FC Birkirkara

FC Birkirkara
Basic data
Surname	Birkirkara Football Club
Seat	Birkirkara
founding	1950
president	Victor Zammit
Website	birkirkarafc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Stephen Azzopardi
Venue	Infetti Ground
Places	2500
league	Maltese Premier League
2019/20	5th place
home Away

Entrance to the Birkirkara FC club office

The FC Birkirkara (officially: Birkirkara Football Club ) is a Maltese football club from Birkirkara .

history

The club was formed in December 1950 from the merger of Birkirkara United FC with Birkirkara Celtic. In 1994 the merger with Luxol SC St. Andrew's to Birkirkara Luxol FC took place. Since 1997 the club has been called FC Birkirkara. In the 1997/98 season, the club took part in the UEFA Cup for the first time. He currently plays in the highest Maltese league, the Maltese Premier League .

successes

Maltese Premier League :

• Master (4): 2000, 2006, 2010, 2013
• Runner-up (6): 1953, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014

U * Bet FA Trophy :

• Cup winners (5): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2015
  • Finalist (5): 1973, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2001

Maltese Supercup :

• Winner (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014

Euro Challenge Cup:

• Winner (3): 1998, 2004, 2009
  • Finalist (3): 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011/12 season

Super 5 Cup:

• Winner (3): 1999, 2004, 2006
  • Finalist (2): 1997, 2005

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1997/98	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	FC Spartak Trnava	1: 4	0: 1 (H)	1: 3 (A)
1998/99	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Shakhtar Donetsk	1: 6	1: 2 (A)	0: 4 (H)
1999/2000	Uefa cup	qualification	Lyngby BK	0: 7	0: 7 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2000/01	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	KR Reykjavík	2: 6	1: 2 (H)	1: 4 (A)
2001/02	Uefa cup	qualification	Locomotive Tbilisi	( a ) 1: 1(a)	0: 0 (H)	1: 1 (A)
		1 round	FK Dynamo Moscow	0: 1	0: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2002/03	Uefa cup	qualification	Metalurh Zaporizhia	0: 3	0: 3 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2003/04	Uefa cup	qualification	Ferencváros Budapest	0: 6	0: 5 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2004/05	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	FK Partizani Tirana	4: 5	2: 4 (A)	2: 1 (H)
2005/06	Uefa cup	qualification	APOEL Nicosia	0: 6	0: 2 (H)	0: 4 (A)
2006/07	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	B36 Tórshavn	2: 5	0: 3 (H)	2: 2 (A)
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	NK Maribor	1: 5	0: 3 (H)	1: 2 (A)
2008/09	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	HNK Hajduk Split	0: 7	0: 4 (A)	0: 3 (H)
2009/10	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica	0: 1	0: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2010/11	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	FC Santa Coloma	7: 3	03-0 (A) 1	4: 3 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	MŠK Žilina	1: 3	1: 0 (H)	0: 3 (A)
2011/12	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	KS Vllaznia Shkodra	1: 2	0: 1 (H)	1: 1 (A)
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	FK Metalurg Skopje	(a)2: 2 ( a )	2: 2 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2013/14	UEFA Champions League	2nd qualifying round	NK Maribor	0: 2	0: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Diósgyőri VTK	2: 6	1: 2 (A)	1: 4 (H)
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	FC Ulisses Yerevan	3: 1	0: 0 (H)	3: 1 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	West Ham United	1: 1 (3: 5 on  behalf )	0: 1 (A)	1: 0 a.d. (H)
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	NK Široki Brijeg	3: 1	1: 1 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Heart of Midlothian	2: 1	0: 0 (H)	2: 1 (A)
		3rd qualifying round	FK Krasnodar	1: 6	0: 3 (H)	1: 3 (A)
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Pre-qualification	KI Klaksvik	2: 3	1: 1 (H)	1: 2 (A)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record : 52 games, 8 wins, 15 draws, 29 defeats, 37:94 goals (goal difference −57)

¹ The game was rated with a 3-0 home defeat due to the unplayability of the place.

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Santa Coloma loses at the Green Table. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA, July 1, 2010, accessed July 2, 2010 .