2006–07 Maltese Premier League

The 2006–07 Maltese Premier League (known as the BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 92nd season of top-level league football in Malta. Marsaxlokk won the title while St. George's and Marsa were relegated to the Maltese First Division.

Maltese Premier League

Season	2006–07
Dates	19 August 2006 – 13 May 2007
Champions	Marsaxlokk (1st title)
Relegated	St. George's Marsa
Champions League	Marsaxlokk
UEFA Cup	Sliema Wanderers Hibernians
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Birkirkara
Matches played	132
Goals scored	425 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Bogdanović (31 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Teams

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

• St. George's
• Marsa

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

• Mosta
• Ħamrun Spartans

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marsaxlokk	18	14	3	1	45	15	+30	45	Qualification for the Top Six
2	Sliema Wanderers	18	10	4	4	33	21	+12	34
3	Valletta	18	10	3	5	41	18	+23	33
4	Msida Saint-Joseph	18	9	6	3	32	17	+15	33
5	Birkirkara	18	9	3	6	32	27	+5	30
6	Hibernians	18	8	1	9	31	33	−2	25
7	Floriana	18	6	6	6	28	20	+8	24	Qualification for the Play-out
8	St. George's	18	2	6	10	11	33	−22	12
9	Pietà Hotspurs	18	2	5	11	16	47	−31	11
10	Marsa	18	0	3	15	12	50	−38	3

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	HIB	MRS	MXK	MSJ	PTA	SLM	STG	VLT
Birkirkara	—	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–3	4–0	1–3
Floriana	1–1	—	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–2
Hibernians	3–2	1–2	—	4–0	2–2	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–1
Marsa	1–2	0–2	1–3	—	1–5	0–1	3–5	1–2	1–2	0–3
Marsaxlokk	2–2	4–2	2–1	4–0	—	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–1	1–0
Msida Saint-Joseph	5–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
Pietà Hotspurs	1–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	2–2	0–0	0–5
Sliema Wanderers	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	4–1	—	1–0	1–0
St. George's	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–5	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	—	0–2
Valletta	1–0	2–2	1–2	6–1	1–3	1–1	6–0	1–0	4–1	—

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: Marsaxlokk 23 points, Sliema Wanderers 17, Valletta 17, Msida Saint-Joseph 17, Birkirkara 15 and Hibernians 13.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MXK	SLM	BKR	VLT	HIB	MSJ
1	Marsaxlokk (C)	10	8	0	2	29	13	+16	47	Qualification for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League		—	1–4	6–1	0–1	3–1	2–0
2	Sliema Wanderers	10	5	3	2	17	13	+4	35	Qualification for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup		1–4	—	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2
3	Birkirkara	10	6	1	3	16	17	−1	34	Qualification for the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup		2–3	2–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–1
4	Valletta	10	3	4	3	14	13	+1	30			1–3	1–1	3–0	—	3–1	1–1
5	Hibernians	10	2	2	6	14	19	−5	21	Qualification for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup		2–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	—	2–0
6	Msida Saint-Joseph	10	0	2	8	8	23	−15	19			0–4	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:

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: Floriana 12 points, St. George's 6, Pietà Hotspurs 5, Marsa 2.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		FRN	PTA	STG	MRS
7	Floriana	6	3	1	2	13	10	+3	22			—	1–0	3–2	2–2
8	Pietà Hotspurs	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	18			3–1	—	4–5	2–1
9	St. George's (R)	6	1	1	4	12	19	−7	10	Relegation to the 2007–08 Maltese First Division		2–6	1–2	—	1–1
10	Marsa (R)	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	10			1–0	0–2	3–1	—

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Bogdanović	Marsaxlokk	31
2	Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers	20
3	Sebastián Monesterolo	Valletta	16
4	Terence Scerri	Hibernians	14
5	Daniel Nwoke	Msida Saint-Joseph	13
	Ibrahim Babatunde	Msida Saint-Joseph
7	Etienne Barbara	Birkirkara	11
	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Birkirkara
	André Schembri	Marsaxlokk
10	Adrian Mifsud	Floriana	9
	Kevin Sammut	Marsaxlokk
	Gilbert Agius	Valletta

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Sebastián Monesterolo4	Valletta	Pietà Hotspurs	5–0	20 August 2006
Daniel Bogdanović	Marsaxlokk	Floriana	4–2	16 September 2006
Sebastián Monesterolo	Valletta	St. George's	4–1	23 September 2006
Trevor Cilia	Floriana	Marsa	4–1	24 September 2006
Gilbert Agius4	Valletta	Pietà Hotspurs	6–0	10 December 2006
Terence Scerri4	Hibernians	Marsa	4–0	16 December 2006
Andrew Scerri	Marsa	Pietà Hotspurs	3–5	21 January 2007
Richmar Siberie4	Valletta	Marsa	6–1	3 February 2007
Daniel Bogdanović4	Marsaxlokk	Birkirkara	6–1	3 March 2007
Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers	Msida Saint-Joseph	3–2	15 April 2007

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
August	Sebastián Monesterolo	Valletta
September	Ibrahim Babatunde	Msida Saint-Joseph
October	Ivan Woods	Sliema Wanderers
November/December	Daniel Bogdanović	Marsaxlokk
January	Renato Conceição	St. George's
February	Gilbert Agius	Valletta
March	Daniel Bogdanović	Marsaxlokk
April	Roderick Bajada	Sliema Wanderers
May	Manolito Micallef	Floriana

External links

• Official website