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{{short description|Association football club in Malta}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Mosta
| image    = FC Mosta.png
| image_size = 205px
| fullname = Mosta Football Club
| nickname = Tar-Rotunda, The Pride of the North, Blues
| founded  = {{start date and age|df=yes|1935}}
| ground   = [[Mosta Ground|Charles Abela Memorial Stadium]], Mosta
| capacity = 700
| chairman = George Galea
| manager = Mario Muscat
| league   = [[Maltese Premier League]]
| season   = [[2023–24 Maltese Premier League|2023–24]]
| position = 10th of 14
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'''Mosta Football Club''' is a [[Malta|Maltese]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in the town of [[Mosta]] on the island of [[Malta (island)|Malta]]. They have played in the [[Maltese Premier League]] since the 2011–12 season.

Mosta FC's eternal rivals are neighbours [[Naxxar Lions]] with whom they contest the Derby of Northern Malta otherwise known as the Northern Classic. The context of this derby was that Mosta up until 1608 was considered to be a part of Naxxar even though the people identified differently as Mostin. In that year both [[Mosta]] and [[Għargħur]] took independence from [[Naxxar]], with both of [[Gharghur FC]] and [[Mosta FC]] sharing a rivalry with [[Naxxar Lions]]; however the derby between Mosta and Naxxar is more fiercely contested as for hundreds of years they were the largest two towns in the Northern Region, and apart from that both clubs are considered to be the best two clubs in the region.

==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===
{{updated|26 January 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=GAB|name=Anse Ngoubi Demba}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=MLT|name=Aiden Agius}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=CRC|name=Matthew Bolaños}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=MF|nat=GHA|name=Prince Afriyie}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=MLT|name=Sasha Cachia}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=GHA|name=James Arthur}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=MLT|name=Jamie Scerri}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=NGR|name=Chukwuemeka Eke}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Souleymane Kone|other={{small|on loan from [[Sorrento Calcio 1945|Sorrento]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=BRA|name=Giancarlo Goncalves}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=MF|nat=MLT|name=[[Clayton Failla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=MLT|name=Mark Cutajar}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=MLT|name=Kaiden Fenech}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=NGR|name=Ayobami Babatola}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=GK|nat=NGR|name=Akpan Udoh}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=FW|nat=GHA|name=Joshua Agyemang}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=Matheus Cambuci}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=FW|nat=NGR|name=Chiemezie Gabriel}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=FW|nat=NGR|name=Chisom Okereke}}
{{Fs player|no=31|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=João Teixeira}}
{{Fs player|no=33|pos=FW|nat=MLT|name=Bradley Farrugia}}
{{Fs player|no=74|pos=DF|nat=MLT|name=Jake Vassallo}}
{{Fs player|no=96|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=[[Konstantinos Lampsias]]}}
{{Fs player|no=99|pos=GK|nat=MLT|name=Jayden Farrugia}}
{{Fs end}}

===Youth Players in use 2023-2024===
{{fs start}}
{{fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs end}}

==European record==

''As of match played 15 July 2021''
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! [[Playoff format#Total points series (aggregate)|Agg.]]
|-
| [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League|2021–22]]
| [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League#First qualifying round|1QR]]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[FC Spartak Trnava|Spartak Trnava]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–4'''
|}

;Notes
* '''QR''': Qualifying round 4

==Club officials==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%" width=40%
|-
!style="background: #1b03ff; color:white" align=left| Name
!style="background: #1b03ff; color:white" align=right| Role
|-
!colspan=2 style="background: #DCDCDC" align=right| 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
|-
!colspan=2 style="background: #DCDCDC" align=right| 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==
{{Incomplete list|date=September 2024}}
{{div col|colwidth=28em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Ronnie Cocks]] 
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Guentcho Dobrev]] (1988&nbsp;- 1991)
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Guentcho Dobrev]] (1999&nbsp;- 2000)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Paul Zammit (footballer)|Paul Zammit]] (Jun 1, 2003&nbsp;– Oct 30, 2005)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Molzahn]] (Jul 1, 2008&nbsp;– Jun 30, 2009)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Oliver Spiteri]] (July 1, 2009&nbsp;– Nov 16, 2011)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Steve D'Amato]] (Nov 17, 2011&nbsp;– Feb 13, 2013)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Danilo Dončić]] (Feb 16, 2013&nbsp;– Dec 24, 2013)
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Piccioni]] (Dec 24, 2013&nbsp;– Nov 3, 2014)
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1980)|Peter Smith]] (Nov 10, 2014&nbsp;– June 10, 2015)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Ivan Zammit]] (Jun 10, 2015&nbsp;– Aug 15, 2015)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} Anthony Cremona (Aug 21, 2015&nbsp;– Mar 21, 2016)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Ivan Zammit]] (Apr 1, 2016&nbsp;– Jun 30, 2016)
*{{flagicon|ALB}} [[Edmond Lufi]] (Jul 12, 2016&nbsp;– Oct 1, 2016)<ref>{{cite news |title=Edmond Lufi resigns from Mosta FC coach|url=https://www.maltafootball.com/2016/10/01/edmond-lufi-resigns-from-mosta-fc-coach/|publisher=MaltaFootball.com |date=2016-10-01 |accessdate=2024-09-06|last=Busuttil|first=Antoine}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Ivan Zammit]] (Oct 13, 2016&nbsp;– Dec 13, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/Mosta-sack-Zammit.633817|title=Mosta sack Zammit|newspaper=[[Times of Malta]]|last=Camilleri|first=Valhmor|date=14 December 2016|access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Zsolt Hornyák]] (Jan 2, 2017&nbsp;– Apr 1, 2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=Slovak coach for Mosta FC|url=https://www.maltafootball.com/2017/01/02/slovak-coach-for-mosta-fc/|publisher=MaltaFootball.com |date=2017-01-02 |accessdate=2024-09-06|last=Busuttil|first=Antoine}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MLT}} Johann Scicluna (Apr 1, 2017&nbsp;– Jun 30, 2018)
*{{flagicon|ITA}} Fausto Craighero (Jul 1, 2018&nbsp;– Jun 30, 2019)
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Piccioni]] (Jul 31, 2018&nbsp;– Nov 16, 2018)
*{{flagicon|MLT}} Johann Cilia (Nov 16, 2018&nbsp;– Nov 21, 2018) (caretaker)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/mosta-part-ways-with-coach-piccioni.694469|title=Mosta part ways with coach Piccioni|newspaper=[[Times of Malta]]|date=17 November 2018|access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Miller (footballer)|Mark Miller]] (Nov 22, 2018&nbsp;– June 16, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/miller-leaves-mosta-fc.799002|title=Miller leaves Mosta FC|newspaper=[[Times of Malta]]|last=Camilleri|first=Valhmor|date=16 June 2020|access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MLT}} Mario Muscat
{{div col end}}

==Women's team==
The women's team of Mosta plays in the country's top division, the [[Maltese First Division (women)|Maltese First Division]]. In 2010–11 it won its first championship and thus qualified to the [[2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mosta ready to live the Champions League dream|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01f3-0e12408e38d3-4b8f98cb3522-1000--mosta-ready-to-live-the-champions-league-dream/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=3 August 2011|date=28 July 2011}}</ref> The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 [[Maltese Women's Cup]] and recently won the 2012 cup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malta&nbsp;– List of Women Cup Finals|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malt-womcuphist.html|access-date=22 July 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

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

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