Gozo Women Football Club was a women's team based on the island of Gozo. The club used to represent the island in the Maltese Women's League. Like the men's team, Gozo Women was run by the Gozo Football Association.

History

The club debuted in the first ever Maltese Women's League organised by the Malta Football Association in the 1995–6 season,Bajada Joe, Annwal Football Ghawdxi, 1995-96 (Malta, 1996) which was played on a seven-a-side basis.Bajada Joe, Annwal Football Ghawdxi, 1996-97 (Malta, 1997) Gozo Women's first president and coach were Victor Camilleri and Eucharist Mercieca respectively. Gozo Girls' first season was a rather successful one, especially for Rita Azzopardi, who ended up the team's top-scorer with 15 goals.

Gozo Women competed in the subsequent season as well, this time under the stewardship of Victor Camilleri. The 1995–6 season was held on a nine-a-side basis and Rachel Saliba led the scoring charts for Gozo with 15 goals. On both occasions, Gozo Women placed fourth and were knocked-out of the Maltese Women's Cup by Lija Athletics in the semi-finals. Following the conclusion of the said season, the club was disbanded.

Re-organisation

Gozo Women's disbandment proved temporary as following a hiatus of more than 10 years, Gozo Women was re-founded and participated in the 2007–08 Maltese Women's Cup in a match against Lija Athletic. Thereafter, Gozo Women participated in the Maltese Second Division in the 2008–09 season and played for six consecutive seasons.

During its first season following the re-organisation, Gozo Women won the Second Division with almost a perfect record and got promoted to the Maltese First Division, where they played until the 2013–14 season. Another two achievements during this period was the club having one of its ranks, namely Joslene Gafa, being crowned joint Malta Women's League player of the year during the 2009–10 season,Times of Malta, June 3, 2010, p 44 and Gozo Women's appearance in the Maltese Women's Cup final during the 2010–11 season, wherein Gozo faced Maltese powerhouse Birkirkara, a match the Gozo Girls eventually lost three-nil

Following a one-year hiatus during the 2014–15 season, Gozo Women was reformed for the 2015–16 season and competed in the Second Division. As in the case of its first season following its re-organisation, Gozo Women won the Second Division - also without losing a single match - and in the process won the right to compete again in the First Division during the 2016–17 season.

Gozo Women found the going tough in the top division and, out of twenty matches, they only won and drew once, and lost the remaining the eighteen matches. Following the conclusion of the 2016–17 season, Gozo Women was, at least for the time being, disbanded for good.

Stadium During its initial two year existence between 1995 and 1997, Gozo Women used to play its 'home' matches in Malta, with all matches bar two being played at the Infetti Stadium in Birkirkara. As for the other two matches, they were held at Qormi.

After its re-organisation in 2007, Gozo Women primarily played its home matches at the Sannat Ground. However, following the redevelopment of the Kerċem Ajax Stadium, Gozo Women switched its home matches to this stadium.

Achievements Maltese Second Division: Winners (2): 2008–2009 & 2015–2016

Maltese Women's Cup: Runners-Up (1): 2010–2011

League and cup history Season League Knockout Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P 1995–96 1st 4th 16 8 3 5 45 36 27 Semi-Finals 1996–97 Phase 1 3rd 10 6 1 3 44 9 19 Semi-Finals Champ. Pool 4th 10 4 2 4 13 16 14 2007–08Did not participate Quarter-Finals 2008–09 2nd1st 14 14 0 0 130 5 42 Semi-Finals 2009–10 1st 4th 15 6 1 8 34 40 19 Semi-Finals 2010–11 1st 4th 15 4 2 9 19 42 14Runners-Up 2011–12 1st 4th 18 9 2 7 38 31 29 Quarter-Finals 2012–13 1st 4th 20 7 2 11 37 51 23 Semi-Finals 2013–14 1st 4th 18 9 0 9 45 39 27 Quarter-Finals 2014–15 Did not participate 2015–16 2nd1st 18 17 1 0 90 13 52 Semi-Finals 2016–17 1st6th 20 1 1 18 11 82 4 First Round

League record club by club

This is the all-time record against clubs in league matches.

Opponent Pl. W D L GS GA GD Biggest Win Biggest Loss Banks 2 2 0 0 8 1 7 6–0 N/A Birkirkara 22 0 3 19 14 91 (77) N/A 0–8 Hamrun Spartans 9 7 1 1 38 7 31 8–0 2–5 Hibernians 22 3 2 17 21 83 (62) 4–1 0–13 Kirkop United 7 2 0 5 10 20 (10) 4–1 0–6 Kirkop United II 3 3 0 0 24 1 23 9–0 N/A Lija-Iklin 2 2 0 0 31 1 30 18-1 N/A Lija Athletics 6 0 1 5 7 18 (11) N/A 2-6 Marsa 5 5 0 0 40 2 38 14-0 N/A Melita 5 5 0 0 20 3 17 7–0 N/A Mellieha 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 3-2 N/A Mgarr United 14 6 1 7 26 30 (4) 5-1 0–4 1–5 Mosta 20 4 3 13 30 57 (27) 4-0 5–1 0–7 Pembroke Athleta 10 9 0 1 47 4 43 11–0 1–2 Planets 2 2 0 0 9 0 9 5–0 N/A Qormi 2 2 0 0 9 3 6 6-3 3-0 N/A Rabat Ajax 6 1 1 4 6 14 (8) 1-0 0-4 Raiders Luxol 16 12 2 2 41 14 27 6–0 0–2 Santa Venera YB 2 2 0 0 10 1 9 7–0 N/A Sliema Wanderers 3 3 0 0 11 6 5 5–2 N/A St. Patricks 2 2 0 0 10 0 10 6-0 N/A Swieqi United 3 3 0 0 11 3 8 4–0 N/A Ta' Xbiex 2 2 0 0 22 0 22 12–0 N/A Tarxien Rainbows 7 7 0 0 57 1 56 15–0 N/A

Notable players The following are players who represented Malta whilst playing for Gozo. Nicole Buttigieg Tracy Theuma Ann-Marie Said Emma Xuereb

References

External links Gozo Women's Official Facebook Page