Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional

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club based in the town of Paola.

History

The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party. They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Party had upset the Catholic Church so much that, in May 1930, Catholics were told not to vote for the party. The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against in October 1931. They had to wait for a place to become available in the professional league, but in January 1933 they joined the league with a 3–1 victory over Sliema Rangers. They have stayed in the top division ever since. Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade. Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.

Stadium

The club's home ground is

Hibernians Stadium Tony Bezzina Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Paola, Malta. The Hibernians football ground was inaugurated on 9 November 1986. Hibernians became the first Maltese club to have their own football pitch. Nonetheless, Hibernians play most of their ...

, a multi-use

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in Paola, which has a capacity of about 3,000.

Honours

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 ...

: ''Winners (13):'' 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22 *

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 (10):'' 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13 *

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 (4):'' 1994, 2007, 2015,

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Cassar Cup: (2) 1961–1962, 1962–1963 Testaferrata Cup: (3) 1977–1978, 1978–1979, 1980–1981 Independence Cup: (3) 1967–1968, 1968–1969, 1970–1971 Sons of Malta Cup: (3) 1969–1970, 1970–1971, 1971–1972 Olympic Cup: (1) 1962–1963 Schembri Shield: (1) 1961–1962

European Record

:''Accurate as of 11 August 2022'' Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

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.

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

* Robert Gatt (30 June 1998 – 8 July 2007) * Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008) * Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012) * Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013) * Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016) * Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018) * Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018) * Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 –30 June 2022) *

Andrea Pisanu Andrea Pisanu (born 7 January 1982) is an Italian football coach and former player who coaches Maltese club Hibernians. Club career Pisanu joined Hellas Verona F.C. from hometown club Cagliari Calcio in February 2001 for 800 million lire (€ ...

(8 July 2022- )

Women's team

A women's team plays in the Women's

Maltese First Division The Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division in Maltese football, behind the Maltese Premier League. The First Division was the precursor of the present Premier L ...

. The team is the national record champion with twelve titles, the most recent being won in 2016.

References

External links

* {{Maltese football Football clubs in Malta Association football clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in Malta