Pietà Hotspurs F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Pietà Hotspurs FC


fullname = Pietà Hotspurs FC
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founded = 1968
ground = Ta'Qali Stadium,
Attard, Malta
capacity = 17,000
chairman = flagicon|Malta Edward Schembri
manager = flagicon|Malta Arnold Micallef
league = Maltese Football League
season = 2006-07
position = Maltese Football League
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Pietà Hotspurs FC is a Maltese football club based in Pietà which was founded in 1968. They play in the Maltese Football League, the top division in Maltese football.

History

Pietà Hotspurs had their league debut on October 23, 1934 [http://www.pietafootball.com/History/History.htm History of Pietà Hotspurs FC - Official website] ] , but any success the club had hoped to achieve was postponed due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war's end, Pietà took part in the Anglo Maltese Football League, before joining the Third Division of the National Championships, where they spent ten seasons. Pietà Hotspurs, however, were replaced in the league with "Pietà Atlanta" in 1962, a team which later changed their name to Pietà Hotspurs in 1973, joining the Fourth Division in 1974. The team won the league and promotion, but spent ten years in the Third Division. They eventually won promotion in 1985, but were soon relegated again. However, they bounced back up and won promotion again in 1988. In 1994 they finally won promotion to the Premier Division.

Players

Current squad

Notable Players

*flagicon|SOM Cisse Aadan Abshir
*flagicon|BUL Sasho Angelov
*flagicon|MLT Pierre Aquilina
*flagicon|MLT Edward Azzopardi
*flagicon|MLT Ernest Barry
*flagicon|BUL Valeri Bojinov
*flagicon|MLT Roderick Briffa
*flagicon|MLT Joseph Camilleri
*flagicon|MLT Saviour Darmanin
*flagicon|MLT Joe Debono
*flagicon|MLT Jesmond Delia
*flagicon|BUL Peycho Deliminkov
*flagicon|HUN Attila Filkor
*flagicon|MLT Carmel Formosa
*flagicon|MLT Cleaven Frendo
*flagicon|BUL Rumen Galabov
*flagicon|MLT Massimo Grima
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|ENG Andrew Hogg
*flagicon|MLT Dylan Kokavessis
*flagicon|MLT Malcolm Licari
*flagicon|ALB Edmond Lufi
*flagicon|MLT Kevin Mamo
*flagicon|MLT Clive Mizzi
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGA Chris Okoh
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGA Digger Okonkwo
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|ENG Jamie Pace
*flagicon|BIH Senad Repuh
*flagicon|MLT Massimo Schembri
*flagicon|MLT Gareth Sciberras
*flagicon|WAL Paul Seaman
*flagicon|MLT Daniel Theuma
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|CAN Ivan Woods

References

External links

* [http://www.pietafootball.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.maltafootball.com/guide/pieta1.shtml Pietà Hotspurs at Maltafootball.com]