Pietà Hotspurs F.C.

Pietà Hotspurs Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Pietà, founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Maltese First Division.

Pietà Hotspurs
Full namePietà Hotspurs Football Club
Nickname(s)Hotspurs
Founded1968 (1968)
GroundPieta' Hotspurs FC
CapacityN/A
ChairmanMario Mallia
Managervacant
LeagueMaltese First Division
2018–19Maltese Premier League, 14th (relegated)

History

Pietà Hotspurs playing against Floriana during the 1999–2000 Maltese Premier League.

Pietà Hotspurs had their league debut on 23 October 1934, but any success the club had hoped to achieve was postponed due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war's end, Pietà took part in the Anglo Maltese Football League, before joining the Third Division of the National Championships, where they spent ten seasons. Pietà Hotspurs, however, were replaced in the league with Pietà Atlanta in 1962, a team which later changed their name to Pietà Hotspurs in 1973, joining the Fourth Division in 1974. The team won the league and promotion, but spent ten years in the Third Division. They eventually won promotion in 1985, but were soon relegated again. However, they bounced back up and won promotion again in 1988. In 1994 they finally won promotion to the Premier Division.

The club's football nursery has acquired a fame of producing talented footballers such as Cleavon Frendo, Massimo Grima, Valeri Bojinov, Saviour Darmanin and Attila Filkor, as well as Jovica Milijić, a Maltese futsal player of Serbian descent.

Players

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
1 GK  MLT Miguel Montfort
2 DF  MLT Karl Micallef
4 DF  MLT Christian Degabriele
5 DF   SUI Luke Henri
6 MF  MLT Neil Pace Cocks
7 MF  MLT Dylan Agius
8 MF  MLT Mead Mifsud
9 FW  NGA John Roland Emekas
10 MF  AUS Alan Seychell
11 MF  NED Randell Harrevelt
12 GK  MLT Levi Saliba
13 DF  NZL Liam Cole
14 MF  MLT Nicholas Pisani
15 MF  NGA Azeez Ojo Rasheed
16 DF  MLT Cleaven Zammit
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  BRA Yash
18 DF  MLT Christian Grech
19 MF  MLT Kane Palmier
20 MF  GRE Stambo
21 MF  MLT Gianfranco Micallef
22 MF  MLT Wail Rizgalla
23 DF  MLT Rodney Grixti
24 GK  MLT Jacob Chircop St.John
25 FW  MLT Malcolm Licari
26 MF  MLT Ayrton Mizzi
27 MF  MLT Clive Vidal
28 MF  MLT Jordie Delia
29 MF  IRL Adam Owen
30 DF  MLT Nick Ghio
33 MF  MLT James Scicluna


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