Mellieħa S.C.

Mellieħa Sports Club is a semi-professional sports club based in the town of Mellieħa, Malta^[1], which competes in the Maltese National Amateur League^[2]. Founded in 1947, the sports club has departments in football, baseball & softball^[3], netball^[4] and snooker.

Mellieħa

Full name	Mellieħa Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Boys in Blue
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Ground	Mellieħa Sports Complex
Chairman	Alfred Vella Borg
Manager	Vesko Petrović
League	National Amateur League
2024–25	National Amateur League, 8th of 16
Website	melliehasportsclub.org
Home colours Away colours

History

Mellieħa S.C. began as a football club in 1947 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. They were relegated the following season and have not returned to the top tier since.^[5] 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.

In 2022, La Liga club, Valencia CF, announced that they were becoming a technical partner with Mellieħa S.C. to develop the Maltese club's football school to after the two clubs participated in a VCF Soccer Camp held in Italy three years earlier.^[6]

Mellieħa S.C will play in the National Amateur League in the 2025-26 season. In June 2025, it was announced that Vesko Petrović would take over from Warren Said as manager of the senior football squad for the following season.^[7]

Current squad

As of 7 April 2025^[8]

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 Anthony Curmi 2 DF  MLT Warren Vella 4 DF  MLT Wayne Chetcuti 5 DF  MLT Jake Saliba 6 MF  MLT Ismael Borg 7 MF  MLT Leon Theuma 8 MF  MLT Jacob Farrugia 9 FW  MLT Malcolm Vella Vidal 9 FW  LBY Layth Saeb Kuwafi 10 FW  MLT Michael Camilleri 11 MF  MLT Mirco Vella 12 GK  MLT Mark Cutajar 13 FW  NGA Tejumola Ebenezer Ayorinde 14 DF  MLT Iven Zammit

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  MLT Sasa Glumac 16 MF  NGA Edafe Christopher Uzeh 17 MF  MLT Alexander Akl 18 DF  MLT Christian Grech 19 FW  CIV Marc Bolane Kakou Adonis 20 DF  MLT Matthias Vella 21 MF  NGA Daniel Oluwatobi Ighalo 22 MF  MLT Cody Baguley 23 FW  MLT Craig Cilia 23 GK  MLT Daniel Tonna 24 DF  MLT Dylan Douglas Camilleri 25 DF  MLT Liam Spiteri 25 FW  MLT Isaac Schembri 26 GK  MLT James Magro

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

The following is a table of Player of the Year winners from 1961 to 2024^[9]:

• Joe Borg (1961–62)
• Edwin Vella (1962–63)
• John Calleja (1963–64)
• Kristinu Grima (1964–65)
• Grezzju Grech (1965–66)
• Charlie Abela (1966–67)
• Joe Cauchi (1967–68)
• Salvu Vella (1969–70)
• Alfred Fenech (1970–71)
• Anthony Borg (1971–72)
• Alfred Vella Borg (1972–73)
• Charlie Grima (1973–74)
• Frans Vella (1989–90)
• Ralph Farrugia (1990–91)
• Stephen Deguara (1991–92)
• Kevin Gambin (1993–94)
• Ray Vella (1994–95)
• Keith Fenech (1995–96)
• Kevin Gambin (1996–97)
• Kamal Edgeli (1997–98)
• William Borg (1998–99)
• Kevin Gambin (1999–2000)
• Kevin Gauci (2000–01)
• Joseph Mercieca (2001–02)
• Kevin Gauci (2002–03)
• Wayne Borg St. John (2003–04)
• Wayne Borg St. John (2004–05)
• William Borg (2005–06)
• Wayne Borg St. John (2006–07)
• Kevin Gauci (2007–08)
• David Fenech (2008–09)
• Luke Cauchi (2009–10)
• Matthew Vella (2010–11)
• Philip Taylor (2011–12)
• Matthew Abela (2012–13)
• David Cauchi (2013–14)
• Jake Farrugia (2014–15)
• James Abela (2015–16)
• Jack Vella (2017–18)
• Jake Farrugia (2018–19)
• Jake Farrugia (2020–21)
• Malcolm Vella Vidal (2022–23)
• Christopher Edafe Uzeh (2023–24)

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 (2024-2025)
• Vesko Petrović (2025-present)

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