Maltese people Maltese people The Maltese (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are the "Gozitans" (, ) who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo. The current Maltese people, characterised by the use of the Maltese language and by Roman Catholicism, are the descendants – through much mixing and hybridisation – of colonists from Sicily and Calabria who repopulated the Maltese islands in the beginning of the second millennium after a two-century lapse of
Maltese Second Division Maltese Second Division The Maltese Second Division (also known as the BOV Second Division due to sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division in Maltese football, behind the Maltese First Division and above Maltese Third Division. The league has been running for many years. It is contested by 13 teams and teams play each other twice. The top two teams are promoted to the second-highest Maltese division, the Maltese First Division, whilst the bottom two are relegated to the Maltese Third Division. The team which places third gets a second chance for promotion to the Maltese First Division by facing the