2001–02 Maltese Second Division

Football league season

Maltese Second Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Msida SJ
Promoted	Msida SJ Senglea Athletics
Relegated	Melita Santa Venera Lightning
Goals scored	324
Average goals/game	2.45
Top goalscorer	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza (24)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Maltese Second Division (known as Rothmans Second Division 2001-02 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 29 September 2001 and ended on 19 May 2002.The relegated teams were Tarxien Rainbows and Zurrieq.The promoted teams were Msida SJ and Senglea Athletics. Msida SJ finished as champions, therefore being promoted once again, having just been promoted. Senglea Athletics too were promoted having just been promoted. Melita were relegated alongside Santa Venera Lightning. The latter lost a relegation playoff with Attard 1-0.

Participating teams

Changes from previous season

Mqabba and Balzan Youths were promoted to the First Division. They were replaced with Tarxien Rainbows and Zurrieq, both relegated from 2000–01 Maltese First Division
Santa Lucia and Siggiewi were relegated to the Third Division. They were replaced with Msida Saint-Joseph and Senglea Athletics, both promoted from the Third Division.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Msida SJ (C)	22	16	6	0	47	12	+35	54	Champions and promotion to 2002–03 Maltese First Division
2	Senglea Athletics	22	13	7	2	35	17	+18	46	Promotion to 2002–03 Maltese First Division
3	Tarxien Rainbows	22	13	5	4	33	14	+19	44
4	Zurrieq	22	8	8	6	24	18	+6	32
5	Zebbug Rangers	22	7	8	7	18	19	−1	29
6	Mellieha	22	7	7	8	23	27	−4	28
7	Dingli Swallows	22	8	3	11	34	34	0	27
8	Gzira United	22	6	7	9	24	27	−3	25
9	Luqa St.Andrews	22	7	3	12	24	34	−10	24
10	Santa Venera Lightning (R)	22	6	4	12	26	36	−10	22	Relegation play-offs
11	Attard	22	6	4	12	21	44	−23	22	Relegation play-offs
12	Melita (R)	22	2	4	16	15	42	−27	10	Relegation to 2002–03 Maltese Third Division

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Attard	1–0	Santa Venera

Santa Venera relegated to Maltese Third Division

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
24	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Msida
11	Aldrin Muscat	Zurrieq
9	Jonathan Sapiano	Dingli
	Michael Borg Olivier	Dingli
	Trevor Thomas	Senglea

External links

Complete set of results at maltafootball.com

v t e Maltese Second Division seasons
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

v t e 2001–02 in Maltese football
« 2000–01 2002–03 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	FA Trophy Super Cup Second and Third Division Knock-Out
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
List of Maltese football transfers 2001–02

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