Birkirkara Football Club is a professional

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club based in the town of

Birkirkara Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara) is a city in the central region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the island, with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph the Worker, Ou ...

, on the island of

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. The club was formed in 1950, following the amalgamation of Birkirkara United and Birkirkara Celtic. Birkirkara currently play in the

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta (colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associa ...

, 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 The European Club Association (ECA) is a body representing the interests of professional association football clubs in UEFA. It is the sole such body recognised by the confederation, and has member clubs in each UEFA member association. It was fo ...

Kits

Honours

Major

**Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13 **''Runners-up (8):'' 1952–53, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 *

Maltese FA Trophy The FA Trophy, currently known as the IZIBET FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football cup competition that takes place in Malta. The cup was founded in 1933; following a match between England and Italy, played in Rome in May 1933, ...

**Winners (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15 **''Runners-up (5):'' 1972–73, 1989–90, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2017–18 *

Maltese Super Cup The Maltese Super Cup is an annual super cup tie held in Malta between the champions of the previous Maltese Premier League season and the holders of the Maltese FA Trophy. In the event that the Premier League champion also won the FA Trophy, the ...

**Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013,

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**'' Runners-up (6):'' 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010,

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*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

European record

''All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.'' Note 1: ''match forfeited, result set to 3–0 by UEFA''.

Coaches

* Frankie Tabone (1951–53) * Paul Chetcuti (1961–62) * Emanuel Borg (1964–65) * Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68) * Frans Bonnici (1968–69) * Emmle Saliba (1969–70) * Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73) * Tony Buhagiar (1973–74) * Carmel Galea (1974–76) * Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78) * Frankie Zammit (1978–79) * Marcel Scicluna (1979–84) * Joe Attard (1984–86) * Freddie Cardona (1986–87) *

Joe Cilia Joseph Cilia (22 October 1937 – 5 August 2017) was a Malta, Maltese professional association footballer, football player and association football manager, manager. Career Joe Cilia's natural talent and passion as a footballer was evident from ...

(1986–88) * Robert Gatt (1988–89) * Lolly Aquilina (1989–92) * Todor Raykov (1992–93) * Freddie Cardona (1993–94) * Borislav Giorev (1994–95) * Lawrence Borg (1995–96) *

Alan Sunderland Alan Sunderland (born 1 July 1953) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Ipswich Town. He was also capped once for England. Club career Sunderland was born in Con ...

(1996–97) * Alfred Cardona (1996–97) * Alfred Cardona & Robert Gatt (1997–98) * Vlada Pejović (1998–99) * Atanas Marinov (1999–00) * Alfred Cardona (2000 – 1 December 2001) * Stephen Azzopardi (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007) * John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009) *

Paul Zammit Paul John Zammit (born 28 April 1941) is a former Australian Liberal politician. He was born into the Maltese-Egyptian community in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a Maltese father and a Greek mother. He and his family migrated to Australia in ...

(1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011) * Patrick Curmi (22 May 2011 – 28 September 2011) *

(3 October 2011 – 29 May 2015) *

Giovanni Tedesco Giovanni Tedesco (born 13 May 1972 in Palermo) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Birkirkara Career Club career Despite being a native of Palermo, Tedesco was initially ...

(1 June 2015 – 10 December 2015) *

Dražen Besek Dražen Besek (born 10 March 1963) is a Croatian coach and former professional football midfield player, who is currently a general manager of Maghreb de Fès. As a player he was mainly remembered for his time with Croatian teams Varteks and Di ...

(31 December 2015 – 30 November 2016) * Nikola Jaros (6 December 2016 – 1 June 2017) *

Peter Pullicino Peter William Pullicino (born 17 June 1976) is a former professional association football, footballer who last played for Marsaxlokk F.C., Marsaxlokk. Born in Australia, he represented the Malta national football team, Malta national team. Hon ...

(1 June 2017 – 6 September 2017) *

(6 September 2017 – 26 March 2019) * John Buttigieg (18 April 2019 – 7 September 2019) * André Paus (10 September 2019 – 20 April 2022) * Jonathan Holland (20 April 2022 – 18 May 2022) *

(18 May 2022 – Present)

Futsal

''Current squad 2018/19''

References

External links

Official website
{{ECA Football clubs in Malta Association football clubs established in 1950 Sport in Birkirkara 1950 establishments in Malta