Sliema Wanderers F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Sliema Wanderers


fullname = Sliema Wanderers Football Club
nickname = The Blues
The Wanderers
founded = 1909
ground = Ta' Qali Stadium,
Ta' Qali,
Malta
capacity = 17,000
chairman = flagicon|MLT Steve Abela
manager = flagicon|MLT Stephen Azzopardi
league = Maltese Premier League
season = 2007/08
position = Maltese Premier League, 4th
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Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1909. The club competed in the first ever Maltese Premier League season in 1909-10 and finished in second position to Floriana after the five game season came to an end.

Ten years down the line Sliema Wanderers finally made their mark in Maltese football by winning the Maltese Premier League title in the 1919-20 season, since then the team have gone on to win the title 26 times; a record for Malta; the last three being in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Sliema Wanderers also hold the record for the most FA Trophy wins, with their first coming in 1935, when they overpowered Floriana with a 4-0 victory. The club have gone on to win this particular honour 19 times, the last three of which came in 1990, 2000 and 2004.

With all these honours, along with many others, the fact is that Sliema Wanderers are currently the most successful team in the history of Maltese football.

Players

Current Squad

The players in bold have senior international caps.

Transfers for 2008/09

"For recent transfers, see List of Maltese football transfers Summer 2008."

Notable Players

"See "
*flagicon|MLT Andrei Agius
*flagicon|NGA Murphy Akanji
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGA Orosco Anonam
*flagicon|MLT Ian Azzopardi
*flagicon|MLT Roderick Bajada
*flagicon|MLT Etienne Barbara
*flagicon|MLT Ernest Barry
*flagicon|MLT Matthew Bartolo
*flagicon|ITA Cristiano Bergodi
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|LBY Daniel Bogdanovic
*flagicon|MLT Henry Bonello
*flagicon|MLT Roderick Briffa
*flagicon|MLT Joe Brincat
*flagicon|MLT Richard Buhagiar
*flagicon|MLT Carmel Busuttil
*flagicon|MLT John Buttigieg
*flagicon|MLT Ian Ciantar
*flagicon|MLT David Carabott
*flagicon|MLT David Camilleri
*flagicon|MLT Jeffrey Chetcuti
*flagicon|MLT Joe Cini
*flagicon|MLT Reginald Cini
*flagicon|MLT Jason Cordina
*flagicon|MLT Darren Debono
*flagicon|MLT Luke Dimech
*flagicon|SRB Danilo Doncic
*flagicon|BRA Duda
*flagicon|ENG Dean Edwards
*flagicon|NGA Augustin Eguavoen
*flagicon|MLT Joseph Farrugia
*flagicon|MLT Kane Paul Farrugia
*flagicon|YUG Ivan Gajer
*flagicon|MLT Lino Galea
*flagicon|MLT Stefan Giglio
*flagicon|MLT Martin Gregory
*flagicon|MLT Massimo Grima
*flagicon|MLT Lee Lombardi
*flagicon|MNE Aleksandar Madzar
*flagicon|MLT George Mallia
*flagicon|MLT Carlo Mamo
*flagicon|MLT Kevin Mamo
*flagicon|MLT Claude Mattocks
*flagicon|MLT Adrian Mifsud
*flagicon|MLT Josef Mifsud
*flagicon|MLT Michael Mifsud
*flagicon|MLT Alex Muscat
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGA Chucks Nwoko
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGA Chris Okoh
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|ENG Jamie Pace
*flagicon|BRA André Rocha da Silva
*flagicon|MLT Brian Said
*flagicon|MLT Kevin Sammut
*flagicon|MLT Joe Sant Fournier
*flagicon|ENG Carl Saunders
*flagicon|MLT Mark Scerri
*flagicon|MLT Salvinu Schembri
*flagicon|MLT Hubert Suda
*flagicon|CZE Zdeněk Svoboda
*flagicon|MLT Shawn Tellus
*flagicon|MLT Trevor Templeman
*flagicon|MLT Noel Turner
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|SRB Nenad Veselji
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|CAN Ivan Woods

Achievements

Maltese Premier League Champions:
1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1929/30, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1975/76, 1988/89, 1995/96, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05

Maltese Premier League Runners-Up:
1909/10, 1916/17, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1926/27, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1934/35, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2005/06

Maltese Cup Champions:
1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2004

Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003

Maltese First Division Champions:
1983/84

Super Cup Champions
1996, 2000

Löwenbräu Cup Champions
1999, 2001, 2002

Super 5 Cup Champions
1990/91, 2001/02, 2003/04

Cassar Cup Champions
1923/24, 1924/25, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1966/67

Scicluna Cup Champions
1949/50, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66

Cousis Shield Champions
1917/18, 1919/20, 1923/24, 1925/26

Christmas Cup Champions
1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71

Independence Cup Champions
1964/65, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1981/82

Testaferrata Cup Champions
1964/65, 1974/75

MFA Cup Champions
1931/32

Sons of Malta Cup Champions
1972/73, 1979/80

Euro Cup Champions
1982, 1987, 1990, 2004, 2005

Christmas Tourney Cup Champions
1936/37, 1948/49

Schembri Shield Champions
1955/56, 1957/58

Empire Sports Ground Cup Champions
1923/24

MFA League Cup Champions
1965/66, 1969/70, 1978/79, 1984/85

MPFA Shield Champions
1954/55

External Links

Official Website

* [http://www.eswfc.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.supportersclubsliema.com/ Supporters Club Official website]

Unofficial Websites

* [http://www.sliemanursery.com/ Nursery Webpage]
* [http://sliema.maltafans.com/ Fanzine Webpage Maltese Football]
* [http://sliemawanderers.proboards38.com/ Supporters Forum]

Media Websites

* [http://www.maltafootball.com/guide/sliema1.shtml MaltaFootball Club Profile]
* [http://www.soccerway.com/teams/malta/sliema-wanderers-fc/ SoccerWay Club Profile]