Mosta F.C.

Association football club in Malta

Football club

Mosta

Full name

Mosta Football Club

Nickname(s)

Tar-Rotunda, The Pride of the North, Blues

Founded

1935; 89 years ago (1935)

Ground

Charles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta

Capacity

700

Chairman

George Galea

Manager

Joseph Grech

League

Maltese Premier League

2023–24

10th of 14

Home colours

Away colours

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.

Achievements

Maltese First Division 3rd Place (Promoted): 2010–11
Maltese First Division Champions: 1986–87
Maltese First Division Runners-up: 2001–02, 2004–05
Maltese Second Division Champions: 1984–85, 1992–93
Maltese Second Division Section Winners: 1978–79, 1992–93
Maltese Second Division Runners-up: 1973–74
Maltese Third Division Champions: 1964–65
Maltese Third Division Section Winners: 1968–69

Players

Current squad

As of 21 August, 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MLT	Sean Mintoff
2	DF	MLT	Mason Agius
3	MF	MLT	Shedrack Thomas
5	DF	MLT	Sasha Cachia
7	FW	BRA	Richard Luca
8	MF	NGA	Evans Aneni
9	FW	MLI	Moussa Camara
10	MF	NGA	Tenebe Linus
11	FW	NGA	Christian Nnaji
13	MF	MLT	Clayton Failla
14	DF	MLT	Mark Cutajar
18	MF	MLT	Vladimir Celic
19	DF	NGA	Julius Ayobami


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BRA	Carlos Gabriel
20	FW	MLT	Russell Caruana
22	GK	NGA	Akpan Udoh
27	FW	GHA	Eric Mensah
29	MF	NGA	Stephen Chiemezie
31	DF	BRA	João Teixeira
33	FW	MLT	Bradley Farrugia
74	DF	MLT	Jake Vassallo
77	FW	MLT	Zachary Brincat
—	MF	BRA	Giancarlo Goncalves
94	MF	BRA	Cristian
96	DF	BRA	Léo Fernandes
99	GK	MLT	Jayden Farrugia

Youth Players in use 2023-2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NGA	Chidera Okoh (at Slovan Liberec until 30 June 2024)

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2024)

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]
Davor Filipović (Jun 21, 2020 -)^[6]
Joe Grech (Jun 4, 2021 – )^[7]

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.^[8] The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 Maltese Women's Cup and recently won the 2012 cup.^[9]

References

^ Busuttil, Antoine (2016-10-01). "Edmond Lufi resigns from Mosta FC coach". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
^ Camilleri, Valhmor (14 December 2016). "Mosta sack Zammit". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ Busuttil, Antoine (2017-01-02). "Slovak coach for Mosta FC". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
^ "Mosta part ways with coach Piccioni". Times of Malta. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ Camilleri, Valhmor (16 June 2020). "Miller leaves Mosta FC". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ Busuttil, Antoine (2020-06-21). "Mosta FC appoint Davor Filipovic as new coach". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
^ "Mosta appoint Joe Grech as their new first-team coach". Times of Malta. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "Mosta ready to live the Champions League dream". UEFA. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
^ "Malta – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 July 2011.