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:Żurrieq F.C.

{{short description|Maltese football club}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Zurrieq Football Club

| fullname = Żurrieq Football Club

| image = Żurrieq_F.C._logo.png

| caption =

| upright = 0.8

| nickname = The Reds

| ground = Żurrieq Football Ground

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1949|05|16}}

| chairman = Dino Bonnici

| manager = Saviour Debono Grech

| league = Maltese Challenge League

| season = 2022–23

| position = 6th

| capacity = 100

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| pattern_ra2 = RED

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Żurrieq Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Żurrieq, Malta. The club currently plays in the Maltese Challenge League.{{Cite web|title=Maltese Football Association Website for Zurrieq FC|url=https://www.mfa.com.mt/en/leagues/leagues/91/bov-amateur-league-a.htm?feature=teams&mp=222}} They also play in the annual Maltese FA Trophy.{{Cite web|title=Times of Malta Reporting the draw for the 2019-20 FA Trophy|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/draws-of-2019-20-fa-trophy-opening-rounds-made.727661}}

European History

In 1982, Żurrieq F.C. took part in the first round of the 1982–83 UEFA Cup. Their debut was against HNK Hajduk Split, losing 4–1{{Cite web|title=UEFA Website for (4-1) Match between Żurrieq and Hajduk Split|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66842--zurrieq-vs-hajduk-split/}} and 4–0.{{Cite web|title=UEFA Website for (4-0) Match between Żurrieq and Hajduk Split|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66843--hajduk-split-vs-zurrieq/}} Three years later they played the first round in the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup against FC Bayer Uerdingen 05, losing 3–0 and 9–0.{{Cite web|title=Archived site showing Uefa Cup Winners Cup scores for 1985/86|url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928212|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130929142912/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928212|archive-date = 2013-09-29|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Archived site showing Uefa Cup Winners Cup scores for 1985/86|url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928213|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130929142923/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928213|archive-date = 2013-09-29|url-status=live}} The next year they played in the first round of the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup against Wrexham, losing 3–0 and 4–0.{{Cite web|title=Archived site showing Uefa Cup Winners Cup scores for 1986/87|url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928301|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131002120101/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928301|archive-date = 2013-10-02|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Archived site showing Uefa Cup Winners Cup scores for 1986/87|url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928302|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131002121439/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=928302|archive-date = 2013-10-02|url-status=live}}

Honours

===Domestic===

  • Maltese FA Trophy (Malta Cup){{Cite web|title=Malta - List of Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maltcuphist.html}}
  • Winners (1) 1985
  • Runners-up (2) 1984, 1986
  • Maltese Third Division{{Cite web|title=Maltese Football Association Website showing Table for the 2018/19 BOV Third Division|url=https://mfa.com.mt/en/leagues/leagues/64/bov-third-division.htm?feature=tables}}
  • Winners (1): 2019
  • National Amateur League
  • Winners (1): 2022

Players

=Current squad=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=94|nat=Malta|pos=GK|name=Jurgen Borg|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=America|pos=GK|name=Natan Stone|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Malta|pos=GK|name=Luke Cocker|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Malta|pos=DF|name=Mauro Bonnici|other=Captain}}

{{Fs player|no=96|nat=Malta|pos=DF|name=Shawn Darmanin|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Nigeria|pos=DF|name=Chibueze Glamor Eziefula|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=Malta|pos=DF|name=Darren Borg|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=87|nat=Malta|pos=DF|name=Steve Bezzina|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Malta|pos=DF|name=Owden Vella|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=Malta|pos=DF|name=Anton Camilleri|other=}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Kurt Chircop|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=88|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Jean Buttigieg|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Jamie Zerafa|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Larens Vella|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Emerson Camilleri|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Eric Atkins|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Anderson De Barros|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Malta|pos=MF|name=Xylon Portelli|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Liberia|pos=FW|name=Mamd Bah Sulahmana Mamadu|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Malta|pos=FW|name=Brite Ihuomah|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Nigeria|pos=FW|name=Precious Tenebe|other=}}

{{Fs end}}

Player records

=Top five most appearances of all-time=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:40px;"|Rank.

! style="width:160px;"|Player

! style="width:160px;"|Period

! style="width:40px;"|Apps

1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Mario Farrugia1972–87354
2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Louis Cutajar1979-91322
3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Karl Sacco2004-15; 2018-20237
4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Darren Bellizzi2000s222
5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Jason Saliba2000s220

=Top five scorers of all-time=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:40px;"|Rank.

! style="width:160px;"|Player

! style="width:160px;"|Period

! style="width:40px;"|Goals

1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Mario Farrugia1972–8752
2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Godfrey Chetcuti2000s50
3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Aldrin Muscat1990–9549
4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|MLT}} Daniel Zammit2012–1946
5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|BUL}} Nikolai Kirilov1999–0545

Current board

=Żurrieq F.C. Committee=

class="wikitable"

! Position !! Name

PresidentDino Bonnici
General SecretaryNorbert Fenech
Asst. Secretary

|Sandro Sammut

TreasurerVictor Galea
Asst. Treasurer

|Michael Calleja

Members

|Sandro Sammut, Anthony Camilleri, Jeffrey Camilleri, Michael Calleja, David Bugeja, Fiona Galea, Noel Buhagiar, George Caruana

Financial Director

|Manuel D'Amato

V.Presidents

|Julian Galea / Rita Grima

Statistics

=Domestic=

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

class="wikitable"

! Season

! Division

! Tier

! Position

align="center"

| 1993-94

| align="left"|Maltese Premier League

| rowspan="3"| I

|6th

align="center"

| 1994-95

| align="left"|Maltese Premier League

| 7th

align="center"

| 1995-96

| align="left"|Maltese Premier League

| bgcolor="ffcccc"|10th ↓

align="center"

|1996-97

|align="left|Maltese First Division

| rowspan="2"| II

|5th

align="center"

|1998-99

|align="left"|Maltese First Division

|bgcolor="ddffdd"|2nd ↑

align="center"

|1999-00

|align="left"| Maltese Premier League

|I

|bgcolor="ffcccc"|10th ↓

align="center

|2000-01

|align="left"|Maltese First Division

|II

|bgcolor="ffccccc"|10th ↓

align="center"

|2001-02

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|rowspan="3"| III

| 4th

align="center"

|2002-03

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

| 4th

align="center"

|2003-04

| align="left"| Maltese Second Division

| bgcolor="ffcccc"|10th ↓

align="center"

|2004-05

| align="left"| Maltese Third Division

|rowspan="3"| IV

| 11th

align="center"

|2005-06

|align="left"|Maltese Third Division

|6th

align="center"

|2006-07

|align="left"|Maltese Third Division

|bgcolor="ddffdd""| 3rd ↑

align="center"

|2007-08

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|III

|bgcolor="ffcccc"|11th ↓

align="center"

|2008-09

|align="left"|Maltese Third Division

|IV

|bgcolor="ddffdd"|2nd ↑

align="center"

|2009-10

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|rowspan="4"|III

| 8th

align="center"

|2010-11

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|9th

align="center"

|2011-12

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|10th

align="center"

|2012-13

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

| bgcolor="ddffdd"|3rd ↑

align="center"

|2013-14

|align="left"|Maltese First Division

|rowspan="2"|II

|9th

align="center"

|2014-15

|align="left"|Maltese First Division

|bgcolor="ffcccc"|12th ↓

align="center"

|2015-16

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|III

|bgcolor="ffcccc"|13th ↓

align="center"

|2016-17

|align="left"|Maltese Third Division

|rowspan="3"|IV

|9th

align="center"

|2017-18

|align="left"|Maltese Third Division

|9th

align="center"

|2018-19

|align="left"|Maltese Third Division

|bgcolor="ddffdd"|1st ↑

align="center"

|2019-20

|align="left"|Maltese Second Division

|rowspan="3"|III

|7th

align="center"

|2020-21

|align="left"|Maltese Amateur League

|2nd

align="center"

|2021-22

|align="left"|Maltese Amateur League

|bgcolor="ddffdd"|1st ↑

align="center"

| 2022-23

| align="left"|Maltese Challenge League

|rowspan="2"|II

|5th

align="center"

| 2023-24

|align="left"|Maltese Challenge League

|6th

=Europe=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Country

! Club

! Home

! Away

! Agg.

1982–83

|UEFA Cup

|1R

|{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}}

|Hajduk Split

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–4

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–4

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–8

1985–86

|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

|1R

|{{flagicon|West Germany}}

|KFC Uerdingen 05

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–9

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–12

1986–87

|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

|1R

|{{flagicon|Wales}}

|Wrexham

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–4

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–7

External links

  • [http://www.zurrieqfc.com/ Official website]

References

{{Reflist}}{{Maltese football clubs}}

{{Maltese football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zurrieq F.C.}}

Category:Association football clubs established in 1949

Category:Football clubs in Malta

Category:1949 establishments in Malta