Hibernians F.C. Explained

Clubname:Hibernians
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Fullname:Hibernians Football Club
Nickname:Hibs
Raħal Ġdid (Paola)
The Peacocks
Founded:[1]
Ground:Tony Bezzina Stadium,
Paola, Malta
Capacity:2,968
Manager:Branko Nišević
League:Maltese Premier League
Season:2023–24
Position:Maltese Premier League, 7th of 14
Website:https://www.hiberniansfc.mt/
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Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional football club based in the town of Paola.

History

The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party.[2] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[2]

Meanwhile, the Constitutional Party had upset the Catholic Church so much that, in May 1930, Catholics were told not to vote for the party. The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club[2] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against in October 1931.[2] They had to wait for a place to become available in the professional league, but in January 1933 they joined the league with a 3–1 victory over Sliema Rangers. They have stayed in the top division ever since.[2]

Around 1970 English football legend Sir Stanley Matthews managed Hibernians. He led the club to a League title and two Maltese FA Trophies.[3]

Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.[2] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.

Stadium

See main article: Hibernians Stadium. The club's home ground is Hibernians Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Paola, which has a capacity of about 3,000.

Honours

Source:[4]

European record

Accurate as of 11 August 2022

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1961–62European CupPrelim Servette FC1–20–51–7
1962–63European Cup Winners' CupPrelim Olympiacosw/ow/ow/o
1R Atlético Madrid0–10–40–5
1967–68European Cup1R Manchester United F.C.0–00–40–4
1968–69Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1R Aris Thessaloniki F.C.0–60–10–7
1969–70European Cup1R FC Spartak Trnava2–20–42–6
1970–71European Cup Winners' Cup1R Real Madrid C.F.0–00–50–5
1971–72European Cup Winners' CupPrelim Fram3–00–23-2
1R Steaua Bucharest0–00–10–1
UEFA Cup1R FC Amsterdam0–70–50–12
1976–77UEFA Cup1R Grasshoppers0–20–70–9
UEFA Cup1R S.C. Braga3–20–53–7
1979–80European Cup1R Dundalk F.C.1–00–21–2
European Cup Winners' Cup1R Waterford1–00–41–4
1981–82European Cup1R Red Star Belgrade1–21–82–10
1982–83European Cup1R Widzew Łódź1–41–32–7
1986–87UEFA Cup1R Trakia Plovdiv0–20–80–10
1994–95UEFA CupPrelim FC Dinamo Minsk4–3 (a.e.t.)1–35–6
1995–96UEFA CupPrelim FC Chornomorets Odesa2–50–22–7
1996UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 11 FC Ural Yekaterinburg1–25th
PFC CSKA Sofia1–4
RC Strasbourg Alsace0–2
Kocaelispor3–5
2001UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Zagłębie Lubin1–00–41–4
2002–03UEFA Champions League1Q Shelbourne F.C.2–21–03–2
2Q Boavista F.C.3–30–43–7
2003UEFA Intertoto Cup1R AC Allianssi1–10–11–2
2004UEFA Intertoto Cup1R NK Slaven Belupo2–10–32–4
2005–06UEFA Cup1Q AC Omonia0–30–30–6
2006–07UEFA Cup1Q FC Dinamo București0–41–51–9
2007–08UEFA Cup1Q FK Vojvodina0–21–51–7
2008UEFA Intertoto Cup1R ND Gorica0–30–00–3
2009–10UEFA Champions League1Q FK Mogren0–20–40–6
2012–13UEFA Europa League1Q FK Sarajevo4–42–56–9
2013–14UEFA Europa League1Q FK Vojvodina1–42–33–7
2014–15UEFA Europa League1Q FC Spartak Trnava2–40–52–9
2015–16UEFA Champions League2Q Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.2–11–53–6
2016–17UEFA Europa League1Q FC Spartak Trnava0–30–30–6
2017–18UEFA Champions League1Q FCI Tallinn2–01–03–0
2Q FC Red Bull Salzburg0–30–30–6
2019–20UEFA Europa League1Q Shakhtyor Soligorsk0–10–10–2
2020–21UEFA Europa League1Q Vaduz2–0
2Q Fehérvár0–1
2021–22UEFA Champions League1Q Flora0–30–20–5
UEFA Europa Conference League2Q Folgore4–23–17–3
3Q Riga1–4 (a.e.t.)1–02−4
2022–23UEFA Champions League1Q Shamrock Rovers0–00–30−3
UEFA Europa Conference League2Q FCI Levadia3–21–14–3
3Q RFS1–31–12−4

Players

Maltese teams are limited to eight players without Maltese citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

[5]

Out on loan

Managers

Women's team

A women's team plays in the Women's Maltese First Division. The team is the national record champion with twelve titles, the most recent being won in 2016.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://int.soccerway.com/teams/malta/hibernians-fc/1447/ Hibernians F.C. team profile
  2. Web site: History. hiberniansfc.org. 10 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20130317102335/http://www.hiberniansfc.org/History.aspx. 17 March 2013. dead.
  3. https://www.timesofmalta.com/article/stanley-matthews-s-connection-with-malta.323035 Stanley Matthews’s connection with Malta
  4. Web site: Honours. Hibernians F.C..
  5. Web site: Squad . 11 February 2018 . Hibernians F.C. . 25 June 2023.
  6. News: Hibernians FC part ways with coach Mark Miller . The Malta Independent . 5 March 2018 .
  7. News: Mario Muscat appointed as Qormi technical advisor . MaltaFootball.com . 22 November 2018 . 22 November 2018 .
  8. Web site: Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions . maltafootball.com . 27 April 2015 . 28 April 2015.

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