2005–06 Maltese First Division

Maltese First Division

Season	2005–06
Champions	St. George's
Promoted	St. George's Marsa
Relegated	Lija Athletic St. Andrews
Goals scored	251
Average goals/game	2.78
Top goalscorer	Chima Dozie (15)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The Maltese First Division 2005–06 (known as BOV First Division 2005-06 for sponsorship reasons) started on 10 September 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. Lija F.C. and St. Patrick F.C. were the teams which were relegated from the Maltese Premier League 2004-05.Tarxien Rainbows and St.Andrews were the promoted teams.St. Georges were the champions and Marsa were the runners-up.Both were promoted to the Premier League.Lija Athletic and St. Andrews were relegated.This was two straight relegations for Lija while St. Andrews were send back down having just been promoted.

Participating teams

The Maltese First Division 2005–06 was made up of these teams:

• Lija
• Marsa
• Mqabba
• Naxxar
• San Gwann
• Senglea
• St. Andrew's
• St. George's
• St.Patrick
• Tarxien

Changes from previous season

• Hamrun Spartans and Mosta were promoted from the First Division to the Premier Lague.They were replaced by Lija Athletic and St. Patrick,both relegated from the Maltese Premier League 2004-05
• Balzan Youths and Gozo FC were relegated to the Maltese Second Division 2005-06.They were replaced by Tarxien Rainbows and St. Andrews

Final League Table 2005-06

P	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	St.George's (C)	18	10	5	3	27	14	35
2	Marsa	18	9	6	3	33	20	33
3	Mqabba	18	9	4	5	28	18	31
4	Tarxien Rainbows	18	8	5	5	25	18	29
5	Senglea Athletics	18	8	3	7	21	23	27
6	St.Patrick	18	7	5	6	29	22	26
7	San Gwann	18	7	2	9	23	25	23
8	Naxxar Lions	18	6	2	10	32	38	20
9	Lija Athletic (R)	18	5	3	10	20	33	18
10	St.Andrews (R)	18	1	5	12	13	40	8

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 Premier League 2006-07
	Runners-up and promotion to Maltese Premier League 2006-07
	Relegation to Maltese Second Division 2006-07

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
15	Chima Dozie	Naxxar
11	Mark Tanti	St. Patrick
10	Gilbert Martin	Marsa
9	Uchenna Anywanna	Mqabba
8	Karl Sciberras	San Gwann
	Anthony Ewurum	St. Georges

2005/2006 Results

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

	Lija	Marsa	Mqabba	Naxxar	San Gwann	Senglea	St. Andrews	St.Georges	St.Patrick	Tarxien
Lija		0-3	1-1	0-4	0-2	2-1	4-2	1-3	2-2	1-2
Marsa	0-0		2-0	4-2	2-2	3-0	1-1	1-0	3-1	0-2
Mqabba	3-1	4-0		4-1	1-0	1-2	2-0	0-0	0-2	0-2
Naxxar	0-1	0-4	2-5		4-0	3-2	3-0	1-1	1-2	1-2
San Gwann	2-0	1-3	1-1	4-1		0-1	3-0	1-2	0-3	2-1
Senglea	0-2	0-0	2-1	2-3	2-1		3-1	0-2	1-0	1-0
St. Andrews	3-2	1-1	0-1	0-4	0-2	0-1		0-3	1-1	2-2
St. George's	1-2	2-2	1-1	3-1	1-0	2-2	1-0		2-0	1-0
St. Patrick	2-1	2-1	1-2	4-1	0-1	1-1	5-1	0-1		2-2
Tarxien	2-0	2-3	0-1	0-0	3-1	1-0	1-1	2-1	1-1