Clubname: | Birkirkara |
Fullname: | Birkirkara Football Club |
Nickname: | Stripes |
Ground: | Ta Qali Stadium |
Capacity: | 16,997 |
Chairman: | Michael Valenzia |
Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
Manager: | Stefano De Angelis |
League: | Maltese Premier League |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Position: | Maltese Premier League, 5th |
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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]
Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor (front) | Ref. |
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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] |
All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |||
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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 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 0–0 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 1–1 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 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 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 4–3 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 3–0 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 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 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 0–0 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 3–1 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 3–1 |
2Q | West Ham | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (3–5 p) | |||||
2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Široki Brijeg | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 2–0 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 1–1 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 3–1 |
2Q | Heart of Midlothian | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 0–0 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 2–1 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 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 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 1–0 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 1–1 | align=center style="background-color:#CFF" | 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 |
Current squad 2018/19
Number | Player | Pos. | Nat. | |
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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 |