Mosta F.C.
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| Full name | Mosta Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Tar-Rotunda founded = 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Mosta Ground (Capacity 50) |
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| Manager | Michael Molzahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Maltese First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | 8th
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Mosta F.C., is the football team that based in the second largest city of Malta, Mosta.
Even though interest in football in Mosta started about 85 years ago, around the time of World War I, the town did not manage to have its own football team in the MFA until 1935. The first team from Mosta to take part is an MFA Competition did so in 1935, when it took part in the fourth division. For a while afterwards, the name "Mosta United F.C." could be seen in the MFA League Table. This was not the real Mosta team, but a team of Sliema youngsters that played in the MFA fourth division under the name of the Mosta team. During this time, the real Mosta team only played friendly matches.
In 1938 the Mosta football ground was completed. This ground became known as the Creasy Ground, and it gave football in Mosta a new lease of life.
In the 1939/40 season Mosta United F.C. changed their name to Mosta Rovers F.C. and applied to play in the MFA Third Division. But, due to an argument between the football clubs in this division and the management of the Mile End Ground, where the matches were played, this league was cancelled and the Mosta team was left without a competition to take part in. After this, due to the Second World War, all football in Malta stopped.
When the bombing raids over Malta began to decrease, the MFA began once again to organize football competitions, and in the 1943/44 season, Mosta was represented by Mosta Olympics in the Third Division. This team had a short life as well, only taking part in two seasons.
In the 1946/47 season, under the name of Mosta Athletics, Mosta once again took part in the Third Division. This was the first season in which the matches were played in the Schreiber Sports Ground (nowadays known as Pace Grasso). The Mosta minors team took part in this ground’s inauguratory match, beating the Birzebbuga minors 2-0. Mosta player Lolly Scicluna, who later on joined Valletta, scored the first goal scored in a competition in this ground. In this season the primary Mosta team finished fourth in the Third Division, and was eliminated in the Semi-Final of the Knockout by Hibernians’ third team, after two replays.
In the following season Mosta Athletics went one step further, this time reaching the Final of the Knockout. Once again, they were beaten by Hibernians, losing 1-2 after a replay.
In the 1948/49 season, a vacancy was created in the Second Division, and Mosta Athletics were the team chosen to fill this vacancy. From this season until 1962/63, Mosta kept their place in the Second Division. The closest we ever came to winning their first competition was when, on two occasions, we made it to the Final of the Knockout. The first time was in the 1957/58 season, when Marsa beat Mosta 1-3, and the second time was in the 1961/62 season, when we lost 0-1 against Rabat Ajax.
In the following season (1962/63), we were relegated to the Third Division, where we played for two consecutive seasons, which ended with the first honours for Mosta Football Club. In the 1963/64 season Mosta once again reached the Final of the Knockout, but lost 0-1 against Senglea Athletics. However, in the following season (1964/65), Mosta became champions of the Third Division, also winning the Minors Section. This was also the year in which Mosta FC moved into 38/40 Eucharistic Congress Road, its address to the present day.
The Mosta team kept its position in the Second Division until the 1967/68 season, when it was once again relegated to the Third Division. The following season was to be the best up to that time for Mosta FC. In this season (1968/69), Mosta FC won promotion to the Second Division, as well as winning the Reserves and Minors Section.
Once again in the Second Division, the Committee made a serious attempt to gain promotion to the First Division. The Committee managed to obtain the services of several well-known players, for a "record" sum (at the time) of Lm1,200.
This attempt failed and the following year Mosta, together with Rabat Ajax, would have been relegated to the Third Division, were it not for the MFA’s decision to increase the number of teams in the First and Second Divisions to ten.
[edit] Current squad
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Maltese First Division 2007-2008
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