Mosta F.C.

Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in the town of Mosta on the island of Malta. They have played in the Maltese Premier League since the 2011–12 season.

Mosta

Full name	Mosta Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tar-Rotunda, The Pride of the North, Blues
Founded	1935; 90 years ago (1935)
Ground	Charles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta
Capacity	700
Chairman	George Galea
Manager	Mario Muscat
League	Maltese Premier League
2023–24	10th of 14
Home colours Away colours

Mosta FC's eternal rivals are neighbours Naxxar Lions with whom they contest the Derby of Northern Malta otherwise known as the Northern Classic. The context of this derby was that Mosta up until 1608 was considered to be a part of Naxxar even though the people identified differently as Mostin. In that year both Mosta and Għargħur took independence from Naxxar, with both of Gharghur FC and Mosta FC sharing a rivalry with Naxxar Lions; however the derby between Mosta and Naxxar is more fiercely contested as for hundreds of years they were the largest two towns in the Northern Region, and apart from that both clubs are considered to be the best two clubs in the region.

Achievements

• Maltese First Division 3rd Place (Promoted): 2010–11
• Maltese First Division Champions: 1986–87
• Maltese First Division Runners-up: 2001–02, 2004–05
• Maltese Second Division Champions: 1984–85, 1992–93
• Maltese Second Division Section Winners: 1978–79, 1992–93
• Maltese Second Division Runners-up: 1973–74
• Maltese Third Division Champions: 1964–65
• Maltese Third Division Section Winners: 1968–69

Players

Current squad

As of 26 January 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  MLT Aiden Agius 3 DF  CRC Matthew Bolaños 4 MF  GHA Prince Afriyie 5 DF  MLT Sasha Cachia 6 MF  GHA James Arthur 7 MF  MLT Jamie Scerri 8 MF  NGA Chukwuemeka Eke 9 FW  ITA Souleymane Kone (on loan from Sorrento) 10 MF  BRA Giancarlo Goncalves 13 MF  MLT Clayton Failla 14 MF  MLT Mark Cutajar 18 MF  MLT Kaiden Fenech 19 MF  NGA Ayobami Babatola

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  FIN Salomo Ojala 22 GK  NGA Akpan Udoh 23 FW  GHA Joshua Agyemang 26 DF  BRA Matheus Cambuci 29 FW  NGA Chiemezie Gabriel 30 FW  NGA Chisom Okereke 31 DF  BRA João Teixeira 33 FW  MLT Bradley Farrugia 74 DF  MLT Jake Vassallo 96 DF  GRE Konstantinos Lampsias 99 GK  MLT Jayden Farrugia — GK  GAM Anse Demba

Youth Players in use 2023-2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

European record

As of match played 15 July 2021

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Spartak Trnava	3–2	0–2	3–4

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round 4

Club officials

Name	Role
Technical Staff
Mario Muscat	Head coach
Davor Filipović	Assistant coach
Simon Vella	Goalkeepers Coach
Jeancarl Azzopardi	Physiotherapist
Jason Vella	Team Manager
Robert Frendo	Kit Manager
Board Members
George Galea	President and First Delegate
Michael Galea	Secretary
Owen Vella	Treasurer
Adrian Farrugia	President
Charlene Farrugia	Assistant Secretary
Melchiore Dimech	Board Member
Johann Cilia	Head of Youth Development Sector

Historical list of coaches

• Ronnie Cocks
• Guentcho Dobrev (1988 - 1991)
• Guentcho Dobrev (1999 - 2000)
• Paul Zammit (Jun 1, 2003 – Oct 30, 2005)
• Michael Molzahn (Jul 1, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009)
• Oliver Spiteri (July 1, 2009 – Nov 16, 2011)
• Steve D'Amato (Nov 17, 2011 – Feb 13, 2013)
• Danilo Dončić (Feb 16, 2013 – Dec 24, 2013)
• Enrico Piccioni (Dec 24, 2013 – Nov 3, 2014)
• Peter Smith (Nov 10, 2014 – June 10, 2015)
• Ivan Zammit (Jun 10, 2015 – Aug 15, 2015)
• Anthony Cremona (Aug 21, 2015 – Mar 21, 2016)
• Ivan Zammit (Apr 1, 2016 – Jun 30, 2016)
• Edmond Lufi (Jul 12, 2016 – Oct 1, 2016)^[1]
• Ivan Zammit (Oct 13, 2016 – Dec 13, 2016)^[2]
• Zsolt Hornyák (Jan 2, 2017 – Apr 1, 2017)^[3]
• Johann Scicluna (Apr 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018)
• Fausto Craighero (Jul 1, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019)
• Enrico Piccioni (Jul 31, 2018 – Nov 16, 2018)
• Johann Cilia (Nov 16, 2018 – Nov 21, 2018) (caretaker)^[4]
• Mark Miller (Nov 22, 2018 – June 16, 2020)^[5]
• Mario Muscat

Women's team

The women's team of Mosta plays in the country's top division, the Maltese First Division. In 2010–11 it won its first championship and thus qualified to the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[6] The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 Maltese Women's Cup and recently won the 2012 cup.^[7]