Fixtures

Malta - Premier League 04/20 12:00 24 Gzira United vs Birkirkara - View
Malta - Premier League 04/28 13:15 25 Santa Lucia FC vs Gzira United - View
Malta - Premier League 05/03 21:00 26 Gzira United vs Floriana - View

Results

Malta - Premier League 04/13 14:15 23 [9] Gzira Utd v Hamrun Spartans [2] L 0-1
Malta - Premier League 04/06 14:45 22 [4] Marsaxlokk FC v Gzira Utd [7] D 1-1
Malta - FA Trophy 03/30 13:00 3 Gzira Utd v Mgarr United W 2-0
Malta - Premier League 03/17 15:15 21 [9] Gzira Utd v Mosta FC [11] W 2-1
Malta - Premier League 03/10 15:15 20 [12] Valletta v Gzira Utd [8] D 1-1
Malta - Premier League 03/03 13:00 19 [7] Gzira Utd v Sliema Wanderers [3] L 0-2
Malta - Premier League 02/25 10:00 18 [13] Sirens v Gzira Utd [7] W 0-4
Malta - Premier League 02/18 15:15 17 [12] Gzira Utd v Gudja United [14] W 3-0
Malta - Premier League 02/10 15:15 16 [7] Naxxar Lions v Gzira Utd [11] W 0-1
Malta - FA Trophy 02/07 17:00 8 Gzira Utd v Hibernians W 1-0
Malta - Premier League 02/04 15:15 15 [11] Gzira Utd v Balzan FC [9] D 1-1
Malta - Premier League 01/28 13:00 14 [8] Hibernians v Gzira Utd [10] L 3-2

Statistikk

 TotalHjemmeBorte
Matches played 36 19 17
Wins 14 9 5
Draws 8 4 4
Losses 14 6 8
Goals for 55 29 26
Goals against 45 21 24
Clean sheets 12 8 4
Failed to score 7 4 3

Wikipedia - Gżira United F.C.

Gżira United Football Club is a Maltese professional football club from the small harbor town of Gżira in central Malta, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1947, won the FA Trophy in 1973 and First Division league Champions. Often plays in Maroon with light blue sleeves on the shirt, with white shorts and white socks. Following the club's promotion to the Maltese Premier League, they signed a sponsorship agreement with JEEP, the global SUV brand, with the agreement of organizing events for the local community. For the 2016–17 season the Club played in BOV Premier League for the first time ever and finished 7th place. In the following year 2017–18 the maroons placed 3rd place and participated for the first time in the UEFA Europa League. The 2018–19 season was another successful one where again Gżira placed 3rd place and assured themselves to play again in the Europa League for another time.

The Hajduk miracle

On 18 July 2019, Gżira were facing the big Croatian club Hajduk Split at Split for the second leg of the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Gżira had lost the first leg match at home 0–2, a result which was considered normal, due to the big budget differences between the two clubs. The match in Split had the Croatians as strong favorites, offering odds of 1/15 (1.07 in decimal odds) for Hajduk to win the match. Hajduk went at half time winning 1–0. However, Brazilian forward Jefferson equalized for Gżira at the 57th minute, and Hamed Koné scored at the 69th minute making the score 1–2 for Gżira. This result was still not enough for the Maltese side, but found a final goal in the sixth and last minute of injury time, again with Hamed Koné, making the score 1–3 for Gżira, with the Maltese side advancing on away goals rule. This result was considered a major shock for the Croatians, with their manager Siniša Oreščanin being sacked shortly after.

Qualifying for the UEFA Conference League 3rd Round

In season 2021/22 UEFA started a new competition, the UEFA Conference League. Gzira qualified after placing 3rd in the Maltese Premier League and in the first round they eliminated again Santa Julia of Andorra. In the second round they faced Rijeka of Croatia and were eliminated with an aggregate of 3-0. In season 2022/23 Gzira played again in the same competition and in the first round they eliminated Atletic Club Escaldes of Andorra. In the second round Gzira FC were drawn against Radnicki Nis of Serbia and Gzira shocked again the European football when eliminating this strong side from Serbia. For the first time Gzira United FC played in the 3rd round of a European Competition and played against Austrian giants of Wolfsberger. Gzira obtained a goalless draw in Austria but then they were eliminated in the home match.

**Gzira United Football Club**

**Gjzir ** er en maltesisk fotballag som spiller i den maltesiske Premier League. Klubben ble grunnlagt i 1943, og har base i byen Gżira, som ligger rett vest for hovedstaden Valletta.

**Grunnleggelse og tidlig historie**

Gzira United ble grunnlagt i 1943 av en gruppe entusiaster med mål om å skape en fotballklubb som kunne representere byen deres. Klubben begynte å spille i de lavere divisjonene i maltesisk fotball, og rykket opp til Premier League for første gang i 1961.

**Suksesser og nedgang**

Gzira United opplevde sin største suksessperiode på 1960- og 1970-tallet. Klubben vant FA Trophy i 1966, 1971 og 1972, og var også seriemester i 1970-71 sesongen. Etter denne suksessperioden opplevde klubben en nedgang, og ble degradert til de lavere divisjonene på slutten av 1970-tallet.

**Gjenoppkomst og nyere historie**

I 2010-årene gjorde Gzira United en gjenoppkomst og rykket opp til Premier League på nytt i 2016. Klubben har siden etablert seg som et stabilt lag i toppdivisjonen, og har også hatt noen gode cupløp. I 2020-21 sesongen nådde klubben finalen i FA Trophy, men tapte for Valletta.

**Kjente spillere**

Gjennom årene har Gzira United hatt flere kjente spillere på laget, inkludert:

* Joe Cuschieri
* Carmel Busuttil
* Carmel Galea
* Michael Galea

**Trivia**

* Gzira United kalles ofte "The Maroons" på grunn av deres maroonfargede drakter.
* Klubbens stadion, Victor Tedesco Stadium, ligger i byen Hamrun, som er en by i nærheten av Gżira.
* Gzira United har en sterk rivalisering med naboklubben Valletta.