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Sliema Wanderers
Full name	Sliema Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues; The Wanderers
Founded	1909
Ground	Ta' Qali Stadium,; Ta' Qali,; Malta; (Capacity: 17,000)
Chairman	Steve Abela
Manager	Stephen Azzopardi
League	Maltese Premier League
2008/09	Maltese Premier League, 5th
Home colours	Away colours

Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1909. The club competed in the first ever Maltese Premier League season in 1909-10 and finished in second position to Floriana after the five game season came to an end.

Ten years down the line Sliema Wanderers finally made their mark in Maltese football by winning the Maltese Premier League title in the 1919-20 season, since then the team have gone on to win the title 26 times; a record for Malta; the last three being in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Sliema Wanderers also hold the record for the most FA Trophy wins, with their first coming in 1935, when they overpowered Floriana with a 4-0 victory. The club have gone on to win this particular honour 19 times, the last three of which came in 1990, 2000 and 2004.

With all these honours, along with many others, the fact is that Sliema Wanderers are currently the most successful team in the history of Maltese football.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Alex Muscat
3	DF	Ian Azzopardi
4	MF	Luca Martinelli
5	DF	Josef Mifsud
6	MF	Ryan Fenech (on loan from Ħamrun Spartans)
7	MF	Noel Turner (captain)
8	MF	Mark Scerri
9	FW	Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza
11	MF	Matthew Bartolo
12	GK	Simon Agius (on loan from Floriana)

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Clifford Gatt Baldacchino
14	FW	Ivan Woods
15	DF	Lucian Dronca
16	GK	Jeremy Alden
18	FW	Amadeo Mercieca
19	DF	Ian Ciantar
20	DF	Giuseppe Muscat
21	FW	Klinsmann Grech
23	MF	John Mintoff
25	GK	Michael Lima
77	DF	Clayton Failla

[edit] Transfers for 2009/10

In
#	Pos	Nat	Player	From
27	DF		Bengrine Bilal	Saint Priest
	DF		Josef Mifsud	Valletta
	FW		Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza	Birkirkara
Out
#	Pos	Nat	Player	To
33	DF		Sam Siro Furfaro	Released
21	MF		Victor Coto	Released
18	MF		Daniel Severino	Bankstown City Lions
Out On Loan
#	Pos	Nat	Player	To

For recent transfers, see List of Maltese football transfers summer 2009.

[edit] UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963-64	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round	Borough United	0-0	0-2	0-2
1968-69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	US Rumelange	1-0	1-2	2-2(a)
		2. Round	Randers Freja	0-2	0-6	0-8
1969-70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	IFK Norrköping	1-0	1-5	2-5
1974-75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	FC Lahti	2-0	1-4	3-4
1979-80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Boavista FC	2-1	0-8	2-9
1982-83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Swansea City FC	0-5	0-12	0-17
1987-88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	KS Vllaznia Shkodër	0-4	0-2	0-6
1990-91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Dukla Prague	1-2	0-2	1-4
1993-94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying Round	Degerfors IF	1-3	0-3	1-6

[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		Diósgyőri VTK	2-3	0-2	2-5

[edit] UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970-71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	Akademisk BK	2-3	0-7	2-10
1973-74	UEFA Cup	1. Round	PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0-2	0-1	0-3
1975-76	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Sporting CP	1-2	1-3	2-5
1977-78	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	0-0	0-5	0-5
1980-81	UEFA Cup	1. Round	FC Barcelona	0-2	0-1	0-3
1981-82	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	2-4	0-4	2-8
1988-89	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Victoria Bucureşti	0-2	1-6	1-8
1995-96	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round	AC Omonia	1-2	0-3	1-5
1996-97	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round	FC Zestaponi	1-3	3-0	4-3
		Qualifying Round	Odense BK	0-2	1-7	1-9
1999-00	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FC Zürich	0-3	0-1	0-4
2000-01	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FK Partizan	2-1	1-4	3-5
2001-02	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FK Matador Púchov	2-1	0-3	2-4
2002-03	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Polonia Warszawa	1-3	0-2	1-5
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Rapid Bucureşti	0-1	0-5	0-6
2007-08	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	PFC Litex Lovech	0-3	0-4	0-7
2009-10	UEFA Europa League	2. Qualifiyng Round	Maccabi Netanya FC	0-0	0-3	0-3

[edit] UEFA Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964-65	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Dinamo Bucureşti	0-2	0-5	0-7
1965-66	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Panathinaikos FC	1-0	1-4	2-4
1966-67	European Cup	Preliminary Round	PFC CSKA Sofia	1-2	0-4	1-6
1971-72	European Cup	1. Round	ÍA Akranes	0-0	4-0	4-0
		2. Round	Celtic Glasgow	1-3	0-3	1-6
1972-73	European Cup	1. Round	Górnik Zabrze	0-5	0-5	0-10
1976-77	European Cup	1. Round	TPS Turku	2-1	0-1	2-2(a)
1989-90	European Cup	1. Round	KF Tirana	1-0	0-5	1-5
2003-04	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round	Skonto Riga	2-0	1-3	3-3(a)
		2. Qualifying Round	FC Copenhagen	0-6	1-4	1-10
2004-05	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round	FBK Kaunas	0-2	1-4	1-6
2005-06	UEFA Champions League	1. Qualifying Round	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	1-4	0-2	1-6

[edit] Notable players

See Sliema Wanderers F.C. Players

[edit] Achievements

Maltese Premier League Champions: 26
1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1929/30, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1975/76, 1988/89, 1995/96, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05

Maltese Premier League Runners-Up:
1909/10, 1916/17, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1926/27, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1934/35, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2005/06

Maltese Cup Champions: 20
1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2004, 2009

Maltese Cup Runners-Up:
1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003

Maltese First Division Champions:
1983/84

MFA Super Cup: 3
1996, 2000, 2009

Löwenbräu Cup Champions
1999, 2001, 2002

Super 5 Cup Champions
1990/91, 2001/02, 2003/04

Cassar Cup Champions
1923/24, 1924/25, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1966/67

Scicluna Cup Champions
1949/50, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66

Cousis Shield Champions
1917/18, 1919/20, 1923/24, 1925/26

Christmas Cup Champions
1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71

Independence Cup Champions
1964/65, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1981/82

Testaferrata Cup Champions
1964/65, 1974/75

MFA Cup Champions
1931/32

Sons of Malta Cup Champions
1972/73, 1979/80

Euro Cup Champions
1982, 1987, 1990, 2004, 2005

Christmas Tourney Cup Champions
1936/37, 1948/49

Schembri Shield Champions
1955/56, 1957/58

Empire Sports Ground Cup Champions
1923/24

MFA League Cup Champions
1965/66, 1969/70, 1978/79, 1984/85

MPFA Shield Champions
1954/55

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