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Fgura United Football Club, commonly known as Fgura United is a Maltese football club based in Fgura, Malta. The Club currently plays in the Maltese First Division.

Fgura United

Full name	Fgura United Football Club
Founded	1 June 1971; 51 years ago (1971-06-01)
Ground	Fgura United Football Complex
Chairman	Larkin Bonnici
Manager	Kevin Vella
League	Maltese Challenge League
2021–22	Maltese Challenge League, Group B, 5th[1]
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Fgura United was founded on June 1, 1971, and is the oldest sport organisation in the locality of Fgura, Malta.

History

Early years (1971–1974)

Fgura United was founded on June 1, 1971, and is the oldest sport organisation in the locality of Fgura, Malta.^{[citation needed]} The first president was Mr. Zaren Vella, with Mr. C Farrugia as the secretary and Mr. E Muscat as the treasurer. During the club's early years, the premises changed twice from St Thomas Street in 1973, then to Triq L-Isponsun and then back to St Thomas Street in new premises that the club has invested in. Between the 1971–72 and 1973–74 seasons the club participated in the MFA Amateur League and the MFA Minor League.

Domestic Competition(1975–2011)

Fgura United entered the National League in 1974–75 season when the club participated in the MFA 4th Division. Fgura United has been participating in all MFA tournaments including the National, Reserves, Under 21 and Under 19 competitions continuously ever since. Since 1995, Fgura United has run a youth nursery which aims to train young footballers aged 6–16 to develop their talents and enable them to participate in Maltese youth competitions including the Under 12, Under 15 & Under 17.

New Era (2012–present)

In 2012 the club finally has suitable training facilities and a club house. The project included the football ground and a five-a-side pitch – both with artificial turf and a club house including a hall, offices for administration, a bar and five dressing rooms which were funded mainly through the UEFA Hat-Trick Programme, the Malta Football Association, Kunsill Malti għall-iSport, the Good Causes Fund and the club itself who thanks to the sound administration throughout the years was able to inject the funds obtained for the sale of property into the new complex which was built over the past months. opened their new artificial turf ground to replace the old one. Michel Platini was present at the opening of the pitch. The pitch is now Fgura's training ground. In Season 2013–14 Fgura United achieved the biggest success in club's history by winning promotion to Maltese First Division. Another milestone was made during the following season which they were a debut team in the first division and manage to make 15 games unbeaten which secure their status in the first division which was the main target for the club. In their debut season in Maltese First Division team has done more than expected by winning high 5th place at the end of the season.

Club facilities

In 2012 the club finally got suitable training facilities and a club house. The project included the football ground and a five-a-side pitch – both with artificial turf and a club house including a hall, offices for administration, a bar and five dressing rooms. The facilities were inaugurated by UEFA president Michel Platini. Thanks to the quality of this facility, except of senior team, the complex is also used by Fgura United youth teams, but also by some of the most prominent football clubs in Malta. For the future is planned construction of another five-a-side pitch, tennis courts, gym, apartments for the players and a small park which will be within this complex as well.

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P
2014–15	1. Division	5	26	11	10	5	32	27	43
2015–16	1. Division	10	26	8	6	12	24	35	30

Honours and achievements

Domestic

• Maltese Second Division
  • Promotion (1) 2013–2014
• Maltese Third Division
  • Promotion (2) 1987–1988, 2011–2012

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Current squad

As of 29 July 2022[2]

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 Lydon Moore 3 DF  MLT Carl Ciantar 4 DF  MLT Lee Pisani 6 MF  MLT Rhys Gove 7 MF  MLT Dylan Caruana 8 MF  MLT Thomas Grech 9 FW  BRA Rafael Prudente 10 MF  MLT Jeremy Micallef 11 MF  BRA Ewertton Jose Costa Silva 12 MF  MLT Matthew Brincat 13 DF  MLT Jake Stensen 14 DF  BRA Charlles Gandini de Oliviera

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  MLT Joey Reno Vella 17 DF  MLT Jeremy Cassar 20 FW  MLT Morientes Muscat 21 MF  MLT Shaun Borg 22 GK  MLT Julian Azzopardi 23 MF  VEN Donys Quintero 28 FW  MLT Gabriel Borg — GK  MLT Isaac Scerri — DF  MLT Jake Bezzina — DF  MLT Owen Mifsud — MF  MLT Svain Abela

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Kevin Vella
Assistant Coach	Daniel de Abela-Borg
Goalkeepers Coach	Sinclair Douglas
Nursery Head Coach	Claude Chetcuti

Club Officials

Position	Name
President	Larkin Bonnici
Vice-President	Lawrence Bugeja, Brian Calvagna
General Secretary	Stefan Vella
Team Manager	Anthony Gafa'
Treasurer	Alvin Abdilla
Kit Manager	Brian Calavagna, Mauro Bianco

References

External links

• Fgura United official site

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