2009–10 Maltese Second Division

Maltese Second Division season

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "2009–10 Maltese Second Division" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Football league season

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 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.

Participating teams

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	Relegation to 2010–11 Maltese Third Division

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

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 2009–10 in Maltese football
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	FA Trophy Super Cup First Division Knock-Out Second and Third Division Knock-Out
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
List of Maltese football transfers 2009–10