Nadur Youngsters F.C.

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Nadur Youngsters F.C.
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Full nameNadur Youngsters Football Club
Nickname(s)The Whites / The Youngsters
Founded1958;66 years ago (1958)
GroundPeter Paul Camilleri Pitch (Artificial Turf)
ChairmanDr Chris Said Flag of Malta.svg
CoachElton Vella Flag of Malta.svg
League Gozo Football League First Division
2023–241st
Website Club website

Nadur Youngsters Football Club is a Maltese Football Club from the village of Nadur, on the island of Gozo, Malta.

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The club was founded in 1958 and won the Gozo Football League fourteen times and has achieved the Golden Star for sports excellence. This makes it the most decorated football club in Gozo.The team currently competes in the Gozo Football League First Division. Nadur Youngsters is one of the most popular football teams in Gozo and brings up young players from the village every year.[ citation needed ]

Achievements

Winners (15): 1967/68, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2012/13, 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24,
Winners (11): 1967/68, 1989/90, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2012/13
Winners (10): 1987/88, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 2003/04, 2010/11, 2013/14, 2021/22, 2022/23
Winners (9): 1993/94, 1994/95, 1997/98, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2019/20, 2023/24
Winners (5): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2012/13
Winners (3): 1961/62, 1963/64, 1964/65
Winners (2): 1962/63, 1969/70
Winners (3): 2014/15, 2021/22, 2022/23
Winners (1): 1997/98
Winners (1): 2002/03
Winners (1): 1996/97
Winners (1): 1972/73
Winners (1): 1995/96
Winners (1): 1989/90
Winners (1): 1989/90

Club Officials and Coaching staff

Current squad

2022/23 Senior Squad
NumberName & SurnamePositionNationalityNumberName & SurnamePositionNationality
1Steve Sultana (C)GKMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
25Zac VellaGKMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
24Gianluca MuscatDEFMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
19Kurt GrimaDEFMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
2Junior SergipeDEFBrazilian Flag of Brazil.svg
20Harry PaulinDEFMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
13Gennaro HiliDEFMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
4Ian XuerebDEFMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
3Manuel TaboneDEFMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
6Joseph Mario VellaMIDMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
14Leander ButtigiegMIDMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
11Matthias SaidMIDMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
23Kurt XuerebMIDMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
18Jospeh XerriMIDMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
10Stefan CassarMIDMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
5Marcelo MunizMIDBrazilian Flag of Brazil.svg
27Joao Vitor FlorencioATTBrazilian Flag of Brazil.svg
7Joseph ZammitATTMaltese Flag of Malta.svg
9Marcelo BarbosaATTBrazilian Flag of Brazil.svg
22Brandon SaidATTMaltese Flag of Malta.svg

Recent seasons

YearDivisionPosition
1999–2000 Gozo Football League 3rd
2000–01 Gozo Football League 2nd
2001–02 Gozo Football League 1st
2002–03 Gozo Football League 1st
2003–04 Gozo Football League 2nd
2004–05 Gozo Football League 4th
2005–06 Gozo Football League 1st
2006–07 Gozo Football League 1st
2007–08 Gozo Football League 1st
2008–09 Gozo Football League 5th
2009–10 Gozo Football League 3rd
2010–11 Gozo Football League 3rd
2011–12 Gozo Football League 2nd
2012–13 Gozo Football League 1st
2013–14 Gozo Football League 3rd
2014–15 Gozo Football League 2nd (*Relegated)
2015–16 Gozo Football League Second Division 2nd
2016–17 Gozo Football League 2nd
2017–18 Gozo Football League 2nd
2018–19 Gozo Football League 2nd
2019–20 Gozo Football League 1st
2020–21 Gozo Football League NIL Covid 19 Pandemic
2021–22 Gozo Football League 1st
2022–23 Gozo Football League 1st
2023–24 Gozo Football League 1st

Presidential history

NameSeason
1958–1961Kav. Joseph S. Attard
1961–1965Peter Paul Camilleri
1965–1966Joseph F. Zerafa
1966–1967Angelo J. Curmi
1967–1974Peter Paul Camilleri
1974–1984Joseph P. Attard
1984–1988Peter Paul Buttigieg
1988–1989Joseph C. Muscat
1989–1990Joseph S. Xuereb
1990–1991Francis X. Azzopardi
1991–1995Peter Paul Camilleri
1995–1996Sammy Grech
1996–1997Joe Camilleri Muscat
1997Joe Camilleri Galea
1997–1998Paul Sultana
1998–2000Joe Portelli
2000–2001Eucharist Camilleri
2001–2002Paul Meilak
2002–2004Joseph Portelli
2004–2005Peter Hili
2005–2017Eucharist Camilleri
2017–2020Joseph Portelli
2020–2023Tristen Portelli
2023-PresentChris Said

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