Naxxar Lions F.C.

Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in the northern part of Malta. Founded in 1920, it was the first football club in the north of Malta.

The club had a very positive period in the 1940s and after some years languishing in the lower divisions, the club had several years of glory. Michael Zammit Tabona was appointed president in the 1980s, establishing the club as one of the best on the island, playing for several years in the Maltese Premier Division. After being relegated from the top league at the beginning of the new century, the club had to face a difficult period and was relegated to third division a few years ago.

Following the recent successful seasons Naxxar Lions were promoted from 3rd Division to 2nd Division in season 2009–10, from 2nd Division to 1st Division in season 2010–11 and maintaining 1st Division status in season 2011–12 placing in 6th position. In the 2012–13 season Naxxar Lions gained promotion to the Maltese Premier League with Dione Drago as the president. After three consecutive years in the Premier League, they were relegated back to first division. The following season, Naxxar Lions gained again promotion to the Maltese Premier League under the Presidency of Pierre Sciberras.

In September 2017, Mr Yahya Kirdi took over Naxxar Lions Football Club and was appointed as President. Naxxar Lions were relegated to the first division in the last match of the Premier League. During Season 2018-19, against all odds, Naxxar Lions FC managed to finish in the 4th place of the First Division League.

Pierre Sciberras was re-appointed the club President for Season 2019-20 which ended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 situation, finishing 4th place. Naxxar Lions FC will be playing Season 2020/21 in the new BOV Challenge League. Angelo Pullicino was appointed as Club President in December 2020.

Naxxar Lions FC are celebrating the 100 Years Anniversary (1920-2020).

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  MLT Jordan Sciberras 5 DF  MLT Alessio Azzopardi 7 MF  MLT Mark Fenech 8 MF  MLT Mead Mifsud 9 FW  BRA Edson Farias Cequeira 10 MF  MLT Nick Borg 11 FW  CIV Wilfried Zamble 12 GK  MLT Andre Fenech 13 FW  MLT Gabriel Xuereb 14 DF  MLT Ayrton Senna Azzopardi 15 DF  MLT Ryan Gilmour Cassar

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  MLT Joel Ellul 21 MF  COL Andres Tenorio Viveros 22 DF  COL Farid Romero Zuniga 23 DF  GHA Benjamin Essel 24 MF  FRA Thomas Battaglia 25 MF  MLT Steve Meilak 26 FW  MLT Sven Fabri 27 GK  MLT Omar Borg 28 DF  MLT Jeremy Grixti 31 MF  MLT Leejoe Schembri 77 MF  MLT Bradley Schembri