2005–06 Maltese First Division

Football league season

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 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

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

Changes from previous season

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

League table

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	Promotion to 2006–07 Maltese Premier League
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	Relegation to 2006–07 Maltese Second Division

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Top scorers

As of 14 May 2006

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

References

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

v t e Maltese First Division/Maltese Challenge League seasons
First Division	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
Challenge League	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Clubs	Fgura United Lija Athletic Luqa St. Andrew's Marsa Marsaxlokk Melita Mġarr United Mqabba Naxxar Lions Pembroke Athleta Pietà Hotspurs Qrendi Rabat Ajax Senglea Athletic San Ġwann St. Andrews St. George's Swieqi United Tarxien Rainbows Vittoriosa Stars Żebbuġ Rangers Żejtun Corinthians

v t e 2005–06 in Maltese football
« 2004–05 2006–07 »
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 2005–06

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