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Rabat Ajax
Rabat Ajax Crest
Full nameRabat Ajax Football Club
Nickname(s)The Magpies,
Founded1930, as Rabat Rovers
GroundRabat Ajax Football Ground,
Mtarfa, Malta
Capacity700
ChairmanMalta Michael Sciriha
CoachMalta Joey Falzon
LeagueMaltese First Division

Rabat Ajax Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Rabat. The last promotion to the Maltese Premier League was achieved in the 2011–12 season, when they earned promotion after finishing second behind Melita.

History

  • 1930 : Club founded with the name Rabat Rovers
  • 1937 : Joined with Rabat Rangers and Old City to form Rabat Zvanks
  • 1938 : Club was renamed to Rabat FC
  • 1980 : Joined with Rabat Ajax to form Rabat Ajax FC
  • 1983 : First participation in a European Cup (C3) (1983/84 season)
  • 1985 : Rabat Ajax win The Maltese Championship
  • 1986 : Rabat Ajax win The Maltese Championship and Maltese Cup

Honours

UEFA Cups qualifiers

In 1983–84 Rabat Ajax met Czechoslovak side Inter Bratislava in the UEFA Cup, where following a 0–10 dumping at home, they also lost 0–6 in the return leg in Bratislava. The following year Rabat Ajax also played in the UEFA Cup, where it met Yugoslav side Partizan Belgrade, with whom it lost both matches with a 0–2 scoreline.

Rabat Ajax has played four qualification matches in the European Cup. In 1985–86 they lost twice a 5–0 score against Cypriot side AC Omonia. In 1986–87 they were trounced 9–0 by eventual winners FC Porto at the Rio Ave stadium in Vila do Conde and 1–0 at home in Malta.

Rabat Ajax in Europe

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1. Round Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 0–10 0–6 0–16
1984–85 UEFA Cup 1. Round Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 0–2 0–2 0–4
1985–86 European Cup 1. Round Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 0–5 0–5 0–10
1986–87 European Cup 1. Round Portugal FC Porto 0–1 0–9 0–10

Players

Current Squad

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 Jonathan Azzopardi
2 DF Malta MLT Neil Caruana
3 DF Malta MLT Josef Tonna
4 DF Montenegro MNE Ivan Čarapić
5 MF Malta MLT Joseph Caruana
6 MF Malta MLT Kurt Muscat
7 FW Malta MLT Justin Felice
8 MF Malta MLT Malcolm Licari
9 FW Nigeria NGA Lawrence Chiedozie
10 FW Malta MLT Adam Smeir
11 FW Malta MLT Jonathan Bajada
No. Pos. Nation Player7=
13 DF Malta MLT Dylan Falzon
14 DF Malta MLT Luke Cauchi
15 MF Malta MLT Neil Farrugia
16 DF Malta MLT Wayne Borg
17 MF Malta MLT Chris Vella
18 FW Malta MLT Ryan Micallef
19 DF Malta MLT Shaun Gauci
20 DF Malta MLT Zachary Tanti
21 MF Malta MLT David Azzopardi
22 MF Malta MLT Clifford Gauci
24 GK Malta MLT Andrew Zammit

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
— GK Malta MLT James Borg (on loan to Mgarr United)
— DF Malta MLT Josef Tonna (on loan to Gudja United)
— MF Malta MLT Emanuel Muscat (on loan to St. Venera Lightnings)
— MF Malta MLT Alan Zahra (on loan to Mgarr United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Malta MLT William Borg (on loan to Mellieha)
— FW Malta MLT Dalton Wingfield (on loan to St. Venera Lightnings)
— FW Malta MLT Darren Galea (on loan to Attard)
— FW Malta MLT Adam Wingfield (on loan to Mtarfa)

Notable former managers

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