Rabat Ajax Football Club is a
Maltese
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football
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club based in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
. The last promotion to the Maltese Premier League was achieved in the 2011–12 season, when they earned promotion after finishing second behind
Melita. In the 2020-21
National Amateur League season, the club finished 4th in group B, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. After beating Msida St. Joseph and Marsaskala in the quarter and semi finals respectively, they reached the final against Kirkop United. The Magpies won the final 2-1, securing themselves the fourth and final promotion spot to the following seasons
Challenge League.
History
*1930: Club founded with the name ''Rabat Rovers''
*1937: Joined with ''Rabat Rangers'' and ''Old City'' to form ''Rabat Zvanks''
*1938: Club was renamed to ''Rabat FC''
*1980: Joined with ''Rabat Ajax'' to form ''Rabat Ajax FC''
*1983: First participation in a European Cup (C3) (1983/84 season)
*1985: Rabat Ajax win The Maltese Championship
*1986: Rabat Ajax win The Maltese Championship and Maltese Cup
Honours
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Maltese Premier League
**Champions :
1984–85,
1985–86
*
Maltese FA Trophy
**Winners: 1985–86
**Finalists: 1953–54
*
Maltese Super Cup
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**Winners : 1985, 1986
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Maltese First Division
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**Champions : 1950/51, 1961/62,
1981–82, 1989/90, 1997/98
UEFA Cups qualifiers
In 1983–84 Rabat Ajax met Czechoslovak side
Inter Bratislava
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in the UEFA Cup, where following a 0–10 dumping at home, they also lost 0–6 in the return leg in
Bratislava
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. The following year Rabat Ajax also played in the UEFA Cup, where it met Yugoslav side
Partizan Belgrade, with whom it lost both matches with a 0–2 scoreline.
Rabat Ajax has played four qualification matches in the European Cup. In 1985–86 they lost twice a 5–0 score against Cypriot side
AC Omonia. In 1986–87 they were trounced 9–0 by eventual winners
FC Porto
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at the
Rio Ave
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stadium in
Vila do Conde and 1–0 at home in Malta.
Rabat Ajax in Europe
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Board & Management 2020/21
Notable former managers
*
Paddy Sloan
Joshua Walter Sloan (30 April 1920 – January 1993), commonly known as Paddy Sloan, was an Irish footballer and manager. Sloan played with English clubs such as Manchester United, Millwall, Fulham and Arsenal. He also featured for Italian si ...
(1954 – 1955)
*
Joe A. Griffiths
* Lino Bugeja (1983 – 1984)
*
Joe Cilia (1985 – 1986)
* Andy Weavill (1993 – 1994)
*
Zijad Švrakić
Zijad Švrakić (born 21 September 1960), also known as Ziya Yıldız after acquiring Turkish citizenship is a retired Bosnian professional footballer and manager. As a member of the Sarajevo squad that won the Yugoslav First League in 1985, he wa ...
(October 1994 – June 2001)
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Michael Molzahn
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(July 2009 – 11 June 2010)
*
Silvio Vella
Silvio Vella (born 8 February 1967) is a former professional footballer who played for Rabat Ajax and Hibernians as a defender. Born in Canada, he played for the Malta national team.
Career
Born in Canada, Vella has dual nationality, Maltese ...
(12 June 2010 – 28 May 2013)
* Steve D'Amato (17 August 2013 – 11 June 2014)
*
Edward Azzopardi
Edward Azzopardi (born 13 December 1977 in Rabat, Malta) is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese First Division
The Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second- ...
(6 June 2016 – )
External links
Rabat Ajax HistoryRabat Ajax Team 2000/01Rabat Ajax First Cup FinalRabat Ajax StatisticsOfficial Rabat Ajax YouTube ChannelOfficial Facebook PageNew Rabat Ajax Board & Management - Jun 2021
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