Birkirkara F.C.
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| Full name | Birkirkara Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Stripes | |||
| Founded | 1950 | |||
| Ground | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta | |||
| Capacity | 17,797 | |||
| Chairman |  Adrian Delia | |||
| Head Coach | Peter Pullicino | |||
| League | Maltese Premier League | |||
| 2016–17 | Maltese Premier League, 3rd | |||
| Website | http://www.birkirkarafc.com/ | |||
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Birkirkara Football Club is a football club based in the town of Birkirkara, the largest town on 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 (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
[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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European record
Note 1: match forfeited, result set to 0–3 by UEFA.
Coaches
Frankie Tabone (1951–53)- Paul Chetcuti (1961–62)
- Emanuel Borg (1964–65)
- Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68)
- Frans Bonnici (1968–69)
- Emmle Saliba (1969–70)
- Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73)
- Tony Buhagiar (1973–74)
- Carmel Galea (1974–76)
- Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78)
- Frankie Zammit (1978–79)
- Marcel Scicluna (1979–84)
- Joe Attard (1984–86)
- Freddie Cardona (1986–87)
- Joe Cilia (1986–88)
- Robert Gatt (1988–89)
- Lolly Aquilina (1989–92)
Todor Raykov (1992–93)- Freddie Cardona (1993–94)
- Borislav Giorev (1994–95)
- Lawrence Borg (1995–96)
Alan Sunderland (1996–97)- Alfred Cardona (1996–97)
- Alfred Cardona & Robert Gatt (1997–98)
Vlada Pejović (1998–99)- Atanas Marinov (1999–00)
- Alfred Cardona (2000–01)
- Stephen Azzopardi (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007)
- John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
- Paul Zammit (1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011)
- Patrick Curmi (2011)
- Paul Zammit (20 October 2011 – May 2015)[3]
Giovanni Tedesco (July 2015 – 10 December 2015)
Dražen Besek (31 December 2015 – 30 November 2016)- Nikola Jaros (6 December 2016 – 1 June 2017)
- Peter Pullicino (1 June 2017 –)
References
- ^ "Agreement heralds new era in football". uefa.com. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
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- ^ http://www.birkirkarafc.com/TheClubCoaches.php
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