Hibernians F.C.

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This article is about the Maltese football club. For other clubs, see Hibernian.
Hibernians FC
File:Hibs malta fc.jpg
Full name Hibernians Football Club
Nickname(s) Hibs
Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
Peacocks
Founded 1922
Ground Hibernians Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Ground Capacity 4,000
Chairman Tony Bezzina
Manager Branko Nisevic
League Maltese Premier League
2015–16 Maltese Premier League, 2nd
Website Club home page

Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese association football club based in the town of Paola.

History

The club was founded in 1922 as Hibernians Fotball Club.[1] The club faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[1] Hibernians also have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.

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See also: Hibernians F.C. in European football

Stadium

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Main article: Hibernians Stadium

The club's home ground is Hibernians Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Paola, which has a capacity of about 4,000.

Honours

[2]

Winners (11): 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15
Winners (10): 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13
Winners (3): 1994, 2007, 2015

Players

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For a list of all former and current Hibernians F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Hibernians F.C. players.

Maltese teams are limited to eight players without Maltese citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. In January 2015 they offered a contract to convicted rapist Ched Evans until the end of the Maltese season.[3] This was blocked by the Ministry of Justice in the UK since, as a convicted sex offender on licence, Evans was barred from working abroad.

Current squad

As of 11 July, 2015.

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

No. Position Player
1 Malta GK Justin Haber
3 Equatorial Guinea DF Diosdado Mbele
5 Equatorial Guinea DF Rui
6 Malta DF Jonathan Pearson
7 Brazil MF Jackson Lima
8 Brazil MF Rodolfo Soares
9 Brazil FW Marcelo Dias
10 Malta FW Andrew Cohen (Captain)
11 Malta MF Bjorn Kristensen
12 Malta GK Jurgen Borg
13 Malta MF Clayton Failla
No. Position Player
14 Malta FW Jurgen Degabriele
15 Malta DF Dunstan Vella
16 Malta DF Scott Chircop
19 Malta MF Johan Bezzina
20 Malta DF Andrei Agius
22 Malta FW Joseph Mbong
23 Brazil FW Jorginho
24 Malta GK Rudy Briffa
31 Brazil MF Gilmar
32 Brazil FW Jorge

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Brazil FW Tarabai (to Seoul E-Land)

Managers

  • Malta Robert Gatt (June 30, 1998–July 8, 2007)
  • Albania Edmond Lufi (2007–Sept 8, 2008)
  • England Mark Miller (July 1, 2008–2012)
  • Malta Michael Woods (June 13, 2012–2013)
  • Serbia Branko Nišević (May 30, 2013–)

Women's team

A women's team plays in the Women's Maltese First Division. The team is the national record champion with twelve titles. The most recent one was won in 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.hiberniansfc.org/Honours.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30662865
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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