Hibernians F.C.
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Full name | Hibernians Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Hibs Raħal Ġdid (Paola) The Peacocks | ||
Founded | 1922; 102 years ago (1922)[1] | ||
Ground | Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola, Malta | ||
Capacity | 2,968 | ||
Chairman | Ranier Bezzina | ||
Manager | Branko Nišević | ||
League | Maltese Premier League | ||
2023–24 | Maltese Premier League, 7th of 14 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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.[2] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[2]
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[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]
Around 1970 English football legend Sir Stanley Matthews managed Hibernians. He led the club to a League title and two Maltese FA Trophies.[3]
Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[2] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.[citation needed]
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:[4]
- Maltese Premier League
- Maltese FA Trophy
- Maltese Super Cup
- Winners (4): 1994, 2007, 2015, 2022
- Cassar Cup
- Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63
- Testaferrata Cup
- Winners (3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
- Independence Cup
- Winners (3): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71
- Sons of Malta Cup
- Winners (3): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
- Olympic Cup
- Winners (1): 1962–63
- Schembri Shield
- Winners (1): 1961–62
European record
- Accurate as of 11 August 2022
Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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European Cup / Champions League | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 71 | −51 | 017.86 |
Cup Winners' Cup | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 020.00 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 107 | −82 | 010.00 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 050.00 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 016.67 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 000.00 |
Total | 90 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 82 | 238 | −156 | 017.78 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
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 21 August, 2024[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Robert Gatt (30 June 1998 – 8 July 2007)
Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008)
Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012)
Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013)
Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016)
Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018)[6]
Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)[7]
Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 – 30 June 2022)
Andrea Pisanu (8 July 2022 – 6 February 2023)
Silvio Vella (7 February 2023 – 1 June 2023)
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.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Hibernians F.C. team profile Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2021
- ^ a b c d e f "History". hiberniansfc.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Stanley Matthews’s connection with Malta, Carmel Baldacchino, Times of Malta, 19 August 2010
- ^ "Honours". Hibernians F.C.
- ^ "Squad". Hibernians F.C. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Hibernians FC part ways with coach Mark Miller". The Malta Independent. 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Mario Muscat appointed as Qormi technical advisor". MaltaFootball.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
External links
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- Official website