Mosta F.C.

Mosta

Full name	Mosta Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tar-Rotunda
Founded	1935; 87 years ago (1935)
Ground	Charles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta
Capacity	700
Chairman	George Galea
Manager	Davor Filipovic[1]
League	Maltese Premier League
2020–21	6th
Home colours Away colours

Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Mosta. The team played four seasons in Malta's highest league 1974–75, 1987–88, 2002–03 and 2005–06. They achieved promotion to the Maltese Premier League again in 2010–11. They were the first team to score a goal in the UEFA Conference League, on a victory against Spartak Trnava in July 2021. This historic goal was scored by .^[2]

Achievements[]

• Maltese First Division 3rd Place (Promoted): 2010–11
• Maltese First Division Champions: 1986–87
• Maltese First Division Runners-up: 2001–02, 2004–05
• Maltese Second Division Champions: 1984–85, 1992–93
• Maltese Second Division Section Winners: 1978–79, 1992–93
• Maltese Second Division Runners-up: 1973–74
• Maltese Third Division Champions: 1964–65
• Maltese Third Division Section Winners: 1968–69

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 19 February, 2022

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  MLT Dylan Ciappara 4 DF  GNB Raúl da Silva 5 DF  MLT Dejan Debono 6 MF  MLT Roderick Briffa 7 MF  TPE Will Donkin 8 FW  NGA Evo Ememe 9 FW  MLT Michael Mifsud 10 FW  MLT Andrei Spiteri 11 DF  MLT Duane Bonnici 12 GK  NGA Ini Etim Akpan 13 MF  MLT Clayton Failla 14 MF  FRA Boubakary Diarra 15 MF  MLT Luke Formosa

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  MLT Gianluca Sciberras 19 MF  MLT Johann Bezzina 21 DF  MLT Sean Schembri 22 DF  MLT Tyron Farrugia (captain) 27 MF  NED Youri Loen 30 MF  COL Luis Riascos (on loan from Gzira) 33 FW  GHA Dennis Antwi 34 DF  BRA Rafael Morisco 37 GK  CGO Christoffer Mafoumbi 77 FW  MLT Zachary Brincat 86 MF  NGA Luiz Igbineweka (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala) 88 FW  NGA Sunday Akinbule (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala) 98 DF  CMR Jonas Ekani

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 — MF  MLT Calvin Camilleri (at Marsaxlokk until 30 June 2022)

European record[]

As of match played 15 July 2021

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Spartak Trnava	3–2	0–2	3–4

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Club Officials[]

Name	Role
Technical Staff
Mario Muscat	Head Coach
Davor Filipović	Assistant Coach
Simon Vella	Goalkeepers Coach
Jeancarl Azzopardi	Physiotherapist
Jason Vella	Team Manager
Robert Frendo (aka it-Tali)	Kit Manager
board members
George Galea	President and First Delegate
Michael Galea	Secretary
Owen Vella	Treasurer
Adrian Farrugia	President
Charlene Farrugia	Assistant Secretary
Melchiore Dimech	Board Member
Johann Cilia	Head of Youth Development Sector

Managers[]

• Oliver Spiteri (July 1, 2009 – Nov 16, 2011)
• Steve D'Amato (Nov 17, 2011 – Feb 13)
• Danilo Dončić (Feb 16, 2013 – Dec 24, 2013)
• Enrico Piccioni (Dec 24, 2013 – Nov 3, 2014)
• Peter Smith (Nov 10, 2014 – June 10, 2015)
• Mark Miller (sacked last season)
• Mario Muscat (current)

Women's team[]

The women's team of Mosta plays in the country's top division, the Maltese First Division. In 2010–11 it won its first championship and thus qualified to the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[3] The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 Maltese Women's Cup and recently won the 2012 cup.^[4]

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