Birkirkara Football Club is a professional
football
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club based in the town of
Birkirkara
Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara or BKR) is a city in the Eastern Region, Malta, Eastern Region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the Malta (island), island, with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous pari ...
, on the island of
Malta
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. The club was formed in 1950, following the amalgamation of Birkirkara United and Birkirkara Celtic. Birkirkara currently play in the
Maltese Premier League
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, which it has won on four occasions, most recently in the
2012–13 season.
Birkirkara is one of the founding members of the
European Club Association
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History
Formed on the merge of the G-14 group with the European Club Fo ...
.
The club also has a women's team.
Kits
Honours
Major
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Maltese Premier League
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**Winners (4):
1999–2000,
2005–06,
2009–10,
2012–13
**''Runners-up (10):''
1952–53,
1996–97,
1997–98,
1998–99,
2002–03,
2003–04,
2004–05,
2013–14,
2022-23, 2024-25
*
Maltese FA Trophy
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**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
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**'' Runners-up (7):'' 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010,
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
, 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
Current squad
Out on loan
European record
''All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first.''
Coaches
* Frankie Tabone (1951–53)
* Paul Chetcuti (1961–62)
* Emanuel Borg (1964–65)
* Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68)
* Frans Bonnici (1968–69)
* Emmle Saliba (1969–70)
* Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73)
* Tony Buhagiar (1973–74)
* Carmel Galea (1974–76)
* Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78)
* Frankie Zammit (1978–79)
* Marcel Scicluna (1979–84)
* Joe Attard (1984–86)
* Freddie Cardona (1986–87)
*
Joe Cilia (1986–88)
* Robert Gatt (1988–89)
* Lolly Aquilina (1989–92)
* Todor Raykov (1992–93)
* Freddie Cardona (1993–94)
* Borislav Giorev (1994–95)
* Lawrence Borg (1995–96)
*
Alan Sunderland (1996–97)
* Alfred Cardona (1996–97)
* Alfred Cardona & Robert Gatt (1997–98)
*
Vlada Pejović (1998–99)
* Atanas Marinov (1999–00)
* Alfred Cardona (2000 – 1 December 2001)
* Stephen Azzopardi (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007)
*
John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
*
Paul Zammit (1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011)
* Patrick Curmi (22 May 2011 – 28 September 2011)
*
Paul Zammit (3 October 2011 – 29 May 2015)
*
Giovanni Tedesco (1 June 2015 – 10 December 2015)
*
Dražen Besek (31 December 2015 – 30 November 2016)
* Nikola Jaros (6 December 2016 – 1 June 2017)
*
Peter Pullicino (1 June 2017 – 6 September 2017)
*
Paul Zammit (6 September 2017 – 26 March 2019)
*
John Buttigieg (18 April 2019 – 7 September 2019)
*
André Paus (10 September 2019 – 20 April 2022)
*
Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) (20 April 2022 – 18 May 2022)
*
Giovanni Tedesco (18 May 2022 – 26 November 2023)
* Brian Chetcuti (Caretaker) (26 November 2023 – 5 February 2024)
* Jose Borg (5 February 2024 – 13 May 2024)
*
Stefano De Angelis (7 June 2024 – )
Futsal
''Current squad 2018/19''
References
External links
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Football clubs in Malta
Association football clubs established in 1950
Sport in Birkirkara
1950 establishments in Malta