Sliema Wanderers F.C.

Sliema Wanderers

Full name

Sliema Wanderers Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Blues
The Wanderers

Founded

1909

Ground

Ta' Qali Stadium,
Ta' Qali,
Malta

Capacity

18,000

Chairman

Keith Perry

Manager

Stephen Azzopardi

League

Maltese Premier League

2014–15

Maltese Premier League, 6th

Home colours

Away colours

Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1909. The club competed in the first ever Maltese Premier League season in 1909–10 and finished in second position to Floriana after the five game season came to an end.

Ten years down the line Sliema Wanderers finally made their mark in Maltese football by winning the Maltese Premier League title in the 1919–20 season, since then the team have gone on to win the title 26 times; a record for Malta; the last three being in 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05.

Sliema Wanderers also hold the record for the most FA Trophy wins, with their first coming in 1935, when they overpowered Floriana with a 4–0 victory. The club have gone on to win this particular honour 20 times, the most recent three of which came in 2000, 2004 and in 2009; the last title being won against Valletta 7–6 on penalties after the match finished 3–3 following extra time.

With all these honours, Sliema Wanderers are currently the most successful team in the history of Maltese football with approximately 113 honours. Sliema Wanderers train at the Tigne Sports Complex, in Sliema.

Sliema Wanderers also have a futsal team, which participates in Malta's top futsal league.

Supporters

Sliema Wanderers have their own supporters group, which is called the Sliema Wanderers Supporters Club, and in 2010 it was the clubs 20th anniversary from the first time that the group was founded. The supporters group was started by Joe Debono and Mario Avallone, and the groups clubhouse is in Manwel Dimech Street, known as 'The Lazy Corner'.

Since 2008, a group of young Sliema fans formed the group known as Sliema Ultras Blue Gladiators 2008 better known as (Sliema Ultras '08 or SUBG'08). This young group is not only known to support the Blues at football but also Waterpolo, Futsal, Rugby, Hockey and many other sports that includesthe name of Sliema.

The clubhouse is on Tower Street and welcomes visitors.

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	GK	Glenn Zammit
2	DF	Alex Muscat
3	DF	Benjamin Essel
4	MF	Denni
5	MF	Johann Bezzina
6	DF	Justin Vella
7	MF	Albert Bruce
8	MF	Mark Scerri
9	FW	Shola Shodiya
10	FW	Fidelis Saviour
11	FW	Njongo Priso
12	GK	Timothy Aquilina

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Clifford Gatt Baldacchino
14	MF	Ryan Dalli
15	MF	Marko Potezica
16	MF	Michele Sansone
17	MF	Peter Xuereb
18	FW	Aidan Friggieri
21	FW	Kyle Hendry
23	DF	Gary Muir
25	GK	Entonjo Elezaj (on loan from Pro Vercelli)
30	FW	Jean Paul Farrugia (on loan from Hibernians)
33	DF	Stefano Bianciardi
36	DF	Carl Cassar
37	FW	Axl Xuereb
38	MF	Jean Pierre Vella
39	DF	Jake Agius

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963–64	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round	Borough United	0–0	0–2	0–2
1968–69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	US Rumelange	1–0	1–2	2–2(a)
		2. Round	Randers Freja	0–2	0–6	0–8
1969–70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	IFK Norrköping	1–0	1–5	2–5
1974–75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Lahti	2–0	1–4	3–4
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Boavista	2–1	0–8	2–9
1982–83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Swansea City	0–5	0–12	0–17
1987–88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Vllaznia Shkodër	0–4	0–2	0–6
1990–91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Dukla Prague	1–2	0–2	1–4
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying Round	Degerfors	1–3	0–3	1–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		Diósgyőr	2–3	0–2	2–5

UEFA Cup | UEFA Europa League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	Akademisk BK	2–3	0–7	2–10
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–2	0–1	0–3
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Sporting CP	1–2	1–3	2–5
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	0–5	0–5
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Barcelona	0–2	0–1	0–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Aris Thessaloniki	2–4	0–4	2–8
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Victoria București	0–2	1–6	1–8
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round	AC Omonia	1–2	0–3	1–5
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round	Margveti Zestafoni	1–3	3–0	4–3
		Qualifying Round	Odense BK	0–2	1–7	1–9
1999-00	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FC Zürich	0–3	0–1	0–4
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FK Partizan	2–1	1–4	3–5
2001–02	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Matador Púchov	2–1	0–3	2–4
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Polonia Warsaw	1–3	0–2	1–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Rapid București	0–1	0–5	0–6
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Litex Lovech	0–3	0–4	0–7
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2. Qualifying Round	Maccabi Netanya	0–0	0–3	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round	Šibenik	0–3	0–0	0–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round	Khazar Lankaran	1–1	0–1	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round	Ferencváros	1–1	1–2	2–3

UEFA Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964–65	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Dinamo București	0–2	0–5	0–7
1965–66	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Panathinaikos	1–0	1–4	2–4
1966–67	European Cup	Preliminary Round	CSKA Sofia	1–2	0–4	1–6
1971–72	European Cup	1. Round	ÍA Akranes	0–0	4–0	4–0
		2. Round	Celtic	1–2	0–5	1–7
1972–73	European Cup	1. Round	Górnik Zabrze	0–5	0–5	0–10
1976–77	European Cup	1. Round	TPS Turku	2–1	0–1	2–2(a)
1989–90	European Cup	1. Round	KF Tirana	1–0	0–5	1–5
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round	Skonto Riga	2–0	1–3	3–3(a)
		2. Qualifying Round	Copenhagen	0–6	1–4	1–10
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round	FBK Kaunas	0–2	1–4	1–6
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–4	0–2	1–6

Managerial history

See Sliema Wanderers F.C. Managers

Manager	Period
János Bédl	July 1, 1964 – June 30, 1966
Martin Gregory	1999–01
Augustine Eguavoen	July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001
Edward Aquilina	2002–06
Ray Farrugia	2006–07
Stephen Azzopardi	Nov 1, 2007 – May 30, 2010
Mark Marlow	July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
Danilo Dončić	Feb 3, 2011 – May 27, 2012
Clive Mizzi	May 27, 2012 – Aug 7, 2012
Alfonso Greco	July 1, 2012 – Oct, 2014
Stephen Azzopardi	Oct 2014 – present

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Achievements

Maltese Premier League Champions: 26
1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1929/30, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1975/76, 1988/89, 1995/96, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05

Maltese Premier League Runners-Up:
1909/10, 1916/17, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1926/27, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1934/35, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2005/06

Maltese Cup Champions: 20
1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2004, 2009

Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2014

Maltese First Division Champions:
1983/84

MFA Super Cup: 3
1996, 2000, 2009

Löwenbräu Cup Champions
1999, 2001, 2002

Super 5 Cup Champions
1990/91, 2001/02, 2003/04

Cassar Cup Champions
1923/24, 1924/25, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1966/67

Scicluna Cup Champions
1949/50, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66

Cousis Shield Champions
1917/18, 1919/20, 1923/24, 1925/26

Christmas Cup Champions
1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71

Independence Cup Champions
1964/65, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1981/82

Testaferrata Cup Champions
1964/65, 1974/75

MFA Cup Champions
1931/32

Sons of Malta Cup Champions
1972/73, 1979/80

Euro Cup Champions
1982, 1987, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2010

Christmas Tourney Cup Champions
1936/37, 1948/49

Schembri Shield Champions
1955/56, 1957/58

Empire Sports Ground Cup Champions
1923/24

MFA League Cup Champions
1965/66, 1969/70, 1978/79, 1984/85

MPFA Shield Champions
1954/55

External links

Maltese Premier League 2015–16

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Football in Malta

Malta Football Association

National teams

men:	Men's National team Olympic (U-23) U-21 U-19 U-17

women:	Women's National team

League system

men:	Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division

women:	Women's 1st Division

youth:	Minors' League U-17 Championship

Domestic cups

men:	National Cup Super Cup Maltese First Division knock-out

women:	Women's Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year

Lists

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