Siggiewi F.C.

Siggiewi F.C. is a football club from the village of Siġġiewi in Malta. Founded in 1945, it currently plays in the Maltese Third Division. Their home kit colours are red and yellow.

Siggiewi F.C.
Full nameSiggiewi Football Club
Nickname(s)Yellows
Founded1945 (1945)
GroundSiġġiewi Sports Complex, Siġġiewi
PresidentMario Caruana
CoachMauro Delcepppo
LeagueMaltese Third Division
2019–20Maltese Second Division
13th of 13 (relegated)

Siggiewi Sports Complex

As part of the MFA programme of assisting member clubs and affiliated associations to improve their facilities, the association's president Norman Darmanin Demajo inaugurated a synthetic pitch at Siġġiewi which will serve the locality's footballers, including the youths and youngsters in the nursery, in their development. The synthetic pitch was inaugurated during the 2010/2011 season.

Present for the ceremony were Albert Pace (ex-president of Siggiewi F.C), Robert Musumeci (former mayor of Siġġiewi) and Clyde Puli (former parliamentary secretary for youth and sport).

Youth sector

Siggiewi is also the mother club of its nursery, the Siggiewi Football Club Youth Nursery. The youth nursery, caters for children aged between 5 and 16 years, was established in 1992 and is affiliated with the Malta Youth Football Association. The youth nursery participates in the under-15 league organised by the Malta Youth FA.

Players
As of 13 December 2018[1]

Senior squad 2018–2019

Note: The same squad number may be used by more than one player. If that is the case, the last player who have used the number is assigned with it.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  MLT Mark Deguara
— MF  MLT Mauro Brincat
— FW  MLT Edward Bugeja
— MF  MLT Kim Buhagiar
— DF  MLT Ranier Buhagiar
— MF  MLT Joseph Borg
— GK  MLT Leon Seisun
— MF  MLT Adrian Caruana
— GK  MLT Wayne Agius
— MF  MLT Nathan Caruana
— MF  MLT Luke Cassar
— MF  MLT Eman Ciappara
— DF  MLT Ian Darmanin
— DF  MLT Alessandro Ebejer
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  EGY Ahmed El Saadny
— MF  MLT Andre Farrugia
— MF  MLT Clayton Schembri
— MF  MLT Darren Magri
— DF  MLT Jacob Magri
— MF  MLT Ayrton Micallef
— FW  NGA Ikechukwu Igwemeke
— DF  MLT Ronnie Celeste
— MF  MLT Nicholas Schembri
— GK  MLT Neil Vassallo
— DF  COL Leider Vega
— MF  MLT Sam Vella

Club officials and coaching staff

Club officials

President
Mario Caruana
Vice President
Robert Camilleri
Vice President
Donald Buhagiar
Secretary
Robert Camilleri
Assistant Secretary
Clifford Vassallo
Treasurer
Josef Saliba
Assistant Treasurer
Jonathan Vassallo
Team Manager
Josef Borg
Kit Manager
Justin Buhagiar
Assistant Kit Manager
Matthew Deguara
Facilities Manager
Mario Caruana
Events Manager
Manfred Simiana
Technical Staff
Victor Camilleri

Coaching staff

Senior Team Coach
Mauro Delceppo
Senior Team Physical Trainer
Karl Doublet
Youth Team Coach
Mario Caruana/Clifford Vassallo
Senior Team Technical staff
Victor Camilleri/Clifford Vassallo

Club statistics and records

League and cup history
Season League Top Scorer Knockout/Cup Youths
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name Goals Div. Pos. Cup
2000–2001 3rd 12th 22 0 7 15 15 47 7 Donald Buhagiar 6 Quarter-final Section C 2nd Quarter-final
2001–2002 4th 11th 15 4 3 8 25 35 15 Roderick Farrugia 10 First round Section B 4th Preliminary
2002–2003 4th 14th 15 3 6 6 17 24 15 Roderick Farrugia 4 First round Section B 8th First round
2003–2004 4th 11th 15 3 4 18 15 24 13 Pierre Spiteri 4 First round Section B 10th Preliminary
2004–2005 4th 8th 16 6 5 5 26 21 23 Pierre Spiteri 6 First round Section C 6th Quarter-final
2005–2006 4th 7th 16 9 1 6 30 23 28 Josef Micallef 12 First round Section C 4th Second round
2006–2007 4th 10th 18 7 1 10 30 33 22 Pierre Spiteri 10 First round Section C 1st Second round
2007–2008 4th 7th 18 7 2 9 37 38 23 Eman Ciappara 13 First round Section B 7th First round
2008–2009 4th 4th 16 7 4 5 26 20 25 Pierre Spiteri 9 First round Section B 9th First round
2009–2010 4th 5th 18 8 2 8 33 37 26 Jason Camilleri 17 First round Section C 9th Second round
2010–2011 4th 1st^ 20 16 1 3 49 22 49 Jason Camilleri 23 First round Section D 2nd Second round
2011–2012 3rd 11th 26 7 6 13 31 51 27 Roderick Farrugia 10 Third round Section C 9th First round
2012–2013 3rd 8th 26 8 5 13 40 48 29 Roderick Farrugia 13 Second round Section D 12th First round
2013–2014 3rd 11th 26 8 4 14 36 56 28 Mougnini Tape 8 Third round Section E 1st Second round
2014–2015 3rd 7th 26 11 6 9 45 45 39 Mougnini Tape 9 Fourth round Section D 9th Preliminary round
2015–2016 3rd 6th 26 10 9 7 33 25 39 Jason Camilleri 7 Second sound Section E 1st Second round
2016–2017 3rd 6th 26 8 11 7 40 34 35 Samuel Vella
Jason Camilleri
Didier Sohna		 8 Third round Section D 5th First round
2017–2018 3rd 5th 24 11 8 5 43 24 41 Ian Montanaro 9 Third round Section D 6th First round
2018–2019 3rd 13th 24 3 4 17 14 41 13 Marko Nikolic 6 Third round Section D 5th Second round
2019–2020 4th 2nd 9 7 1 1 16 8 20 Ronnie Celeste 6 Third round Section D 5th Second round

^ Siggiewi, as winners of Section A, faced the winners of section B, Għargħur, in a play-off to determine the overall winners of the Third Division. Siggiewi lost the match by three goals to two[2] and therefore ended as runners-up.

Player statistics – most appearances
# Name Position Years Total
1 Eman Ciappara MF 1997– 300
2 Jason Camilleri MF 269
3 Kim Buhagiar MF 224
4 Mark Camilleri FW 215
5 Pierre Spiteri FW −2013 201

Updated as at 1 April 2018.[3]

References
  1. "Squad – Siggiewi F.C. 2018/19". mfa.com.mt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "Gharghur Beat Siggiewi to win Third Division title". www.independent.com.mt. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. "Special occasion for 36-year-old club icon". www.takeaseat.org.mt. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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