Hibernians F.C.

The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party.^[2] They resumed playing again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.^[2]

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^[2] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against HMS Antelope in October 1931.^[2] They had to wait for a place to become available in the professional league, but in January 1933 they joined the league, their first result being a 3–1 victory over Sliema Rangers. They have stayed in the top division ever since.^[2] 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.^[3]

Around 1970 English football legend Sir Stanley Matthews managed Hibernians. He led the club to a League title and two Maltese FA Trophies.^[4]

Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.^[2] Hibernians have a futsal team, which plays in Malta's top futsal league, the Premier Futsal League.^{[citation needed]}

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

Source:^[5]

• Maltese Premier League
  • Winners (13): 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22
• Maltese FA Trophy
  • Winners (11): 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2024–25
• Maltese Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 1994,2007,2015,2022,2026
• 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

Accurate as of 11 August 2022

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961–62	European Cup	Prelim	Servette FC	1–2	0–5	1–7
1962–63	European Cup Winners' Cup	Prelim	Olympiacos	advanced by walkover
		1R	Atlético Madrid	0–1	0–4	0–5
1967–68	European Cup	1R	Manchester United F.C.	0–0	0–4	0–4
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	0–6	0–1	0–7
1969–70	European Cup	1R	FC Spartak Trnava	2–2	0–4	2–6
1970–71	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Real Madrid C.F.	0–0	0–5	0–5
1971–72	European Cup Winners' Cup	Prelim	Fram	3–0	0–2	3–2
		1R	Steaua Bucharest	0–0	0–1	0–1
1974–75	UEFA Cup	1R	FC Amsterdam	0–7	0–5	0–12
1976–77	UEFA Cup	1R	Grasshoppers	0–2	0–7	0–9
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1R	S.C. Braga	3–2	0–5	3–7
1979–80	European Cup	1R	Dundalk F.C.	1–0	0–2	1–2
1980–81	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Waterford	1–0	0–4	1–4
1981–82	European Cup	1R	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	1–8	2–10
1982–83	European Cup	1R	Widzew Łódź	1–4	1–3	2–7
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Trakia Plovdiv	0–2	0–8	0–10
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Prelim	FC Dinamo Minsk	4–3 (a.e.t.)	1–3	5–6
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Prelim	FC Chornomorets Odesa	2–5	0–2	2–7
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 11	FC Ural Yekaterinburg	1–2	—N/a	5th
			PFC CSKA Sofia	—N/a	1–4
			RC Strasbourg Alsace	0–2	—N/a
			Kocaelispor	—N/a	3–5
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Zagłębie Lubin	1–0	0–4	1–4
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Shelbourne F.C.	2–2	1–0	3–2
		2Q	Boavista F.C.	3–3	0–4	3–7
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	AC Allianssi	1–1	0–1	1–2
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	NK Slaven Belupo	2–1	0–3	2–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	AC Omonia	0–3	0–3	0–6
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	FC Dinamo București	0–4	1–5	1–9
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	FK Vojvodina	0–2	1–5	1–7
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	ND Gorica	0–3	0–0	0–3
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FK Mogren	0–2	0–4	0–6
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FK Sarajevo	4–4	2–5	6–9
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FK Vojvodina	1–4	2–3	3–7
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FC Spartak Trnava	2–4	0–5	2–9
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.	2–1	1–5	3–6
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FC Spartak Trnava	0–3	0–3	0–6
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FCI Tallinn	2–0	1–0	3–0
		2Q	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0–3	0–3	0–6
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–1	0–1	0–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Vaduz	—N/a	2–0	—N/a
		2Q	Fehérvár	0–1	—N/a	—N/a
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Flora	0–3	0–2	0–5
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Folgore	4–2	3–1	7–3
		3Q	Riga	1–4 (a.e.t.)	1–0	2–4
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	0–3	0–3
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	FCI Levadia	3–2	1–1	4–3
		3Q	RFS	1–3	1–1	2–4
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Spartak Trnava	1–2	1–5	2–7

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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

As of 7 February, 2026^[6]

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

More information No., Pos. ...

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Laurențiu Brănescu 2 DF  MLT Cain Attard 4 MF  NGA Silas Alfred 6 MF  MLT Lucas Caruana 8 MF  MLT Matthew Debattista 9 FW  BRA Miullen 10 FW  MLT Jurgen Degabriele 11 MF  MLT Bjorn Kristensen 13 MF  CIV Ali Diakité 14 DF  MLT Dexter Xuereb 15 DF  MLT Dale Vella 16 MF  MLT Aiden Zammit

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  MLT Isaiah Chukunyere 18 FW  SUI Kevin Halabaku 19 MF  MLT Lyon Abela 22 DF  MLT Duane Bonnici 23 DF  MLT Matthew Ellul 27 FW  BRA Cleiton Robozao 30 GK  MLT Hugo Sacco 41 DF  UKR Denys Norenkov 44 DF  BRA Pedrão 70 FW  CPV Mailson Lima 88 FW  NGA Sunday Akinbule 96 DF  BRA Charleston

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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.^[9]

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