Mosta F.C.

Mosta
Full nameMosta Football Club
NicknameBaqar
Founded1935; 91 years ago (1935)
GroundCharles Abela Memorial Stadium, Mosta
Capacity700
ChairmanGeorge Galea
ManagerMario Muscat
LeagueMaltese Premier League
2025–2611th 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 their 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 themselves as Mostin. In that year both Mosta and Għargħur gained 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 two largest towns in the Northern Region, and also because they 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.

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

Currently, only the youth team exists, even producing players for the under-17 and under-19 national teams.

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

Achievements

Players

Current squad

As of 23 July 2026

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 Lydon Seychell
4 DF  NGR Emmanuel Ugwu
5 DF  MLT Sasha Cachia
6 MF  POR Gilson Costa
7 FW  MLT Nevin Portelli
8 MF  NGR Chukwuemeka Eke
9 FW  MLT Peter Ohaka
10 MF  BRA Giancarlo Goncalves
11 DF  MLT Kurt Zammit
14 FW  GHA Ernest Agyiri (on loan from Randers)
15 MF  NGR Stephen Eikwu-Ojo
16 MF  MLT Luca Chetcuti
20 DF  GHA Prince Afriyie
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  NGR Akpan David Udoh
23 FW  BIH Azer Kozic
29 DF  NGR Charles Oderinde
30 FW  MLT Nathan Cross
31 FW  NGR Emmanuel Chukwuemeka
41 MF  BRA Pedro Cacho
42 MF  GHA Simon Zibo
77 FW  MLT Jamie Scerri
80 DF  MLT Kyle Gatt
93 DF  BRA Thiaguinho
96 MF  BRA Wanderson Gotinha
99 GK  MLT Jayden Farrugia
- MF  GHA Geoffrey Acheampong

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

Mosta scored the first goal in the history of the UEFA Conference League.

Notes

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

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. The team was runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 Maltese Women's Cup and recently won the 2012 cup.

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.