| The
33 players that featured in the 5 consecutive league
titles won by the Club from 69/70 to 73/74 |
|
Player |
# |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Comments |
| 1 |
Francis
Cauchi (gk) |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Regular
goalkeeper. Missed parts of two seasons due to
injury. |
| 2 |
Vincent
Galea |
3 |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
He
played at right-full back and right-inside forward.
He emigrated after the third title. |
| 3 |
Salvinu
Xuereb |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Left-back
captain in the first two championship seasons.
Missed part of last championship due to injury. |
| 4 |
Karmenu
Caruana |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Right-half-back.
The only matches he missed were due to suspension. |
| 5 |
George
Schembri |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Centre-half
that rarely missed a match. He joined the attack at
set-pieces. |
| 6 |
Nikol
Cutajar |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Played
in various positions early on then settled at
left-half back. He rarely missed a match. |
| 7 |
Toni
Cauchi |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
He
played on the right wing and was rarely out of the
side in the five seasons. |
| 8 |
Loreto
Galea |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Inside-forward.
Missed very few matches. He captained the team in
the last three championships. |
| 9 |
Karmnu
Cutajar |
3 |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Played
at centre-forward and centre-back. He emigrated
midway through the third championship. |
| 10 |
Raymond Buttigieg |
4 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
He
played in numerous positions in every department. He
emigrated during the fourth title. |
| 11 |
Vincent
Cutajar |
5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Left-wing,
left-inside and centre-forward all rolled in one.
Missed some matches due to suspension. |
| 12 |
Noe Zerafa |
1 |
X |
|
|
|
|
Ex-captain,
played on the wing and at half-back. Retired from
the senior team after the first title. |
| 13 |
Joe
Rapa |
4 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Right
full-back. Missed some matches due to injury.
Retired after the fourth championship. |
| 14 |
George Mercieca |
1 |
X |
|
|
|
|
Played
in the early part of the first championship. Retired
from the senior team after that season. |
| 15 |
Toni
Buttigieg (gk) |
1 |
|
X |
|
|
|
Goalkeeper
returned to the Club from abroad early in the second
season. Went to Nadur Y. after that. |
| 16 |
Paul Galea |
2 |
|
X |
X |
|
|
Utility
player, made some appearances as substitute and
others in an emergency. |
| 17 |
John Zerafa |
4 |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
Utility player, even made the odd
appearance in goal. Played mostly at inside-forward. |
| 18 |
Pawlu Debono |
3 |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
Took
over centre-forward role from Karmnu Cutajar. Made
only token appearance in fifth season. |
| 19 |
Alfred Galea |
1 |
|
|
X |
|
|
Appeared
as a forward mid-way through the third season, after
which he emigrated for good. |
| 20 |
Karmenu
Xuereb |
2 |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Covered
positions of half-back and inside-forward. Retired
at the end of the fourth championship. |
| 21 |
Raymond Xuereb |
1 |
|
|
X |
|
|
Utility
player, made brief appearance during the third
season. |
| 22 |
Joe Zerafa |
1 |
|
|
X |
|
|
Utility
player, made brief appearance during the third
season. He emigrated thereafter. |
| 23 |
Tony
Zerafa |
1 |
|
|
X |
|
|
Returned
from abroad briefly to make some appearances at the
back during third season. |
| 24 |
Raymond
Grech |
1 |
|
|
|
X |
|
Graduated
from the minors and reserves to cover at left-back
then emigrated. |
| 25 |
Teddy Grech |
1 |
|
|
|
X |
|
Graduated
from the minors and reserves and played in various
positions before retiring (and emigrating). |
| 26 |
Mario
Camilleri |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Took
over at right-back after Joe Rapa's retirement.
Graduated from the minors and reserves. |
| 27 |
George Fenech |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Centre-forward; graduate from the Club's
youth system. Missed last few matches of fifth
title. |
| 28 |
Leli Refalo |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Inside-right
forward. Patiently waited his turn before taking
over at the start of the fifth championship. |
| 29 |
Philip Camilleri |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Graduate
from the minors and reserves. He covered for Salvinu
Xuereb early in the fifth season. |
| 30 |
Wistin Sciberras (gk) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Goalkeeper
acquired from Xaghra U. to cover for injured Francis
Cauchi and kept job to the end. |
| 31 |
Frank
Xuereb |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Graduated
from the minors and reserves to take over left-back
position from injured Salvinu Xuereb. |
| 32 |
Frans
Magro |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Made
crucial late season appearances at left-wing in the
dramatic climax to the fifth title. |
| 33 |
Alfred
Azzopardi |
1 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Inside-forward
played as guest from Hamrun Spartans in dramatic
finale to the fifth title. |
In
2004/05 Ghajnsielem won the 6th championship
These are the 24 players who took part |
| Player |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
| Attard
II, Joseph |
16 |
13 |
2 |
1 |
53 |
16 |
| Bencini,
Graham |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
4 |
| Bogdanovic,
Daniel |
13 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
45 |
11 |
| Buhagiar,
Richard |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
2 |
| Buttigieg
II, Larry |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
| Buttigieg,
Frank |
16 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
54 |
12 |
| Buttigieg,
Joseph |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
7 |
| Camilleri,
Jeremy |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
| Carabott,
David |
12 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
38 |
13 |
| Dengaky,
Daniel |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
5 |
| do
Nascimento, Edoardo |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
6 |
| Dominique,
Mbueko |
18 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
57 |
16 |
| Galea,
Franklee |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
7 |
| Grima,
Errol |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
11 |
| Iriele,
Damian |
9 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
8 |
| Kalenga,
N'dayi |
18 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
57 |
16 |
| Meilak,
Brian |
17 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
54 |
15 |
| Meilak,
Mark |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Mercieca,
Eric |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
24 |
12 |
| Mifsud,
Herman |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
| Pace,
John |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
8 |
| Portelli,
Matthew |
18 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
57 |
16 |
| Scicluna,
Joseph |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
4 |
| Scicluna,
Loreto |
12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
44 |
14 |
|
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