Hibernians F.C.


Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese association 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. They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.
Meanwhile, the Constitutional Party had upset the Roman Catholic Church so much that, in May 1930, it was made a mortal sin for Catholics to vote for the party. The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club 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. 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.
Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade. Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.

Stadium

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

Honours

Cassar Cup:
1961–1962, 1962–1963
Testaferrata Cup:
1977–1978, 1978–1979, 1980–1981
Independence Cup:
1967–1968, 1968–1969, 1970–1971
Sons of Malta Cup:
1969–1970, 1970–1971, 1971–1972
Olympic Cup:
1962–1963
Schembri Shield:
1961–1962

European Record

CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%

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Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1961–62European CupPrelim Servette FC1–20–51–7
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 FK Austria Wien4–20–24–4
1979–80European Cup1R Dundalk F.C.1–00–21–2
1981–82European Cup1R Red Star Belgrade1–21–82–10
1982–83European Cup1R Widzew Łódź1–41–32–7
1994–95UEFA CupPrelim FC Dinamo Minsk4–3 1–35–6
1995–96UEFA CupPrelim FC Chornomorets Odessa2–50–22–7
2001UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Zagłębie Lubin1–00–41–4
2002–03UEFA Champions League1Q Shelbourne F.C.2–21–03–2
2002–03UEFA Champions League2Q 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
2017–18UEFA Champions League2Q FC Red Bull Salzburg0–30–30–6
2019–20UEFA Europa League1Q Shakhtyor Soligorsk0–10–10–2
2020–21UEFA Europa League1Q

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

Out on loan

Managers

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.