (17)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Maltese Second Division 2009–10 started in September 2009 and will end in May 2010. Rabat Ajax and Senglea Athletic were relegated from the Maltese First Division 2008-09. Gzira United, Gharghur and Zurrieq were promoted from the Maltese Third Division 2008-09. The Maltese Second Division 2009–10 was won by Lija Athletic. The runners-up were St. Andrews. Gharghur and Gozo FC were relegated. Santa Venra Lightning were also relegated after losing in the relegation playoffs.

Participating teams

These teams will play in Second Division 09-10:

• Birzebbuga St.Peters
• Gharghur
• Gozo FC
• Gzira United
• Lija Athletic
• Mellieha
• Rabat Ajax
• Senglea Athletic
• St.Andrews
• Santa Venera Lightning
• Zebbug Rangers
• Zurrieq

Changes from previous season

• Balzan Youths and Melita were promoted to Maltese First Division 2009-10. They were replaced with Rabat Ajax and Senglea Athletic, both relegated from Maltese First Division 2008-09
• Naxxar Lions, Mgarr United and Marsa were relegated to Maltese Third Division 2009–10. They were replaced with Gzira United, Gharghur and Zurrieq, all promoted from the Maltese Third Division 2008-09.

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Lija Athletic (C)	22	14	6	2	48	22	+26	48
2	St.Andrews (P)	22	13	7	2	44	20	+24	46
3	Gzira United	22	12	5	5	35	28	+7	41
4	Birzebbuga St.Peters	22	12	3	7	42	28	+14	39
5	Mellieha	22	9	6	7	42	29	+13	33
6	Rabat Ajax	22	8	6	8	40	33	+7	30
7	Zebbug Rangers	22	7	6	9	36	35	+1	27
8	Zurrieq	22	6	8	8	18	25	−7	26
9	Senglea Athletic	22	6	7	9	17	26	−9	25
10	St. Venera Lightning (RP)	22	5	6	11	26	42	−16	21
11	Gharghur (R)	22	3	6	13	24	49	−25	15
12	Gozo FC (R)	22	2	4	16	24	59	−35	10

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; RP = Relegation playoffs

	Champions and promotion to Maltese First Division 2010-11
	Runners-up and promotion to Maltese First Division 2010-11
	Relegation playoffs
	Relegation to Maltese Third Division 2010–11

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Birzebbuga	Gharghur	Gozo	Gzira	Lija	Mellieha	Rabat	Senglea	St. Andrews	S.Venera	Zebbug	Zurrieq
Birzebbuga		3–0	5–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–5	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–0
Gharghur	1–4		0–2	0–0	1–4	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–0
Gozo	1–2	1–1		0–3	3–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–0
Gzira	3–2	3–2	5–4		0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–2
Lija	0–0	6–1	2–0	2–1		6–2	4–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–0
Mellieha	1–0	1–2	5–0	1–2	0–0		2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–1
Rabat	0–3	4–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	0–3		0–0	1–2	7–0	2–2	1–0
Senglea	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–2		1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3
St. Andrews	0–3	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0		3–0	2–0	0–0
St. Venera	2–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–6		0–1	3–1
Zebbug	0–3	3–2	7–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2		1–1
Zurrieq	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0