Mqabba F.C. is a Maltese football club from

Mqabba Mqabba ( mt, L-Imqabba) is a town in the Southern Region of Malta. It has a traditional Maltese village layout, with a population of about 3,300 inhabitants. The focal point is the Parish Church of the Assumption, found at the core of the villag ...

, a small village in south-western

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 ...

. They were founded in 1957, and currently play in the

Maltese Challenge League 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 ...

History

During the First World War, some Maltese soldiers brought football to the village but only after the Second World War a club was first established. ''Mqabba Ramblers'' played their first game in 1953 and they joined the Maltese Amateur FA in 1955. At the end of the 1950s, two clubs from Mqabba, ''Mqabba Rovers'' and ''Mqabba Ħajduks'' played in the Maltese amateur league and they decided to merge and take the name of the latter.

Mqabba Ħajduks

The merger club played its first game in 1958 and four years later they were allowed to the Maltese Third Division by the Maltese FA. In 1978 they clinched promotion to the Second Division for the first time but they were relegated again in the year after that. In 1982 Ħajduks won promotion again and in 1984 they reached the First Division for the first time in their history. They even went one better when they made their debut 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 ...

in 1985, but they only amassed a meagre 6 points to end up bottom of the table. Following the re-organisation of the Maltese football leagues and the creation of the Premier League, they gained promotion to this division in 1990–1991, 1992–1993 and 2006–2007. Mqabba F.C. has the merit of being one of the smallest Maltese localities to feature in the highest level of Maltese football.

Current squad

Mqabba FC roster 2022-23 season
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References

External links

Official Web Site
Football clubs in Malta 1957 establishments in Malta {{Malta-footyclub-stub