Qrendi F.C.

Qrendi

Full name	Qrendi Football Club
Founded	1955
Ground	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Karmenu Farrugia
Manager	Simon Cauchi
League	Maltese Second Division
2014/15	Maltese Third Division, 3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Qrendi F.C. was founded in 1955. Through these years the club has competed in the Second and Third Division of the Malta Football Association.

From its Nursery it produced several players and distinct officials who sounded their name throughout the country. Dr. Joe Mifsud, who for many years occupied the post of President of our club, has also occupied the post of President of the Malta Football Association. He is and still lives in Qrendi. Mr. Carmelo Gauci (il-Busby), ex-kit manager of the National Team has also for many years occupied a very important role in the committee as a team manager. As players, we cannot not mention Joe (il-Faqi) Farrugia who played for Sliema Wanderers and Marsa F.C. He also played against Juventus as a Marsa F.C. player and while in Australia he played with Melita Eagles.

Aldrin Muscat is a Qrendi F.C. Youth product. He played in the Premier League with Zurrieq F.C. and Sliema Wanderers where in 1995/96 he won the Premier League with Sliema Wanderers, finishing top scorer with 18 goals. He also played with other teams like Gozo F.C., Qormi F.C., Msida F.C.

Another player to mention is Mr. Norman Darmanin Demajo (id-Dede) currently occupying the post of President at the Malta Football Association. Norman started playing football with Qrendi F.C. A talent who was immediately spotted by talent scouts of giants Valletta F.C. The following season he was transferred to Valletta F.C. for the sum of LM 700.00 (€ 1,630.00) which was considered a lot of money in the 70’s/80’s.

The club experienced some financial problems in 1995, just a year later the team was promoted to Second Division with no losses and just a draw. However 11 years later in 2005/06, a new committee with 10 hardworking and dedicated members was founded. During that season Qrendi F.C. reached the play-offs but failed to be promoted losing all 3 matches. While in the next season 2006/07 Qrendi finished in fifth place just 2 points away from play-offs. In 2010, a 7-a-side synthetic football pitch was inaugurated thanks to UEFA and Malta Football Association, leading our club to start investing in Youth. Currently the Qrendi F.C. Youth Nursery has 50 Youth attending the Nursery. The age groups vary from Under 7 to Under 17 and will soon be competing in the Youth FA competitions.

Current squad

Players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	MLT	Clive Caruana
1	GK	MLT	Christian Schembri
13	DF	MLT	Andre Formosa (captain)
5	DF	MLT	Stacy Vella
6	DF	MLT	Keith Bonello
24	DF	MLT	Shaun Bonello
3	DF	MLT	Mark Farrugia
2	DF	MLT	Joseph Fenech
11	MF	MLT	Luke Scorfna
14	DF	MLT	Mark Deguara
15	DF	MLT	Mark Robert Darmanin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	MLT	Dylan Zarb (captain)
8	MF	MLT	Karl Saliba
7	MF	MLT	Justin Zammit
10	MF	MLT	Dasser Sammut
22	MF	MLT	Bjorn Chetcuti
20	MF	MLT	Clayton Caruana
17	MF	MLT	Ryan Schembri
9	FW	MLT	Luca Casha
30	FW	MLT	Antoine Sacco
99	FW	MLT	Darren Farrugia
28	FW	MLT	Oge John Nwoba

External links

• Qrendi F.C. Official Website (Maltese & English)
• Qrendi F.C. First Team Website
• Malta Football Association Official Website
• Maltafootball.com