- Rabat Ajax F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Rabat Ajax
fullname = Rabat Ajax Football Club
nickname = The Magpies
founded = 1930, as Rabat Rovers
ground =Ta' Qali Stadium ,Ta' Qali ,Malta
capacity = 17,000
chairman = flagicon|MLTDr. Michael Sciriha
manager = flagicon|MLTJoe Gerada
league =Maltese First Division
season = 2007/08
position =Maltese Second Division , 2nd
pattern_la1=_black_stripes|pattern_b1=_blackstripes_thin4|pattern_ra1=_black_stripes
leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000Rabat Ajax Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Rabat. They have been promoted to the First division in the season 2007/2008 after they had to play a promotion decider against Balzan Y. with the final score being 3-0
Famous footballers
Its most noted player was
Carmel Busuttil , who later joined Italian amateur sideVerbania and Belgian first division sideKRC Genk . Busuttil won the Malta Footballer of the Year award in 1982-83 and 1985-86. Another Rabat Ajax footballer who won the same award was Silvio Vella in 1993-94.History
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1930 : Club founded with the name "Rabat Rovers"
*1937 : Joined with "Rabat Rangers" and "Old City" to form "Rabat Zvanks"
*1938 : Club was renamed to "Rabat FC"
*1980 : Joined with "Rabat Ajax" to form "Rabat Ajax FC"
*1983 : First participation in a European Cup (C3) (1983/84 season)UEFA Cups qualifiers
In 1983-84 Rabat Ajax met Czechoslovakian side
Inter Bratislava in the UEFA, where following a 0-10 thumping at home, they also lost 0-6 in the return leg inBratislava . The following year Rabat Ajax also played in the UEFA Cup, where it met Yugoslavian sidePartizan Belgrade , with whom it lost both matches with a 0-2 scoreline.Rabat Ajax has played four qualification matches in the old UEFA Champions league competition. In 1985-86 they lost twice a 5-0 score against Cypriot side
AC Omonia . In 1986-87 they were trounced 9-0 by eventual winnersFC Porto at theRio Ave stadium inOporto 9-0 and 1-0 at home in Malta.Players
Current Squad
Out On Loan
Notable Players
*flagicon|MLT
Roderick Asciak
*flagicon|MLTEdward Azzopardi
*flagicon|MLTCarmel Busuttil
*flagicon|MLTDennis Cauchi
*flagicon|MLTMichael Cutajar
*flagicon|BULIordan Filipov
*flagicon|MLT Joe Galea
*flagicon|SCOAndy McGonigle
*flagicon|MLTAdrian Mifsud
*flagicon|ENG Mark Miller
*flagicon|MLTCharles Scerri
*flagicon|MLTCharles Sciberras
*flagicon|NIRPaddy Sloan
*flagicon|MLTSilvio Vella
*flagicon|ENG Jeff Wood
*flagicon|MLT Paul ZammitNotable Former Managers
*flagicon|Northern Ireland
Paddy Sloan Honours
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Maltese Premier League
**Champion :1985 ,1986 *
Maltese Cup (aka F.A. Trophy)**Winners:
1986 2-0 versusZurrieq F.C.
**FinalistS:1954 1-5 versusFloriana F.C. *
Malta FA Supercup
**Winner :1985 ,1986 External links
* [http://www.rabatajaxsc.com Rabat Ajax Supporters Club official website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/RabatAjaxFC/ Rabat Ajax Unofficial website]
* [http://www.rabatajaxforever.com Rabat Ajax Fan Site]
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