St. Andrews F.C.

St. Andrews

Full name	St. Andrews Football Club
Nickname(s)	Luxol, The Saints
Founded	1968, as Luxol St. Andrews
Ground	Luxol Stadium
Ground Capacity	1000
Chairman	Paul Falzon
Manager	Danilo Dončić
League	Maltese First Division
2013–14	3rd
Website	Club home page

St. Andrews Football Club are a Maltese football club from the new urban town of St. Andrew's, Pembroke, which currently plays in the Maltese First Division.

History

St. Andrews F.C was founded in 1968 as Luxol St. Andrew's. It is reputed for its highly organised football nursery, which has produced a number of talented players over the years. The senior team competes in the Maltese First Division. The club is part of a multi-sports club, called Luxol Sports Club. Their former coaches include Ally Dawson, who was an ex-Rangers captain. The Luxol St. Andrews futsal team is one of the top futsal teams in Malta at the moment, and plays in Malta top futsal division.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player GK Sam Bartolo GK Jake Galea GK Zach Valletta DF William Camilleri DF Michael Johnson DF Clyde Cumbo DF Adam Azzopardi DF Brian Said DF Neil Chetcuti MF Luke Cesareo MF Joseph Farrugia

No. Position Player MF Ryan Sammut MF Jacob Falzon MF Michael Grima MF Nicholas Bradshaw FW Matteo Desira Buttigieg FW Nicki Vella Petroni FW Trayo Grozev

Under 19's

Managing the under 19 squad will be Nenad Veselji and with his Assistant Roger Walker

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

No. Position Player GK Jake Galea DF Michael Johnson DF Clyde Cumbo DF Adam Azzopardi DF Erik Gollcher DF Gianni Vassallo DF Julian Farrugia DF Matthew Laferla MF Luke Cesareo

No. Position Player MF Jacob Falzon MF Karl Mifsud Bonnici MF Nicholas Bradshaw MF Matthew Guillaumier DF Ryan Sammut MF Daniel Camilleri MF Jeremy Vassallo DF Zach Gatt MF Ben Zahra

Season 2012/2013

At the start of the 12/13 season St. Andrews signed four players. Three being foreigners. They were English goalkeeper Matthew Towns, Maltese Midfielder Joseph Farrugia from Qormi FC and the two attacking Bulgarians Trayo Grozev and Rumen Kerekov. St. Andrews signed two more players at beginning of January 2013. They were Italian Midfielder Francesco Giusti and Nigerian forwarder Peter Anizoba. The St. Andrews team still have players who have come up from the nursery and they are still a huge part of the set up. Season started off well with wins against Mqabba FC and Dingli FC. At the moment the club finds itself in fifth position. St. Andrews reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup where they defeated 1-0 by Lija.

Club most notable players

External links

Official website

• Official website