Birkirkara

Full name	Birkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stripes
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Chairman	Michael Valenzia
Head Coach	Jose Borg
League	Maltese Premier League
2022–23	Maltese Premier League, 2nd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Birkirkara Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Birkirkara, on the island of Malta. The club was formed in 1950, following the amalgamation of Birkirkara United and Birkirkara Celtic. Birkirkara currently play in the Maltese Premier League, 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.^[1]

Kits

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor (front)	Ref.
2003-04	Lotto
2004-06		McDonald's (Malta), Cisk Export and Team sport (Malta)
2006-09		McDonald's (Malta) and Team sport (Malta)
2009-10	Diadora	McDonald's (Malta)
2010-12	Macron
2012-21	Adidas
2021-	Nike		[2]

Honours

Major

• Maltese Premier League
  • 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, 2022-23
• Maltese FA Trophy
  • Winners (6): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (6): 1972–73, 1989–90, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2017–18
• Maltese Super Cup
  • Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up (7): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2023
• 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

As of 1 March, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Marcel Zapytowski (on loan from Korona Kielce) 2 DF  URU Osvaldo Iorio Forestero 5 DF  MLT Enrico Pepe 7 FW  BRA Bravo 8 FW  MLT Paul Mbong 10 FW  MLT Andrea Zammit 11 DF  MLT Kurt Zammit 16 GK  MLT Amara Sylla 17 DF  RUS Nikita Shchepetkin 20 FW  MLT Alexander Satariano 21 MF  ITA Manuel De Filippis

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  MLT Matteo Gambin 23 FW  MLT Nathan Cross 24 DF  DOM Peña Beltre 25 MF  MLT Neil Micallef 27 DF  ITA Alessandro Coppola (on loan from Triestina) 36 DF  GHA Edward Sarpong 42 MF  GHA Simon Zibo 70 FW  MLT Omar Elouni 77 MF  CIV Ali Diakité 91 FW  BRA Maxuell Samurai 99 FW  ROU Andrei Ciolacu

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  MLT Jed Valletta (at St. Lucia)

European record

All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Spartak Trnava	0–1	1–3	1–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–4	1–2	1–6
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lyngby	0–0	0–7	0–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	1Q	KR Reykjavík	1–2	1–4	2–6
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Locomotive Tbilisi	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		1R	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	0–1	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	0–3	0–3
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Ferencváros	0–5	0–1	0–6
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Partizani	2–1	2–4	4–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	APOEL	0–2	0–4	0–6
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	B36 Tórshavn	0–3	2–2	2–5
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Maribor	0–3	1–2	1–5
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Hajduk Split	0–3	0–4	0–7
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Slaven Belupo	0–0	0–1	0–1
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FC Santa Coloma	4–3	3–0[a]	7–3
		2Q	Žilina	1–0	0–3	1–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Vllaznia	0–1	1–1	1–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Metalurg	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Maribor	0–0	0–2	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Diósgyőr	1–2	1–4	2–6
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ulisses	0–0	3–1	3–1
		2Q	West Ham	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–5 p)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Široki Brijeg	2–0	1–1	3–1
		2Q	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	2–1	2–1
		3Q	Krasnodar	0–3	1–3	1–6
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	PR	KÍ Klaksvík	1–1	1–2	2–3
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	La Fiorita	1–0	1–1	2–1
		2Q	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–5 p)
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Maribor	1–2	1–1	2–3

Coaches

Futsal

Current squad 2018/19

Number	Player	Pos.	Nat.
4	Jason Mifsud	Sweeper
5	Ryan Xuereb	Winger
6	Alan Galea	Winger
8	Gary Inguanez	Sweeper
10	Marwan Telisi	Winger
11	Ayoub Hamad Ali	Winger
22	Rennie Tanti	Winger
23	Matthew Gatt	Goalkeeper
24	William Barbosa	Sweeper
40	Eslam Khalifa	Pivot
88	Christian Lia	Goalkeeper
99	Glenn Bonello	Pivot