Siggiewi F.C.

Siggiewi F.C.
Full name Siggiewi Football Club
Nickname(s) Yellows
Founded 1945
Ground Siggiewi Sports Complex, Siggiewi
President Malta Alex Farrugia
Coach Albania Rigers Ceka
League Maltese Second Division
2017–18 Maltese Second Division, 5th

Siggiewi F.C. is a football club from the village of Siggiewi in Malta. Founded in 1945, it currently plays in the Maltese Second Division. Their home kit colours are red and yellow.

Siggiewi Sports Complex

As part of the MFA programme of assisting member clubs and affiliated associations to improve their facilities, the Association's President Norman Darmanin Demajo, inaugurated a synthetic pitch at Siggiewi which will serve the locality's footballers, including the youths and youngsters in the nursery, in their development. The synthetic pitch was inaugurated during the 2010/2011 season.

Present for the ceremony were Albert Pace (ex-President of Siggiewi F.C), Robert Musumeci (former Mayor of Siggiewi) and Clyde Puli (former Parliamentary Secretary for Youth and Sport).

Youth Sector

Siggiewi is also the mother club of its nursery, the Siggiewi Football Club Youth Nursery. The youth nursery, caters for children aged between 5 to 16 years, was established in 1992 and is affiliated with the Malta Youth Football Association. The youth nursery participates in the Under-15 League organised by the Malta Youth FA.

Players

Senior Squad 2017-2018

Note: The same squad number may be used by more than one player. If that is the case, the last player who have used the number is assigned with it.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Malta GK Ryan Caruana
2 Malta DF Ian Darmanin
3 Nigeria MF Uzeh Edafe Christopher
4 Malta DF Luke Zahra
5 Malta FW Stacey Vella
6 Malta MF Eman Ciappara (Captain)
7 Malta MF Roderick Spiteri
8 Malta MF Kim Buhagiar
9 Malta MF Mauro Busutill
10 Malta MF Jason Camilleri
11 Malta MF Sam Vella
12 Malta GK Neil Vassallo Youths
No. Position Player
13 Malta DF Andre Farrugia
14 Malta DF Edward Bugeja (Vice Captain)
15 Malta MF Nicholas Schembri Youths
16 Malta FW Alessandro Ebejer Youths
17 Malta MF Gillmore Azzopardi
18 Malta MF Ryan Darmanin
19 Malta DF Mauro Brincat
20 Malta MF Ayrton Micallef
21 Malta MF Jacob Vella
22 Malta MF Ian Montanaro
23 Malta MF Jacob Magri Youths
24 Malta FW Ryan Muscat Youths

Club Officials and Coaching Staff

Club Officials

President
Alex Farrugia
Vice President
Dr Marc Sant
Secretary
Robert Camilleri
Assistant Secretary
Victor Camilleri
Treasurer
Josef Saliba
Team Manager
Clifford Vassallo
Kit Manager
Donald Buhagiar
Assistant Kit Manager
Matthew Deguara
Facilities Manager
Mario Caruana

Coaching staff

Senior Team Coach
Ceka Rigers
Senior Team Assistant Coach
Mauro Delceppo
Youth Team Coach
Ceka Rigers

Club Statistics and Records

League and Cup History

Season League Top Scorer Knockout/Cup Youths
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name Goals Div. Pos. Cup
2000-2001 3rd 12th 22 0 7 15 15 47 7 Malta Donald Buhagiar 6 Quarter-Final Section C 2nd Quarter-Final
2001-2002 4th 11th 15 4 3 8 25 35 15 Malta Roderick Farrugia 10 First Round Section B 4th Preliminary
2002-2003 4th 14th 15 3 6 6 17 24 15 Malta Roderick Farrugia 4 First Round Section B 8th First Round
2003-2004 4th 11th 15 3 4 18 15 24 13 Malta Pierre Spiteri 4 First Round Section B 10th Preliminary
2004-2005 4th 8th 16 6 5 5 26 21 23 Malta Pierre Spiteri 6 First Round Section C 6th Quarter-Final
2005-2006 4th 7th 16 9 1 6 30 23 28 Malta Josef Micallef 12 First Round Section C 4th Second Round
2006-2007 4th 10th 18 7 1 10 30 33 22 Malta Pierre Spiteri 10 First Round Section C 1st Second Round
2007-2008 4th 7th 18 7 2 9 37 38 23 Malta Eman Ciappara 13 First Round Section B 7th First Round
2008-2009 4th 4th 16 7 4 5 26 20 25 Malta Pierre Spiteri 9 First Round Section B 9th First Round
2009-2010 4th 5th 18 8 2 8 33 37 26 Malta Jason Camilleri 17 First Round Section C 9th Second Round
2010-2011 4th 1st^ 20 16 1 3 49 22 49 Malta Jason Camilleri 23 First Round Section D 2nd Second Round
2011-2012 3rd 11th 26 7 6 13 31 51 27 Malta Roderick Farrugia 10 Third Round Section C 9th First Round
2012-2013 3rd 8th 26 8 5 13 40 48 29 Malta Roderick Farrugia 13 Second Round Section D 12th First Round
2013-2014 3rd 11th 26 8 4 14 36 56 28 Ivory Coast Mougnini Tape 8 Third Round Section E 1st Second Round
2014-2015 3rd 7th 26 11 6 9 45 45 39 Ivory Coast Mougnini Tape 9 Fourth Round Section D 9th Preliminary Round
2015-2016 3rd 6th 26 10 9 7 33 25 39 Malta Jason Camilleri 7 Second Round Section E 1st Second Round
2016-2017 3rd 6th 26 8 11 7 40 34 35 Malta Samuel Vella
Malta Jason Camilleri
Cameroon Didier Sohna		 8 Third Round Section D 5th First Round
2017-2018 3rd 5th 24 11 8 5 43 24 41 Malta Ian Montanaro 9 Third Round Section D 6th First Round

^ Siggiewi, as winners of Section A, faced the winners of section B, Għargħur, in a play-off to determine the overall winners of the Third Division. Siggiewi lost the match by three goals to two[1] and therefore ended as runners-up.

Player Statistics - Most Appearances

# Name Position Years Total
1 Malta Eman Ciappara MF 1997- 300
2 Malta Jason Camilleri MF 269
3 Malta Kim Buhagiar MF 224
4 Malta Mark Camilleri FW 215
5 Malta Pierre Spiteri FW –2013 201

Updated as at 1 April 2018.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Gharghur Beat Siggiewi to win Third Division title". www.independent.com.mt. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Special occasion for 36-year-old club icon". www.takeaseat.org.mt. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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