Mellieħa S.C.

Mellieħa Sports Club is a Maltese sports club based in the town of Mellieħa. Founded in 1947, just after the end of the Second World War, the primary aim was that of promoting and fostering the development of sports in the village and its surroundings, including football, baseball (Mellieħa Northenders), softball (Mellieħa Curves), netball and snooker.

Mellieħa

Full name	Mellieħa Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Boys in Blue
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Ground	Mellieħa Sports Complex
Chairman	Alfred Vella Borg
Manager	Warren Said
League	National Amateur League
2021–22	National Amateur League, Group B, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Mellieħa S.C. began as a football club in 1961 and has competed ever since. Their most notable achievement happened in 1992 when they finished runners-up in the Maltese First Division, which earned them a promotion to the Premier League, the top-tier in Maltese football. For the 2020–21 season, they competed in the National Amateur League, finishing 4th in group A before being knocked out in the first round of the promotion play-offs.

Player records

Appearances and goalscoring

• Most appearances: Ray Vella, 377+ (no exact records held); Kevin Gauci, 383
• Record goal scorer: Wayne Borg St. John, 159 in 317 games (2000–2016)
• Most goals in one season: Wayne Borg St. John, 22 (2009–10)
• Oldest player ever: Ray Vella, 46 years

Player of the Year (1961–2022)

Year Winner 1961–62   Joe Borg 1962–63   Edwin Vella 1963–64   John Calleja 1964–65   Kristinu Grima 1965–66   Grezzju Grech 1966–67   Charlie Abela 1967–68   Joe Cauchi 1969–70   Salvu Vella 1970–71   Alfred Fenech 1971–72   Anthony Borg

Year Winner 1972–73   Alfred Vella Borg 1973–74   Charlie Grima 1989–90   Frans Vella 1990–91   Ralph Farrugia 1991–92   Stephen Deguara 1993–94   Kevin Gambin 1994–95   Ray Vella 1995–96   Keith Fenech 1996–97   Kevin Gambin 1997–98   Kamal Edgeli

Year Winner 1998–99   William Borg 1999–2000   Kevin Gambin 2000–01   Kevin Gauci 2001–02   Joseph Mercieca 2002–03   Kevin Gauci 2003–04   Wayne Borg St. John 2004–05   Wayne Borg St. John 2005–06   William Borg 2006–07   Wayne Borg St. John 2007–08   Kevin Gauci

Year Winner 2008–09   David Fenech 2009–10   Luke Cauchi 2010–11   Matthew Vella 2011–12   Philip Taylor 2012–13   Matthew Abela 2013–14   David Cauchi 2014–15   Jake Farrugia 2015–16   James Abela 2017–18   Jack Vella 2018–19   Jake Farrugia

Year Winner 2019–20 Not Given 2020–21   2021–22   2022–23   Malcolm Vella Vidal

Managers

•   Tony Pepperoni (1967–70)
•   Alfred Bartolo (1974–76)
•   Frankie Zammit (1976–77)
•   Carmel Bartolo (1977–78)
•   John Calleja (1978–80)
•   John Buttiġieġ (1980–81)
•   John Calleja (1981–82)
•   Selection Board (1982–83)
•   Salvu Vella (1983–84)
•   Charlie Grima &   Charlie Fenech (1984–85)
•   George Micallef (1985–88)
•   Dennis Fenech (1988–94)
•   Freddie Cardona (1994–96)
•   Euchar Grech &   Nefail Zhejani (1996–97)
•   Dennis Fenech (1997–99)
•   Ronald Vella (1999–2002)
•   Ilir Pelinku (2002–04)
•   Dennis Fenech (2004–05)
•   Ilir Pelinku (2005–08)
•   Ronald Vella (2008–09)
•   Kevin Gambin &   Nikolay Filipov (2009–11)
•   JoJo Bajada (2011–12)
•   Alex Delia (2012–13)
•   Dennis Fenech (2013–15)
•   Brian Bartolo (2015–16)
•   Vojko Martinović &   Alex Delia (2016–17)
•   Alex Delia (2017–18)
•   Brian Bartolo (2018-2021)
•   Antoine Camilleri (2022-2023)
•   Warren Said (2024-)

Honours

League

• First Division

Runners-up (1): 1991–92

• Second Division

Winners (1): 1990–91

Runners-up (1): 2006–07

• Third Division

Winners (2): 1961–62, 1988–89

Runners-up (1): 2017–18

• Fourth Division

Winners (1): 1975–76

Cup

• Second/Third Division FA Cup

Winners (1): 2003–04

• Fourth Division Cup

Winners (1): 1978–79

• Christmas Cup

Winners (1): 1972–73

References

External links

• Official website
• Profile on Malta Football Association's website