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Balzan F.C.
Association football club
Association football club
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| clubname | Balzan |
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| fullname | Balzan Football Club |
| founded | |
| (as Balzan Youths) | |
| chrtitle | President |
| chairman | Anton Tagliaferro |
| mgrtitle | Head coach |
| manager | Andrew Cohen |
| league | Maltese Challenge League |
| season | 2024–25 |
| position | Maltese Premier League, 11th of 12 (relegated) |
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(as Balzan Youths)
Balzan Football Club is a Maltese professional football club from the village of Balzan that competes in the Maltese Challenge League, the second tier of Maltese football. The club was founded as Balzan Youths in 1937 and played in the top division between 2010 and 2025. They were renamed Balzan FC in June 2012.
Balzan has qualified for the UEFA Europa League for five consecutive seasons (2015–16 to 2019–20). The club finished as runners-up in the Maltese Premier League in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons and were finalists of the 2015–16 Maltese FA Trophy, which they lost on penalties to Sliema Wanderers after a goalless draw in the regular time. In May 2019, the club finally won its first major honour, the 2018–19 Maltese FA Trophy, after defeating Valletta on penalties in the final.
Players
First-team squad
Club facilities
The club's Administration Building 'Solerville' is located at Main Street, Balzan. A bar and garden restaurant on the ground floor are open to the public. The club's training facilities, located at Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street, Lija, include a clubhouse and a full-size pitch with synthetic turf. The clubhouse includes a conference room, a bar and a gymnasium and was officially opened on 13 March 2011. From September 2015, Balzan teams also commenced training at St Aloysius' College ground, after the ground underwent a major upgrade.
In 2019, Balzan FC started the construction of an additional two-storey clubhouse at its Lija ground which feature additional changing room facilities, as well as accommodation for visiting teams. The building was completed in late 2021.
File:St Aloysius' College ground.jpg|St Aloysius' College ground File:"Solerville".jpg|"Solerville" File:BFC Clubhouse.jpg|Training centre
Honours
European record
All results (home and away) list Balzan's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | BIH Željezničar | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Azerbaijan Neftçi | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Hungary Videoton | 3−3 | 0−2 | 3−5 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Azerbaijan Keşla | 4−1 | 1−2 | 5−3 |
| 2Q | Slovakia Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 1−3 | 3−4 | ||
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Slovenia Domžale | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–5 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Slovenia Domžale | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–4 |
| 2Q | BLR Neman Grodno | 0−0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
;Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
Historical list of coaches
- MLT Alfred Cardona (1983–84)
- MLT Paul Barbara (1989–90)
- MLT Jimmy Briffa (1990–93)
- MLT Alberto Cristiano (1993–94)
- MLT Ronnie Cocks (1994–95)
- MLT France Scicluna (1995–97)
- MLT Joe Attard (1997–98)
- MLT Stephen Azzopardi (1998–02)
- ALB Fatos Daja (2002–03)
- MLT Jimmy Briffa (2003–05)
- MLT Mario Monreal (2005–06)
- MLT Charles Borg Sant (2006–07)
- MLT Alfred Attard (2007–08)
- MLT Ivan Zammit (2008–13)
- MLT David Carabott (2009–10)
- ITA Riccardo Tumiatti (2013)
- MLT Jesmond Zerafa (2013–14)
- MLT Oliver Spiteri (2014–17)
- SER Marko Mićović (2017–19)
- MLT Jacques Scerri (2019–20)
- ENG Mark Miller (2020–21)
- MLT Paul Zammit (2021–22)
- MLT Oliver Spiteri (2022–2024)
- ENG Dave Rogers (2024)
- ENG Daryl Willard (2025)
- MLT Andrew Cohen (2025–present)
References
References
- "Club History".
- Camilleri, Valhmor. (18 May 2019). "Effiong scores four as Balzan win first-ever FA Trophy". Times of Malta.
- "Senior Team – Season 2023/2024". Balzan F.C..
- Camilleri, Valhmor. (5 June 2022). "Balzan FC appoint Oliver Spiteri as new first-team coach". Times of Malta.
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