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Hibernians F.C.

Association football club in Malta

Association football club in Malta

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Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
The Peacocks
founded
groundTony Bezzina Stadium,
Paola, Malta
capacity2,968
chairmanRanier Bezzina
managerBranko Nišević
leagueMaltese Premier League
season2024–25
positionMaltese Premier League, 4th of 12
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the Maltese football club

Raħal Ġdid (Paola) The Peacocks Paola, Malta Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional football club based in the town of Paola. They are the only Malta football club to have never been relegated from the Premier League.

History

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

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 as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against in October 1931. 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. Hibernians then won their first league title in 1961, with a team featuring Maltese international players like brothers Louis and Eddie Theobald and Freddie Mizzi.

Around 1970 English football legend Sir Stanley Matthews managed Hibernians. He led the club to a League title and two Maltese FA Trophies.

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

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

Source:

European record

:Accurate as of 11 August 2022

CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%

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

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1961–62European CupPrelimSUI Servette FC1–20–51–7
1962–63European Cup Winners' CupPrelimGRE Olympiacosadvanced by walkover
1RESP Atlético Madrid0–10–40–5
1967–68European Cup1RENG Manchester United F.C.0–00–40–4
1968–69Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1RGRE Aris Thessaloniki F.C.0–60–10–7
1969–70European Cup1RCzechoslovakia FC Spartak Trnava2–20–42–6
1970–71European Cup Winners' Cup1RESP Real Madrid C.F.0–00–50–5
1971–72European Cup Winners' CupPrelimIceland Fram3–00–23–2
1RRomania Steaua Bucharest0–00–10–1
1974–75UEFA Cup1RNetherlands FC Amsterdam0–70–50–12
1976–77UEFA Cup1RSwitzerland Grasshoppers0–20–70–9
1978–79UEFA Cup1RPortugal S.C. Braga3–20–53–7
1979–80European Cup1RIRE Dundalk F.C.1–00–21–2
1980–81European Cup Winners' Cup1RIRE Waterford1–00–41–4
1981–82European Cup1RYugoslavia Red Star Belgrade1–21–82–10
1982–83European Cup1RPOL Widzew Łódź1–41–32–7
1986–87UEFA Cup1RBulgaria Trakia Plovdiv0–20–80–10
1994–95UEFA CupPrelimFC Dinamo Minsk4–3 (a.e.t.)1–35–6
1995–96UEFA CupPrelimUKR FC Chornomorets Odesa2–50–22–7
1996UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 11Russia FC Ural Yekaterinburg1–25th
Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia1–4
France RC Strasbourg Alsace0–2
Turkey Kocaelispor3–5
2001UEFA Intertoto Cup1RPOL Zagłębie Lubin1–00–41–4
2002–03UEFA Champions League1QIRE Shelbourne F.C.2–21–03–2
2QPOR Boavista F.C.3–30–43–7
2003UEFA Intertoto Cup1RFIN AC Allianssi1–10–11–2
2004UEFA Intertoto Cup1RCRO NK Slaven Belupo2–10–32–4
2005–06UEFA Cup1QCYP AC Omonia0–30–30–6
2006–07UEFA Cup1QROM FC Dinamo București0–41–51–9
2007–08UEFA Cup1QSerbia FK Vojvodina0–21–51–7
2008UEFA Intertoto Cup1RSlovenia ND Gorica0–30–00–3
2009–10UEFA Champions League1QMontenegro FK Mogren0–20–40–6
2012–13UEFA Europa League1QBIH FK Sarajevo4–42–56–9
2013–14UEFA Europa League1QSerbia FK Vojvodina1–42–33–7
2014–15UEFA Europa League1QSlovakia FC Spartak Trnava2–40–52–9
2015–16UEFA Champions League2QISR Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.2–11–53–6
2016–17UEFA Europa League1QSlovakia FC Spartak Trnava0–30–30–6
2017–18UEFA Champions League1QEST FCI Tallinn2–01–03–0
2QAUT FC Red Bull Salzburg0–30–30–6
2019–20UEFA Europa League1QBLR Shakhtyor Soligorsk0–10–10–2
2020–21UEFA Europa League1QLIE Vaduz2–0
2QHUN Fehérvár0–1
2021–22UEFA Champions League1QEST Flora0–30–20–5
UEFA Europa Conference League2QSMR Folgore4–23–17–3
3QLVA Riga1–4 (a.e.t.)1–02–4
2022–23UEFA Champions League1QIRL Shamrock Rovers0–00–30–3
UEFA Europa Conference League2QEST FCI Levadia3–21–14–3
3QLAT RFS1–31–12–4
2025–26UEFA Conference League2QSVK Spartak Trnava1–21–52–7

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

Out on loan

Historical list of coaches

  • MLT Joe A. Griffiths
  • MLT Saviour Cuschieri (1961 – 1962)
  • SCO Jimmy Davidson (1962 – 1963)
  • MLT Hillary Tagliaferro (1964 – 1966)
  • MLT Lino Bugeja (1966 – 1970)
  • MLT Hillary Tagliaferro (1967 – 1970)
  • MLT Johnny Calleja (1972 – 1977)
  • MLT George Busuttil (1977 – 1979)
  • MLT Eddie Theobald (1981 – 1982)
  • MLT Johnny Calleja (1982 – 1983)
  • MLT George Busuttil (1984 – 1985)
  • ITA Terenzio Polverini (1987 – 1988)
  • MLT Edward Darmanin (1987 – 1989)
  • MLT Joe Cilia (1989 – 1992)
  • MLT Brian Talbot (1992 – 1996)
  • ENG Mark Miller (1997;– 1999)
  • MLT Robert Gatt (30 June 1999 – 8 July 2007)
  • ALB Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008)
  • ENG Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012)
  • MLT Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013)
  • SRB Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016)
  • ENG Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018)
  • MLT Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)
  • ITA Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 – 30 June 2022)
  • ITA Andrea Pisanu (8 July 2022 – 6 February 2023)
  • MLT Silvio Vella (7 February 2023 – 1 June 2023)
  • SRB Branko Nišević (17 July 2023 – )

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.

References

References

  1. [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/malta/hibernians-fc/1447/ Hibernians F.C. team profile] ''Soccerway''. Retrieved 24 September 2021
  2. "History". hiberniansfc.org.
  3. Baldacchino, Carmel. (20 January 2022). "FootballHibernians FC end 30 years of famine". [[Times of Malta]].
  4. [https://www.timesofmalta.com/article/stanley-matthews-s-connection-with-malta.323035 Stanley Matthews’s connection with Malta], Carmel Baldacchino, [[Times of Malta]], 19 August 2010
  5. "Honours". Hibernians F.C..
  6. (11 February 2018). "Squad". Hibernians F.C..
  7. (5 March 2018). "Hibernians FC part ways with coach Mark Miller". The Malta Independent.
  8. (22 November 2018). "Mario Muscat appointed as Qormi technical advisor".
  9. (27 April 2015). "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com.
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