Birkirkara F.C.

Birkirkara
Full name Birkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s) Stripes
Founded 1950
Ground 17,000-capacity Ta' Qali National Stadium,
Malta
Chairman Adrian Delia
Head Coach Josef Mansueto
League Maltese Premier League
2014–15 3rd
Website Club home page

Birkirkara Football Club is a football club based in the town of Birkirkara, the largest town in the island of Malta. The club was formed in 1950, following the amalgamation of Birkirkara United and Birkirkara Celtic. Birkirkara currently play in the Maltese Premier League, which it has won on four occasions, most recently in the 2012–13 season. Birkirkara also has a futsal team under the same name.

Birkirkara is one of the founding members of the European Club Association.[1]

Honours

Major

Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13
Winners (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15
Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014
Winners (3): 1998, 2003, 2008
Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006

Minor

Winners (3): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79
Runners-p (1): 1976–77
Runners-p (1): 1952–53

Squad

As of 7 February 2016[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Croatia GK Miroslav Koprić
2 Malta DF Edward Herrera
3 Austria DF Christian Bubalović
4 Malta MF Gareth Sciberras (Captain)
5 Argentina DF Mauricio Mazzetti
6 Malta FW Ryan Darmanin
7 Malta DF Ryan Camenzuli
8 Malta MF Edmond Agius
10 Croatia FW Matija Smrekar
11 Croatia FW Goran Mujanovic
12 Nigeria GK Ini Atkpan
No. Position Player
13 Croatia MF Mislav Anđelković
14 Slovenia FW Vito Plut
15 Serbia DF Nikola Vukanac
17 Nigeria FW Frank Temile
18 Chile MF Edison Bilbao
19 Malta DF Joseph Zerafa
20 Malta MF Kurt Zammit
21 Malta MF Ryan Scicluna
22 Malta DF Cain Attard
23 Malta MF Matthew Guillaumier
26 Malta GK Philip Schranz

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q Slovakia Spartak Trnava 0–1 1–3 1–4
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1Q Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–4 1–2 1–6
1999–00 UEFA Cup QR Denmark Lyngby BK 0–0 0–7 0–7
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1Q Iceland KR Reykjavík 1–2 1–4 2–6
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
1R Russia Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–1 0–1
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–0 0–3 0–3
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Hungary Ferencváros 0–5 0–1 0–6
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Albania FK Partizani 2–1 2–4 4–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 0–2 0–4 0–6
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 1Q Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 0–3 2–2 2–5
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Slovenia NK Maribor 0–3 1–2 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Croatia Hajduk Split 0–3 0–4 0–7
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Croatia Slaven Belupo 0–1 0–0 0–1
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 1Q Andorra FC Santa Coloma 4–3 3–01 7–3
2Q Slovakia MŠK Žilina 1–0 0–3 1–3
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Albania FK Vllaznia 0–1 1–1 1–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Republic of Macedonia FK Metalurg 2–2 0–0 2–2 (a)
2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2Q Slovenia Maribor 0–0 0–2 0–2
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Hungary Diósgyőr 1–2 1–4 2–6
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Armenia Ulisses 0–0 3–1 3–1
2Q England West Ham 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–5 p.)

Note 1: match forfeited, result set to 0–3 by UEFA.

Coaches

  • Malta Frankie Tabone (1951–53)
  • Malta Paul Chetcuti (1961–62)
  • Malta Emanuel Borg (1964–65)
  • Malta Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68)
  • Malta Frans Bonnici (1968–69)
  • Malta Emmle Saliba (1969–70)
  • Malta Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73)
  • Malta Tony Buhagiar (1973–74)
  • Malta Carmel Galea (1974–76)
  • Malta Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78)
  • Malta Frankie Zammit (1978–79)
  • Malta Marcel Scicluna (1979–84)
  • Malta Joe Attard (1984–86)
  • Malta Freddie Cardona (1986–87)
  • Malta Joe Cilia (1986–88)
  • Malta Robert Gatt (1988–89)
  • Malta Lolly Aquilina (1989–92)
  • Bulgaria Todor Raykov (1992–93)
  • Malta Freddie Cardona (1993–94)
  • Malta Borislav Giorev (1994–95)
  • Malta Lawrence Borg (1995–96)
  • England Alan Sunderland (1996–97)
  • Malta Alfred Cardona (1996–97)
  • Malta Alfred Cardona & Malta Robert Gatt (1997–98)
  • Serbia Vlada Pejović (1998–99)
  • Bulgaria Atanas Marinov (1999–00)
  • Malta Alfred Cardona (2000–01)
  • Malta Stephen Azzopardi (Dec 1, 2001 – March 1, 2007)
  • Malta John Buttigieg (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
  • Malta Paul Zammit (July 1, 2009 – May 30, 2011)
  • Malta Patrick Curmi (2011)
  • Malta Paul Zammit (Oct 20, 2011 – May 2015)[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Agreement heralds new era in football". uefa.com. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Squad". www.birkirkarafc.com. Birkirkara F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.birkirkarafc.com/TheClubCoaches.php

External links

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