# 2014–15 Valletta F.C. season

The 2014–15 season saw Valletta finish second in the Maltese Premier League and reach the semi-finals of the Maltese FA Trophy, as well as winning their sixth Euro Challenge Cup title. They had qualified for the UEFA Champions League as winners of the 2013–14 season.

## Pre-season - Euro Challenge Cup

Valletta won the 2014 edition of the Euro Challenge Cup, gaining a 1–1 draw with Birkirkara before comfortably beating Sliema Wanderers with a 4–2 win. Valletta's final match finished with a 2-1 win over Hibernians. Valletta topped the table on seven points, followed by Sliema on six, Hibernians on three, and finally Birkirkara finishing with just the solitary point.
| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 20 June 2014 | Birkirkara | Centenary Stadium | 1–1 | Nafti 15' | Report |
| 2 | 22 June 2014 | Sliema Wanderers | Centenary Stadium | 4–2 | Nafti, Elford-Alliyu (2), Montebello | Report |
| 3 | 25 June 2014 | Hibernians | Centenary Stadium | 2–1 | Nafti (2) 24', 87' | Report |

## UEFA Champions League
### Second qualifying round

Qarabağ won 5–0 on aggregate.

## BOV Super Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Report |
| 8 August 2014 | Birkirkara | National Stadium | 1–2 | J. Caruana 57' | Report |

## BOV Premier League
### First phase
#### Results

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 17 August 2014 | Mosta | National Stadium | 0–1 | 1,350 | | Report |
| 2 | 23 August 2014 | Tarxien Rainbows | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 0–0 | 768 | | Report |
| 3 | 26 August 2014 | Floriana | National Stadium | 2–0 | 1,891 | Elford-Alliyu 65', Nafti 85' | Report |
| 4 | 14 September 2014 | Hibernians | National Stadium | 1–2 | 2,088 | Kooh Sohna 90+2' | Report |
| 5 | 21 September 2014 | Sliema Wanderers | National Stadium | 5–0 | 1,026 | Zahra (2) 18', 23', Alex Terra (2) 24', 54', Fenech 39' (pen) | Report |
| 6 | 27 September 2014 | Qormi | National Stadium | 4–0 | 936 | Elford-Alliyu 31', Alex Terra 63', Azzopardi 86', Montebello 90' | Report |
| 7 | 2 October 2014 | Pietà Hotspurs | National Stadium | 1–2 | 1,005 | Barry 60' | Report |
| 8 | 19 October 2014 | Birkirkara | National Stadium | 0–2 | 2,583 | | Report |
| 9 | 26 October 2014 | Naxxar Lions | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 2–0 | | Kooh Sohna 40', Bajada 90+2' | Report |
| 10 | 1 November 2014 | Balzan | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 2–0 | 756 | Briffa 34', Fenech 85' | Report |
| 11 | 8 November 2014 | Żebbuġ Rangers | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 2–0 | 695 | Barry 21', Nafti 54' | Report |
| 12 | 23 November 2014 | Mosta | National Stadium | 5–0 | 1,172 | Bajada 14', Briffa 33', Elford-Alliyu 38', Nafti 71', Montebello 89' | Report |
| 13 | 29 November 2014 | Tarxien Rainbows | Hibernians Stadium | 6–0 | 651 | Nafti 14', Barry (2) 39' (pen), 74', Elford-Alliyu (2) 52', 87', Kooh Sohna 88' | Report |
| 14 | 6 December 2014 | Floriana | National Stadium | 4–1 | 1,760 | Elford-Alliyu (3) 2', 41', 60', Nafti 45' | Report |
| 15 | 14 December 2014 | Hibernians | National Stadium | 1–3 | 3,250 | Eflord-Alliyu 22' | Report |
| 16 | 21 December 2014 | Sliema Wanderers | National Stadium | 3–1 | 1,053 | Cremona 4', Barry (2) 20', 55' | Report |
| 17 | 3 January 2015 | Qormi | National Stadium | 3–2 | 966 | Barry (2) 67', 76' (pen), Azzopardi 81' | Report |
| 18 | 10 January 2015 | Pietà Hotspurs | Hibernians Stadium | 3–0 | 708 | Barry (2) 39', 45', Montebello 82' | Report |
| 19 | 17 January 2015 | Żebbuġ Rangers | Hibernians Stadium | 2–0 | 842 | Nafti 41', Elford-Alliyu 76' | Report |
| 20 | 25 January 2015 | Naxxar Lions | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 3–0 | | Leeflang 46', Elford-Alliyu (2) 83', 86' | Report |
| 21 | 1 February 2015 | Balzan | National Stadium | 1–2 | 1,127 | Fenech 26' | Report |
| 22 | 8 February 2015 | Birkirkara | National Stadium | 1–1 | 1,801 | Briffa 90' | Report |

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernians | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 13 | +55 | 60 |
| 2 | Valletta | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 44 |
| 3 | Birkirkara | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 43 |
| 4 | Balzan | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 34 |
| 5 | Floriana | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 29 |
| 6 | Sliema Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 27 |
| 7 | Mosta | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 25 |
| 8 | Naxxar Lions | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 22 |
| 9 | Tarxien Rainbows | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 21 |
| 10 | Pietà Hotspurs | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 21 |
| 11 | Qormi | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 18 |
| 12 | Żebbuġ Rangers | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 18 |

### Second phase
#### Results

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Report |
| 23 | 21 February 2015 | Żebbuġ Rangers | Hibernians Stadium | 2–3 | | Fenech 60', K. Borg 83' | Report |
| 24 | 1 March 2015 | Qormi | National Stadium | 3–1 | 1,038 | Briffa (2) 9', 45', S. Borg 24' | Report |
| 25 | 8 March 2015 | Tarxien Rainbows | National Stadium | 4–0 | 814 | Cremona 24', Nafti (2) 29', 37', Azzopardi 90' | Report |
| 26 | 14 March 2015 | Pietà Hotspurs | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 2–1 | 667 | Nafti (2) 54', 72' | Report |
| 27 | 19 March 2015 | Mosta | National Stadium | 3–1 | 744 | Hilary 28', Cremona 65', Barry 84' | Report |
| 28 | 6 April 2015 | Naxxar Lions | National Stadium | 1–0 | 690 | Nafti 90+3' | Report |
| 29 | 12 April 2015 | Floriana | National Stadium | 1–0 | | Dimech 2' | Report |
| 30 | 17 April 2015 | Sliema Wanderers | National Stadium | 3–3 | 765 | Nafti 5', R. Camilleri 45+2', Briffa 68' | Report |
| 31 | 25 April 2015 | Birkirkara | National Stadium | 2–1 | | S. Borg 17', Barry 81' | Report |
| 32 | 2 May 2015 | Balzan | National Stadium | 1–0 | 683 | Elford-Alliyu 66' | Report |
| 33 | 9 May 2015 | Hibernians | National Stadium | 1–3 | 3,890 | Bajada 82' | Report |

#### Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hibernians (C) | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 97 | 24 | +73 | 56 | Qualification for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League |
| 2 | Valletta | 33 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 74 | 30 | +44 | 47 | Qualification for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League |
| 3 | Birkirkara | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 43 | Qualification for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League |
| 4 | Balzan | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League |
| 5 | Floriana | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 36 | |
| 6 | Sliema Wanderers | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 26 | |
| 7 | Naxxar Lions | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 25 | |
| 8 | Qormi | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 24 | |
| 9 | Tarxien Rainbows | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 23 | |
| 10 | Mosta (O) | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 72 | −34 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation Play-Offs |
| 11 | Pietà Hotspurs (R) | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 16 | Relegation to the 2015–16 Maltese First Division |
| 12 | Żebbuġ Rangers (R) | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 84 | −47 | 12 | Relegation to the 2015–16 Maltese First Division |

## FA Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R3 | 2 December 2014 | Birżebbuġa | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 7–1 | | Fenech 7', Kooh Sohna 12', Montebello (3) 15', 18', 73', Faria 80', C. Caruana 90' | Report |
| R4 | 20 January 2015 | Melita | Victor Tedesco Stadium | 2–0 | | S. Borg 69', Bajada 72' | Report |
| Quarter-final | 13 February 2015 | Mosta | National Stadium | 3–1 | | Bajada 30', Elford-Alliyu (2) 52', 60' | Report |
| Semi-final | 16 May 2015 | Birkirkara | National Stadium | 0–1 | 2,205 | | Report |

## Squad statistics
### First Team

| Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Trophy | FA Trophy | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | BOV Super Cup | BOV Super Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| GK | Manuel Bartolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Ryan Caruana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Yenz Cini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Pietro Marino | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| GK | Nicky Vella | 24(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Hamid Al Kamali | 0(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ian Azzopardi | 30(1) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36(1) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Jean Borg | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Steve Borg | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Leon Camilleri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan Camilleri | 29(1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35(1) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | Jonathan Caruana | 27 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30(1) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DF | Luke Dimech | 20(10) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27(10) | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Tristan Nappa Licari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mirco Vella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Siraj Arab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Shaun Bajada | 19(7) | 3 | 3(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(8) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Hamza Barry | 26(2) | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30(2) | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Roderick Briffa | 27(1) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32(1) | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Joshua Buttigieg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Camilleri | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Christian Caruana | 1(4) | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Stefan Cassar | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Llywelyn Cremona | 13(14) | 3 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(15) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Kurt Drakard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Hugo Faria | 9(3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13(3) | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Ryan Fenech | 28(1) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35(1) | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| MF | Ikenna Hilary | 6(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Ian Montanaro | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Abdelkarim Nafti | 29(2) | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35(2) | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Nicholas Pulis | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Vladimir Savićević | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jurgen Suda | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Dario Tabone | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Adrian Zahra | 3(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kurt Borg | 0(4) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Lateef Elford-Alliyu | 19(7) | 13 | 1(2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(9) | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Raphael Alain Kooh Sohna | 6(4) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 7(7) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Djamel Leeflang | 3(4) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Luke Montebello | 4(7) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(9) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Alex Terra | 4(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Ian Zammit | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 May 2014 | GK | Nicky Vella | Tarxien Rainbows | Free |
| 12 June 2014 | MF | Adrian Zahra | Perth Glory | Free |
| 17 June 2014 | DF | Ryan Camilleri | Hibernians | Free |
| 10 July 2014 | MF | Hugo Faria | Kalloni | Free |
| 10 July 2014 | DF | Hamid Al Kamali | Al-Wahda | Free |
| 10 July 2014 | FW | Raphael Alain Kooh Sohna | Pietà Hotspurs | Free |
| 28 July 2014 | MF | Christian Caruana | Floriana | Free |
| 30 August 2014 | MF | Lico | Unattached | Free |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Alex Terra | Unattached | Free |
| 4 January 2015 | GK | Pietro Marino | Unattached | Free |
| 22 January 2015 | MF | Vladimir Savićević | FK Mladost Podgorica | Free |
| 22 January 2015 | MF | Ikenna Hilary | Camacha | Free |
| 22 January 2015 | FW | Djamel Leeflang | Unattached | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 21 June 2014 | MF | Edmond Agius | Birkirkara | Free |
| 14 August 2014 | DF | Gaetano Gesualdi | Weißenfels | Free |
| 1 October 2014 | MF | Lico | Released | Free |
| 2 December 2014 | MF | Adrian Zahra | Released | Free |
| 2 December 2014 | FW | Alex Terra | Released | Free |
| 5 December 2014 | FW | Ian Zammit | Released | Free |
| 17 December 2014 | MF | Hugo Faria | Released | Free |
| 17 December 2014 | FW | Raphael Alain Kooh Sohna | Released | Free |
| 1 April 2015 | MF | Vladimir Savićević | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | GK | Ryan Caruana | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | MF | Christian Caruana | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | MF | Kurt Drakard | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | MF | Oznef Cassar | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | FW | Djamel Leeflang | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | FW | Lateef Elford-Alliyu | Released | Free |
| 31 May 2015 | DF | Luke Dimech | Released | Free |
| 3 June 2014 | MF | Ryan Fenech | Balzan | Free |
| 3 June 2015 | DF | Samir Arab | Balzan | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | GK | Yenz Cini | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | Ikenna Hilary | Released | Free |
| 30 June 2015 | DF | Steve Borg | Released | Free |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Hamza Barry | Released | Free |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From | Ref. |
| 10 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Jean Borg | Attard | |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 28 June 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Yessous Camilleri | Żebbuġ Rangers |
| 5 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Siraj Arab | Pembroke Athleta |
| 10 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | FW | Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza | Balzan |
| 10 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Samir Arab | Balzan |
| 10 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Dyson Falzon | Mosta |
| 10 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Dylan D'Agostino | Senglea Athletic |
| 15 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Kenneth Scicluna | Vittoriosa Stars |
| 20 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | David Camilleri | St. George's |
| 20 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | FW | Terence Scerri | Senglea Athletic |
| 20 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Neil Curmi | Marsa |
| 23 July 2014 | 15 January 2015 | DF | Jonathan Francica | Lija Athletic |
| 26 July 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Kurt Magro | Mosta |
| 1 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Cleavon Frendo | Lija Athletic |
| 1 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Dasser Sammut | Qrendi |
| 5 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Isaac McCarthy | Lija Athletic |
| 10 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Bjorn Bondin | Qormi |
| 10 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Matthew Thorne | Pembroke Athleta |
| 21 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Rennie Forace | Msida St. Joseph |
| 29 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | DF | Miguel Attard | Zurrieq |
| 1 September 2014 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Brandon Grech | Mqabba |
| 1 January 2015 | 31 May 2015 | GK | Yenz Cini | Gudja United |
| 1 January 2015 | 31 May 2015 | GK | Manuel Bartolo | Żebbuġ Rangers |
| 6 January 2015 | 12 August 2015 | MF | Isaac Zammit | San Ġwann |
| 9 January 2015 | 31 May 2015 | MF | Glenn Cassar | Zurrieq |
| 28 January 2015 | 31 May 2015 | FW | Luke Montebello | Żebbuġ Rangers |