Sliema Wanderers F.C.

Sliema Wanderers

Full name	Sliema Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues The Wanderers
Founded	1909
Ground	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta (Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	Keith Perry
Manager	Danilo Dončić
League	Maltese Premier League
2010–11	7th
Home colours Away colours

Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1909. The club competed in the first ever Maltese Premier League season in 1909-10 and finished in second position to Floriana after the five game season came to an end.

Ten years down the line Sliema Wanderers finally made their mark in Maltese football by winning the Maltese Premier League title in the 1919-20 season, since then the team have gone on to win the title 26 times; a record for Malta; the last three being in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Sliema Wanderers also hold the record for the most FA Trophy wins, with their first coming in 1935, when they overpowered Floriana with a 4-0 victory. The club have gone on to win this particular honour 20 times, the most recent three of which came in 2000, 2004 and in 2009; the last title being won against Valletta 7-6 on penalties after the match finished 3-3 following extra time.

With all these honours, Sliema Wanderers are currently the most successful team in the history of Maltese football with approximately 113 honours.

Supporters

Sliema Wanderers have their own supporters group, which is called the Sliema Wanderers Supporters Club, and in 2010 it was the clubs 20th anniversary from the first time that the group was founded. The supporters group was started by Joe Debono and Mario Avallone, and the groups clubhouse is in Manwel Dimech Street, known as 'The Lazy Corner'.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Henry Bonello 2 DF Alex Muscat 5 DF Josef Mifsud 6 MF Ryan Grech 8 MF Mark Scerri 9 FW Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza 10 FW Danail Mitev 11 DF Steve Bezzina

No. Position Player 12 GK Jeremy Alden 13 DF Clifford Gatt Baldacchino 21 FW Jeremiah Ani 16 MF Andrew Cagliari 20 DF Rumen Galabov 15 MF Cleavon Frendo 22 DF Roderick Bajada 28 DF Beppe Muscat 29 GK Anthony Curmi

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963-64	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round		Borough United	0-0	0-2	0-2
1968-69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		US Rumelange	1-0	1-2	2-2(a)
		2. Round		Randers Freja	0-2	0-6	0-8
1969-70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		IFK Norrköping	1-0	1-5	2-5
1974-75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		FC Lahti	2-0	1-4	3-4
1979-80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Boavista FC	2-1	0-8	2-9
1982-83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Swansea City FC	0-5	0-12	0-17
1987-88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		KS Vllaznia Shkodër	0-4	0-2	0-6
1990-91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Dukla Prague	1-2	0-2	1-4
1993-94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying Round		Degerfors IF	1-3	0-3	1-6

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		Diósgyőri VTK	2-3	0-2	2-5

UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970-71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Akademisk BK	2-3	0-7	2-10
1973-74	UEFA Cup	1. Round		PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0-2	0-1	0-3
1975-76	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Sporting CP	1-2	1-3	2-5
1977-78	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Eintracht Frankfurt	0-0	0-5	0-5
1980-81	UEFA Cup	1. Round		FC Barcelona	0-2	0-1	0-3
1981-82	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	2-4	0-4	2-8
1988-89	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Victoria Bucureşti	0-2	1-6	1-8
1995-96	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round		AC Omonia	1-2	0-3	1-5
1996-97	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round		FC Margveti Zestafoni	1-3	3-0	4-3
		Qualifying Round		Odense BK	0-2	1-7	1-9
1999-00	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FC Zürich	0-3	0-1	0-4
2000-01	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FK Partizan	2-1	1-4	3-5
2001-02	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FK Matador Púchov	2-1	0-3	2-4
2002-03	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		Polonia Warszawa	1-3	0-2	1-5
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		Rapid Bucureşti	0-1	0-5	0-6
2007-08	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		PFC Litex Lovech	0-3	0-4	0-7
2009-10	UEFA Europa League	2. Qualifying Round		Maccabi Netanya FC	0-0	0-3	0-3
2010-11	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		HNK Šibenik	0-3	0–0	0-3

UEFA Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964-65	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Dinamo Bucureşti	0-2	0-5	0-7
1965-66	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Panathinaikos FC	1-0	1-4	2-4
1966-67	European Cup	Preliminary Round		PFC CSKA Sofia	1-2	0-4	1-6
1971-72	European Cup	1. Round		ÍA Akranes	0-0	4-0	4-0
		2. Round		Celtic Glasgow	1-3	0-3	1-6
1972-73	European Cup	1. Round		Górnik Zabrze	0-5	0-5	0-10
1976-77	European Cup	1. Round		TPS Turku	2-1	0-1	2-2(a)
1989-90	European Cup	1. Round		KF Tirana	1-0	0-5	1-5
2003-04	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round		Skonto Riga	2-0	1-3	3-3(a)
		2. Qualifying Round		FC Copenhagen	0-6	1-4	1-10
2004-05	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round		FBK Kaunas	0-2	1-4	1-6
2005-06	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round		FC Sheriff Tiraspol	1-4	0-2	1-6

Notable players

See Sliema Wanderers F.C. Players

André da Silva Duda Zdeněk Svoboda Dean Edwards Carl Saunders Cristiano Bergodi Domenico Di Carlo Mauro Di Lello Valerio Mottola Andrei Agius Orosco Anonam Ian Azzopardi Roderick Bajada Etienne Barbara Ernest Barry Matthew Bartolo Graham Bencini Daniel Bogdanovic Henry Bonello Julian Briffa Roderick Briffa Joe Brincat Richard Buhagiar Carmel Busuttil John Buttigieg

David Camilleri David Carabott Jeffrey Chetcuti Ian Ciantar Joe Cini Reginald Cini Jason Cordina Darren Debono Luke Dimech Joseph Farrugia Kane Paul Farrugia Lino Galea Stefan Giglio Martin Gregory Massimo Grima Lee Lombardi Carlo Mamo Kevin Mamo Claude Mattocks Adrian Mifsud Josef Mifsud Michael Mifsud Alex Muscat Sammy Nicholl (Malta international 1957–1962)

Tony Nicholl (Maltese Player of the Year 1955–56) Chucks Nwoko Chris Okoh Jamie Pace Il-Pejxa Brian Said Kevin Sammut Joe Sant Fournier Mark Scerri Salvinu Schembri Hubert Suda Shawn Tellus Trevor Templeman Noel Turner Nenad Veselji Ivan Woods Aleksandar Madzar Murphy Akanji Augustine Eguavoen Derek Collins Danilo Dončić Neško Milovanović Ivan Gajer

Etienne Barbara Luke Dimech Chucks Nwoko

Managerial history

See Sliema Wanderers F.C. Managers

Manager	Period
Augustine Eguavoen	2000–2001
Edward Aquilina	2002–2006
Ray Farrugia	2006–2007
Stephen Azzopardi	2007–2010
Mark Marlow	2010–2011
Danilo Dončić	2011–Present

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Achievements

Maltese Premier League Champions: 26
1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1929/30, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1975/76, 1988/89, 1995/96, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05

Maltese Premier League Runners-Up:
1909/10, 1916/17, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1926/27, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1934/35, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2005/06

Maltese Cup Champions: 20
1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2004, 2009

Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003

Maltese First Division Champions:
1983/84

MFA Super Cup: 3
1996, 2000, 2009

Löwenbräu Cup Champions
1999, 2001, 2002

Super 5 Cup Champions
1990/91, 2001/02, 2003/04

Cassar Cup Champions
1923/24, 1924/25, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1966/67

Scicluna Cup Champions
1949/50, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66

Cousis Shield Champions
1917/18, 1919/20, 1923/24, 1925/26

Christmas Cup Champions
1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71

Independence Cup Champions
1964/65, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1981/82

Testaferrata Cup Champions
1964/65, 1974/75

MFA Cup Champions
1931/32

Sons of Malta Cup Champions
1972/73, 1979/80

Euro Cup Champions
1982, 1987, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2010

Christmas Tourney Cup Champions
1936/37, 1948/49

Schembri Shield Champions
1955/56, 1957/58

Empire Sports Ground Cup Champions
1923/24

MFA League Cup Champions
1965/66, 1969/70, 1978/79, 1984/85

MPFA Shield Champions
1954/55

External links

• Official Website
• MaltaFootball Club Profile
• SoccerWay Club Profile