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Birkirkara

Premier League Malta

Fa Trophy

Europa Conference League World

Club Friendlies

Founded:	1950
Stadium:	Infetti Ground
Coach:	Giovanni Tedesco
Premier League Form:
Overall Form:

Birkirkara home ground venue is Infetti Ground.

Giovanni Tedesco is the current coach for Birkirkara.

Birkirkara Premier League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Birkirkara have played a total of 26 matches in Malta Premier League. Their current statistics is 14 win, 8 draw and 4 lose.

Birkirkara did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Birkirkara results for their home or away matches in Premier League 2022/2023.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Birkirkara	26	14	8	4

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
21/04/2023	Balzan	2 - 1	Birkirkara	1-1	H2H	O	+
			10' G. Nava
A. Andrejić 12'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	35' E. Cabrera
I. Božović 38'
			46' K. Tulimieri
Matheus 47'		2 - 1
Á. Quiñones 55'
			55' Denis Ribeiro
			58' K. Tulimieri
			58' O. Iorio
			59' G. Nava
			59' A. Sylla
			63' Denis Ribeiro
			63' A. Ciolacu
			63' M. Fedele
			63' Lecão
Matheus 79'
M. Grima 79'
A. Andrejić 79'
B. Kaljević 79'
			84' Enrico Pepe
14/04/2023	Birkirkara	3 - 2	Pietà Hotspurs	2-0	H2H	O	+
Y. Yankam 15'		1 - 0
			44' T. Agius
O. Iorio 45+1'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	63' C. Bangura
			65' J. Ghio
			65' K. Briffa
			65' K. Leonardi
			65' Takuma Yamaguchi
			66' T. Agius
			66' A. Schembri Wismayer
Lecão 74'		3 - 1
A. Ciolacu 74'
Lecão 74'
Denis Ribeiro 78'
M. Gambin 78'
Enrico Pepe 79'
N. Micallef 79'
E. Cabrera 81'
K. Tulimieri 81'
Paul Mbong 82'
M. Fedele 82'
			85' D. Zerafa
			85' L. Gatt
			85' I. Farrugia
			85' G. Xuereb
		3 - 2	90+1' O. Iorio
			90+3' Z. Leonardi
08/04/2023	Gzira United	1 - 3	Birkirkara	0-1	H2H	O	+
Marcelo Dias 25'
		0 - 1	33' A. Coppola
			38' Paul Mbong
			40' E. Cabrera
Z. Scerri 43'
Thiaguinho 46'
N. Muscat 46'
N. Muscat 53'
Z. Scerri 60'
J. Mendoza 60'
Jefferson 61'
			68' A. Ciolacu
			68' M. Fedele
			68' Y. Yankam
			68' K. Tulimieri
		0 - 2	72' E. Cabrera
L. Riascos 74'
		0 - 3	75' M. Fedele
Stephen Pisani 76'
A. Borg 76'
L. Riascos 76'
B. Borg 76'
			76' Paul Mbong
			76' J. Farrugia
			76' E. Cabrera
			76' N. Micallef
Ton Ton 81'
J. Attard 81'
			85' Denis Ribeiro
			85' Enrico Pepe
N. Muscat 90+4'		1 - 3
02/04/2023	Birkirkara	5 - 0	Hibernians	4-0	H2H	O	+
A. Ciolacu 5'		1 - 0
A. Coppola 21'		2 - 0
Paul Mbong 27'		3 - 0
			29' A. Diakité
			33' Y. Muritala
			33' J. Grech
Paul Mbong 38'		4 - 0
Lecão 40'
			40' Kurt Shaw
			46' Ferdinando Apap
			46' Thaylor Lubanzadio
			56' Thaylor Lubanzadio
A. Ciolacu 58'		5 - 0
A. Ciolacu 59'
K. Tulimieri 59'
Y. Yankam 72'
J. Farrugia 72'
E. Cabrera 72'
N. Micallef 72'
			76' Robinho
			76' E. Herrera
			76' G. Mensah
			76' Dunstan Vella
Paul Mbong 80'
K. Fenech 80'
Denis Ribeiro 80'
M. Gambin 80'
			84' Z. Grech
			84' Mathias Andres Vallejo
11/03/2023	Mosta	1 - 1	Birkirkara	1-1	H2H	O	+
B. Diarra 27'		1 - 0
J. Akrong 35'
		1 - 1	45' Y. Yankam
J. Ekani 45+3'
			45+3' K. Zammit
			52' M. Fedele
D. Bonnici 67'
C. Okoh 67'
P. Tenebe 67'
Kaishu Yamazaki 67'
			72' M. Fedele
			72' Lecão
			72' A. Ciolacu
			72' K. Tulimieri
			79' E. Cabrera
R. Briffa 81'
F. Doré 81'
			82' N. Micallef
			82' J. Farrugia
C. Okoh 86'
Z. Brincat 90+2'
T. Farrugia 90+2'
J. Ekani 90+2'
S. Kingue 90+2'
05/03/2023	Birkirkara	1 - 1	Marsaxlokk	0-0	H2H	O	+
			24' P. Xuereb
			45' Tiago Adan
		0 - 1	47' Tiago Adan
Denis Ribeiro 57'
M. Fedele 63'
A. Ciolacu 63'
E. Cabrera 66'		1 - 1
			67' M. Drobnjak
Paul Mbong 67'
Dall'Oca 68'
K. Tulimieri 70'
			73' Tiago Adan
			73' Terence Vella
			80' A. Attard
			80' D. Agius
			83' V. Sanogo
K. Tulimieri 85'
J. Farrugia 85'
			87' V. Sanogo
			87' K. Keqi
Dall'Oca 90+1'
N. Micallef 90+1'
			90+3' D. Agius
			90+3' J. Aguilar
19/02/2023	Hamrun Spartans	0 - 0	Birkirkara	0-0	H2H	O	+
			28' Lecão
			28' K. Tulimieri
			37' M. Fedele
Ryan Camenzuli 41'
Eder 41'
Steve Borg 42'
Joseph Mbong 62'
R. Prša 69'
Vinícius Freitas 69'
Jonny 77'
Kalle Holmberg 77'
E. Mashike 77'
Luke Montebello 77'
			86' G. Nava
Juan Corbalan 89'
			89' O. Iorio
Emerson Marcelina 89'
			90' Paul Mbong
			90' A. Ciolacu
			90' M. Fedele
			90' N. Micallef
Steve Borg 90+1'
11/02/2023	Birkirkara	3 - 1	Gudja United	2-0	H2H	O	+
O. Iorio 14'		1 - 0
			20' F. Romero
Dall'Oca 24'
			26' H. Vella
E. Cabrera 38'
E. Cabrera 42'		2 - 0
O. Iorio 47'		3 - 0
			66' N. Micallef
Lecão 67'
A. Ciolacu 67'
			68' N. Navarrete
			68' S. Attard
			75' J. Bolaños
			76' H. Vella
			76' J. Attard
Paul Mbong 77'
M. Fedele 77'
Dall'Oca 77'
J. Valletta 77'
		3 - 1	82' T. Nagamatsu
O. Iorio 90+1'
N. Cross 90+1'
Denis Ribeiro 90+1'
M. Gambin 90+1'
05/02/2023	Valletta	1 - 1	Birkirkara	1-1	H2H	O	+
			10' Y. Yankam
		0 - 1	19' Y. Yankam
F. Falcone 36'		1 - 1
J. Willy 45+1'
			60' K. Tulimieri
			60' A. Ciolacu
			60' M. Fedele
			60' O. Iorio
			63' Lecão
			67' Lecão
			67' Paul Mbong
A. Zammit 84'
T. Caruana 84'
F. Falcone 84'
W. Jebor 84'
28/01/2023	Birkirkara	2 - 0	Santa Lucia	1-0	H2H	O	+
Y. Yankam 22'
E. Cabrera 25'		1 - 0
			36' Lorenzo Fonseca
Enrico Pepe 54'
			54' N. Pulis
			62' L. Blie
			62' M. Alba
			62' D. Xuereb
			62' J. Tanti
C. Attard 62'
O. Iorio 69'
Dall'Oca 69'
M. Fedele 69'
Paul Mbong 69'
			70' Y. Terzi
			70' J. Carbone
			70' R. Bairam
			70' J. Zerafa
			70' J. Carbone
Lecão 77'		2 - 0
			81' Léo Bahia
			81' L. Mckay
Lecão 85'
J. Valletta 85'
E. Cabrera 90'
J. Farrugia 90'
Y. Yankam 90'
N. Micallef 90'
21/01/2023	Floriana	1 - 2	Birkirkara	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. García 37'
K. Reid 38'
			45+2' A. Coppola
			45+4' K. Tulimieri
			51' K. Tulimieri
M. García 58'
J. Busuttil 58'
			60' Paul Mbong
			60' Lecão
			60' M. Fedele
			60' K. Zammit
			62' E. Cabrera
O. El Hasni 70'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	73' E. Cabrera
M. Veselji 75'
A. Ciolacu 75'
L. Trillò 75'
A. Garzia 75'
O. El Hasni 75'
			82' O. Iorio
			82' Dall'Oca
			82' E. Cabrera
			82' J. Valletta
		1 - 2	88' Lecão
		1 - 3	88' Lecão
Adam Magri Overend 89'
J. Scicluna 89'
			90+2' G. Nava
07/01/2023	Birkirkara	5 - 0	Zebbug Rangers	4-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Leandro Almeida
Lecão 18'		1 - 0
E. Cabrera 22'		2 - 0
E. Cabrera 25'		3 - 0
C. Attard 28'		4 - 0
			40' R. Vella
			40' T. Bartolo
			40' A. Soto
			40' S. Janković
			40' S. Milošković
			40' A. Mizzi
O. Iorio 46'
N. Micallef 46'
Enrico Pepe 62'
M. Gambin 62'
Paul Mbong 66'		5 - 0
			70' Perdigão
			70' Wilker Santos
			70' S. Bugeja
			70' J. Sciberras
E. Cabrera 73'
J. Farrugia 73'
Paul Mbong 73'
Denis Ribeiro 73'
Lecão 73'
K. Tulimieri 73'
			85' Henrique Motta
16/12/2022	Sirens	1 - 0	Birkirkara	1-0	H2H	O	+
			21' O. Iorio
			34' S. Zibo
Marcelo 36'		1 - 0
Marcelo 45+2'
			45+2' K. Tulimieri
			63' O. Iorio
			63' Dall'Oca
			63' S. Zibo
			63' Denis Ribeiro
I. Kolev 69'
K. Jackson 69'
			76' Lecão
			76' J. Farrugia
R. Tachikawa 78'
			79' A. Coppola
K. Jackson 79'
			79' G. Nava
R. Tachikawa 83'
A. Borg 83'
M. Grech 87'
Paulo Vyctor 88'
Stéphane Sessègnon 88'
R. Tachikawa 90+4'
A. Vaikainah 90+4'
			90+4' Dall'Oca
10/12/2022	Birkirkara	2 - 1	Balzan	1-1	H2H	O	+
K. Zammit 9'
O. Iorio 12'		1 - 0
			20' Alexander Satariano
E. Cabrera 29'
G. Nava 39'
		1 - 1	45+1' Matheus
Denis Ribeiro 61'
Dall'Oca 61'
Lecão 64'
			68' N. Braunović
			68' M. Rašo
			69' Alexander Satariano
			69' S. Arab
			72' M. Zlatković
A. Coppola 73'
			74' A. Andrejić
			77' A. Andrejić
			77' B. Kaljević
E. Cabrera 80'
Paul Mbong 80'
O. Iorio 80'
K. Tulimieri 80'
Lecão 85'
J. Farrugia 85'
K. Tulimieri 86'		2 - 1
			89' D. Torres
			89' L. Agius
			89' M. Grima
			89' A. Bradshaw
			90+4' S. Arab
04/12/2022	Pietà Hotspurs	1 - 5	Birkirkara	0-2	H2H	O	+
			26' Paul Mbong
		0 - 1	38' S. Zibo
		0 - 2	44' E. Cabrera
L. Amadu 46'
Y. Morita 46'
J. Ghio 57'
T. Ojo 58'
T. Agius 58'
A. Schembri Wismayer 58'
K. Catania 58'
P. Lapira 58'
K. Leonardi 58'
D. Alampasu 60'
		0 - 3	62' N. Radojević
			65' Y. Yankam
			65' J. Farrugia
			65' Paul Mbong
			65' N. Micallef
		0 - 4	71' E. Cabrera
			72' O. Iorio
			72' Dall'Oca
D. Zerafa 76'
K. Briffa 76'
T. Agius 77'		1 - 4
			82' E. Cabrera
			82' M. Conti
			82' Denis Ribeiro
			82' M. Gambin
		1 - 5	88' Lecão
12/11/2022	Birkirkara	1 - 1	Gzira United	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	10' Maxuell
Paul Mbong 20'		1 - 1
A. Coppola 28'
			46' N. Muscat
			46' Stephen Pisani
G. Nava 46'
A. Sylla 46'
			54' Jefferson
Enrico Pepe 57'
K. Tulimieri 71'
E. Cabrera 71'
Paul Mbong 85'
Denis Ribeiro 85'
05/11/2022	Hibernians	1 - 1	Birkirkara	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	23' O. Iorio
			37' Dall'Oca
A. Diakité 43'
Kurt Shaw 58'		1 - 1
			58' Enrico Pepe
			62' Paul Mbong
Gonzalo Llerena 64'
			68' Paul Mbong
			68' E. Cabrera
			68' Dall'Oca
			68' N. Micallef
			75' Lecão
			75' Denis Ribeiro
			82' O. Iorio
Y. Muritala 84'
G. Mensah 84'
Kurt Shaw 87'
29/10/2022	Birkirkara	1 - 2	Mosta	1-2	H2H	O	+
S. Zibo 6'		1 - 0
			12' D. Bonnici
		1 - 1	32' Z. Brincat
		1 - 2	34' J. Akrong
F. Falcone 46'
Lecão 46'
			52' D. Bonnici
			52' I. Feargod
Paul Mbong 62'
J. Farrugia 62'
Dall'Oca 62'
K. Tulimieri 62'
K. Zammit 64'
			77' Z. Brincat
			77' T. Akiti
			77' J. Akrong
			77' R. Briffa
			77' G. Acheampong
			77' P. Tenebe
			79' T. Akiti
			79' E. Ememe
K. Zammit 81'
J. Valletta 81'
			84' G. Sciberras
			84' N. Agius
E. Cabrera 90'
			90' I. Feargod
23/10/2022	Marsaxlokk	1 - 0	Birkirkara	0-0	H2H	O	+
			30' Enrico Pepe
			31' G. Nava
			41' C. Attard
J. Aguilar 43'
J. Aguilar 45+1'
			45+1' Y. Yankam
D. Agius 46'
E. Vella 46'
			51' A. Coppola
			54' K. Tulimieri
			54' O. Iorio
			62' E. Cabrera
			62' F. Falcone
K. Keqi 64'
A. Attard 67'
Wellington 67'
L. Aguirre 69'
P. Xuereb 72'
			77' Lecão
			77' Denis Ribeiro
P. Xuereb 89'
E. Uzeh 89'
W. Serrano 90+3'		1 - 0
M. Drobnjak 90+3'
Tiago Adan 90+4'
A. Effiong 90+4'
15/10/2022	Birkirkara	0 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
Y. Yankam 10'
			41' Matthew Guillaumier
			43' Steve Borg
A. Coppola 43'
Lecão 43'
			50' R. Prša
O. Iorio 53'
			58' O. Bjeličić
Lecão 63'
F. Falcone 63'
K. Tulimieri 68'
Paul Mbong 68'
O. Iorio 73'
R. Scicluna 73'
			76' Dodo
			76' Luke Montebello
			80' E. Mashike
			80' Eder
			80' R. Prša
			80' Vinícius Freitas
08/10/2022	Gudja United	1 - 1	Birkirkara	1-0	H2H	O	+
Karl Micallef 1'		1 - 0
			33' K. Tulimieri
André 39'
			39' A. Coppola
			39' R. Scicluna
			53' K. Tulimieri
			53' F. Falcone
			69' Lecão
			69' J. Farrugia
Samuel 70'
A. Selemani 70'
			75' Paul Mbong
			75' N. Micallef
			75' R. Scicluna
			75' Denis Ribeiro
		1 - 1	81' Y. Yankam
N. Tabone 84'
F. Romero 84'
			86' N. Micallef
N. Micallef 89'
J. Bolaños 90'
02/10/2022	Birkirkara	3 - 0	Valletta	1-0	H2H	O	+
O. Iorio 14'
K. Zammit 25'
E. Peña 29'		1 - 0
Enrico Pepe 42'
			46' E. Peña
			46' T. Caruana
			57' Flavio Carioca
			57' O. Akpoveta
			57' S. Dimech
			57' J. N'Nomo
			64' B. Kamdem
E. Cabrera 73'		2 - 0
			74' B. Kamdem
			74' R. Camilleri
			76' J. N'Nomo
E. Cabrera 76'
F. Falcone 76'
K. Tulimieri 76'
R. Scicluna 76'
Paul Mbong 81'
Denis Ribeiro 81'
O. Iorio 82'
F. Falcone 86'		3 - 0
A. Sylla 86'
Lecão 88'
M. Gambin 88'
11/09/2022	Santa Lucia	0 - 4	Birkirkara	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Valpoort 53'
		0 - 1	55' Y. Yankam
Diego 60'
			64' K. Tulimieri
			64' F. Falcone
		0 - 2	68' M. Johnson
M. Valpoort 69'
R. Saito 69'
		0 - 3	71' E. Cabrera
			74' Lecão
			74' N. Micallef
			74' E. Cabrera
			74' Denis Ribeiro
J. Zerafa 78'
Z. Jie 78'
Diego 78'
L. Mckay 78'
			83' O. Iorio
			83' M. Conti
			83' Y. Yankam
			83' K. Zammit
M. Alba 86'
		0 - 4	90+1' M. Conti
J. Pisani 90+3'
03/09/2022	Birkirkara	1 - 0	Floriana	0-0	H2H	O	+
K. Zammit 14'
			25' E. Hershkovich
N. Micallef 32'
K. Zammit 46'
O. Iorio 46'
E. Cabrera 59'
F. Falcone 59'
N. Micallef 59'
Paul Mbong 59'
			60' E. Hershkovich
			60' K. Reid
			66' J. Busuttil
			68' J. Busuttil
			68' J. Scicluna
K. Tulimieri 75'		1 - 0
			77' E. Callegari
			77' M. Veselji
Dall'Oca 83'
Denis Ribeiro 83'
K. Tulimieri 90+2'
A. Camilleri 90+2'
A. Coppola 90+4'
27/08/2022	Zebbug Rangers	1 - 2	Birkirkara	1-1	H2H	O	+
S. Milošković 8'		1 - 0
			15' Dall'Oca
		1 - 1	37' K. Tulimieri
Y. Tonna 57'
		1 - 2	57' E. Cabrera
Y. Tonna 70'
T. Bartolo 70'
S. Milošković 70'
M. Pérez 70'
K. Bondin 70'
J. Sciberras 70'
			71' Dall'Oca
			71' N. Micallef
R. Vella 77'
J. Gesualdi 77'
			79' K. Tulimieri
			79' Denis Ribeiro
			86' E. Cabrera
			86' J. Farrugia
			86' Paul Mbong
			86' O. Iorio
C. Ngoy 88'
19/08/2022	Birkirkara	2 - 0	Sirens	0-0	H2H	O	+
			15' Weder
			26' Marcelo
F. Falcone 27'
E. Cabrera 27'
Dall'Oca 36'
Dall'Oca 46'
N. Micallef 46'
Lecão 60'		1 - 0
			65' Marcelo
			65' Wellington Petinha
			72' Paulo Vyctor
			72' P. Akinpelu
			75' G. Camilleri
			75' J. Walker
Paul Mbong 79'
E. Cabrera 80'
Denis Ribeiro 80'
Paul Mbong 90+4'
O. Iorio 90+4'
Denis Ribeiro 90+5'		2 - 0

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Birkirkara in Premier League.

Statistics & Analysis of Birkirkara

E. Cabrera is the leading top goal scorer for Birkirkara with 13 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	5
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	11
Longest run without win	6
Clean sheets	9
Matches over 2.25 goals	13
Matches under 2.25 goals	13
Matches First Half Over 0.5	18
Matches First Half Under 0.5	8
Matches odd	12
Matches even	14
Average goals scored	1.92
Average goals allowed	0.77
Failure to score	4
Biggest victory	5 - 0
Biggest defeat	1 - 2
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	2
Goalless draw at home match	1 (8%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (8%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	E. Cabrera
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Birkirkara Squad

Detailed statistics of each Birkirkara player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Birkirkara top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

Name of Player
Cain Attard	2250	25			1		2
Yannick Yankam	2178	25		5	5		5
Kurt Zammit	2054	25	2	2			5
Enzo Cabrera	1913	25	3	14	13	2	7
Alessabdro Coppola	1761	20			2		7		1
Giacomo Nava	1725	20		2			6
Paul Mbong	1717	25	5	14	4		4
Enrico Pepe	1704	20	1	2			4
Osvaldo Iorio Forestero	1639	23	5	8	5		3		1
Alex da Paixão Alves	1600	23	5	12	6		5
Simon Zibo	1593	18		1	2		1
Kevin Tulimieri	1229	24	9	10	3		4	1
Denis Custodio Ribeiro	937	21	11	6	1		2
Diego Pires Dall'Oca	783	13	4	4			5
Amara Sylla	615	8	2
Matteo Fedele	528	9	2	7	1		2
Andrei Cosmin Ciolacu	327	8	4	5	2
Neil Micallef	325	15	13	2			2
Federico Matías Falcone	237	8	6	2	1
Nemanja Radojević	180	2			1
Jean Paul Farrugia	138	12	12
Ryan Scicluna	106	3	2	1			1
Matteo Gambin	32	5	5
Jed Valletta	30	4	4
Mathias Conti	15	2	2		1
Kaiden Fenech	10	1	1
Adam Camilleri		1	1
Aidan Camilleri
Bismark Ngissah
Braydon Farrugia
Daniel Márcio Fernandes
Domnic Vella
Enzo Adrián Ruiz
Francisco Diego Venancio da Silva
Gabriel Zammit
Gianluca Bugeja
Glending Farrugia
Henry Bonello
Jeferson Fernandes Macedo
Julani Kyle Archibald
Karl Sargent
Kilian Bevis
Kristijan Naumovski
Leandro Damián Aguirre
Lucas Jaques Varone Maia
Luke Montebello
Nathan Cross
Nic Briffa
Nick Borg
Nikolai Farrugia Cross
Oscar Matías Carniello
Owen Sciberras
Réginald Mbu Alidor
Sean Cini
Veljko Tasić

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