Mqabba F.C.

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Mqabba F.C.
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Full nameMqabba Football Club
Nickname(s)Tal-Gebel
Hajduks
Founded1957;68 years ago (1957)
Ground Ta'Qali Stadium
Capacity18,000
ChairmanMario Borg
ManagerVincent Carbonaro
League Maltese National Amateur League
2024–25 Maltese National Amateur League II 2nd (promoted)
Website http://www.mqabbafc.com

Mqabba F.C. is a Maltese football club based in Mqabba, a small village in south-western Malta.They were founded in 1957, and currently will play in the third tier of Malta, the National Amateur League. [1]

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History

During the First World War, some Maltese soldiers brought football to the village but only after the Second World War a club was first established. Mqabba Ramblers played their first game in 1953 and they joined the Maltese Amateur FA in 1955. At the end of the 1950s, two clubs from Mqabba, Mqabba Rovers and Mqabba Ħajduks played in the Maltese amateur league and they decided to merge and take the name of the latter. [2]

Mqabba Ħajduks

The merger club played its first game in 1958 and four years later they were allowed to the Maltese Third Division by the Maltese FA. In 1978 they clinched promotion to the Second Division for the first time but they were relegated again in the year after that. In 1982 Ħajduks won promotion again and in 1984 they reached the First Division for the first time in their history. [3] They even went one better when they made their debut in the Maltese Premier League in 1985, but they only amassed a meagre 6 points to end up bottom of the table. [4]

Following the re-organisation of the Maltese football leagues and the creation of the Premier League, they gained promotion to this division in 1990–1991, 1992–1993 and 2006–2007. Mqabba F.C. has the merit of being one of the smallest Maltese localities to feature in the highest level of Maltese football.

Futsal

Mqabba F.C. also had a futsal team, which participated in Malta's top futsal league for the last time in the 2015–16 Maltese Futsal Premier League, Mqabba finished 10th out 14 teams in the Regular stage, earning 10 points in 13 matches. [5] In the Second stage, Mqabba lost 3–5 to Sliema Wanderers in the Gatorade First Division play-off semi-final. [6]

In the Gatorade Knockout Cup, Mqabba reached the semi-finals, but didn't turned up so Luxol were awarded a walk-over to the final. [7] Previously, Mqabba defeated Gozo 9–2 in the first round, [8] , then Swieqi United Futsal 8–2 in the quarter-final. [9]

Current squad

As of 29 July 2022 [10]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Craig Abdilla
— GK Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Jordan Agius
— GK Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Darshton Grech
— DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Jeremy Azzopardi
— DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Jeremy Busuttil
— DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Arsene Rye Cilia Mumford
— DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Neil Falzon
— DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Leonard Farrugia
— DF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Gabriel Mannino
— DF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Luke Musu
— DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Thomas Veronese
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Kurt Agius
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Lee Agius
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Joseph Attard
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Karl Ghigo
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Omar Khatib
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Brooklyn Sciberras
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Jacques Vella Critien
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Ian Caruana
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Christophe Cutajar
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Ronald Melo
— MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Luka Mijić
— MF Flag of Malta.svg  MLT Ryan Spiteri

References

  1. ↑ "Draws held for 2025/26 BOV National Leagues". Malta Football Association. 18 July 2025.
  2. ↑ The origins of football in Mqabba - Times of Malta
  3. ↑ History - Mqabba FC
  4. ↑ Malta - List of Final Tables - RSSSF
  5. ↑ https://www.maltafootball.com/2016/02/15/futsal-champions-luxol-win-direct-clash/
  6. ↑ https://www.maltafootball.com/2016/04/25/futsal-valletta-stun-luxol-to-set-up-play-off-final-clash-with-hamrun/
  7. ↑ https://www.maltafootball.com/2016/05/29/futsal-hamrun-struggle-to-beat-lija/
  8. ↑ Antoine Busuttil (10 October 2015). "Futsal: Raphinha hits seven as Hamrun reach quarter-finals". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Futsal: Luxol defeat Valletta in exciting quarter-final". MaltaFootball.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Mqabba FC roster 2022-23 season


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