Mosta F.C.
Association football club in Malta
Football club
Mosta
Full nameMosta Football Club
NicknamesTar-Rotunda, The Pride of the North, Blues
Founded1935; 91 years ago (1935)
GroundCharles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta
Capacity700
ChairmanGeorge Galea
ManagerMario Muscat
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2024–258th of 14

Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in the town of Mosta on the island of 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.

Futsal

Mosta F.C. also had a futsal team, which participated in Malta's top futsal league until 2024. The 2014–15 season was the last edition of the Enemed Futsal League in which Mosta participated, finishing 7th out of 9 teams. The previous season, Mosta finished 8th out of 15 clubs.[1][2]

In the quarter-final of the 2014–15 cup edition, Mosta F.C. lost 1–8 to Luxol St. Andrews.[3]

Currently, only the youth team exists, even producing players for the under-17 and under-19 teams of the national team.[4][5][6]

Mosta F.C. lost the final of the 2021–22 Youth Futsal League to Sliema Wanderers.[7]

Achievements

Players

Current squad

As of 19 August, 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GAB Anse Ngoubi Demba
2 DF  MLT Aiden Agius
3 DF  CRC Matthew Bolaños
5 DF  MLT Sasha Cachia
6 MF  SEN Aboubacar Diarra
7 MF  MLT Jamie Scerri
8 MF  NGA Chukwuemeka Eke
9 FW  BRA Daniel GTA
10 MF  BRA Giancarlo Goncalves
14 DF  BRA João Victor
16 MF  MLT Gianluca Sciberras
19 MF  MLT Ryan Debono
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  MLT Russell Caruana
21 DF  MLT Nathan Agius
22 GK  NGA Akpan Udoh
23 DF  COL Quelmer Hurtado
26 FW  NGA Prince Emmanuel
30 FW  NGA Chisom Okereke
33 FW  MLT Bradley Farrugia
74 DF  MLT Jake Vassallo
77 FW  MLT Zachary Brincat
96 DF  BRA Léo Fernandes
97 DF  BRA Caio Sena
— FW  NGA Charles Chibuike

Youth Players in use 2023-2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

European record

As of match played 15 July 2021

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Slovakia Spartak Trnava 3–2 0–2 3–4
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round 4

Club officials

Name Role
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
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

  • Malta Ronnie Cocks
  • Malta John Calleja (1968 - 1969)
  • Bulgaria Guentcho Dobrev (1988 - 1991)
  • Bulgaria Guentcho Dobrev (1999 - 2000)
  • Malta Paul Zammit (Jun 1, 2003 – Oct 30, 2005)
  • Germany Michael Molzahn (Jul 1, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009)
  • Malta Oliver Spiteri (July 1, 2009 – Nov 16, 2011)
  • Malta Steve D'Amato (Nov 17, 2011 – Feb 13, 2013)
  • Serbia Danilo Dončić (Feb 16, 2013 – Dec 24, 2013)
  • Italy Enrico Piccioni (Dec 24, 2013 – Nov 3, 2014)
  • England Peter Smith (Nov 10, 2014 – June 10, 2015)
  • Malta Ivan Zammit (Jun 10, 2015 – Aug 15, 2015)
  • Malta Anthony Cremona (Aug 21, 2015 – Mar 21, 2016)
  • Malta Ivan Zammit (Apr 1, 2016 – Jun 30, 2016)
  • Albania Edmond Lufi (Jul 12, 2016 – Oct 1, 2016)[8]
  • Malta Ivan Zammit (Oct 13, 2016 – Dec 13, 2016)[9]
  • Slovakia Zsolt Hornyák (Jan 2, 2017 – Apr 1, 2017)[10]
  • Malta Johann Scicluna (Apr 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018)
  • Italy Fausto Craighero (Jul 1, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019)
  • Italy Enrico Piccioni (Jul 31, 2018 – Nov 16, 2018)
  • Malta Johann Cilia (Nov 16, 2018 – Nov 21, 2018) (caretaker)[11]
  • England Mark Miller (Nov 22, 2018 – June 16, 2020)[12]
  • Malta Mario Muscat

Women's team

The women's team of Mosta plays in the country's top division, the Maltese First Division. In 2010–11 it won its first championship and thus qualified to the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.[13] The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 Maltese Women's Cup and recently won the 2012 cup.[14]

References

  1. ^ Antoine Busuttil (23 August 2013). "Sixteen teams in Futsal Premier League". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ Antoine Busuttil (15 May 2014). "Futsal: Comfortable wins for Hibs, Balzan". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ^ Antoine Busuttil (12 February 2015). "Futsal: Knock-Out quarter-finals get underway on Friday". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ Antoine Busuttil (22 January 2023). "Under-19 Futsal national team place second in UEFA qualifying mini-tournament". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  5. ^ Antoine Busuttil (15 December 2022). "Two friendly matches for Malta Under-19 Futsal national team in Gibraltar". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. ^ Antoine Busuttil (17 January 2023). "Futsal: Under-19 national team set for debut in UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  7. ^ Antoine Busuttil (31 May 2022). "Sliema Wanderers win Youth Futsal League". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  8. ^ Busuttil, Antoine (2016-10-01). "Edmond Lufi resigns from Mosta FC coach". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  9. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (14 December 2016). "Mosta sack Zammit". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  10. ^ Busuttil, Antoine (2017-01-02). "Slovak coach for Mosta FC". MaltaFootball.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  11. ^ "Mosta part ways with coach Piccioni". Times of Malta. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  12. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (16 June 2020). "Miller leaves Mosta FC". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Mosta ready to live the Champions League dream". UEFA. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Malta – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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