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This article is about the Maltese football club. For other uses, see Hibernian.

Hibernians
Full nameHibernians Football Club
Nickname(s)Hibs
Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
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Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)
GroundHibernians Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Capacity2,968
ChairmanTony Bezzina
ManagerStefano Sanderra
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2018–19Maltese Premier League, 2nd

Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese association 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.[1] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[1]

Meanwhile, the Constitutional Party had upset the Roman Catholic Church so much that, in May 1930, it was made a mortal sin for Catholics to vote for the party. The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]

Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[1] 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

[2]

Winners (12): 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17
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 10 August 2020
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 24 5 4 15 20 63 −43 020.83
Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 1 2 4 9 −5 025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 20 1 1 18 20 68 −48 005.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 8 2 2 4 4 13 −9 025.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 000.00
Total 58 9 8 41 48 160 −112 015.52

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
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 Czech Republic 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 Austria FK Austria Wien 4–2 0–2 4–4 (a)
1979–80 European Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Dundalk F.C. 1–0 0–2 1–2
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
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
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 — —

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 26 February 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Malta MLT Matthew Calleja
2 DF Malta MLT Timothy Desira
3 DF Malta MLT Ferdinando Apap
5 DF Germany GER Jens Wemmer
7 FW Malta MLT Joseph Mbong
8 MF Malta MLT Jake Grech
10 FW Malta MLT Jurgen Degabriele
11 MF Malta MLT Bjorn Kristensen
12 MF Malta MLT Dunstan Vella
16 FW Brazil BRA Edison
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Spain ESP Gabri Izquier
20 DF Malta MLT Andrei Agius
21 DF Malta MLT Myles Beerman
23 FW Brazil BRA Jorge
24 GK Malta MLT Daniel Balzan
32 FW Argentina ARG Imanol Iriberri
99 MF Malta MLT Daneel Abela
— MF Nigeria NGA Edafe Uzeh
— FW Brazil BRA Wilkson
— FW Nigeria NGA Shola Shodiya
— FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Rundell Winchester

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
30 MF Malta MLT David Xuereb (at Senglea Athtelic until 30 June 2020)
— MF Malta MLT Kieran Xuereb (at Senglea Athtelic until 30 June 2020)
— DF Malta MLT Connor Zammit (at Mqabba until 30 June 2020)

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)
  • Malta Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)
  • Italy Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 –)

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "History". hiberniansfc.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Honours". Hibernians F.C.
  3. ^ "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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