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
Season2006–07
Dates19 August 2006 – 13 May 2007
ChampionsMarsaxlokk
(1st title)
RelegatedSt. George's
Marsa
Champions LeagueMarsaxlokk
UEFA CupSliema Wanderers
Hibernians
UEFA Intertoto CupBirkirkara
Matches played132
Goals scored425 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Bogdanović (31 goals)

Teams

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

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

First round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marsaxlokk 18 14 3 1 45 15 +30 45 Qualification for the Championship Pool
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 Relegation Pool
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 round

Championship Pool

The teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Championship Pool, and the points obtained during the first round were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second round. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second round: 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 Champions League first qualifying round — 1–4 6–1 0–1 3–1 2–0
2 Sliema Wanderers 10 5 3 2 17 13 +4 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round 1–4 — 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2
3 Birkirkara 10 6 1 3 16 17 −1 34 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round 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 UEFA Cup first qualifying round 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) Champion.

Relegation Pool

The teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the Relegation Pool and at the end of the round the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first round were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second round. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second round: 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 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]
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[2][3] 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[4] 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

References
  1. "Malta: BOV Premier League 2006/07 Scorers". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "BOV Premier League Results 2006/07". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. "BOV Premier League Championship Pool Results 2006/07". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. "Player of the Month". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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