Hibernians F.C.
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History
The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party.[1] They started up again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.[1]
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[1] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against Template:HMS in October 1931.[1] 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.[1] Hibernians then won their first league title in 1961, with a team featuring Maltese international players like brothers Louis and Eddie Theobald and Freddie Mizzi.[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.[1] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Stadium
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Honours
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- Maltese Premier League File:Star full.svg
- Maltese FA Trophy
- Maltese Super Cup
- Winners (4): 1994, 2007, 2015, 2022
- Cassar Cup
- Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63
- Testaferrata Cup
- Winners (3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
- Independence Cup
- Winners (3): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71
- Sons of Malta Cup
- Winners (3): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
- Olympic Cup
- Winners (1): 1962–63
- Schembri Shield
- Winners (1): 1961–62
European record
- Accurate as of 11 August 2022
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Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
Players
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Current squad
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Out on loan
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Historical list of coaches
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- Template:Flagicon Joe A. Griffiths
- Template:Flagicon Saviour Cuschieri (1961 – 1962)
- Template:Flagicon Jimmy Davidson (1962 – 1963)
- Template:Flagicon Hillary Tagliaferro (1964 – 1966)
- Template:Flagicon Lino Bugeja (1966 – 1970)
- Template:Flagicon Hillary Tagliaferro (1967 – 1970)
- Template:Flagicon Johnny Calleja (1972 – 1977)
- Template:Flagicon George Busuttil (1977 – 1979)
- Template:Flagicon Eddie Theobald (1981 – 1982)
- Template:Flagicon Johnny Calleja (1982 – 1983)
- Template:Flagicon George Busuttil (1984 – 1985)
- Template:Flagicon Terenzio Polverini (1987 – 1988)
- Template:Flagicon Edward Darmanin (1987 – 1989)
- Template:Flagicon Joe Cilia (1989 – 1992)
- Template:Flagicon Brian Talbot (1992 – 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Miller (1997;– 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Robert Gatt (30 June 1999 – 8 July 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018)[6]
- Template:Flagicon Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)[7]
- Template:Flagicon Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 – 30 June 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Pisanu (8 July 2022 – 6 February 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Silvio Vella (7 February 2023 – 1 June 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Branko Nišević (17 July 2023 – )
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
References
External links
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