Kirkop United Football Club is a Maltese
football club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
based in
Ħal Kirkop
Kirkop () is a village in the Western Region of Malta. Located near the Malta International Airport, it has been inhabited since pre-history. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard. The football team of the village is Kirkop United.
Et ...
,
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
. The club currently plays in the
Maltese National Amateur League B. They also play in the annual
Maltese FA Trophy
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.
History
Founded as ''Kirkop Stars'' by Klement Farrugia in 1951, the club played its first match in 1954 against
Xewkija Tigers and was one of the founding members of the Malta Amateur Football Association in 1955. They then joined the MFA as associate members in 1956 and they were, renamed ''Kirkop United'', finally admitted to play in the Third Division ahead of the 1957-58 season.
Current squad
Kirkop United 2024-25 season stats
MFA
References
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1956 establishments in Malta
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Association football clubs established in 1956