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Gżira United Football Club is a Maltese professional football club from the small harbor town of Gżira in central Malta, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

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Gżira United

Full name	Gżira United Football Club
Nickname(s)	Maroons
Founded	1947; 75 years ago (1947)
Chairman	Sharlon Pace
Manager	Darren Abdilla[1]
League	Maltese Premier League
2021–22	Maltese Premier League, 4th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The club was founded in 1947, won the FA Trophy in 1973 and First Division league Champions. Often plays in Maroon with light blue sleeves on the shirt, with white shorts and white socks. Following the club's promotion to the Maltese Premier League, they signed a sponsorship agreement with JEEP, the global SUV brand, with the agreement of organizing events for the local community. For the 2016–17 season the Club played in BOV Premier League for the first time ever and finished 7th place. In the following year 2017–18 the maroons placed 3rd place and participated for the first time in the UEFA Europa League. The 2018–19 season was another successful one where again Gżira placed 3rd place and assured themselves to play again in the Europa League for another time.

The Hajduk miracle

On 18 July 2019, Gżira were facing the big Croatian club Hajduk Split at Split for the second leg of the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Gżira had lost the first leg match at home 0–2, a result which was considered normal, due to the big budget differences between the two clubs. The match in Split had the Croatians as strong favorites, offering odds of 1/15 (1.07 in decimal odds) for Hajduk to win the match. Hajduk went at half time winning 1–0. However, Brazilian forward Jefferson equalized for Gżira at the 57th minute, and Hamed Koné scored at the 69th minute making the score 1–2 for Gżira. This result was still not enough for the Maltese side, but found a final goal in the sixth and last minute of injury time, again with Hamed Koné, making the score 1–3 for Gżira, with the Maltese side advancing on away goals rule. This result was considered a major shock for the Croatians, with their manager Siniša Oreščanin being sacked shortly after.

Qualifying for the UEFA Conference League 3rd Round

In season 2021/22 UEFA started a new competition, the UEFA Conference League. Gzira qualified after placing 3rd in the Maltese Premier League and in the first round they eliminated again Santa Julia of Andorra. In the second round they faced Rijeka of Croatia and were eliminated with an aggregate of 3-0. In season 2022/23 Gzira played again in the same competition and in the first round they eliminated Atletic Club Escaldes of Andorra. In the second round Gzira FC were drawn against Radnicki Nis of Serbia and Gzira shocked again the European football when eliminating this strong side from Serbia. For the first time Gzira United FC played in the 3rd round of a European Competition and played against Austrian giants of Wolfsberger. Gzira obtained a goalless draw in Austria but then they were eliminated in the home match.

Players

Current squad

As of 19 February, 2022

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 David Cassar 3 DF  BRA Gabriel Mentz 4 MF  MLT Andrew Borg 5 DF  MLT Luke Tabone 6 MF  MLT Nikolai Muscat 7 MF  MLT Steve Pisani 8 MF  MLT Zachary Scerri 9 DF  BRA Marcelo Dias 15 MF  MLT Hytem Kabar 16 MF  COL Luis Riascos 17 MF  MLT Clive Gauci

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  MLT Jean Attard 22 FW  CRO Toni Kolega 23 MF  URU Ricardo Correa 24 GK  MLT Krassimir Zammit 30 GK  CRO Darijan Žarkov 44 DF  CRO Marko Ćosić 47 DF  MLT Brooklyn Borg 91 FW  BRA Maxuell Samurai 93 MF  BRA Thiaguinho 94 FW  BRA Jefferson 98 MF  COL Jackson Mendoza

Notable players

• Caio Garcia
• Souleymane Diamouténé
• Haruna Garba
• Andrew Cohen
• Roderick Briffa
• Justin Haber
• Hamed Kone
• Amadou Samb
• Rodolfo Soares
• Robert de Pinho de Souza

Executive Board

Chairman Sharlon Pace

Vice Chairman Roberto Cristiano

Chief Executive Officer Edward Zammit Tabona

General Secretary Dr Ian Micallef

Chief Financial Officer Alexander Cassar

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Coach	Darren Abdilla
Team Manager	Marlon Galea
Assistant Coach	Andrew Cohen
Goalkeeper Trainer	Domenic Ellul
Physical trainer	Ian Tonna
Doctor	Dr.Pierre Sammut
Physiotherapist	Jermoe Delia
Physiotherapist	Kurt Farrugia Gouder
Kit manager	Jason Micallef
Kit manager	Anthony Busuttil

Major Honours

Maltese FA Trophy 1 1972–73

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973–74	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	SK Brann	0–2	0–7	0–9[2]
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	PR	Sant Julià	2–1	2–0	4–1
		1Q	Radnički Niš	0–1	0–4	0–5
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Hajduk Split	0–2	3–1	3–3 (a)
		2Q	Ventspils	2–2	0–4	2–6
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Sant Julià	1–1 (a.e.t.)	0–0	1–1 (5–3 p)
		2Q	Rijeka	0–2	0–1	0–3
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Atlètic Club d'Escaldes	1–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)	2–1
		2Q	Radnički Niš	2–2	3–3 (a.e.t.)	5–5 (3–1 p)
		3Q	Wolfsberger AC	0–4	0–0	0–4

References

External links

• Soccerway profile

На других языках

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[de] Gżira United

Der Gżira United FC ist ein maltesischer Fußballverein aus der Gemeinde Gżira.

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- [en] Gżira United F.C.

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[es] Gżira United Football Club

El Gzira United Football Club es un equipo de fútbol de Malta que milita en la Premier League de Malta, la liga de fútbol más importante del país.

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[ru] Гзира Юнайтед

«Гзира Юнайтед» — мальтийский футбольный клуб из маленького городка Гзира в центральной части Мальты. Клуб основан в 1947 году. В 1973 году клуб выигрывает Кубок Мальты и Первую лигу Мальты.

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