Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional football club based in the town of Paola. They are the only Malta football club to have never been relegated from the Premier League.
History
The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party. They resumed playing again in the 1927–28 season and became a top amateur side, winning the Amateur League in 1930–31.
Around 1970 English football legend Sir Stanley Matthews managed Hibernians. He led the club to a League title and two Maltese FA Trophies.
Hibernians faced a long period of decline followed the success of the 1980s to the end of the decade.
- Maltese Premier League 20px
- Winners (13): 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22
- Maltese FA Trophy
- Winners (11): 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2024–25
- Maltese Super Cup
- Winners (5): 1994,2007,2015,2022,2026
- Cassar Cup
- Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63
- Testaferrata Cup
- Winners (3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
- Independence Cup
- Winners (3): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71
- Sons of Malta Cup
- Winners (3): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
- Olympic Cup
- Winners (1): 1962–63
- Schembri Shield
- Winners (1): 1961–62
European record
:Accurate as of 11 August 2022
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Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| 1961–62
| European Cup
| Prelim
| Servette FC
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–7
|-
| rowspan="2" |1962–63
| rowspan="2" |European Cup Winners' Cup
|Prelim
| Olympiacos
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;" | advanced by walkover
|-
|1R
| Atlético Madrid
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5
|-
| 1967–68
| European Cup
| 1R
| Manchester United F.C.
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
|-
| 1968–69
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
| 1R
| Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–7
|-
| 1969–70
| European Cup
| 1R
| FC Spartak Trnava
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–6
|-
| 1970–71
| European Cup Winners' Cup
| 1R
| Real Madrid C.F.
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971–72
| rowspan="2" | European Cup Winners' Cup
| Prelim
| Fram
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
|-
| 1R
| Steaua Bucharest
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–1
|-
|1974–75
|UEFA Cup
|1R
| FC Amsterdam
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–7
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–12
|-
|1976–77
|UEFA Cup
|1R
| Grasshoppers
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–7
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–9
|-
|1978–79
|UEFA Cup
|1R
| S.C. Braga
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;" | 3–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 3–7
|-
| 1979–80
| European Cup
| 1R
| Dundalk F.C.
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
|-
|1980–81
|European Cup Winners' Cup
|1R
| Waterford
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;" | 1–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 1–4
|-
| 1981–82
| European Cup
| 1R
| Red Star Belgrade
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–8
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–10
|-
| 1982–83
| European Cup
| 1R
| Widzew Łódź
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–7
|-
|1986–87
|UEFA Cup
|1R
| Trakia Plovdiv
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–8
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–10
|-
| 1994–95
| UEFA Cup
| Prelim
| FC Dinamo Minsk
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 4–3 (a.e.t.)
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 5–6
|-
| 1995–96
| UEFA Cup
| Prelim
| FC Chornomorets Odesa
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–7
|-
| rowspan="4" |1996
| rowspan="4" |UEFA Intertoto Cup
| rowspan="4" |Group 11
| FC Ural Yekaterinburg
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
|
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" |5th
|-
| PFC CSKA Sofia
|
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–4
|-
| RC Strasbourg Alsace
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
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| Kocaelispor
|
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–5
|-
| 2001
| UEFA Intertoto Cup
| 1R
| Zagłębie Lubin
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–4
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002–03
| rowspan="2"| UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| Shelbourne F.C.
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
|-
| 2Q
| Boavista F.C.
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–7
|-
| 2003
| UEFA Intertoto Cup
| 1R
| AC Allianssi
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
|-
| 2004
| UEFA Intertoto Cup
| 1R
| NK Slaven Belupo
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–4
|-
| 2005–06
| UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| AC Omonia
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
|-
| 2006–07
| UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| FC Dinamo București
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–9
|-
| 2007–08
| UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| FK Vojvodina
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–7
|-
| 2008
| UEFA Intertoto Cup
| 1R
| ND Gorica
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
|-
| 2009–10
| UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| FK Mogren
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
|-
| 2012–13
| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| FK Sarajevo
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 4–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 6–9
|-
| 2013–14
| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| FK Vojvodina
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–7
|-
| 2014–15
| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| FC Spartak Trnava
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–9
|-
| 2015–16
| UEFA Champions League
| 2Q
| Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–6
|-
| 2016–17
| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| FC Spartak Trnava
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2017–18
| rowspan="2"| UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| FCI Tallinn
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–0
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
|-
| 2Q
| FC Red Bull Salzburg
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
|-
| 2019–20
| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2020–21
| rowspan="2"| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| Vaduz
|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–0
|
|-
| 2Q
| Fehérvár
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2021–22
| UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| Flora
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5
|-
| rowspan="2"| UEFA Europa Conference League
| 2Q
| Folgore
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 4–2
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 7–3
|-
| 3Q
| Riga
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–4 (a.e.t.)
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–4
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2022–23
| UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| Shamrock Rovers
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
|-
| rowspan="2" | UEFA Europa Conference League
| 2Q
| FCI Levadia
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
|-
| 3Q
| RFS
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–3
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–4
|-
| 2025–26
| UEFA Conference League
| 2Q
| Spartak Trnava
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–7
|}
Players
Maltese teams are limited to eight players without Maltese citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.
Current squad
Out on loan
Historical list of coaches
- Joe A. Griffiths
- Saviour Cuschieri (1961 – 1962)
- Jimmy Davidson (1962 – 1963)
- Hillary Tagliaferro (1964 – 1966)
- Lino Bugeja (1966 – 1970)
- Hillary Tagliaferro (1967 – 1970)
- Johnny Calleja (1972 – 1977)
- George Busuttil (1977 – 1979)
- Eddie Theobald (1981 – 1982)
- Johnny Calleja (1982 – 1983)
- George Busuttil (1984 – 1985)
- Terenzio Polverini (1987 – 1988)
- Edward Darmanin (1987 – 1989)
- Joe Cilia (1989 – 1992)
- Brian Talbot (1992 – 1996)
- Mark Miller (1997;– 1999)
- Robert Gatt (30 June 1999 – 8 July 2007)
- Edmond Lufi (2007 – 8 September 2008)
- Mark Miller (1 July 2008 – 2012)
- Michael Woods (13 June 2012 – 2013)
- Branko Nišević (30 May 2013 – 2016)
- Mark Miller (2016 – 5 March 2018)
- Mario Muscat (5 March 2018 – 4 July 2018)
- Stefano Sanderra (4 July 2018 – 30 June 2022)
- Andrea Pisanu (8 July 2022 – 6 February 2023)
- Silvio Vella (7 February 2023 – 1 June 2023)
- Branko Nišević (17 July 2023 – 26 February 2026)
- Andrei Agius (26 February 2026 – )
Women's team
A women's team plays in the Women's Maltese First Division. The team is the national record champion with twelve titles, the most recent being won in 2016.
See also
- Hibernians Basketball Club