Mosta F.C.

Mosta
Full nameMosta Football Club
Nickname(s)Tar-Rotunda, The Pride of the North, Blues
Founded1935 (1935)
GroundCharles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta
Capacity700
ChairmanGeorge Galea
ManagerMario Muscat
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2023–2410th of 14

Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in the town of Mosta on the island of Malta. They have played in the Maltese Premier League since the 2011–12 season.

Mosta FC's eternal rivals are neighbours Naxxar Lions with whom they contest the Derby of Northern Malta otherwise known as the Northern Classic. The context of this derby was that Mosta up until 1608 was considered to be a part of Naxxar even though the people identified differently as Mostin. In that year both Mosta and Għargħur took independence from Naxxar, with both of Gharghur FC and Mosta FC sharing a rivalry with Naxxar Lions; however the derby between Mosta and Naxxar is more fiercely contested as for hundreds of years they were the largest two towns in the Northern Region, and apart from that both clubs are considered to be the best two clubs in the region.

Achievements

Players

Current squad

As of 26 January 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GAB Anse Ngoubi Demba
2 DF  MLT Aiden Agius
3 DF  CRC Matthew Bolaños
4 MF  GHA Prince Afriyie
5 DF  MLT Sasha Cachia
6 MF  GHA James Arthur
7 MF  MLT Jamie Scerri
8 MF  NGA Chukwuemeka Eke
9 FW  ITA Souleymane Kone (on loan from Sorrento)
10 MF  BRA Giancarlo Goncalves
13 MF  MLT Clayton Failla
14 MF  MLT Mark Cutajar
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  MLT Kaiden Fenech
19 MF  NGA Ayobami Babatola
22 GK  NGA Akpan Udoh
23 FW  GHA Joshua Agyemang
26 DF  BRA Matheus Cambuci
29 FW  NGA Chiemezie Gabriel
30 FW  NGA Chisom Okereke
31 DF  BRA João Teixeira
33 FW  MLT Bradley Farrugia
74 DF  MLT Jake Vassallo
96 DF  GRE Konstantinos Lampsias
99 GK  MLT Jayden Farrugia

Youth Players in use 2023-2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

European record

As of match played 15 July 2021

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Spartak Trnava 3–2 0–2 3–4
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round 4

Club officials

Name Role
Technical Staff
Mario Muscat Head coach
Davor Filipović Assistant coach
Simon Vella Goalkeepers Coach
Jeancarl Azzopardi Physiotherapist
Jason Vella Team Manager
Robert Frendo Kit Manager
Board Members
George Galea President and First Delegate
Michael Galea Secretary
Owen Vella Treasurer
Adrian Farrugia President
Charlene Farrugia Assistant Secretary
Melchiore Dimech Board Member
Johann Cilia Head of Youth Development Sector

Historical list of coaches

  • Ronnie Cocks
  • Guentcho Dobrev (1988 - 1991)
  • Guentcho Dobrev (1999 - 2000)
  • Paul Zammit (Jun 1, 2003 – Oct 30, 2005)
  • Michael Molzahn (Jul 1, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009)
  • Oliver Spiteri (July 1, 2009 – Nov 16, 2011)
  • Steve D'Amato (Nov 17, 2011 – Feb 13, 2013)
  • Danilo Dončić (Feb 16, 2013 – Dec 24, 2013)
  • Enrico Piccioni (Dec 24, 2013 – Nov 3, 2014)
  • Peter Smith (Nov 10, 2014 – June 10, 2015)
  • Ivan Zammit (Jun 10, 2015 – Aug 15, 2015)
  • Anthony Cremona (Aug 21, 2015 – Mar 21, 2016)
  • Ivan Zammit (Apr 1, 2016 – Jun 30, 2016)
  • Edmond Lufi (Jul 12, 2016 – Oct 1, 2016)[1]
  • Ivan Zammit (Oct 13, 2016 – Dec 13, 2016)[2]
  • Zsolt Hornyák (Jan 2, 2017 – Apr 1, 2017)[3]
  • Johann Scicluna (Apr 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018)
  • Fausto Craighero (Jul 1, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019)
  • Enrico Piccioni (Jul 31, 2018 – Nov 16, 2018)
  • Johann Cilia (Nov 16, 2018 – Nov 21, 2018) (caretaker)[4]
  • Mark Miller (Nov 22, 2018 – June 16, 2020)[5]
  • Mario Muscat

Women's team

The women's team of Mosta plays in the country's top division, the Maltese First Division. In 2010–11 it won its first championship and thus qualified to the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.[6] The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 Maltese Women's Cup and recently won the 2012 cup.[7]

References

  1. ^ Busuttil, Antoine (2016-10-01). "Edmond Lufi resigns from Mosta FC coach". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  2. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (14 December 2016). "Mosta sack Zammit". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ^ Busuttil, Antoine (2017-01-02). "Slovak coach for Mosta FC". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  4. ^ "Mosta part ways with coach Piccioni". Times of Malta. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (16 June 2020). "Miller leaves Mosta FC". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Mosta ready to live the Champions League dream". UEFA. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Malta – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 July 2011.