Association football club in Malta
Football club
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 is one of the founding members of the European Club Association .[ 1]
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 Sons of Malta Cup (for the Second Division) Winners (3): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79 Runners-up (1): 1976–77 Cassar Cup : As of 20 July 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.
^ Awarded; the match was cancelled because of poor pitch conditions 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)[ 3] 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)[ 4] 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 – ) 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