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2005–06 Maltese First Division

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Maltese First Division
Season2005–06
ChampionsSt. George's
PromotedSt. George's
Marsa
RelegatedLija Athletic
St. Andrews
Goals scored251
Average goals/game2.78
Top goalscorerChima Dozie (15)

The 2005–06 Maltese First Division (known as 2005–06 BOV First Division for sponsorship reasons) started on 10 September 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. Lija Athletic and St. Patrick were the teams which were relegated from the 2004–05 Maltese Premier League. 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 sent back down having just been promoted.

Teams

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

Changes from previous season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St. George's (C) 18 10 5 3 27 14 +13 35 Promotion to 2006–07 Maltese Premier League
2 Marsa 18 9 6 3 33 20 +13 33
3 Mqabba 18 9 4 5 28 18 +10 31
4 Tarxien Rainbows 18 8 5 5 25 18 +7 29
5 Senglea Athletic 18 8 3 7 21 23 −2 27
6 St. Patrick 18 7 5 6 29 22 +7 26
7 San Ġwann 18 7 2 9 23 25 −2 23
8 Naxxar Lions 18 6 2 10 32 38 −6 20
9 Lija Athletic (R) 18 5 3 10 20 33 −13 18 Relegation to 2006–07 Maltese Second Division
10 St. Andrews (R) 18 1 5 12 13 40 −27 8
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away LJA MAR MQA NAX SĠW SEN STA STG STP TAR
Lija Athletic 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 Lions 0–1 0–4 2–5 4–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2
San Ġwann 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
Senglea Athletic 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 Rainbows 2–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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As of 14 May 2006[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Chima Dozie Naxxar Lions 15
2 Malta Mark Tanti St. Patrick 11
3 Malta Gilbert Martin Marsa 10
4 Nigeria Uchenna Anywanna Mqabba 9
5 Malta Karl Sciberras San Ġwann 8
Nigeria Anthony Ewurum St. George's

References

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  1. ^ "Malta: BOV First Division 2005/06 Table". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ^ "BOV First Division Results 2005/06". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Malta: BOV First Division 2005/06 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.