- 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|MLTSteve Abela
manager = flagicon|MLTStephen Azzopardi
league =Maltese Premier League
season = 2007/08
position =Maltese Premier League , 4th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFSliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of
Sliema , which currently plays in theMaltese 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 in1990 ,2000 and2004 .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|MLTAndrei Agius
*flagicon|NGAMurphy Akanji
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGAOrosco Anonam
*flagicon|MLTIan Azzopardi
*flagicon|MLTRoderick Bajada
*flagicon|MLTEtienne Barbara
*flagicon|MLT Ernest Barry
*flagicon|MLTMatthew Bartolo
*flagicon|ITACristiano Bergodi
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|LBYDaniel Bogdanovic
*flagicon|MLTHenry Bonello
*flagicon|MLTRoderick Briffa
*flagicon|MLTJoe Brincat
*flagicon|MLTRichard Buhagiar
*flagicon|MLTCarmel Busuttil
*flagicon|MLTJohn Buttigieg
*flagicon|MLTIan Ciantar
*flagicon|MLTDavid Carabott
*flagicon|MLTDavid Camilleri
*flagicon|MLTJeffrey Chetcuti
*flagicon|MLTJoe Cini
*flagicon|MLTReginald Cini
*flagicon|MLTJason Cordina
*flagicon|MLTDarren Debono
*flagicon|MLTLuke Dimech
*flagicon|SRBDanilo Doncic
*flagicon|BRA Duda
*flagicon|ENG Dean Edwards
*flagicon|NGAAugustin Eguavoen
*flagicon|MLTJoseph Farrugia
*flagicon|MLTKane Paul Farrugia
*flagicon|YUGIvan Gajer
*flagicon|MLTLino Galea
*flagicon|MLTStefan Giglio
*flagicon|MLTMartin Gregory
*flagicon|MLTMassimo Grima
*flagicon|MLTLee Lombardi
*flagicon|MNEAleksandar Madzar
*flagicon|MLTGeorge Mallia
*flagicon|MLTCarlo Mamo
*flagicon|MLTKevin Mamo
*flagicon|MLTClaude Mattocks
*flagicon|MLTAdrian Mifsud
*flagicon|MLTJosef Mifsud
*flagicon|MLTMichael Mifsud
*flagicon|MLTAlex Muscat
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGAChucks Nwoko
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|NGAChris Okoh
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|ENGJamie Pace
*flagicon|BRAAndré Rocha da Silva
*flagicon|MLTBrian Said
*flagicon|MLTKevin Sammut
*flagicon|MLTJoe Sant Fournier
*flagicon|ENG Carl Saunders
*flagicon|MLTMark Scerri
*flagicon|MLTSalvinu Schembri
*flagicon|MLTHubert Suda
*flagicon|CZEZdeněk Svoboda
*flagicon|MLTShawn Tellus
*flagicon|MLTTrevor Templeman
*flagicon|MLTNoel Turner
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|SRBNenad Veselji
*flagicon|MLT flagicon|CANIvan 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, 2004/05Maltese 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, 2005/06Maltese Cup Champions:
1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2004Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003Maltese First Division Champions:
1983/84Super Cup Champions
1996, 2000Löwenbräu Cup Champions
1999, 2001, 2002Super 5 Cup Champions
1990/91, 2001/02, 2003/04Cassar Cup Champions
1923/24, 1924/25, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1966/67Scicluna Cup Champions
1949/50, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66Cousis Shield Champions
1917/18, 1919/20, 1923/24, 1925/26Christmas Cup Champions
1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71Independence Cup Champions
1964/65, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1981/82Testaferrata Cup Champions
1964/65, 1974/75MFA Cup Champions
1931/32Sons of Malta Cup Champions
1972/73, 1979/80Euro Cup Champions
1982, 1987, 1990, 2004, 2005Christmas Tourney Cup Champions
1936/37, 1948/49Schembri Shield Champions
1955/56, 1957/58Empire Sports Ground Cup Champions
1923/24MFA League Cup Champions
1965/66, 1969/70, 1978/79, 1984/85MPFA Shield Champions
1954/55External 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]
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