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
ManagerPaul Falzon
LeagueNational Amateur League
2021–22Maltese Challenge League, Group A, 10th (relegated)

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.

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 Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 0–10 0–6 0–16
1984–85 UEFA Cup 1. Round Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 0–2 0–2 0–4
1985–86 European Cup 1. Round Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 0–5 0–5 0–10
1986–87 European Cup 1. Round Portugal 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 Malta MLT Jean Matthias Vella
2 DF Albania ALB Elmir Lekaj
3 DF Malta MLT Mark Borg
4 DF Malta MLT Miguel Aquilina
5 MF Malta MLT Joseph Caruana
6 MF Malta MLT Maverick Cassar
7 FW Malta MLT Nicolai Attard
8 MF Malta MLT Brandon Micallef
9 FW Malta MLT Larens Vella
10 FW Malta MLT Aidan Azzopardi
11 FW Uruguay URU Gaston Poncet Otero
12 GK Malta MLT Damian Borg
27 MF Malta MLT Kieran Agius
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Malta MLT Dylan Falzon
14 MF Argentina ARG Manuel Angel Bustos
15 MF Malta MLT Kurt Muscat
16 MF Malta MLT Liam Farrugia
17 MF Malta MLT Wayne Borg
18 FW Malta MLT Adam Smeir
20 DF Malta MLT Brandon Farrugia
21 DF Malta MLT Sean Abela
22 DF Malta MLT Zachary Tanti
23 DF North Macedonia MKD Petar Kanzurov
24 GK Malta MLT Kyle Barbara
25 MF Malta MLT Nigel Zahra
26 GK Malta 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 Malta MLT Jordi Farrugia (on loan to Dingli Swallows)

Board & Management 2020/21

Position Name Nationality
President:Dr Keith FarrugiaMalta Maltese
Vice PresidentDr Chris CiliaMalta Maltese
Vice PresidentDr Sam AbelaMalta Maltese
General SecretaryMario GrimaMalta Maltese
Assistant General SecretaryJean Karl TaboneMalta Maltese
Team ManagerJosef TonnaMalta Maltese
TreasurerDarren DimechMalta Maltese
Assistant TreasurerJames BorgMalta Maltese
Club Official U19Dion MifsudMalta Maltese
MasseurAnthony BugejaMalta Maltese
Board MemberLuke MicallefMalta Maltese
Board MemberMark MicallefMalta Maltese
Board MemberMark BuhagairMalta Maltese
Board MemberPierre MifsudMalta Maltese
Board MemberGlenn J MicallefMalta Maltese
Board MemberNicolai CaruanaMalta Maltese

Notable former managers

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