Balzan FC

Balzan Football Club is a Maltese football club from the village of Balzan that competes in the Maltese Premier League, the top tier of Maltese football. The club was founded as Balzan Youths in 1937 and has been playing in the top division since 2010. They were renamed Balzan FC in June 2012.

Balzan has qualified for the UEFA Europa League for five seasons in a row between 2015–16 and 2019–20. The club finished as runners-up in the Malta Premier League in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons and were finalists of the 2015–16 Maltese FA Trophy, which they lost on penalties to Sliema Wanderers after a goalless draw in the regular time. In May 2019, the club finally won its first major honour, the 2018–19 Maltese FA Trophy, after defeating Valletta on penalties in the final.

Balzan F.C. er en maltesisk fodboldklub beliggende i byen Balzan. Klubben blev grundlagt i 1937 og spiller i øjeblikket i Maltas Premier League, den øverste division i det maltesiske ligasystem.

Balzan FC's hjemmebane er Hibernians Stadium i Paola. Klubben har vundet to nationale pokaler, Malta FA Trophy i 2018 og 2019.

Klubbens farver er rød og hvid, og dens emblem viser en rød løve på en hvid baggrund. Klubbens kælenavn er "The Reds".

Balzan FC har en langvarig rivalisering med nærliggende klub Birkirkara F.C. De to klubber har mødt hinanden i mange intense kampe, der ofte kaldes "Det maltesiske derby".

Klubbens mest succesrige periode var i starten af ​​2000'erne, hvor de vandt flere pokaler, herunder Malta FA Trophy i 2003 og 2004 og Maltas Super Cup i 2003.