2009–10 Maltese Second Division

The 2009–10 Maltese Second Division started in September 2009 and will end in May 2010. Rabat Ajax and Senglea Athletic were relegated from the 2008–09 Maltese First Division. Gzira United, Gharghur and Zurrieq were promoted from the 2008–09 Maltese Third Division. 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.

Maltese Second Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsLija Athletic
PromotedLija Athletic
St. Andrews
RelegatedSanta Venera Lightning
Gharghur
Gozo FC
Goals scored396
Average goals/game3
Top goalscorerWayne Borg St.John (17)

Participating teams

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Changes from previous season

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lija Athletic (C) 22 14 6 2 48 22 +26 48 Champions and promotion to 2010–11 Maltese First Division
2 St.Andrews (P) 22 13 7 2 44 20 +24 46 Runners-up and promotion to 2010–11 Maltese First Division
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 Relegation playoffs
11 Gharghur (R) 22 3 6 13 24 49 −25 15 Relegation to 2010–11 Maltese Third Division
12 Gozo FC (R) 22 2 4 16 24 59 −35 10
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BIR GHA GOZ GZI LIJ MEL RAB SEN STA STV ZEB ZUR
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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.