Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of

Naxxar Naxxar ( mt, In-Naxxar) is a small city in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 14,891 people as of March 2014. The Naxxar Church is dedicated to Our Lady of Victories. The annual village feast is celebrated on 8 September. Naxx ...

in northern

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

Their historical and arch-rivals are

Mosta FC Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Mosta. The team played four seasons in Malta's highest league 1974–75, 1987–88, 2002–03 and 2005–06. They achieved promotion to the Maltese Premier League again in 2010–11. ...

. A match between

Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other ...

and

, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other derbies in northern Malta it is also known as the Northern Classic.

History

Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of

in the northern part of

. Founded in 1920, it was the first football club in the north of

. The club had a very positive period in the 1940s and after some years languishing in the lower divisions, the club had several years of glory. In 1946 they secured promotion on the top flight division after winning the decider against Ħamrun Liberty.

Michael Zammit Tabona Michael Zammit Tabona (May 1950) is a former Maltese non-resident ambassador to Finland from 2014 to 2020, a hotelier, former president of the Naxxar Lions F.C. (1984–2000) and deputy mayor of Naxxar (1992–2000). Early life Described by Arm ...

was appointed president in the 1980s, establishing the club as one of the best on the island, playing for several years in the Maltese Premier Division. After being relegated from the top league at the beginning of the new century, the club had to face a difficult period and was relegated to third division a few years ago. Following the recent successful seasons Naxxar Lions were promoted from 3rd Division to 2nd Division in season 2009–10, from 2nd Division to 1st Division in season 2010–11 and maintaining 1st Division status in season 2011–12 placing in 6th position. In the 2012–13 season Naxxar Lions gained promotion to the

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta ( colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associ ...

with Dione Drago as the president. After three consecutive years in the Premier League, they were relegated back to first division. The following season, Naxxar Lions gained again promotion to the

under the Presidency of Pierre Sciberras. In September 2017, Mr Yahya Kirdi took over Naxxar Lions Football Club and was appointed as President. Naxxar Lions were relegated to the first division in the last match of the Premier League. During Season 2018-19, against all odds, Naxxar Lions FC managed to finish in the 4th place of the First Division League. Pierre Sciberras was re-appointed the club President for Season 2019-20 which ended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 situation, finishing 4th place. Naxxar Lions FC played Season 2020/21 in the BOV Challenge League, with the league ending early due to COVID (6th position with two matches less). Naxxar Lions FC celebrated the 100 Years Anniversary (1920-2020). Angelo Pullicino was appointed as Club President in December 2020. During Season 2021/22, the club played again in the Challenge League and finished in the top 4 (4th). Naxxar Lions FC is playing in the BOV Challenge League (Season 2022/23). In January 2023, Naxxar Lions reached the Championship Pool target, finishing 2nd place. On March 12th, Naxxar Lions FC were mathematically promoted to Premier League.

Club Committee

* President - Angelo Pullicino * Vice Presidents - Clifford Galea Vella / Krista Chetcuti * Secretary - Simon Camilleri * Asst.Secretary - Clint Muscat * Treasurer - Shaun Camilleri * MFA Council Member - Angelo Pullicino * Members - Victor Bellia / Sandro Galea / James Fenech / Silvio Attard

Technical Staff

* Head coach - George Vella * Assistant coach - Leslie Noel Burke * Team Manager - Adrian Ciappara * Kit Manager - Luke Bezzina / Clivert Burke / Nicholas Micallef * Youths Coach - Etienne Vella * Technical director - Omar Borg * Club doctor - Dr. Christopher Deguara * Nursery Head Coach - Quelin Spiteri * Nursery Representative - James Fenech * Club Administrators - Adrian Ciappara * Website & Social Media Administrator - Shaun Camilleri

Current squad

References

External links

Association football clubs established in 1920 Football clubs in Malta 1920 establishments in Malta {{Malta-footyclub-stub