Rabat Ajax FC

Rabat Ajax
	Rabat Ajax
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Basic data
Surname	Rabat Ajax Football Club
founding	1930
Colours	black-and-white
president	Michael Sciriha
Website	rabatajaxsc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Steve D'Amato
Venue	Ta 'Qali Stadium , Attard
Places	17,000
league	Maltese Second League
2018/19	7th place
home	Away

The Rabat Ajax FC is a Maltese football club from the city of Rabat whose origins date to the established in 1930 club Rabat Rovers FC decline. The club got its current name in 1980 through a merger with Rabat Ajax.

history

The club was national champion twice in the 1980s and also won the cup once. In the first decade of the 21st century, Rabat Ajax played primarily in the second division of Malta. Rabat Ajax took part in the 1980s twice in the UEFA Cup and the European Cup, but was eliminated in the first round.

The club's venue is the 17,000-seat Ta 'Qali Stadium , Malta's national stadium .

The most famous player in the club's history is Carmel Busuttil , who played for KRC Genk for five years in the Belgian first division between 1988 and 1994 and was Footballer of the Year in Malta in 1983 and 1986 . Silvio Vella had the same honor in 1994.

Club names

1930: Founded as Rabat Rovers
1937: Merger with Rabat Rangers and Old City to form Rabat Zvanks
1938: Renamed Rabat FC
1980: Merger with Rabat Ajax to form Rabat Ajax FC

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1983/84	Uefa cup	1 round	Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava	00:16	00:10 (H)	0: 6 (A)
1984/85	Uefa cup	1 round	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Partizan Belgrade	0: 4	0: 2 (H)	0: 2 (A)
1985/86	European Champions Cup	1 round	Cyprus Republic Omonia Nicosia	00:10	0: 5 (H)	0: 5 (A)
1986/87	European Champions Cup	1 round	Portugal FC Porto	00:10	0: 9 (A)	0: 1 (H)