Birkirkara F.C.

Birkirkara
Full name Birkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s) Stripes
Founded 1950
Ground Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta
Ground Capacity 17,797
Chairman Adrian Delia
Head Coach Dražen Besek
League Maltese Premier League
2015–16 Maltese Premier League, 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 August 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)
7 Croatia DF Mislav Anđelković
8 Malta MF Edmond Agius
10 Serbia MF Srđan Dimitrov
11 Serbia MF Dejan Đorđević
12 Nigeria GK Ini Atkpan
13 Malta FW Matteo Desira Buttigieg
14 Slovenia FW Vito Plut
15 Serbia DF Nikola Vukanac
No. Position Player
17 Nigeria FW Frank Temile
18 Malta MF Shaun Bajada
19 Malta DF Joseph Zerafa
21 Malta MF Ryan Scicluna
22 Malta DF Cain Attard
23 Serbia DF Predrag Jović
20 Malta MF Rowen Muscat
25 Croatia DF Bruno Marotti
26 Malta GK Andreas Vella
27 Malta DF Steven Bonnici
28 Malta MF Matthew Guillaumier
29 Malta FW James Brincat

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.)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2–0 1–1 3–1
2Q Scotland Heart of Midlothian 0–0 2–1 2–1
3Q Russia Krasnodar 0–3 1–3 1–6

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 (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007)
  • Malta John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
  • Malta Paul Zammit (1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011)
  • Malta Patrick Curmi (2011)
  • Malta Paul Zammit (20 October 2011 – May 2015)[3]
  • Croatia Dražen Besek (31 December 2015 –)

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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