The 2008–09 Maltese Second Division season, also known as the 2008–09 BOV 2nd Division due to sponsorship reason) started on 27 September 2008 and ended on 10 May 2009. Mellieha and

Marsa Marsa may refer to: Places *Marsa, Aude, a commune in the Aude départment of France * Marsa, Malta, a city in central Malta *Mârșa, a commune in Giurgiu County, Romania * La Marsa, a suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia *Mârșa, a village in Av ...

were relegated from the First Division. The promoted teams were

Gozo FC Gozo Football Club was a Maltese football club based on the island of Gozo. Gozo FC was founded in 1987. The club was disbanded following the end of the 2010-2011 season. Gozo FC was run by the Gozo Football Association. It represented the is ...

and Zebbug Rangers. Zebbug had to start the season with a five point deduction due to incidents which occurred the previous season. The 2008–09 Maltese Second Division was won by

Balzan Youths Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. The Club was founded in 1937 and has played top-level football since 2010. The club has been one of the top teams i ...

.The runners-up were Melita, who finished 2 points off

Lija Athletic Lija ( mt, Ħal Lija) is a small village in the Central Region of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels. The parish church is dedica ...

. Mgarr United and

were relegated to the Third Division. This was the third straight relegation for Marsa, who 3 years previously were competing in the Premier League and now have to compete in the Third Division.

Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other ...

were also relegated as they lost in the promotion-relegation play-offs to

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. The play-offs were won by Zurrieq.

Participating teams

Balzan Balzan ( mt, Ħal Balzan) is a municipality in the Central Region of Malta, one of the so-called three villages, together with Attard and Lija. The village originally consisted of a group of small dwellings and farms but eventually grew, becom ...

* Birżebbuġa *

Gozo Gozo (, ), Maltese: ''Għawdex'' () and in antiquity known as Gaulos ( xpu, 𐤂𐤅𐤋, ; grc, Γαῦλος, Gaúlos), is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After t ...

* Lija *

* Mellieħa * Melita * Mġarr * Naxxar *

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* Santa Venera * Żebbuġ

Changes from previous season

* San Gwann and Rabat Ajax were promoted to

2008–09 Maltese First Division The 2008–09 Maltese First Division season (known as 2008–09 BOV First Division for sponsorship reasons) started in October 2008 and ended in May 2009. Pieta Hotspurs and Mqabba were relegated from the Premier League. The promoted teams were ...

. They were replaced with Mellieha and

, both relegated from 2007–08 Maltese First Division * Zurrieq and Sirens were relegated to 2008–09 Maltese Third Division. They were replaced with

and Zebbug Rangers, both promoted from 2007–08 Maltese Third Division.

Final league table

Relegation-promotion play-off

;Participating ;Quarter final *

Gudja United Gudja United Football Club is a Malta, Maltese professional football (soccer), football club from the south-eastern village of Gudja that currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. Gudja United plays in blue and white striped jerseys. Their ...

remain in Maltese Third Division ;Semi finals *

Mdina Knights The Maltese National Amateur League (referred to as the IZIBet Amateur League for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division in Maltese football, replacing the Maltese Second Division and Maltese Third Division during the 2020–21 seas ...

remain in Maltese Third Division *

relegated to Maltese Third Division ;Final * Zurrieq promoted to Maltese Second Division *

remain in Maltese Third Division

Results

Top scorers

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