Fgura United F.C.

Fgura United

Founded	1971
Ground	Fgura Ground, Fgura, Malta
Ground Capacity	150
Chairman	Lawrence Bugeja
Manager	Ramon Attard
League	Maltese Second Division

Fgura United is a Maltese football club founded on June 1, 1971 and is the oldest sport organisation in the locality of Fgura, Malta. They currently play in the Maltese Second Division.

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. 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.

In 2012 Fgura opened their new artificial turf ground to replace the old one. Michele Platini was present at the opening of the pitch. The pitch is now Fgura's home ground, and has a capacity of 150 spectators.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Glenn Camilleri 9 DF Isaac Grech 4 MF Robert Adami 6 MF Logan Deguara 98 DF Carl Calvagna 10 FW Shylon Mangion 7 DF Tristian Bonello

No. Position Player 69 MF Fernando Sexy 2 MF Khalid Ali Ahmed (Captain) 16 MF Sergio Aguero 32 MF Raheem Sterling 92 DF Luis Suarez 56 FW Gilbert Aguis 100 FW Lionel Messi

External links

• Fgura United official site