Pietà Hotspurs F.C.

Pietà Hotspurs
Full name Pietà Hotspurs Football Club
Nickname(s) Hotspurs
Founded 1968
Ground Pieta' Hotspurs FC
Ground Capacity N/A
Chairman Malta Mario Mallia
Manager Malta Patrick Curmi
League Maltese First Division
2014–15 Maltese Premier League, 11th (relegated)

Pietà Hotspurs Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Pietà, founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Maltese First Division.

History

Pietà Hotspurs playing against Floriana during the 1999–2000 Maltese Premier League.

Pietà Hotspurs had their league debut on October 23, 1934, but any success the club had hoped to achieve was postponed due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war's end, Pietà took part in the Anglo Maltese Football League, before joining the Third Division of the National Championships, where they spent ten seasons. Pietà Hotspurs, however, were replaced in the league with Pietà Atlanta in 1962, a team which later changed their name to Pietà Hotspurs in 1973, joining the Fourth Division in 1974. The team won the league and promotion, but spent ten years in the Third Division. They eventually won promotion in 1985, but were soon relegated again. However, they bounced back up and won promotion again in 1988. In 1994 they finally won promotion to the Premier Division.

The club's football nursery has acquired a fame of producing talented footballers such as Cleavon Frendo, Massimo Grima, Valeri Bojinov, Saviour Darmanin and Attila Filkor.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Malta GK Miguel Montfort
2 Malta DF Karl Micallef
3 Hungary FW Kecskes Zsolt Mark
4 Malta DF Christian Degabriele
5 Malta DF Travis Bartolo
6 Malta MF Neil Pace Cocks
7 Malta MF Dylan Agius
8 Malta MF Mead Mifsud
9 Nigeria FW John Roland Emeka
10 Malta MF Kyle Cesare
11 Netherlands MF Randell Harrevelt
12 Malta GK Levi Saliba
13 Malta DF Gary Sultana
14 Malta MF Nicholas Pisani
15 Nigeria MF Azeez Ojo Rasheed
16 Malta DF Cleaven Zammit
17 Australia DF Jason Gorskie
18 Malta DF Christian Grech
19 Malta MF Kane Palmier
20 Malta MF Brendan Scerri
21 Malta MF Gianfranco Micallef
22 Malta MF Wail Rizgalla
23 Malta DF Rodney Grixti
24 Malta GK Jacob Chircop St.John
25 Malta FW Malcolm Licari
26 Malta MF Ayrton Mizzi
27 Malta MF Clive Gauci
28 Malta MF Jordie Delia
29 Malta MF Jan Busuttill
30 Malta DF Nick Ghio
33 Malta MF James Scicluna

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