Birkirkara F.c.

The club was formed in 1950, following the amalgamation of Birkirkara United and Birkirkara Celtic. Birkirkara currently play in the Maltese Premier League, which it has won on four occasions, most recently in the 2012–13 season.

Birkirkara

Full name	Birkirkara Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stripes
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Chairman	Michael Valenzia
Head Coach	Jose Borg
League	Maltese Premier League
2022–23	Maltese Premier League, 2nd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Birkirkara is one of the founding members of the European Club Association.

Major

• Maltese Premier League
  • Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (8):1952–53, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2022-23
• Maltese FA Trophy
  • Winners (6): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (6): 1972–73, 1989–90, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2017–18
• Maltese Super Cup
  • Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up (7): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2023
• Euro Challenge/Lowenbrau Cup
  • Winners (3): 1998, 2003, 2008
• MFA Super 5 Lottery Tournament
  • Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006

Minor

• Sons of Malta Cup (for the Second Division)
  • Winners (3): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79
  • Runners-up (1): 1976–77
• Cassar Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1952–53

As of 1 March, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   POL Marcel Zapytowski (on loan from Korona Kielce) 2 DF   URU Osvaldo Iorio Forestero 5 DF   MLT Enrico Pepe 7 FW   BRA Bravo 8 FW   MLT Paul Mbong 10 FW   MLT Andrea Zammit 11 DF   MLT Kurt Zammit 16 GK   MLT Amara Sylla 17 DF   RUS Nikita Shchepetkin 20 FW   MLT Alexander Satariano 21 MF   ITA Manuel De Filippis

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   MLT Matteo Gambin 23 FW   MLT Nathan Cross 24 DF   DOM Peña Beltre 25 MF   MLT Neil Micallef 27 DF   ITA Alessandro Coppola (on loan from Triestina) 36 DF   GHA Edward Sarpong 42 MF   GHA Simon Zibo 70 FW   MLT Omar Elouni 77 MF   CIV Ali Diakité 91 FW   BRA Maxuell Samurai 99 FW   ROU Andrei Ciolacu

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. Nation Player — FW   MLT Jed Valletta (at St. Lucia)

All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Spartak Trnava	0–1	1–3	1–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–4	1–2	1–6
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lyngby	0–0	0–7	0–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	1Q	KR Reykjavík	1–2	1–4	2–6
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Locomotive Tbilisi	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		1R	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	0–1	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	0–3	0–3
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Ferencváros	0–5	0–1	0–6
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Partizani	2–1	2–4	4–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	APOEL	0–2	0–4	0–6
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	B36 Tórshavn	0–3	2–2	2–5
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Maribor	0–3	1–2	1–5
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Hajduk Split	0–3	0–4	0–7
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Slaven Belupo	0–0	0–1	0–1
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FC Santa Coloma	4–3	3–0	7–3
		2Q	Žilina	1–0	0–3	1–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Vllaznia	0–1	1–1	1–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Metalurg	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Maribor	0–0	0–2	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Diósgyőr	1–2	1–4	2–6
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ulisses	0–0	3–1	3–1
		2Q	West Ham	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–5 p)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Široki Brijeg	2–0	1–1	3–1
		2Q	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	2–1	2–1
		3Q	Krasnodar	0–3	1–3	1–6
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	PR	KÍ Klaksvík	1–1	1–2	2–3
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	La Fiorita	1–0	1–1	2–1
		2Q	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–5 p)
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Maribor	1–2	1–1	2–3