Rabat Ajax F.C.

Rabat Ajax Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Rabat. The last promotion to the Maltese Premier League was achieved in the 2011–12 season, when they earned promotion after finishing second behind Melita. In the 2020-21 National Amateur League season, the club finished 4th in group B, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. After beating Msida St. Joseph and Marsaskala in the quarter and semi finals respectively, they reached the final against Kirkop United. The Magpies won the final 2-1, securing themselves the fourth and final promotion spot to the following seasons Challenge League.

Rabat Ajax
Full nameRabat Ajax Football Club
Nickname(s)The Magpies
Founded1930 (1930)
as Rabat Rovers
GroundRabat Ajax Football Ground,
Mtarfa, Malta
Capacity700
ChairmanKeith Farrugia
CoachVesko Petrovic
LeagueChallenge League
2020-21National Amateur League, 4th (Group B)

History
  • 1930: Club founded with the name Rabat Rovers
  • 1937: Joined with Rabat Rangers and Old City to form Rabat Zvanks
  • 1938: Club was renamed to Rabat FC
  • 1980: Joined with Rabat Ajax to form Rabat Ajax FC
  • 1983: First participation in a European Cup (C3) (1983/84 season)
  • 1985: Rabat Ajax win The Maltese Championship
  • 1986: Rabat Ajax win The Maltese Championship and Maltese Cup

Honours

UEFA Cups qualifiers

In 1983–84 Rabat Ajax met Czechoslovak side Inter Bratislava in the UEFA Cup, where following a 0–10 dumping at home, they also lost 0–6 in the return leg in Bratislava. The following year Rabat Ajax also played in the UEFA Cup, where it met Yugoslav side Partizan Belgrade, with whom it lost both matches with a 0–2 scoreline.

Rabat Ajax has played four qualification matches in the European Cup. In 1985–86 they lost twice a 5–0 score against Cypriot side AC Omonia. In 1986–87 they were trounced 9–0 by eventual winners FC Porto at the Rio Ave stadium in Vila do Conde and 1–0 at home in Malta.

Rabat Ajax in Europe
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1. Round Inter Bratislava 0–10 0–6 0–16
1984–85 UEFA Cup 1. Round Partizan 0–2 0–2 0–4
1985–86 European Cup 1. Round Omonia Nicosia 0–5 0–5 0–10
1986–87 European Cup 1. Round FC Porto 0–1 0–9 0–10

Players
As of 17 September 2021

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MLT Jean Matthias Vella
2 DF  ALB Elmir Lekaj
3 DF  MLT Mark Borg
4 DF  MLT Miguel Aquilina
5 MF  MLT Joseph Caruana
6 MF  MLT Maverick Cassar
7 FW  MLT Nicolai Attard
8 MF  MLT Brandon Micallef
9 FW  MLT Larens Vella
10 FW  MLT Aidan Azzopardi
11 FW  URU Gaston Poncet Otero
12 GK  MLT Damian Borg
27 MF  MLT Kieran Agius
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  MLT Dylan Falzon
14 MF  ARG Manuel Angel Bustos
15 MF  MLT Kurt Muscat
16 MF  MLT Liam Farrugia
17 MF  MLT Wayne Borg
18 FW  MLT Adam Smeir
20 DF  MLT Brandon Farrugia
21 DF  MLT Sean Abela
22 DF  MLT Zachary Tanti
23 DF  MKD Petar Kanzurov
24 GK  MLT Kyle Barbara
25 MF  MLT Nigel Zahra
26 GK  MLT Malcolm Bugeja

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  MLT Jordi Farrugia (on loan to Dingli Swallows)

Board & Management 2020/21
Position Name Nationality
President:Dr Keith Farrugia Maltese
Vice PresidentDr Chris Cilia Maltese
Vice PresidentDr Sam Abela Maltese
General SecretaryMario Grima Maltese
Assistant General SecretaryJean Karl Tabone Maltese
Team ManagerJosef Tonna Maltese
TreasurerDarren Dimech Maltese
Assistant TreasurerJames Borg Maltese
Club Official U19Dion Mifsud Maltese
MasseurAnthony Bugeja Maltese
Board MemberLuke Micallef Maltese
Board MemberMark Micallef Maltese
Board MemberMark Buhagair Maltese
Board MemberPierre Mifsud Maltese
Board MemberGlenn J Micallef Maltese
Board MemberNicolai Caruana Maltese

Notable former managers
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