Birkirkara F.C.

Birkirkara Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Birkirkara, on 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

Full name	Birkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stripes
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Ground	Ta Qali Stadium
Capacity	16,997
Chairman	Michael Valenzia
Head Coach	Stefano De Angelis
League	Maltese Premier League
2023–24	Maltese Premier League, 5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

The club also has a women's team.^[2]

Kits

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor (front)	Ref.
2003-04	Lotto
2004-06		McDonald's (Malta), Cisk Export and Team sport (Malta)
2006-09		McDonald's (Malta) and Team sport (Malta)
2009-10	Diadora	McDonald's (Malta)
2010-12	Macron
2012-21	Adidas
2021-	Nike		[3]

Honours

Major

• Maltese Premier League
  • Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (8):1952–53, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2022-23
• Maltese FA Trophy
  • Winners (6): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (6): 1972–73, 1989–90, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2017–18
• Maltese Super Cup
  • Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up (7): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2023
• Euro Challenge/Lowenbrau Cup
  • Winners (3): 1998, 2003, 2008
• MFA Super 5 Lottery Tournament
  • Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006

Minor

• Sons of Malta Cup (for the Second Division)
  • Winners (3): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79
  • Runners-up (1): 1976–77
• Cassar Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1952–53

Current squad

As of 15 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Giacomo Volpe 3 DF  ARG Manuel Morello 5 DF  ARG Agustín Sandona 6 MF  ARG Pablo Gaitán 7 MF  MLT Shaun Dimech 8 FW  MLT Paul Mbong 10 FW  MLT Andrea Zammit 11 DF  MLT Kurt Zammit 15 MF  MLT Kaiden Fenech 16 GK  MLT Amara Sylla 17 DF  RUS Nikita Shchepetkin 20 FW  MLT Alexander Satariano

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  ARG Leandro Lacunza 25 MF  MLT Neil Micallef 27 DF  ITA Alessandro Coppola 70 MF  POR Latón 72 DF  ITA Alessandro Coppola 77 FW  BRA Maicon 91 FW  BRA Maxuell Samurai 92 MF  MLT Nicholas Agius 93 FW  CIV Gnamien Gislain Yikpe (on loan from Samgurali Tsqaltubo) 99 FW  EQG Óscar Siafá — DF  ECU Luis Córdova (on loan from C.D. Cuenca)

European record

All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Spartak Trnava	0–1	1–3	1–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–4	1–2	1–6
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lyngby	0–0	0–7	0–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	1Q	KR Reykjavík	1–2	1–4	2–6
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Locomotive Tbilisi	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		1R	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	0–1	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	0–3	0–3
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Ferencváros	0–5	0–1	0–6
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Partizani	2–1	2–4	4–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	APOEL	0–2	0–4	0–6
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	B36 Tórshavn	0–3	2–2	2–5
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Maribor	0–3	1–2	1–5
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Hajduk Split	0–3	0–4	0–7
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Slaven Belupo	0–0	0–1	0–1
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FC Santa Coloma	4–3	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	7–3
		2Q	Žilina	1–0	0–3	1–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Vllaznia	0–1	1–1	1–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Metalurg	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Maribor	0–0	0–2	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Diósgyőr	1–2	1–4	2–6
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ulisses	0–0	3–1	3–1
		2Q	West Ham	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–5 p)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Široki Brijeg	2–0	1–1	3–1
		2Q	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	2–1	2–1
		3Q	Krasnodar	0–3	1–3	1–6
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	PR	KÍ Klaksvík	1–1	1–2	2–3
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	La Fiorita	1–0	1–1	2–1
		2Q	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–5 p)
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Maribor	1–2	1–1	2–3

1. Awarded; the match was cancelled because of poor pitch conditions

Coaches

• Frankie Tabone (1951–53)
• Paul Chetcuti (1961–62)
• Emanuel Borg (1964–65)
• Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68)
• Frans Bonnici (1968–69)
• Emmle Saliba (1969–70)
• Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73)
• Tony Buhagiar (1973–74)
• Carmel Galea (1974–76)
• Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78)
• Frankie Zammit (1978–79)
• Marcel Scicluna (1979–84)
• Joe Attard (1984–86)
• Freddie Cardona (1986–87)
• Joe Cilia (1986–88)
• Robert Gatt (1988–89)
• Lolly Aquilina (1989–92)
• Todor Raykov (1992–93)
• Freddie Cardona (1993–94)
• Borislav Giorev (1994–95)
• Lawrence Borg (1995–96)
• Alan Sunderland (1996–97)
• Alfred Cardona (1996–97)
• Alfred Cardona & Robert Gatt (1997–98)
• Vlada Pejović (1998–99)
• Atanas Marinov (1999–00)
• Alfred Cardona (2000 – 1 December 2001)
• Stephen Azzopardi (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007)
• John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
• Paul Zammit (1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011)
• Patrick Curmi (22 May 2011 – 28 September 2011)
• Paul Zammit (3 October 2011 – 29 May 2015)^[4]
• Giovanni Tedesco (1 June 2015 – 10 December 2015)
• Dražen Besek (31 December 2015 – 30 November 2016)
• Nikola Jaros (6 December 2016 – 1 June 2017)
• Peter Pullicino (1 June 2017 – 6 September 2017)
• Paul Zammit (6 September 2017 – 26 March 2019)
• John Buttigieg (18 April 2019 – 7 September 2019)
• André Paus (10 September 2019 – 20 April 2022)^[5]
• Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) (20 April 2022 – 18 May 2022)
• Giovanni Tedesco (18 May 2022 – 26 November 2023)
• Brian Chetcuti (Caretaker) (26 November 2023 – 5 February 2024)
• Jose Borg (5 February 2024 – 13 May 2024)
• Stefano De Angelis (7 June 2024 – )

Futsal

Current squad 2018/19

Number	Player	Pos.	Nat.
4	Jason Mifsud	Sweeper
5	Ryan Xuereb	Winger
6	Alan Galea	Winger
8	Gary Inguanez	Sweeper
10	Marwan Telisi	Winger
11	Ayoub Hamad Ali	Winger
22	Rennie Tanti	Winger
23	Matthew Gatt	Goalkeeper
24	William Barbosa	Sweeper
40	Eslam Khalifa	Pivot
88	Christian Lia	Goalkeeper
99	Glenn Bonello	Pivot

References

1. "Agreement heralds new era in football". UEFA. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
2. "Birkirkara FC Women's presented with the BOV Women's League trophy - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
3. "Birkirkara Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
4. "Birkirkara FC – Coaches".
5. Camilleri, Valhmor (20 April 2022). "Birkirkara FC part ways with coach Andre Paus". SportsDesk. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

External links

• Official website