Birkirkara Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Birkirkara, on the island of Malta. The club was formed in 1950, following the amalgamation of Birkirkara United and Birkirkara Celtic. Birkirkara currently play in the Maltese Premier League, which it has won on four occasions, most recently in the 2012–13 season.

Birkirkara is one of the founding members of the European Club Association.

The club also has a women's team.

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Honours Major Maltese Premier League Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012–13 Runners-up (10):1952–53, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2022-23, 2024-25 Maltese FA Trophy Winners (6): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2022–23 Runners-up (7): 1972–73, 1989–90, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2017–18, 2024–25 Maltese Super Cup Winners (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014 Runners-up (7): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2023 Euro Challenge/Lowenbrau Cup Winners (3): 1998, 2003, 2008 MFA Super 5 Lottery Tournament Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006

Minor Sons of Malta Cup (for the Second Division) Winners (3): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79 Runners-up (1): 1976–77 Cassar Cup: Runners-up (1): 1952–53

Current squad

Out on loan

European record All results (home and away) list Birkirkara's goal tally first. Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q Spartak Trnava 0–1 1–3 1–4 1998–99 UEFA Cup 1Q Shakhtar Donetsk 0–4 1–2 1–6 1999–00 UEFA Cup QR Lyngby 0–0 0–7 0–7 2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1Q KR Reykjavík 1–2 1–4 2–6 2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Locomotive Tbilisi 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a) 1R Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–1 0–1 2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–0 0–3 0–3 2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Ferencváros 0–5 0–1 0–6 2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Partizani 2–1 2–4 4–5 2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q APOEL 0–2 0–4 0–6 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 1Q B36 Tórshavn 0–3 2–2 2–5 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Maribor 0–3 1–2 1–5 2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Hajduk Split 0–3 0–4 0–7 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slaven Belupo 0–0 0–1 0–1 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 1Q FC Santa Coloma 4–3 3–0 7–3 2Q Žilina 1–0 0–3 1–3 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Vllaznia 0–1 1–1 1–2 2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Metalurg 2–2 0–0 2–2 (a) 2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2Q Maribor 0–0 0–2 0–2 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Diósgyőr 1–2 1–4 2–6 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Ulisses 0–0 3–1 3–1 2Q West Ham 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–5 p) 2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Široki Brijeg 2–0 1–1 3–1 2Q Heart of Midlothian 0–0 2–1 2–1 3Q Krasnodar 0–3 1–3 1–6 2018–19 UEFA Europa League PR KÍ Klaksvík 1–1 1–2 2–3 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q La Fiorita 1–0 1–1 2–1 2Q Olimpija Ljubljana 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–5 p) 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Maribor 1–2 1–1 2–3 2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Petrocub Hîncești 1–0 0−3 1−3

Coaches

Frankie Tabone (1951–53) Paul Chetcuti (1961–62) Emanuel Borg (1964–65) Salvu Cuschieri (1965–68) Frans Bonnici (1968–69) Emmle Saliba (1969–70) Salvu Cuschieri (1970–73) Tony Buhagiar (1973–74) Carmel Galea (1974–76) Tony Euchar Grech (1976–78) Frankie Zammit (1978–79) Marcel Scicluna (1979–84) Joe Attard (1984–86) Alfred "Freddie" Cardona (1986–87) Joe Cilia (1986–88) Robert Gatt (1988–89) Lolly Aquilina (1989–92) Todor Raykov (1992–93) Alfred "Freddie" Cardona (1993–94) Borislav Giorev (1994–95) Lawrence Borg (1995–96) Alan Sunderland (1996–97) Alfred "Freddie" Cardona (1996–97) Alfred "Freddie" & Robert Gatt (1997–98) Vlada Pejović (1998–99) Atanas Marinov (1999–00) Alfred "Freddie" (2000–1 December 2001) Stephen Azzopardi (1 December 2001 – 1 March 2007) John Buttigieg (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009) Paul Zammit (1 July 2009 – 30 May 2011) Patrick Curmi (22 May 2011 – 28 September 2011) Paul Zammit (3 October 2011 – 29 May 2015) Giovanni Tedesco (1 June 2015 – 10 December 2015) Dražen Besek (31 December 2015 – 30 November 2016) Nikola Jaros (6 December 2016 – 1 June 2017) Peter Pullicino (1 June 2017 – 6 September 2017) Paul Zammit (6 September 2017 – 26 March 2019) John Buttigieg (18 April 2019 – 7 September 2019) André Paus (10 September 2019 – 20 April 2022) Jonathan Holland (Caretaker) (20 April 2022 – 18 May 2022) Giovanni Tedesco (18 May 2022 – 26 November 2023) Brian Chetcuti (Caretaker) (26 November 2023 – 5 February 2024) Jose Borg (5 February 2024 – 13 May 2024) Stefano De Angelis (7 June 2024 – )

Futsal

Current squad 2018/19 NumberPlayerPos.Nat.4Jason MifsudSweeper5Ryan XuerebWinger 6Alan GaleaWinger 8Gary InguanezSweeper 10Marwan Telisi Winger 11Ayoub Hamad AliWinger 22Rennie TantiWinger 23Matthew GattGoalkeeper24William BarbosaSweeper40Eslam KhalifaPivot88Christian LiaGoalkeeper99Glenn BonelloPivot

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