Balzan F.C.
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Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan that competes in the Maltese Challenge League, the second tier of Maltese football. The club was founded as Balzan Youths in 1937 and played in the top division between 2010 and 2025. They were renamed Balzan FC in June 2012.[1]
Balzan has qualified for the UEFA Europa League for five consecutive seasons (2015–16 to 2019–20). The club finished as runners-up in the Maltese Premier League in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons and were finalists of the 2015–16 Maltese FA Trophy, which they lost on penalties to Sliema Wanderers after a goalless draw in the regular time. In May 2019, the club finally won its first major honour, the 2018–19 Maltese FA Trophy, after defeating Valletta on penalties in the final.[2]
Players
First-team squad
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Club facilities
The club's Administration Building 'Solerville' is located at Main Street, Balzan. A bar and garden restaurant on the ground floor are open to the public. The club's training facilities, located at Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street, Lija, include a clubhouse and a full-size pitch with synthetic turf. The clubhouse includes a conference room, a bar and a gymnasium and was officially opened on 13 March 2011. From September 2015, Balzan teams also commenced training at St Aloysius' College ground, after the ground underwent a major upgrade.
In 2019, Balzan FC started the construction of an additional two-storey clubhouse at its Lija ground which feature additional changing room facilities, as well as accommodation for visiting teams. The building was completed in late 2021.
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St Aloysius' College ground
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"Solerville"
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Training centre
Honours
- Maltese FA Trophy
- Winners: 2018–19
- Maltese Second Division
- Winners: 2008–09
European record
All results (home and away) list Balzan's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon Željezničar | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon Neftçi | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon Videoton | 3−3 | 0−2 | 3−5 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon Keşla | 4−1 | 1−2 | 5−3 |
| 2Q | SlovakiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 1−3 | 3−4 | ||
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon Domžale | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–5 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon Domžale | 1–3 Template:Aet | 4–1 | 5–4 |
| 2Q | Template:Flagicon Neman Grodno | 0−0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
List of managers
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- Template:Flagicon Jesmond Zerafa (2013–14)
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- Template:Flagicon Paul Zammit (2021–22)
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References
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