# Balzan F.C.

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.
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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MLT | Dylan Ciappara |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Kerkez |
| 4 | DF | BRA | André Fausto |
| 4 | DF | MLT | Oliver May |
| 5 | DF | MLT | Samir Arab |
| 6 | MF | MLT | Marcus Grima |
| 7 | MF | MLT | Tristan Caruana |
| 8 | DF | MLT | Nicolas Pulis |
| 9 | FW | GER | Isaac Westendorf |
| 10 | MF | MLT | Jan Busuttil |
| 11 | MF | MLT | Benjamin Hili |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Oluwatobiloba Awosanya |
| 17 | DF | BEL | Henri Stanic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | COD | Marcus Ndombasi |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Luka Janković |
| 19 | FW | MLT | Gabriel Farrugia |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Luka Luković |
| 22 | MF | MLT | Jake Grech |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Víctor Blasco |
| 24 | MF | RSA | Tercious Malepe |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Udoyen Akpan |
| 42 | DF | POR | Rafael Floro |
| 44 | FW | SRB | Marko Bačanin |
| 77 | FW | BFA | Elvis Kamsoba |
| 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

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

## European record

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 |

### Notes

* 1Q: First qualifying round
* 2Q: Second qualifying round

## List of managers

* Paul Barbara (1989–90)
* Jimmy Briffa (1990–93)
* Alberto Cristiano (1993–94)
* Ronnie Cocks (1994–95)
* France Scicluna (1995–97)
* Joe Attard (1997–98)
* Stephen Azzopardi (1998–02)
* Fatos Daja (2002–03)
* Jimmy Briffa (2003–05)
* Mario Monreal (2005–06)
* Charles Borg Sant (2006–07)
* Alfred Attard (2007–08)
* Ivan Zammit (2008–13)
* David Carabott (2009–10)
* Riccardo Tumiatti (2013)
* Jesmond Zerafa (2013–14)
* Oliver Spiteri (2014–17)
* Marko Mićović (2017–19)
* Jacques Scerri (2019–20)
* Mark Miller (2020–21)
* Paul Zammit (2021–22)
* Oliver Spiteri (2022–2024)
* Dave Rogers (2024)
* Daryl Willard (2025–present)