Balzan F.C.

Balzan
Full name	Balzan Football Club
Founded	1937; 87 years ago; (as Balzan Youths)
President	Anton Tagliaferro
Head coach	Dave Rogers
League	Maltese Premier League
2023–24	Maltese Premier League, 8th of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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.^[1]

Balzan has qualified for the UEFA Europa League for five consecutive seasons (2015–16 to 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.^[2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 August 2024^[3]

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	Dylan Ciappara
2	DF	MLT	Gary Camilleri
4	DF	BRA	André Fausto
5	DF	MLT	Samir Arab
6	MF	MLT	Marcus Grima
7	MF	MLT	Tristan Caruana
8	DF	MLT	Nicolas Pulis
9	FW	ENG	Isaac Westendorf
10	MF	MLT	Jan Busuttil
11	MF	MLT	Benjamin Hili
12	GK	MLT	Niklas Vella


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	NGA	Oluwatobiloba Awosanya
17	DF	BEL	Henri Stanic
18	MF	MLT	Jake Engerer
19	FW	MLT	Gabriel Farrugia
21	FW	CAN	Carson Buschman-Dormond
22	MF	MLT	Jake Grech
23	DF	SRB	Nikola Žerjal
24	DF	IRL	Kevin Williams
27	FW	ENG	Udoyen Akpan
77	MF	AFG	Mosawer Ahadi
99	GK	SRB	Danilo Golović

Club facilities

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.

St Aloysius' College ground
"Solerville"
Training centre

Honours

Balzan players celebrating the club's first major title in 2019, after defeating Valletta 5–4 on penalties in the Maltese FA Trophy final.

Maltese FA Trophy
- Winners: 2018–19
Maltese Second Division
- Winners: 2008–09

European record

Balzan players and supporters celebrate the club's historic qualification to the UEFA Europa League following a 3–1 victory over Hibernians on 26 April 2015.

All results (home and away) list Balzan's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Željezničar	0–2	0–1	0–3
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Neftçi	0–2	2–1	2–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Videoton	3−3	0−2	3−5
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Keşla	4−1	1−2	5−3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	1−3	3−4
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Domžale	3–4	0–1	3–5
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Domžale	1–3 (a.e.t.)	4–1	5–4
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Neman Grodno	0−0	0–2	0–2