Marsaxlokk F.C.
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| Full name | Marsaxlokk Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Southseasiders Tal-Lampuki |
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| Founded | 1949, as Marsaxlokk White Stars F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta (Capacity 17,000) |
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| Chairman |  Robert Micallef |
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| Manager |  Brian Talbot |
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| League | Maltese Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08 | Maltese Premier League, 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marsaxlokk Football Club are a Maltese football club from the town of Marsaxlokk, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.
The club was founded in 1949. Marsaxlokk won the Maltese Premier League title for the first time in their history, after finishing as league champions during the 2006/07 season.
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[edit] History
[edit] Current Season
Marsaxlokk started the 2007/08 season with more worries than the previous and many believe that Marsaxlokk will struggle to emulate the success of the 2006/07 season with the loss of some vital players such as Luke Dimech, Justin Haber, Daniel Bogdanovic all leaving, and André Schembri going on a season long loan to German club Eintracht Braunschweig. The club also decided against renewing the contracts of duo Samir Garci and Haruna Doda, The club did however sign Englishman Daniel Webb following his release from Yeovil Town.
Following the team's triumph the previous season they were entered into the UEFA Champions League qualifing stages. Following so many player departures the club struggled to list a full 16 players in their debut match against FK Sarajevo, where the club only managed to list 13 players, and due to the club's lack of resources they lost the tie 9-1 on (agg).
Daniel Webb lasted just one game with the club, and returned to his native England to team up with AFC Wimbledon. The team have so far signed Maltese international William Camenzuli, along with the Brazilian trio of Renato Conceição, André Rocha da Silva and the re-signing of Wendell Gomes. The team also snapped up Mark Barbara on a season-long loan from Valletta.
The transfer window re-opened on January 1, 2008 with the club in 7th place after 12 games, taking a pretty bad beating at newly promoted Hamrun Spartans on December 7, 2007, where they were beaten 7-3.
On the transfer front the club released Brazilian duo Wendell Gomes and André Rocha da Silva by mutual consent (with the latter joining Sliema Wanderers), two of the three foreigners at the club, paving the way for the club to sign a two new foreigners during the transfer period.
Marsaxlokk made their first signing of the January transfer window, when they acquired the services of Argentinean striker Julio Alcorsé from fellow Premier League side Hibernians. Marsaxlokk followed up the signing of Julio Alcorsé on January 23, with Montenegro born striker Aleksandar Madzar, who joined on a free following his release from Sliema Wanderers.
Things took a turn for the better with the aforementioned changes within the striking department and it was the names of Julio Alcorsé and Aleksandar Madzar that would appear on the scoresheet regualy. Following the players good form infront of goal Julio Alcorsé finished the season 3rd in the top goalscoring charts with 12 goals and Aleksandar Madzar finished 7th with 10 goals to name.
Marsaxlokk finally managed to clinch a 2nd place finish in the table, and grab a place in next seasons UEFA Cup first qualifying round. A rather impressive achivement given the amount of departures the team had to overcome in the close season. The team rounded off the season with a fantastic 4-0 victory over newly crowned champions Valletta, with goals on the day coming from Jamie Pace, Stephen Wellman (x2) and Aleksandar Madzar.
[edit] Players
[edit] Current Squad
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[edit] Transfers for 2007/08
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[edit] Notable Players
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[edit] Officials and Coaching Staff
[edit] Club Officials
- President: Robert Micallef
- Secretary: Mark Cutajar
- Treasurer: Thomas Zahra
[edit] Coaching Staff
- Head Coach: Brian Talbot
- General Manager: Peter Hartshorne
- First Team Coach: Albert Vella
- Youth Team Coach: Tarcisio Azzopardi
[edit] Managerial History
| Manager | Period |
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| Albert Vella |
Unknown–October 13, 2002 |
| JJ Aquilina |
October 20, 2002–May 27, 2003 |
| Robert Kelly |
June 1, 2003–2004 |
 Atanas Marinov |
July 2, 2004–October 5, 2005 |
| Ray Farrugia |
October 5, 2005–May 11, 2006 |
| Brian Talbot |
May 11, 2006–present |
[edit] Achievements
Maltese Premier League Champions:
2006/07
Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
2003/04
Maltese First Division Champions:
2001/02
Maltese Second Division Champions:
1999/00
Maltese Third Division Champions:
1970/71
Maltese Third Division Runners-Up:
1973/74, 1985/86, 1991/92
Maltese Third Division Section Winners:
1962/63, 1967/68, 1993/94
Maltese Third Division Knock-Out Winners:
1972/73
[edit] European Record
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score |
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| 2003/04 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  |
NK Primorje | 0-1, 0-2 (0-3 agg) |
| 2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  |
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | 1-1, 0-3 (1-4 agg) |
| 2007/08 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | |
FK Sarajevo | 0-6, 1-3 (1-9 agg) |
| 2008/09 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |
[edit] External links
[edit] Official site
[edit] Unofficial sites
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