2013–14 Valletta F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Valletta's twenty-second title-winning season in the Maltese Premier League and the 13th as Maltese FA Trophy winners, as well as winning their fifth Euro Challenge Cup title. They had qualified for the UEFA Europa League via their third-place finish in the 2012–13 season.

Valletta
2013–14 season
ManagerMark Miller,
André Paus
Premier League1st
FA TrophyWinners
Euro Challenge CupWinners
Gozo CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond Qualifying Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Denni (19)
All: Denni (22)

Pre-season - Euro Challenge Cup

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Valletta won the 2013 edition of the Euro Challenge Cup, gaining a 1–1 draw with Hibernians[1] before dispatching Birkirkara with a 1–0 win and finally Sliema Wanderers 3–1. Valletta topped the table on seven points, followed by Hibernians on four, Sliema and Birkirkara on three.[2] Valletta used the tournament to field players who were on loan with other clubs during the previous season, new summer signings and a number of trialists. Dutch striker Harrie Gommans, Nadur Youngsters' Serbian midfielder Miloš Stojanović and Spanish midfielder José Gil Zapata all featured,[1] none of whom went on to sign a permanent contract with the club.

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
1 18 June 2013 Hibernians Centenary Stadium 1–1 Camilleri 29' Report
2 22 June 2013 Birkirkara Centenary Stadium 1–0 Barry 80' Report
3 25 June 2013 Sliema Wanderers Centenary Stadium 3–1 Obaje 12', Denni 46' (pen), Bajada 79' Report

UEFA Europa League

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First qualifying round

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4 July 2013 1st leg La Fiorita   0–3 Valletta   Serravalle, San Marino
F. Rinaldi   29'
Mazzola   36'
Report Denni   17',   30' (pen), 50'
Fenech   45+1'
Camilleri   48'
Barry   58'
Zammit   90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 374
Referee: Lorenc Jemini (Albania)
11 July 2013 2nd leg Valletta   1–0 La Fiorita   Ta' Qali, Malta
Bajada   37'
Vandelannoite   66'
Agius   75'
Zammit   90' (pen)
Report F. Rinaldi   44'
Confalone   61'
Ceci   66'
G. Bollini   90'
Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 998
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

Valletta won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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18 July 2013 1st leg Valletta   1–1 Minsk   Ta' Qali, Malta
Fenech   45'
Barry   51'
Briffa   86'
Denni   88'
Report Sachywka   6'
Belevich   29'
Rozhok   72'
Astravukh   78'
Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
25 July 2013 2nd leg Minsk   2–0 Valletta   Zhodzina, Belarus
Vasilyuk   53'
Kibuk   60'
Bukatkin   68'
Sachywka   83'
Rnić   85'
Report Marino   54'
Caruana   66'
Barry   80'
Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.

BOV Premier League

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First phase

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Results

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
1 18 August 2013 Mosta National Stadium 2–1 Denni 31', Camilleri 51' Report
2 25 August 2013 Hibernians National Stadium 2–3 Denni 22', Barry 30' Report
3 31 August 2013 Floriana National Stadium 3–0 Zammit 46', Corr Nyang 56', Rômulo 77' Report
4 15 September 2013 Qormi National Stadium 4–0 Briffa 47', Denni 49', Nafti (2) 57', 87' Report
5 21 September 2013 Naxxar Lions Victor Tedesco Stadium 1–0 Caruana 14' Report
6 29 September 2013 Birkirkara National Stadium 0–1 Report
7 6 October 2013 Sliema Wanderers National Stadium 3–0 Fenech 4', Nafti 17', Denni 75' Report
8 20 October 2013 Vittoriosa Stars Centenary Stadium 2–1 Denni 71', Mifsud Triganza 89' Report
9 26 October 2013 Rabat Ajax Victor Tedesco Stadium 4–1 Denni (2) 12', 63', Agius 83', Nafti 90+3' Report
10 2 November 2013 Tarxien Rainbows Centenary Stadium 3–0 Denni (2) 44', 60' Corr Nyang 90' Report
11 10 November 2013 Balzan Victor Tedesco Stadium 1–1 Mifsud Triganza 27' Report
12 24 November 2013 Mosta Hibernians Stadium 6–0 Caruana 12', Fenech 48', Agius 50', Briffa 54', Denni (2) 57', 73' Report
13 8 December 2013 Floriana National Stadium 2–0 Denni 40', Agius 70' Report
14 11 December 2013 Hibernians National Stadium 2–1 Briffa 69', Mifsud Triganza 90+1' Report
15 15 December 2013 Qormi National Stadium 4–0 Briffa 47', Denni 49', Nafti (2) 57', 87' Report
16 21 December 2013 Naxxar Lions Victor Tedesco Stadium 1–2 Fenech 88' Report
17 4 January 2014 Tarxien Rainbows Hibernians Stadium 2–1 Denni 2', Nafti 58' Report
18 12 January 2014 Sliema Wanderers National Stadium 0–0 Report
19 18 January 2014 Vittoriosa Stars Hibernians Stadium 4–0 Nafti 26', Agius 28', Denni 78', Corr Nyang 84' Report
20 26 January 2014 Rabat Ajax Victor Tedesco Stadium 6–1 Nafti 25', Elford-Alliyu 28', Briffa 49', Agius 57', Mifsud Triganza (2) 62', 69' Report
21 2 February 2014 Birkirkara National Stadium 2–1 Fenech 13', Barry 63' Report
22 8 February 2014 Balzan Victor Tedesco Stadium 1–0 Corr Nyang 84' Report

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Birkirkara 22 18 2 2 51 19 +32 56 Qualification for the Top Six
2 Valletta 22 17 2 3 51 13 +38 53
3 Hibernians 22 15 2 5 57 27 +30 47
4 Sliema Wanderers 22 12 7 3 43 24 +19 43
5 Mosta 22 12 2 8 44 35 +9 38
6 Balzan 22 8 4 10 24 31 −7 28
7 Naxxar Lions 22 8 3 11 27 39 −12 27 Qualification for the Play-out
8 Floriana[a] 22 8 4 10 30 36 −6 22
9 Vittoriosa Stars 22 5 3 14 24 47 −23 18
10 Qormi 22 4 4 14 28 45 −17 16
11 Tarxien Rainbows 22 4 4 14 26 45 −19 16
12 Rabat Ajax 22 1 3 18 17 61 −44 6
Source: [1] Tribuna
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
  1. ^ Floriana deducted 6 points.

Championship Pool

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Results

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
23 23 February 2014 Sliema Wanderers National Stadium 1–1 Nafti 6' Report
24 26 February 2014 Hibernians National Stadium 3–1 Denni 34', Caruana 36', Nafti 58' Report
25 11 March 2014 Mosta National Stadium 2–2 Alan 8', Elford-Alliyu 78' Report
26 15 March 2014 Balzan Hibernians Stadium 3–1 Caruana 21', Elford-Alliyu 55', Agius 89' Report
27 23 March 2014 Birkirkara National Stadium 0–0 Report
28 30 March 2014 Sliema Wanderers National Stadium 2–0 Montebello 40', Elford-Alliyu 90' Report
29 6 April 2014 Hibernians National Stadium 3–2 Montebello 15', Alan 50', Briffa 57' Report
30 12 April 2014 Mosta Hibernians Stadium 5–0 Denni (2) 12', 29', Fenech 44', Montebello 53', Owonikoko Seun 77' Report
31 21 April 2014 Balzan National Stadium 1–0 Denni 51' Report
32 26 April 2014 Birkirkara National Stadium 2–0 Bajada 2', Briffa 90+4' Report

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Valletta (C) 32 24 5 3 74 21 +53 51 Qualification for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
2 Birkirkara 32 25 3 4 76 25 +51 50 Qualification for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
3 Hibernians 32 18 4 10 77 51 +26 35
4 Mosta 32 15 6 11 58 57 +1 32
5 Sliema Wanderers 32 14 10 8 54 42 +12 31 Qualification for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League[a]
6 Balzan 32 9 5 18 36 58 −22 18
Source: maltafootball.com: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Sliema Wanderers qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2013–14 Maltese FA Trophy, This was because the winners Valletta had qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.

Gozo Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
Semi-final 15 November 2013 Hibernians Gozo Stadium 5–3 Bakare, Elford-Alliyu, Denni (2), Montebello Report
Final 17 November 2013 Sliema Wanderers Gozo Stadium 3–1 Dimech 49', Nafti 67', Mifsud Triganza 75' Report

U*Bet FA Trophy

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
R3 27 November 2013 Melita Victor Tedesco Stadium 3–1 Fenech 4', Elford-Alliyu (2) 22', 28' Report
R4 22 January 2014 Mosta Victor Tedesco Stadium 3–0 Nafti 55', Ekani 66' (o.g.), Elford-Alliyu 90' Report
Quarter-final 15 February 2014 Naxxar Lions National Stadium 1–0 Denni 24' Report
Semi-final 19 march 2014 Gżira United National Stadium 2–0 Agius 23', Cremona 90' Report
Final 1 May 2014 Sliema Wanderers National Stadium 1–0 Elford-Alliyu 2' Report

Squad statistics

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First Team

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No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Trophy UEFA Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
- GK   Manuel Bartolo 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
- GK   Yenz Cini 14 0 0 0 0(1) 0 14(1) 0
- GK   Pietro Marino 7 0 1 0 4 0 12 0
- GK   Nukri Revishvili 11 0 3 0 0 0 14 0
- DF   Ian Azzopardi 2(4) 0 1(1) 0 3 0 6(5) 0
- DF   Steve Borg 21(2) 0 3(1) 0 0 0 24(3) 0
- DF   Yessous Camilleri 6 1 0 0 2 0 8 1
- DF   Jonathan Caruana 26(2) 4 5 0 2(1) 0 33(3) 4
- DF   Luke Dimech 20 0 2 0 4 0 26 0
- DF   Óscar Reyes Sánchez 8 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
- DF   Jason Vandelannoite 10(2) 0 0 0 4 0 14(2) 0
- MF   Edmond Agius 22(5) 6 2(3) 1 1 0 25(8) 7
- MF   Shaun Bajada 21(8) 1 4(1) 0 2(2) 0 27(11) 1
- MF   Raimi Bakare 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
- MF   Hamza Barry 17(2) 2 3(1) 0 4 0 24(3) 2
- MF   Roderick Briffa 28(1) 7 5 0 4 0 37(1) 7
- MF   Denni dos Santos 22(2) 19 1(1) 1 4 2 27(3) 22
- MF   Dyson Falzon 4(1) 0 0 0 4 0 8(1) 0
- MF   Ryan Fenech 28(1) 5 5 1 4 1 37(1) 7
- MF   Kurt Magro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- MF   Irakli Maisuradze 10(1) 0 2 0 0 0 12(1) 0
- MF   Abdelkarim Nafti 26(4) 11 3 1 0 0 29(4) 12
- MF   Vladimir Rassulov 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
- FW   Alan da Silva Souza 8(2) 2 1 0 0 0 9(2) 2
- FW   Aziz Corr Nyang 14(4) 4 2 0 0 0 16(4) 4
- FW   Llywelyn Cremona 0(9) 0 1(1) 1 1(1) 0 2(11) 1
- FW   Lateef Elford-Alliyu 5(4) 4 3(1) 4 0 0 8(5) 8
- FW   Arnal Llibert 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
- FW   Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza 7(16) 5 2(2) 0 0 0 9(18) 5
- FW   Luke Montebello 5(3) 3 0(2) 0 0 0 5(5) 3
- FW   Augustine James Obaje 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
- FW   Abayomi Owonikoko Seun 2(1) 1 1 0 0 0 3(1) 1
- FW   Rômulo 2(1) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 2(2) 1
- FW   Ian Zammit 2(13) 1 0(1) 0 0(4) 2 2(18) 3
Own goals 1 0 0 1

Youth Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   MLT Ryan Caruana (on loan to Sliema Wanderers)
DF   MLT Samir Arab (on loan to Vittoriosa Stars)
DF   MLT Miguel Attard
DF   MLT Daniel Camilleri
DF   MLT Leon Camilleri
DF   MLT Fabio Muscat
DF   MLT Tristan Nappa Licari
DF   MLT Mirco Vella
MF   MLT Siraj Arab (on loan to Vittoriosa Stars)
MF   MLT Glenn Cassar
MF   MLT Oznef Cassar (on loan to Kirkop United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   MLT Stefan Cassar
MF   MLT Kurt Drakard
MF   MLT Brandon Grech
MF   MLT Isaac McCarthy
MF   MLT Ian Montanaro
MF   MLT Kane Psaila (on loan to St. George's)
MF   MLT Nicholas Pulis
MF   MLT Dario Tabone
MF   MLT Matthew Thorne
MF   MLT Isaac Zammit (on loan to St. Andrews)
FW   MLT Terence Scerri (on loan to Naxxar Lions)

Transfers

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Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
25 June 2013 GK   Pietro Marino   AS Reggina 1914 Free [3]
1 July 2013 FW   Aud-Gustine James Obaje   Union Bank Free [4]
3 July 2013 MF   Hamza Barry   Gambia Ports Authority Free [5]
15 July 2013 FW   Arnal Llibert Unattached Free
18 July 2013 FW   Rômulo   Audax Rio Free [6]
9 August 2013 MF   Abdelkarim Nafti   Club Africain Free [7]
10 August 2013 FW   Aziz Corr Nyang Unattached Free [7]
31 August 2013 FW   Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza   Birkirkara Free [8]
7 September 2013 FW   Luke Montebello   US Livorno 1915 Free [9]
20 November 2013 MF   Raimi Bakare   Mes Rafsanjan Free
25 November 2013 FW   Lateef Elford-Alliyu   Tamworth Free
28 November 2013 DF   Óscar Reyes Sánchez Unattached Free
28 January 2014 GK   Nukri Revishvili   Dila Gori Free
28 January 2014 MF   Irakli Maisuradze   Dila Gori Free
31 January 2014 FW   Abayomi Owonikoko Seun Unattached Free
31 January 2014 FW   Alan da Silva Souza   Bukovyna Free
31 January 2014 MF   Vladimir Rassulov   FC Speranța Crihana Veche Free
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
20 May 2013 FW   William Barbosa   St. Andrews Free [10]
30 May 2013 MF   Gabriel Released Free [3]
30 May 2013 FW   Demba Touré Released Free [3]
20 June 2013 FW   Michael Mifsud Released Free [11]
22 July 2013 FW   Arnal Llibert Released Free [6]
2 October 2013 FW   Aud-Gustine James Obaje Released Free
30 October 2013 FW   Rômulo Released Free [12]
31 December 2013 DF   Jason Vandelannoite Released Free
28 January 2014 MF   Raimi Bakare Released Free [13]
15 May 2014 DF   Óscar Reyes Sánchez Released Free
15 May 2014 FW   Abayomi Owonikoko Seun Released Free
15 May 2014 GK   Pietro Marino Released Free
15 May 2014 MF   Vladimir Rassulov Released Free
31 May 2014 GK   Nukri Revishvili Released Free
30 June 2014 FW   Aziz Corr Nyang Released Free
30 June 2014 MF   Denni dos Santos Released Free [14]
30 June 2014 MF   Alan da Silva Souza Released Free
30 June 2014 MF   Irakli Maisuradze Released Free

Loan out

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Date from Date to Pos. Name To Ref.
30 June 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Bjorn Bondin   Gżira United
30 June 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Rennie Forace   Gżira United
30 June 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Jonathan Francica   Gżira United
6 July 2013 30 June 2014 FW   Terence Scerri   Naxxar Lions [15]
15 July 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Kenneth Scicluna   Żebbuġ Rangers
18 July 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Dylan D'Agostino   Gudja United
19 July 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Siraj Arab   Vittoriosa Stars
19 July 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Samir Arab   Vittoriosa Stars
1 August 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Karl Azzopardi   Gudja United
1 August 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Oznef Cassar   Kirkop United
3 August 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Neil Curmi   Marsa
20 August 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Kane Psaila   St. George's
24 August 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Cleavon Frendo   Pietà Hotspurs
30 August 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Isaac Zammit   St. Andrews
1 October 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Gaetano Gesualdi   Msida St. Joseph
23 December 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Kurt Magro   Balzan [16]
26 December 2013 31 May 2014 DF   Yessous Camilleri   Żebbuġ Rangers [17]
28 December 2013 31 May 2014 MF   Dyson Falzon   Mosta [17]
3 January 2014 31 May 2014 MF   Manuel Bartolo   Balzan [17]
31 January 2014 31 May 2014 GK   Ryan Caruana   Sliema Wanderers
31 January 2014 31 May 2014 FW   Ian Zammit   Mosta

References

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  2. ^ "Valletta win Euro Cup tournament". maltafootball.com. 26 June 2013.
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