Birkirkara F.C.
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Birkirkara Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Birkirkara, 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 is one of the founding members of the European Club Association.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The club also has a women's team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kits
| Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor (front) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | Template:Flagicon Lotto | ||
| 2004-06 | McDonald's (Malta), Cisk Export and Team sport (Malta) | ||
| 2006-09 | McDonald's (Malta) and Team sport (Malta) | ||
| 2009-10 | Template:Flagicon Diadora | McDonald's (Malta) | |
| 2010-12 | Template:Flagicon Macron | ||
| 2012-21 | Template:Flagicon Adidas | ||
| 2021- | Template:Flagicon Nike | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Honours
Major
- Maltese Premier League
- Maltese FA Trophy
- Maltese Super Cup
- 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-up (1): 1976–77
- Cassar Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 1952–53
Current squad
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Out on loan
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European record
All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.
Coaches
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- Template:Flagicon Paul Chetcuti (1961–62)
- Template:Flagicon Emanuel Borg (1964–65)
- Template:Flagicon Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68)
- Template:Flagicon Frans Bonnici (1968–69)
- Template:Flagicon Emmle Saliba (1969–70)
- Template:Flagicon Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73)
- Template:Flagicon Tony Buhagiar (1973–74)
- Template:Flagicon Carmel Galea (1974–76)
- Template:Flagicon Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78)
- Template:Flagicon Frankie Zammit (1978–79)
- Template:Flagicon Marcel Scicluna (1979–84)
- Template:Flagicon Joe Attard (1984–86)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred "Freddie" Cardona (1986–87)
- Template:Flagicon Joe Cilia (1986–88)
- Template:Flagicon Robert Gatt (1988–89)
- Template:Flagicon Lolly Aquilina (1989–92)
- Template:Flagicon Todor Raykov (1992–93)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred "Freddie" Cardona (1993–94)
- Template:Flagicon Borislav Giorev (1994–95)
- Template:Flagicon Lawrence Borg (1995–96)
- Template:Flagicon Alan Sunderland (1996–97)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred "Freddie" Cardona (1996–97)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred "Freddie" & Template:Flagicon Robert Gatt (1997–98)
- Template:Flagicon Vlada Pejović (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Atanas Marinov (1999–00)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred "Freddie" (2000–1 December 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Stephen Azzopardi (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007)
- Template:Flagicon John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
- Template:Flagicon Paul Zammit (1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Patrick Curmi (22 May 2011 – 28 September 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Paul Zammit (3 October 2011 – 29 May 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Giovanni Tedesco (1 June 2015 – 10 December 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Dražen Besek (31 December 2015 – 30 November 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Nikola Jaros (6 December 2016 – 1 June 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Pullicino (1 June 2017 – 6 September 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Paul Zammit (6 September 2017 – 26 March 2019)
- Template:Flagicon John Buttigieg (18 April 2019 – 7 September 2019)
- Template:Flagicon André Paus (10 September 2019 – 20 April 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) (20 April 2022 – 18 May 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Giovanni Tedesco (18 May 2022 – 26 November 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Brian Chetcuti (Caretaker) (26 November 2023 – 5 February 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Jose Borg (5 February 2024 – 13 May 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Stefano De Angelis (7 June 2024 – )
Futsal
Current squad 2018/19
| Number | Player | Pos. | Nat. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jason Mifsud | Sweeper | Template:Flagicon |
| 5 | Ryan Xuereb | Winger | Template:Flagicon |
| 6 | Alan Galea | Winger | Template:Flagicon |
| 8 | Gary Inguanez | Sweeper | Template:Flagicon |
| 10 | Marwan Telisi | Winger | Template:Flagicon |
| 11 | Ayoub Hamad Ali | Winger | Template:Flagicon |
| 22 | Rennie Tanti | Winger | Template:Flagicon |
| 23 | Matthew Gatt | Goalkeeper | Template:Flagicon |
| 24 | William Barbosa | Sweeper | Template:Flagicon |
| 40 | Eslam Khalifa | Pivot | Template:Flagicon |
| 88 | Christian Lia | Goalkeeper | Template:Flagicon |
| 99 | Glenn Bonello | Pivot | Template:Flagicon |
References
External links
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