Pietà Hotspurs F.C.

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Pietà Hotspurs
Full name Pietà Hotspurs Football Club
Nickname(s) Hotspurs
Founded 1968
Ground Ta' Qali Stadium,
Ta' Qali, Malta
Ground Capacity 17,000
Chairman Malta Joseph Sammut
Manager Malta Noel Coleiro
League Maltese First Division
2012–13 Maltese First Division, 3rd
Home colours
Away colours

Pietà Hotspurs Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Pietà, founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Maltese First Division.

History

Pietà Hotspurs had their league debut on October 23, 1934, but any success the club had hoped to achieve was postponed due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war's end, Pietà took part in the Anglo Maltese Football League, before joining the Third Division of the National Championships, where they spent ten seasons. Pietà Hotspurs, however, were replaced in the league with Pietà Atlanta in 1962, a team which later changed their name to Pietà Hotspurs in 1973, joining the Fourth Division in 1974. The team won the league and promotion, but spent ten years in the Third Division. They eventually won promotion in 1985, but were soon relegated again. However, they bounced back up and won promotion again in 1988. In 1994 they finally won promotion to the Premier Division.

The club's football nursery has acquired a fame of producing talented footballers such as Cleavon Frendo, Massimo Grima, Valeri Bojinov, Saviour Darmanin and Attila Filkor.

Players

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 Malta GK Miguel Montfort
4 Equatorial Guinea DF Lucien Moutassie
5 Malta DF Christian Grech
6 Malta DF Matthew Borg
7 Malta MF Quilin Refalo
8 Malta MF Terrence Agius
9 Cameroon FW Kooh Sohna Raphael Alain
10 Brazil MF Ricardo Costa
12 Malta GK Matthew Grech
15 Malta DF Cleaven Cassar
16 Chile MF Jonathan Bilbao
No. Position Player
17 Malta MF Jurgen Pisani
18 Malta MF Orosco Anonam
21 Malta MF Kyle Cesare
22 Malta DF Cain Attard
24 Malta GK David Cassar
26 Malta MF Gary Busuttil
26 Malta MF Andrew Spiteri
31 Malta MF Cleaven Frendo

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