Balzan Football Club is a Maltese

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club from the village of

Balzan Balzan ( mt, Ħal Balzan) is a municipality in the Central Region of Malta, one of the so-called three villages, together with Attard and Lija. The village originally consisted of a group of small dwellings and farms but eventually grew, becom ...

, which currently plays in the

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. The Club was founded in 1937 and has played top-level football since 2010. The club has been one of the top teams in Malta and qualified to the Europa League for five seasons in a row from 2015-16 to 2019-20. Balzan finished runners up in the Malta Premier League in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons and were finalists in the 2015–16 FA Trophy Final, which they lost on penalties 5-4 to Sliema, after the game finished 0-0 after extra time. In May 2019 the Club finally won its first major honour, conquering the

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after a classic final versus Valletta which finished 4-4 after extra time, but which Balzan won 5-4 on penalties. Full Team Balzan FC Centered Wiki

Players

Current First Team

Club officials and coaching staff

Club facilities

The Club's Administration Building ‘Solerville’ is located at Main Street, Balzan. A bar and garden restaurant on the ground floor are open to the public. The Club’s modern training facilities, located at Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street, Lija, include a clubhouse and a full size pitch with synthetic turf. The clubhouse includes a conference room, a bar and a gymnasium and was officially opened on 13 March 2011. From September 2015, Balzan F.C. teams also commenced training at St Aloysius' College Ground, after this ground underwent a major upgrade. In 2019 Balzan FC started the construction of an additional 2 storey clubhouse at its Lija ground which feature additional changing room facilities, as well as accommodation for visiting teams. The building was completed in late 2021. St Aloysius' College ground

Inauguration of new facilities on 28 November 2021

Honours

*Winners: 2018–19

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*Winners: 2008–09 .

European record

Matches

;Notes * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round

Managerial history

References

External links

Official website
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