2001–02 Maltese Second Division

Maltese Second Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsMsida SJ
PromotedMsida SJ
Senglea Athletics
RelegatedMelita
Santa Venera Lightning
Goals scored324
Average goals/game2.45
Top goalscorerJean Pierre Mifsud Triganza (24)

The 2001–02 Maltese Second Division (known as Rothmans Second Division 2001-02 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 29 September 2001 and ended on 19 May 2002.The relegated teams were Tarxien Rainbows and Zurrieq.The promoted teams were Msida SJ and Senglea Athletics. Msida SJ finished as champions, therefore being promoted once again, having just been promoted. Senglea Athletics too were promoted having just been promoted. Melita were relegated alongside Santa Venera Lightning. The latter lost a relegation playoff with Attard 1-0.

Participating teams

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Changes from previous season

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Msida SJ (C) 22 16 6 0 47 12 +35 54 Champions and promotion to 2002–03 Maltese First Division
2 Senglea Athletics 22 13 7 2 35 17 +18 46 Promotion to 2002–03 Maltese First Division
3 Tarxien Rainbows 22 13 5 4 33 14 +19 44
4 Zurrieq 22 8 8 6 24 18 +6 32
5 Zebbug Rangers 22 7 8 7 18 19 −1 29
6 Mellieha 22 7 7 8 23 27 −4 28
7 Dingli Swallows 22 8 3 11 34 34 0 27
8 Gzira United 22 6 7 9 24 27 −3 25
9 Luqa St.Andrews 22 7 3 12 24 34 −10 24
10 Santa Venera Lightning (R) 22 6 4 12 26 36 −10 22 Relegation play-offs
11 Attard 22 6 4 12 21 44 −23 22
12 Melita (R) 22 2 4 16 15 42 −27 10 Relegation to 2002–03 Maltese Third Division
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Attard 1–0 Santa Venera

Top scorers

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Goals Player Team
24 Malta Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza Msida
11 Malta Aldrin Muscat Zurrieq
9 Malta Jonathan Sapiano Dingli
Malta Michael Borg Olivier Dingli
Malta Trevor Thomas Senglea
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