Birkirkara F.C.

Birkirkara
Full name	Birkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stripes
Founded	1950
Ground	Infetti Ground,; Birkirkara, Malta
Chairman	Adrian Delia
Head Coach	Josef Mansueto
League	Maltese Premier League
2014–15	3rd
Website	Club home page

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]

Major honours

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Maltese Premier League:

Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13

Maltese FA Trophy:

Winners (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15

Maltese Super Cup:

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 honours

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

Current squad

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Edward Herrera
4	MF	Gareth Sciberras
5	DF	Mauricio Mazzetti
6	MF	Paul Fenech (Captain)
7	DF	Ryan Camenzuli
8	MF	Edmond Agius
10	FW	Fabrizio Miccoli
11	FW	Vito Plut
12	GK	Ini Atkpan
14	MF	Emerson Marcelina
15	DF	Nikola Vukanac
16	GK	Justin Haber

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Ellinton Morais
19	DF	Joseph Zerafa
20	FW	Kurt Zammit
21	MF	Ryan Scicluna
22	DF	Zach Muscat
23	FW	Shola Shodiya
24	MF	Rowen Muscat
25	MF	Daniel Zerafa
26	DF	Cain Attard
27	MF	Matthew Guillaumier
–	MF	Mislav Anđelković

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Spartak Trnava	0–1	1–3	1–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–4	1–2	1–6
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lyngby BK	0–0	0–7	0–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	1Q	KR Reykjavík	1–2	1–4	2–6
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Locomotive Tbilisi	0–0	1–1	1–1(a)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	1R	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	0–1	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	0–3	0–3
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Ferencváros	0–5	0–1	0–6
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	FK Partizani	2–1	2–4	4–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	APOEL Nicosia	0–2	0–4	0–6
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	B36 Tórshavn	0–3	2–2	2–5
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	NK Maribor	0–3	1–2	1–5
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Hajduk Split	0–3	0–4	0–7
2009–10	UEFA Cup	1Q	Slaven Belupo	0–1	0–0	0–1
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FC Santa Coloma	4–3	3–0¹	7–3
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q	MŠK Žilina	1–0	0–3	1–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FK Vllaznia	0–1	1–1	1–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FK Metalurg	2–2	0–0	2–2(a)
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Maribor	0–0	0–2	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Diósgyőr	1–2	1–4	2–6
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ulisses	0–0	3–1	3–1
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	2Q	West Ham	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–5 p.)