Sliema Wanderers F.C.

Sliema Wanderers

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Full name	Sliema Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues The Wanderers
Founded	1909
Ground	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta
Ground Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Keith Perry
Manager	Stephen Azzopardi
League	Maltese Premier League
2014–15	Maltese Premier League, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1909. The club competed in the first ever Maltese Premier League season in 1909–10 and finished in second position to Floriana after the five game season came to an end.

Ten years down the line Sliema Wanderers finally made their mark in Maltese football by winning the Maltese Premier League title in the 1919–20 season, since then the team have gone on to win the title 26 times; a record for Malta; the last three being in 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05.

Sliema Wanderers also hold the record for the most FA Trophy wins, with their first coming in 1935, when they overpowered Floriana with a 4–0 victory. The club have gone on to win this particular honour 20 times, the most recent three of which came in 2000, 2004 and in 2009; the last title being won against Valletta 7–6 on penalties after the match finished 3–3 following extra time.

With all these honours, Sliema Wanderers are currently the most successful team in the history of Maltese football with approximately 113 honours. Sliema Wanderers train at the Tigne Sports Complex, in Sliema.

Sliema Wanderers also have a futsal team, which participates in Malta's top futsal league.

Supporters

Sliema Wanderers have their own supporters group, which is called the Sliema Wanderers Supporters Club, and in 2010 it was the clubs 20th anniversary from the first time that the group was founded. The supporters group was started by Joe Debono and Mario Avallone, and the groups clubhouse is in Manwel Dimech Street, known as 'The Lazy Corner'. Sliema Wanderers have their own ultras group, called the Blue Gladiators.

The clubhouse is on Tower Street and welcomes visitors.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Glenn Zammit 2 DF Alex Muscat 15 MF Marko Potezica 5 MF Johann Bezzina 7 MF John Mintoff 8 MF Mark Scerri 9 FW Michael Mifsud 11 MF Rafael Ledesma 17 MF Peter Xuereb 12 GK Timothy Aquilina 13 DF Clifford Gatt Baldacchino 6 DF Justin Vella

No. Position Player 23 MF Gary Muir 14 FW Ryan Dalli 10 MF Pedro Henrique Calcado 3 DF Benjamin Essel 25 GK Entonjo Elezaj (on loan from Pro Vercelli) 18 FW Aidan Jake Friggieri 16 MF Michele Sansone 33 DF Stefano Bianciardi 36 DF Luke Dimech DF Álvaro Hungría

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963–64	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round		Borough United	0–0	0–2	0–2
1968–69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		US Rumelange	1–0	1–2	2–2(a)
		2. Round		Randers Freja	0–2	0–6	0–8
1969–70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		IFK Norrköping	1–0	1–5	2–5
1974–75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		FC Lahti	2–0	1–4	3–4
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Boavista FC	2–1	0–8	2–9
1982–83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Swansea City	0–5	0–12	0–17
1987–88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		KS Vllaznia Shkodër	0–4	0–2	0–6
1990–91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Dukla Prague	1–2	0–2	1–4
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying Round		Degerfors IF	1–3	0–3	1–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		Diósgyőri VTK	2–3	0–2	2–5

UEFA Cup | UEFA Europa League

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Akademisk BK	2–3	0–7	2–10
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1. Round		PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–2	0–1	0–3
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Sporting CP	1–2	1–3	2–5
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	0–5	0–5
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1. Round		FC Barcelona	0–2	0–1	0–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	2–4	0–4	2–8
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Victoria Bucureşti	0–2	1–6	1–8
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round		AC Omonia	1–2	0–3	1–5
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round		FC Margveti Zestafoni	1–3	3–0	4–3
		Qualifying Round		Odense BK	0–2	1–7	1–9
1999-00	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FC Zürich	0–3	0–1	0–4
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FK Partizan	2–1	1–4	3–5
2001–02	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FK Matador Púchov	2–1	0–3	2–4
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		Polonia Warszawa	1–3	0–2	1–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		Rapid Bucureşti	0–1	0–5	0–6
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		PFC Litex Lovech	0–3	0–4	0–7
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2. Qualifying Round		Maccabi Netanya FC	0–0	0–3	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		HNK Šibenik	0–3	0–0	0–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		Khazar Lankaran	1–1	0–1	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		Ferencvárosi TC	1–1	1–2	2–3

UEFA Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964–65	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Dinamo Bucureşti	0–2	0–5	0–7
1965–66	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Panathinaikos FC	1–0	1–4	2–4
1966–67	European Cup	Preliminary Round		PFC CSKA Sofia	1–2	0–4	1–6
1971–72	European Cup	1. Round		ÍA Akranes	0–0	4–0	4–0
		2. Round		Celtic Glasgow	1–2	0–5	1–7
1972–73	European Cup	1. Round		Górnik Zabrze	0–5	0–5	0–10
1976–77	European Cup	1. Round		TPS Turku	2–1	0–1	2–2(a)
1989–90	European Cup	1. Round		KF Tirana	1–0	0–5	1–5
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round		Skonto Riga	2–0	1–3	3–3(a)
		2. Qualifying Round		FC Copenhagen	0–6	1–4	1–10
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round		FBK Kaunas	0–2	1–4	1–6
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round		FC Sheriff Tiraspol	1–4	0–2	1–6

Managerial history

See Sliema Wanderers F.C. Managers

Manager	Period
János Bédl	July 1, 1964 – June 30, 1966
Martin Gregory	1999–01
Augustine Eguavoen	July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001
Edward Aquilina	2002–06
Ray Farrugia	2006–07
Stephen Azzopardi	Nov 1, 2007 – May 30, 2010
Mark Marlow	July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
Danilo Dončić	Feb 3, 2011 – May 27, 2012
Clive Mizzi	May 27, 2012 – Aug 7, 2012
Alfonso Greco	July 1, 2012-Oct, 2014

Stephen Azzopardi || Oct 2014,-present

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Achievements

Maltese Premier League Champions: 26
1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1929/30, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1975/76, 1988/89, 1995/96, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05

Maltese Premier League Runners-Up:
1909/10, 1916/17, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1926/27, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1934/35, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2005/06

Maltese Cup Champions: 20
1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2004, 2009

Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2014

Maltese First Division Champions:
1983/84

MFA Super Cup: 3
1996, 2000, 2009

Löwenbräu Cup Champions
1999, 2001, 2002

Super 5 Cup Champions
1990/91, 2001/02, 2003/04

Cassar Cup Champions
1923/24, 1924/25, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1966/67

Scicluna Cup Champions
1949/50, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66

Cousis Shield Champions
1917/18, 1919/20, 1923/24, 1925/26

Christmas Cup Champions
1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71

Independence Cup Champions
1964/65, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1981/82

Testaferrata Cup Champions
1964/65, 1974/75

MFA Cup Champions
1931/32

Sons of Malta Cup Champions
1972/73, 1979/80

Euro Cup Champions
1982, 1987, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2010

Christmas Tourney Cup Champions
1936/37, 1948/49

Schembri Shield Champions
1955/56, 1957/58

Empire Sports Ground Cup Champions
1923/24

MFA League Cup Champions
1965/66, 1969/70, 1978/79, 1984/85

MPFA Shield Champions
1954/55

External links

• Official Website
• MaltaFootball Club Profile
• SoccerWay Club Profile
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