Balzan F.C.

Balzan F.C.
Full name Balzan Football Club
Founded 1937, as Balzan Youths
Ground St Aloysius' College (Malta)
Chairman Malta Anton Tagliaferro
Head Coach Malta Oliver Spiteri
League Maltese Premier League
2015–16 Maltese Premier League, 4th
Website Club home page

Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. The Club was founded in 1937, and has played top-level football once before in 2003–04.

Balzan F.C. First Team

Players

Current First Team

As of 24 June 2016[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Malta GK Christian Cassar
4 Malta DF Justin Grioli
5 Malta DF Samir Arab
6 Malta MF Ryan Fenech
7 Malta FW Lydon Micallef
8 Malta MF Paul Fenech
10 Malta MF Dylan Grima
11 Malta DF Steve Bezzina
12 Malta GK Mikhail Sciberras
16 Malta DF Clive Brincat
18 Brazil MF Anderson Francisco Dê
No. Position Player
20 Malta MF Terence Agius
23 Colombia DF Elkin Serrano
30 Tunisia MF Abdelkarim Nafti
32 Montenegro GK Ivan Janjušević
42 Brazil FW Alan
50 Brazil DF Oliveira
66 Malta DF Daniel Spiteri
86 Montenegro FW Bojan Kaljević
88 Malta MF Sean Cipriott
99 Italy FW Matteo Piciollo (on loan from Floriana)

Club officials and coaching staff

Club officials

  • Honorary Presidents: George Borg, Emmanuel Cassar, Dr. John Zammit Montebello MD
  • President : Anton Tagliaferro
  • Vice Presidents: Sandro Azzopardi
  • Secretary: Joseph Agius
  • Treasurer: Peter Cipriott
  • Club Doctor: Dr. John Zammit Montebello MD (former Balzan Mayor)
  • Executive Committee Members:
    • Pierre Camilleri
    • Clifford Cipriott
    • Louis Ebejer
    • Paul Meilak
    • Frank Monreal
    • Mario Nappa
    • Robert Tagliaferro
    • Frank Vella Bardon
    • Anton Vidal
    • Andre Grech

Coaching staff

  • Head Coach: Oliver Spiteri
  • Assistant Coach: Jean Paul Desira
  • Nursery Head Coach: Ludvic Bartolo
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Edward Bartolo
  • Physical Trainer: Valentino Vecchio
  • Kit Manager: David Spiteri
  • Team Manager: Peter Cipriott
  • Team Manager Assistant: Charles Callus


Balzan F.C. players and supporters celebrate their Club's historic qualification to the UEFA Europa League following a 3 -1 victory over until then unbeaten 14/15 champions Hibernians F.C. on 26 April 2015.

Club facilities

"Solerville"
Training Centre
St Aloysius' College ground

The Club's Administration Building ‘Solerville’ is located at Main Street, Balzan. A bar and garden restaurant on the ground floor are open to the public. The Club’s modern training facilities, located at Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street, Lija, include a clubhouse and a full size pitch with synthetic turf. The clubhouse includes a bar and a gymnasium and was officially opened on 13 March 2011. From September 2015, Balzan F.C. teams also commenced training at St Aloysius' College Ground, after this ground underwent a major upgrade.

European record

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 0–2 0–1 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Azerbaijan Neftçi PFC Baki 0–2 2–1 2–3
Notes

Managerial history

Manager Period
Malta Paul Barbara 1989–90
Malta Jimmy Briffa 1990–93
Malta Alberto Cristiano 1993–94
Malta Ronnie Cocks 1994–95
Malta France Scicluna 1995–97
Malta Joe Attard 1997–98
Malta Stephen Azzopardi 1998–02
Albania Fatos Daja 2002–03
Malta Jimmy Briffa 2003–05
Malta Mario Monreal 2005–06
Malta Charles Borg Sant 2006–07
Malta Alfred Attard 2007–08
Malta Ivan Zammit 2008–13
Malta David Carabott 2009–10
Italy Riccardo Tumiatti 2013
Malta Jesmond Zerafa 2013–14
Malta Oliver Spiteri 2014
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References

  1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/clubs/club=84734/index.html

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