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Not to be confused with the Scottish football club Hibernian F.C..
This article is about the Maltese football club. For other uses, see Hibernian.

Hibernians
Full nameHibernians Football Club
Nickname(s)Hibs
Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
The Peacocks
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)[1]
GroundTony Bezzina Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Capacity2,968
ChairmanRanier Bezzina
ManagerAndrea Pisanu
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2021–22Maltese Premier League, 1st Champions
Websitehttps://www.hiberniansfc.mt/

Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional football club based in the town of Paola.

History

The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party.[2] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[2]

Meanwhile, the Constitutional Party had upset the Catholic Church so much that, in May 1930, Catholics were told not to vote for the party. The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club[2] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against HMS Antelope in October 1931.[2] They had to wait for a place to become available in the professional league, but in January 1933 they joined the league with a 3–1 victory over Sliema Rangers. They have stayed in the top division ever since.[2]

Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[2] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.[citation needed]

Stadium

Main article: Hibernians Stadium

The club's home ground is Hibernians Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Paola, which has a capacity of about 3,000.

Honours

[3]

Winners (13): 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22
Winners (10): 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13
Winners (3): 1994, 2007, 2015

Cassar Cup: (2) 1961–1962, 1962–1963

Testaferrata Cup: (3) 1977–1978, 1978–1979, 1980–1981

Independence Cup: (3) 1967–1968, 1968–1969, 1970–1971

Sons of Malta Cup: (3) 1969–1970, 1970–1971, 1971–1972

Olympic Cup: (1) 1962–1963

Schembri Shield: (1) 1961–1962

European Record

Accurate as of 11 August 2022
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 28 5 5 18 20 71 −51 017.86
Cup Winners' Cup 10 2 2 6 4 17 −13 020.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 30 3 1 26 25 107 −82 010.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 8 4 2 2 15 14 +1 050.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 2 2 8 9 26 −17 016.67
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 000.00
Total 90 16 12 62 82 238 −156 017.78

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 European Cup Prelim Switzerland Servette FC 1–2 0–5 1–7
1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim Greece Olympiacos w/o w/o w/o
1R Spain Atlético Madrid 0–1 0–4 0–5
1967–68 European Cup 1R England Manchester United F.C. 0–0 0–4 0–4
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Greece Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 0–6 0–1 0–7
1969–70 European Cup 1R Czechoslovakia FC Spartak Trnava 2–2 0–4 2–6
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Spain Real Madrid C.F. 0–0 0–5 0–5
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim Iceland Fram 3–0 0–2 3-2
1R Romania Steaua Bucharest 0–0 0–1 0–1
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Netherlands FC Amsterdam 0–7 0–5 0–12
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland Grasshoppers 0–2 0–7 0–9
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal S.C. Braga 3–2 0–5 3–7
1979–80 European Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Dundalk F.C. 1–0 0–2 1–2
1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Waterford 1–0 0–4 1–4
1981–82 European Cup 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–8 2–10
1982–83 European Cup 1R Poland Widzew Łódź 1–4 1–3 2–7
1986–87 UEFA Cup 1R Bulgaria Trakia Plovdiv 0–2 0–8 0–10
1994–95 UEFA Cup Prelim Belarus FC Dinamo Minsk 4–3 (a.e.t.) 1–3 5–6
1995–96 UEFA Cup Prelim Ukraine FC Chornomorets Odessa 2–5 0–2 2–7
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 11 Russia FC Ural Yekaterinburg 1–2 — 5th
Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia — 1–4
France RC Strasbourg Alsace 0–2 —
Turkey Kocaelispor — 3–5
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Poland Zagłębie Lubin 1–0 0–4 1–4
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1Q Republic of Ireland Shelbourne F.C. 2–2 1–0 3–2
2Q Portugal Boavista F.C. 3–3 0–4 3–7
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Finland AC Allianssi 1–1 0–1 1–2
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Croatia NK Slaven Belupo 2–1 0–3 2–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Cyprus AC Omonia 0–3 0–3 0–6
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Romania FC Dinamo București 0–4 1–5 1–9
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Serbia FK Vojvodina 0–2 1–5 1–7
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Slovenia ND Gorica 0–3 0–0 0–3
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1Q Montenegro FK Mogren 0–2 0–4 0–6
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 4–4 2–5 6–9
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Serbia FK Vojvodina 1–4 2–3 3–7
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia FC Spartak Trnava 2–4 0–5 2–9
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 2–1 1–5 3–6
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia FC Spartak Trnava 0–3 0–3 0–6
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 1Q Estonia FCI Tallinn 2–0 1–0 3–0
2Q Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–3 0–6
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 0–1 0–2
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Liechtenstein Vaduz — 2–0 —
2Q Hungary Fehérvár 0–1 — —
2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1Q Estonia Flora 0–3 0–2 0–5
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q San Marino Folgore 4–2 3–1 7–3
3Q Latvia Riga 1–4 (a.e.t.) 1–0 2−4
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1Q Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0–0 0–3 0−3
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Estonia FCI Levadia 3–2 1–1 4–3
3Q Latvia RFS 1–3 1–1 2−4

Players

For a list of all former and current Hibernians F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Hibernians F.C. players.

Maltese teams are limited to eight players without Maltese citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 13 September, 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Malta MLT Jayden Ohaka
3 DF Malta MLT Ferdinando Apap
4 DF Malta MLT Kurt Shaw
5 MF Malta MLT Matthew Ellul
6 DF Spain ESP Gonzalo Llerena
7 FW Angola ANG Thaylor Lubanzadio
8 MF Malta MLT Jake Grech
9 FW Spain ESP Jairo Morillas
10 FW Malta MLT Jurgen Degabriele
11 MF Malta MLT Bjorn Kristensen
12 MF Malta MLT Dunstan Vella
13 DF Malta MLT Zachary Grech
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Malta MLT Justin Haber
17 FW Ghana GHA Gabriel Mensah
18 MF Malta MLT Arziel Borg
19 DF Malta MLT Joseph Zerafa
20 DF Malta MLT Andrei Agius
22 DF Spain ESP Gabri Izquier
23 FW Nigeria NGA Yunusa Muritala
24 GK Guinea GUI Ibrahim Koné
30 DF Malta MLT Isaiah Chukunyere
42 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ali Diakité
88 DF Brazil BRA Rodolfo Soares

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

  • Malta Robert Gatt (30 June 1998 – 8 July 2007)
  • Albania Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008)
  • England Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012)
  • Malta Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013)
  • Serbia Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016)
  • England Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018)[4]
  • Malta Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)[5]
  • Italy Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 –30 June 2022)
  • Italy Andrea Pisanu (8 July 2022- )

Women's team

A women's team plays in the Women's Maltese First Division. The team is the national record champion with twelve titles, the most recent being won in 2016.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hibernians F.C. team profile Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2021
  2. ^ a b c d e f "History". hiberniansfc.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Honours". Hibernians F.C.
  4. ^ "Hibernians FC part ways with coach Mark Miller". The Malta Independent. 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Mario Muscat appointed as Qormi technical advisor". MaltaFootball.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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