Maltese FA Trophy

Maltese FA Trophy
Maltese FA Trophy
Founded 1933
Region  Malta
Number of teams 20
Current champions Floriana
Most successful club Sliema (20 titles)
Website MaltaFootball.com
201011 Maltese FA Trophy

The U Bet FA Trophy, formerly known as the Rothman's Trophy, is a football competition that takes place in Malta.

Widely known as the F.A. Trophy, it was a gift from the British by The Football Association in 1933. This followed a match between England and Italy, played in Rome in May 1933, to where a number of pro-British Maltese supporters travelled to support the English side. In recognition, the Football Association donated a silver trophy to be played on the model of the F.A. Cup.

The cup's holders are Floriana, who won the cup by defeating Valletta 1-0. The team who wins the cup, wins a place in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. This competition is now played on a knock-out basis between the clubs in the Premier and First Division.

The cup winners' play a match for the Maltese Super Cup against the champions of the season.

Contents

Format

The 10 teams from the First Division and the teams which placed from 4th to the 10th position in the previous season's league, participate in the 1st round. The cup holders and the top 3 teams are seeded. The 8 winning teams play again in the 2nd round, after which, 4 teams remain. The top three teams in the previous' year league and the cup holders enter straight in the quarter-final phase, together with the other four winning teams.

Starting with the 200910 competition, the reigning champions of the Gozo First Division will also be entered into the competition. This will be the case unless Gozo FC, a club based on Gozo but which plays in the Maltese leagues, are playing in either the Maltese Premier League or Maltese First Division and would take the place of the Gozo champion.

On 13 January 2011, the Malta Football Association decided to restructure the format of the trophy as from season 2011-12. Following the success of the MFA League Anniversary Cup, where the then 21 teams of the Maltese 4-tiered system participated in the competition, the MFA decided to include all the clubs of Maltese leagues, together with the clubs from the Gozo First Division and the Gozo Second Division. The Gozitan clubs and those from the Maltese Third Division would take part in the First Round, joined by the Maltese Second Division and Maltese First Division clubs in the Second Round, and joined by the Maltese Premier League clubs in a Third Round, where the first 6 teams of the previous season and the Trophy holder would be seeded. The competition remains on a knock-out basis.[1]. The inclusion of Gozitan clubs would probably see the exclusion of Gozo F.C. from Maltese competitions, while the inclusion of Maltese lower league clubs would make the Second & Third Division Knock-Out only open if 8 teams apply in a given season.

Winners by year

Previous winners are:[2]

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1935 Sliema 40 Floriana
1936 Sliema 21 Floriana
1937 Sliema 20 St.George's
1938 Floriana 21 Sliema
1939 Melita 40 Sliema
1940 Sliema 32 Melita
No competitions between 1941 and 1944 due to World War II
1945 Floriana 21 Sliema
1946 Sliema 21 Ħamrun
1947 Floriana 30 Valletta
1948 Sliema 32 (aet) Hibernians
1949 Floriana 51 Sliema
1950 Floriana 31 St.George's
1951 Sliema 50 Hibernians
1952 Sliema 44 (aet)
43 pens.
Hibernians
1953 Floriana 10 Sliema
1954 Floriana 51 Rabat
1955 Floriana 10 Sliema
1956 Sliema 10 Floriana
1957 Floriana 20 Valletta
1958 Floriana 20 Sliema
1959 Sliema 21 (aet) Valletta
1960 Valletta 30 Floriana
1961 Floriana 20 Hibernians
1962 Hibernians 10 Valletta
1963 Sliema 20 Hibernians
1964 Valletta 10 Sliema
1965 Sliema 42 Floriana
1966 Floriana 21 Hibernians
1967 Floriana 10 Hibernians
1968 Sliema 32 Hibernians
1969 Sliema 31 Ħamrun
1970 Hibernians 21 Valletta
1971 Hibernians 31 (aet) Sliema
1972 Floriana 31 Sliema
1973 Gżira 00 (aet)
20 pens.
Birkirkara
1974 Sliema 10 Floriana
1975 Valletta 10 Hibernians
1976 Floriana 20 Valletta
1977 Valletta 10 Floriana
1978 Valletta 32 Floriana
1979 Sliema 21 Floriana
1980 Hibernians 21 Sliema
1981 Floriana 21 Senglea
1982 Hibernians 20 Sliema
1983 Ħamrun 20 Valletta
1984 Ħamrun 10 (aet) Żurrieq
1985 Żurrieq 21 (aet) Valletta
1986 Rabat 20 Żurrieq
1987 Ħamrun 21 Sliema
1988 Ħamrun 42 Floriana
1989 Ħamrun 10 Floriana
1990 Sliema 10 Birkirkara
1991 Valletta 21 (aet) Sliema
1992 Ħamrun 54 (aet) Valletta
1993 Floriana 50 Sliema
1994 Floriana 21 Valletta
1995 Valletta 10 Hibernians
1996 Valletta 10 (aet) Sliema
1997 Valletta 20 Hibernians
1998 Hibernians 21 Valletta
1999 Valletta 10 (aet) Birkirkara
2000 Sliema 41 Birkirkara
2001 Valletta 30 Birkirkara
2002 Birkirkara 10 Sliema
2003 Birkirkara 10 Sliema
2004 Sliema 20 Marsaxlokk
2005 Birkirkara 21 Msida
2006 Hibernians 10 Floriana
2007 Hibernians 11 (aet)
30 pens.
Sliema
2008 Birkirkara 21 Ħamrun
2009 Sliema 33 (aet)
76 pens.
Valletta
2010 Valletta 21 Qormi
2011 Floriana 10 Valletta

Results by team

Club Wins Last final won Last final lost
Sliema Wanderers 20 2009 2007
Floriana 19 2011 2006
Valletta 12 2010 2011
Hibernians 9 2007 1997
Ħamrun Spartans 6 1983 1992
Birkirkara 4 2002 2008
Melita 1 1939
Gzira 1 1973
Zurrieq 1 1985
Rabat 1 1986

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