2007–08 Maltese FA Trophy

The Maltese Cup 2007-08 (known as U*BET Fa Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season since its establishment.It features 20 teams from Maltese Premier League and First Division.The competition started on 3 November 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008 with the final,which Birkirkara F.C. won 2-1 against Hamrun Spartans.The defending champions were Hibernians F.C..

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round
First Round	3,4,10,11 November 2007	8	20 → 12	16
Second Round	1 March 2008	4	12 → 8	none
Quarter Finals	12 April 2008	4	8 → 4	4
Semi Finals	19 May 2008	2	4 → 2	none
Final	24 May 2008	1	2 → 1	none

Results

When the draw was conducted four teams received a bye to the Quarterfinals. Hibernians received a bye because they won the 2006–07 Maltese Cup. Other three teams who received a bye directly to the Quarterfinals were Birkirkara, Marsaxlokk and Sliema Wanderers, for being three best-placed teams in previous year's Premier League.

First Round

In the First Round entered Premier League teams placed 4th to 10th and 10 First Division teams. The matches were played on 3, 4, 10 and 11 November 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valletta	4–0	St. Patrick
St. Georges	2–3	Pieta Hotspurs
Mqabba	3–2	Vittoriosa
Mosta	0–2	Hamrun
Qormi	1–5	Tarxien
Marsa	0–7	Dingli Swallows
Floriana	7–1	Mellieha
Senglea Athletics	4–3 (aet)	Msida St.Joseph

Second Round

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The matches were played on 1 and 2 March 2008

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valletta	5–0	Tarxien Rainbows
Hamrun Spartans	1–0	Pieta Hotspurs
Mqabba	0–1	Dingli Swallows
Floriana	3–2 (aet)	Senglea Athletics

Quarterfinals

In this round entered the winners from the previous round and the four teams that had received a bye. The matches were played on 12 and 13 April 2008.

Dingli Swallows was the only team from the First Division.They played against Hamrun Spartans and lost 3-1.The other 3 ties were all contested between Premier League teams.They all finished 2-1 in favour of Valletta, Floriana and Birkirkara who beat Hibernians, Sliema Wanderers and Marsaxlokk respectively.Hibernians were the defending champions.

2008-04-12 15:00	Hamrun Spartans	3 – 1	Dingli Swallows	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Anton Zammit (MFA)
	Spiteri  30'  53'  90'	(Report)	J.Agius  19'

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2008-04-12 17:00	Hibernians	1 – 2	Valletta	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (MFA)
	Scerri  67'	(Report)	Temile  45' G.Agius  87'

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2008-04-13 15:00	Floriana	2 – 1	Sliema Wanderers	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Adrian Casha (MFA)
	R.Darmanin  61' M.Micallef  65'	(Report)	E.Barbara  51'

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2008-04-13 17:00	Marsaxlokk	1 – 2	Birkirkara	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Marco Borg (MFA)
	C.Mamo  1'	(Report)	Sylla  52' Mifsud Triganza  70'

Semifinals

The winners from the Quarterfinals entered the Semifinals.The matches were played on 19 and 20 May 2008

Both semi-finals finished 4-2 in favour of Hamrun Spartans,who beat Floriana,and Birkirkara who beat Valletta.

2008-05-19 17:00	Hamrun Spartans	4 – 2	Floriana	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Chris Lautier (MFA)
	S.Meilak  25' A.Effiong  29' Spiteri  33' R.Fenech  75' (pen.)	(Report)	M.Brincat  45' R.Darmanin  64'

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2008-05-20 17:00	Birkirkara	4 – 2	Valletta	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Joe Attard (MFA)
	Sylla  42'  51' A.Tabone  61' G.Mallia  68'	(Report)	Monesterolo  19' J.Mifsud  73'

Final

The Final was played on 24 May and was contested between Birkirkara and Hamrun Spartans.Michael Galea opened the scoring for Birkirkara but Hamrun Spartans levelled matters through Ryan Fenech but Michael Galea scored his 2nd to give Birkirkara the trophy.

2008-05-24 17:00	Birkirkara	2 – 1	Hamrun	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Anton Zammit (MFA)
	M.Galea  58'  90'	(Report)	R.Fenech  65'

Birkirkara

Hamrun Spartans

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Gaetan Spiteri	5	Hamrun Spartans
Uchenna Anyanwu	4	Dingli Swallows
Yala Bolasie		Floriana
Amed Davy Sylla	3	Birkirkara
Anthony Ewurum		Senglea Athletics
Frank Temile		Valletta
Omar Sebastián Monesterolo		Valletta

External links

• Official site