Hibernians F.C.

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Hibernians
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Full nameHibernians Football Club
Nickname(s)Hibs
Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
The Peacocks
Founded1922; 99 years ago (1922)
GroundTony Bezzina Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Capacity2,968
Chairman
ManagerStefano Sanderra
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2020–21Maltese Premier League, 2nd

Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional football club based in the town of Paola.

History[]

The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party.[1] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[1]

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[1] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against HMS Antelope in October 1931.[1] 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.[1]

Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[1] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.[citation needed]

Stadium[]

Main article: Hibernians Stadium

The club's home ground is Hibernians Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Paola, which has a capacity of about 3,000.

Honours[]

[2]

Winners (12): 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994���95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17
Winners (10): 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13
Winners (3): 1994, 2007, 2015

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 27 August 2020
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 24 5 4 15 20 63 −43 020.83
Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 1 2 4 9 −5 025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 21 2 1 18 22 68 −46 009.52
UEFA Intertoto Cup 8 2 2 4 4 13 −9 025.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 000.00
Total 59 10 8 41 50 160 −110 016.95

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 European Cup Prelim Switzerland Servette FC 1–2 0–5 1–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
1967–68 European Cup 1R England Manchester United F.C. 0–0 0–4 0–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Greece Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 0–6 0–1 0–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
1969–70 European Cup 1R Czech Republic FC Spartak Trnava 2–2 0–4 2–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Spain Real Madrid C.F. 0–0 0–5 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim Austria FK Austria Wien 4–2 0–2 4–4 (a) Symbol delete vote.svg
1979–80 European Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Dundalk F.C. 1–0 0–2 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
1981–82 European Cup 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–8 2–10 Symbol delete vote.svg
1982–83 European Cup 1R Poland Widzew Łódź 1–4 1–3 2–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
1994–95 UEFA Cup Prelim Belarus FC Dinamo Minsk 4–3 (a.e.t.) 1–3 5–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
1995–96 UEFA Cup Prelim Ukraine FC Chornomorets Odessa 2–5 0–2 2–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Poland Zagłębie Lubin 1–0 0–4 1–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1Q Republic of Ireland Shelbourne F.C. 2–2 1–0 3–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
2Q Portugal Boavista F.C. 3–3 0–4 3–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Finland AC Allianssi 1–1 0–1 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Croatia NK Slaven Belupo 2–1 0–3 2–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Cyprus AC Omonia 0–3 0–3 0–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Romania FC Dinamo București 0–4 1–5 1–9 Symbol delete vote.svg
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Serbia FK Vojvodina 0–2 1–5 1–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Slovenia ND Gorica 0–3 0–0 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1Q Montenegro FK Mogren 0–2 0–4 0–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 4–4 2–5 6–9 Symbol delete vote.svg
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Serbia FK Vojvodina 1–4 2–3 3–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia FC Spartak Trnava 2–4 0–5 2–9 Symbol delete vote.svg
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 2–1 1–5 3–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia FC Spartak Trnava 0–3 0–3 0–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 1Q Estonia FCI Tallinn 2–0 1–0 3–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
2Q Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–3 0–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Liechtenstein Vaduz N/A 2–0 N/A Symbol keep vote.svg
2Q Hungary Fehérvár 0–1 N/A N/A Symbol delete vote.svg
2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1Q Estonia Flora 0–3 0–2 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q San Marino Folgore 4–2 3–1 7–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
3Q Latvia Riga 1–4 (a.e.t.) 1–0 2−4 Symbol delete vote.svg

Players[]

For a list of all former and current Hibernians F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Hibernians F.C. 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[]

As of 13 July, 2021

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 Malta MLT Jonathan Debono
2 DF Malta MLT Timothy Desira
3 DF Malta MLT Ferdinando Apap
4 DF Brazil BRA Leandro Almeida
5 DF Malta MLT Matthew Ellul
6 DF Brazil BRA Sergio Raphael
7 MF Malta MLT Ayrton Attard
8 MF Malta MLT Jake Grech
10 FW Malta MLT Jurgen Degabriele
11 MF Malta MLT Bjorn Kristensen
12 MF Malta MLT Dunstan Vella
13 DF Malta MLT Zachary Grech
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Malta MLT Connor Zammit
16 MF Malta MLT Jeffries Rudy Cassar
17 MF Albania ALB Erjon Beu
18 MF Angola ANG Thaylor Lubanzadio
19 MF Belgium BEL Francis Sarfo
20 DF Malta MLT Andrei Agius
21 MF Malta MLT Myles Beerman
22 DF Spain ESP Gabri Izquier
23 MF Nigeria NGA Edafe Uzeh
24 GK Guinea GUI Ibrahim Koné
32 GK Malta MLT Nicholas Vella
49 FW Malta MLT Kane Bonello
77 MF Malta MLT Matthew Farrugia
88 FW France FRA Wilfried Domoraud

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

Managers[]

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

Women's team[]

A women's team plays in the Women's Maltese First Division. The team is the national record champion with twelve titles, the most recent being won in 2016.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "History". hiberniansfc.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Honours". Hibernians F.C.
  3. ^ "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

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