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Birkirkara
Full nameBirkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s)Stripes
Founded1950
GroundTa' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta
Capacity17,797
ChairmanAdrian Delia
Head CoachDražen Besek
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2015–16Maltese Premier League, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

Birkirkara Football Club is a football club based in the town of Birkirkara, the largest town in 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 also has a Futsal team under the same name.

Birkirkara is one of the founding members of the European Club Association.[1]

Honours

Major

Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13
Winners (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15
Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014
  • Euro Challenge/Lowenbrau Cup:
Winners (3): 1998, 2003, 2008
  • MFA Super 5 Lottery Tournament:
Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006

Minor

  • Sons of Malta Cup (for the Second Division):
Winners (3): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79
Runners-p (1): 1976–77
  • Cassar Cup:
Runners-p (1): 1952–53

Squad

As of August 2016[2]

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 Croatia CRO Miroslav Koprić
2 DF Malta MLT Edward Herrera
3 DF Austria AUT Christian Bubalović
4 MF Malta MLT Gareth Sciberras (Captain)
7 DF Croatia CRO Mislav Anđelković
8 MF Malta MLT Edmond Agius
10 MF Serbia SRB Srđan Dimitrov
11 MF Serbia SRB Dejan Đorđević
12 GK Nigeria NGA Ini Atkpan
13 FW Malta MLT Matteo Desira Buttigieg
14 FW Slovenia SVN Vito Plut
15 DF Serbia SRB Nikola Vukanac
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Nigeria NGA Frank Temile
18 MF Malta MLT Shaun Bajada
19 DF Malta MLT Joseph Zerafa
21 MF Malta MLT Ryan Scicluna
22 DF Malta MLT Cain Attard
23 DF Serbia SRB Predrag Jović
20 MF Malta MLT Rowen Muscat
25 DF Croatia CRO Bruno Marotti
26 GK Malta MLT Andreas Vella
27 DF Malta MLT Steven Bonnici
28 MF Malta MLT Matthew Guillaumier
29 FW Malta MLT James Brincat

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q Slovakia Spartak Trnava 0–1 1–3 1–4
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1Q Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–4 1–2 1–6
1999–00 UEFA Cup QR Denmark Lyngby BK 0–0 0–7 0–7
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1Q Iceland KR Reykjavík 1–2 1–4 2–6
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
1R Russia Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–1 0–1
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–0 0–3 0–3
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Hungary Ferencváros 0–5 0–1 0–6
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Albania FK Partizani 2–1 2–4 4–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 0–2 0–4 0–6
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 1Q Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 0–3 2–2 2–5
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Slovenia NK Maribor 0–3 1–2 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Croatia Hajduk Split 0–3 0–4 0–7
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Croatia Slaven Belupo 0–1 0–0 0–1
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 1Q Andorra FC Santa Coloma 4–3 3–01 7–3
2Q Slovakia MŠK Žilina 1–0 0–3 1–3
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Albania FK Vllaznia 0–1 1–1 1–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q North Macedonia FK Metalurg 2–2 0–0 2–2 (a)
2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2Q Slovenia Maribor 0–0 0–2 0–2
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Hungary Diósgyőr 1–2 1–4 2–6
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Armenia Ulisses 0–0 3–1 3–1
2Q England West Ham 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–5 p.)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2–0 1–1 3–1
2Q Scotland Heart of Midlothian 0–0 2–1 2–1
3Q Russia Krasnodar 0–3 1–3 1–6

Note 1: match forfeited, result set to 0–3 by UEFA.

Coaches

References

  1. ^ "Agreement heralds new era in football". uefa.com. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-21. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Squad". www.birkirkarafc.com. Birkirkara F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.birkirkarafc.com/TheClubCoaches.php
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