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Hibernians F.C.

Not to be confused with the Scottish football club Hibernian F.C..
This article is about the Maltese football club. For other uses, see Hibernian.

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

Hibernians
Full nameHibernians Football Club
Nickname(s)Hibs
Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
The Peacocks
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)[1]
GroundTony Bezzina Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Capacity2,968
ChairmanRanier Bezzina
ManagerBranko Nišević
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2023–24Maltese Premier League, 7th of 14
Websitehttps://www.hiberniansfc.mt/

History

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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

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Main article: Hibernians Stadium

The club's home ground is Hibernians Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Paola, which has a capacity of about 3,000.

Honours

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Source:[4]

European record

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Accurate as of 11 August 2022
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 28 5 5 18 20 71 −51 017.86
Cup Winners' Cup 10 2 2 6 4 17 −13 020.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 30 3 1 26 25 107 −82 010.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 8 4 2 2 15 14 +1 050.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 2 2 8 9 26 −17 016.67
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 000.00
Total 90 16 12 62 82 238 −156 017.78

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

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 European Cup Prelim   Servette FC 1–2 0–5 1–7
1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim   Olympiacos w/o w/o w/o
1R   Atlético Madrid 0–1 0–4 0–5
1967–68 European Cup 1R   Manchester United F.C. 0–0 0–4 0–4
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R   Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 0–6 0–1 0–7
1969–70 European Cup 1R   FC Spartak Trnava 2–2 0–4 2–6
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R   Real Madrid C.F. 0–0 0–5 0–5
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup Prelim   Fram 3–0 0–2 3-2
1R   Steaua Bucharest 0–0 0–1 0–1
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R   FC Amsterdam 0–7 0–5 0–12
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R   Grasshoppers 0–2 0–7 0–9
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R   S.C. Braga 3–2 0–5 3–7
1979–80 European Cup 1R   Dundalk F.C. 1–0 0–2 1–2
1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R   Waterford 1–0 0–4 1–4
1981–82 European Cup 1R   Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–8 2–10
1982–83 European Cup 1R   Widzew Łódź 1–4 1–3 2–7
1986–87 UEFA Cup 1R   Trakia Plovdiv 0–2 0–8 0–10
1994–95 UEFA Cup Prelim   FC Dinamo Minsk 4–3 (a.e.t.) 1–3 5–6
1995–96 UEFA Cup Prelim   FC Chornomorets Odesa 2–5 0–2 2–7
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 11   FC Ural Yekaterinburg 1–2 — 5th
  PFC CSKA Sofia — 1–4
  RC Strasbourg Alsace 0–2 —
  Kocaelispor — 3–5
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R   Zagłębie Lubin 1–0 0–4 1–4
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1Q   Shelbourne F.C. 2–2 1–0 3–2
2Q   Boavista F.C. 3–3 0–4 3–7
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R   AC Allianssi 1–1 0–1 1–2
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R   NK Slaven Belupo 2–1 0–3 2–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q   AC Omonia 0–3 0–3 0–6
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q   FC Dinamo București 0–4 1–5 1–9
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q   FK Vojvodina 0–2 1–5 1–7
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R   ND Gorica 0–3 0–0 0–3
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1Q   FK Mogren 0–2 0–4 0–6
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q   FK Sarajevo 4–4 2–5 6–9
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q   FK Vojvodina 1–4 2–3 3–7
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q   FC Spartak Trnava 2–4 0–5 2–9
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q   Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 2–1 1–5 3–6
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q   FC Spartak Trnava 0–3 0–3 0–6
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 1Q   FCI Tallinn 2–0 1–0 3–0
2Q   FC Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–3 0–6
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 0–1 0–2
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q   Vaduz — 2–0 —
2Q   Fehérvár 0–1 — —
2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1Q   Flora 0–3 0–2 0–5
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q   Folgore 4–2 3–1 7–3
3Q   Riga 1–4 (a.e.t.) 1–0 2−4
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1Q   Shamrock Rovers 0–0 0–3 0−3
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q   FCI Levadia 3–2 1–1 4–3
3Q   RFS 1–3 1–1 2−4

Players

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For a list of all former and current Hibernians F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Hibernians F.C. 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

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

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

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  •   Robert Gatt (30 June 1998 – 8 July 2007)
  •   Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008)
  •   Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012)
  •   Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013)
  •   Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016)
  •   Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018)[6]
  •   Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)[7]
  •   Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 – 30 June 2022)
  •   Andrea Pisanu (8 July 2022 – 6 February 2023)
  •   Silvio Vella (7 February 2023 – 1 June 2023)
  •   Branko Nišević (17 July 2023 – )

Women's team

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hibernians F.C. team profile Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2021
  2. ^ a b c d e f "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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