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Association football club
Football club
Balzan Football Club
is a Maltese
football
club from the village of
Balzan
that competes in the
Maltese Premier League
, the top tier of Maltese football. The club was founded as
Balzan Youths
in 1937 and has been playing in the top division since 2010. They were renamed
Balzan FC
in June 2012.
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Balzan has qualified for the
UEFA Europa League
for five seasons in a row between 2015?16 and 2019?20. The club finished as runners-up in the Malta Premier League in the 2016?17 and 2017?18 seasons and were finalists of the
2015?16 Maltese FA Trophy
, which they lost on
penalties
to
Sliema Wanderers
after a goalless draw in the regular time. In May 2019, the club finally won its first major honour, the
2018?19 Maltese FA Trophy
, after defeating
Valletta
on penalties in the final.
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Players
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First-team squad
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- As of 4 February 2024
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Club facilities
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The club's Administration Building 'Solerville' is located at Main Street, Balzan. A bar and garden restaurant on the ground floor are open to the public. The club's training facilities, located at Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street, Lija, include a clubhouse and a full-size pitch with synthetic turf. The clubhouse includes a conference room, a bar and a gymnasium and was officially opened on 13 March 2011. From September 2015, Balzan teams also commenced training at St Aloysius' College ground, after the ground underwent a major upgrade.
In 2019, Balzan FC started the construction of an additional two-storey clubhouse at its Lija ground which feature additional changing room facilities, as well as accommodation for visiting teams. The building was completed in late 2021.
Honours
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European record
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All results (home and away) list Balzan's goal tally first.
- Notes
- 1Q
: First qualifying round
- 2Q
: Second qualifying round
List of managers
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References
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