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;102 years ago (1922) [1]
Ground Tony Bezzina Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Capacity2,968
Chairman Ranier Bezzina
ManagerBranko Nišević
League Maltese Premier League
2023–24 Maltese Premier League, 7th of 14
Website https://www.hiberniansfc.mt/

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

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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]

European record

Accurate as of 11 August 2022
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
European Cup / Champions League 2855182071−51017.86
Cup Winners' Cup 10226417−13020.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 30312625107−82010.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 84221514+1050.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12228926−17016.67
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 200207−7000.00
Total9016126282238−156017.78

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

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1961–62 European Cup Prelim Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Servette FC 1–20–51–7
1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos w/ow/ow/o
1R Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Atlético Madrid 0–10–40–5
1967–68 European Cup 1R Flag of England.svg Manchester United F.C. 0–00–40–4
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Flag of Greece.svg Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 0–60–10–7
1969–70 European Cup 1R Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Spartak Trnava 2–20–42–6
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid C.F. 0–00–50–5
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim Flag of Iceland.svg Fram 3–00–23-2
1R Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Steaua Bucharest 0–00–10–1
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC Amsterdam 0–70–50–12
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grasshoppers 0–20–70–9
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Portugal.svg S.C. Braga 3–20–53–7
1979–80 European Cup 1R Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk F.C. 1–00–21–2
1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Flag of Ireland.svg Waterford 1–00–41–4
1981–82 European Cup 1R Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade 1–21–82–10
1982–83 European Cup 1R Flag of Poland.svg Widzew Łódź 1–41–32–7
1986–87 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Trakia Plovdiv 0–20–80–10
1994–95 UEFA Cup Prelim Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg FC Dinamo Minsk 4–3 (a.e.t.) 1–35–6
1995–96 UEFA Cup Prelim Flag of Ukraine.svg FC Chornomorets Odesa 2–50–22–7
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 11 Flag of Russia.svg FC Ural Yekaterinburg 1–2—5th
Flag of Bulgaria.svg PFC CSKA Sofia —1–4
Flag of France.svg RC Strasbourg Alsace 0–2—
Flag of Turkey.svg Kocaelispor —3–5
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Poland.svg Zagłębie Lubin 1–00–41–4
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Ireland.svg Shelbourne F.C. 2–21–03–2
2Q Flag of Portugal.svg Boavista F.C. 3–30–43–7
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Finland.svg AC Allianssi 1–10–11–2
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Croatia.svg NK Slaven Belupo 2–10–32–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Cyprus.svg AC Omonia 0–30–30–6
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Romania.svg FC Dinamo București 0–41–51–9
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Serbia.svg FK Vojvodina 0–21–51–7
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Slovenia.svg ND Gorica 0–30–00–3
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Montenegro.svg FK Mogren 0–20–40–6
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg FK Sarajevo 4–42–56–9
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Serbia.svg FK Vojvodina 1–42–33–7
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Slovakia.svg FC Spartak Trnava 2–40–52–9
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 2–11–53–6
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Slovakia.svg FC Spartak Trnava 0–30–30–6
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Estonia.svg FCI Tallinn 2–01–03–0
2Q Flag of Austria.svg FC Red Bull Salzburg 0–30–30–6
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Belarus.svg Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–10–10–2
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Vaduz —2–0—
2Q Flag of Hungary.svg Fehérvár 0–1——
2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Estonia.svg Flora 0–30–20–5
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Flag of San Marino.svg Folgore 4–23–17–3
3Q Flag of Latvia.svg Riga 1–4 (a.e.t.) 1–02−4
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers 0–00–30−3
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Flag of Estonia.svg FCI Levadia 3–21–14–3
3Q Flag of Latvia.svg RFS 1–31–12−4

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 5 September, 2024 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Pablo Sánchez
2 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Kleiton
4 DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Jayden Ohaka
5 DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Kurt Shaw
6 MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Lucas Caruana
7 MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Ayrton Attard
8 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Khevin Fraga
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Miullen
10 FW Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Jurgen Degabriele
11 MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Bjorn Kristensen
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Dexter Xuereb
17 FW Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Isaiah Chukunyere
20 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Federico Falcone
21 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Alex Bruno
22 MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Timothy Eviparker
23 DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Matthew Ellul
29 FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Giannis Bastianos
30 GK Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Hugo Sacco
44 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Pedrão
99 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Higor Gabriel

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.NationPlayer

Managers

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Hibernians F.C. team profile Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2021
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History". hiberniansfc.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Stanley Matthews’s connection with Malta, Carmel Baldacchino, Times of Malta, 19 August 2010
  4. ↑ "Honours". Hibernians F.C.
  5. ↑ "Squad". Hibernians F.C. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Hibernians FC part ways with coach Mark Miller". The Malta Independent. 5 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mario Muscat appointed as Qormi technical advisor". MaltaFootball.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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