U17 Birkirkara vs Rabat 2-0

Competition: Under 17 League Section A
Match Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Kick-off Time: 10:15-12:15
Venue: Luxol Stadium, Pembroke




Starting Line Up

1	Bonello Mario [GK]
2	Dimech Christopher
5	Cortis Stefan
6	Ferrante Reuben
7	Borg Wayne
8	Cortis Sacha
9	Chris Vella
11	Farrugia Brandon
13	Saliba Michael
15	Muscat Kurt
17	Tanti Zachary

Reserves

10	Borg Luca
16	Laudi Adrian
??	Strout Warren

Substitutions

48'	Dimech Christopher	Borg Luca
53'	Farrugia Brandon	Laudi Adrian
72'	Chris Vella	Strout Warren

Rabat Yellow Cards

67'	Chris Vella
76'	Cortis Stefan

U17 Rabat vs Melita 0-1

Competition: Under 17 League Section A
Match Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009
Kick-off Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: Melita Stadium, Pembroke

Starting Line Up

1	Bonello Mario [GK]
2	Dimech Christopher
5	Cortis Stefan
6	Ferrante Reuben
7	Borg Wayne
8	Cortis Sacha
11	Farrugia Brandon
13	Saliba Michael
15	Muscat Kurt
16	Laudi Adrian
17	Tanti Zachary

Reserves

4	Micallef Keith Josef
9	Vella Chris

Substitutions

50'	Laudi Adrian	Vella Chris
67'	Farrugia Brandon	Micallef Keith Josef

Rabat Yellow Cards

75'	Saliba Michael

U19 St Venera vs Rabat 2-0

Competition: Under 19 League Section C
Match Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Kick-off Time: 14:30-16:30
Venue: Melita Stadium, Pembroke

Starting Line Up

2	Debono Kurt
3	Incorvaja Christian
4	Sandro Galea
5	Gauci Shaun
6	Ciantar Charlot
8	Farrugia Neil
9	Vassallo Roderick
10	David Azzopardi
11	Borg Darren
18	Micallef Ryan
23	Vella Daryl [GK]

Reserves

15	Schembri Franridge
16	Bezzina Dalton
17	Calleja Christian

Substitutions

46'	Borg Darren	Schembri Franridge
59'	Galea Sandro	Calleja Christian
??'	Vassallo Roderick	Bezzina Dalton

U19 Rabat vs Zebbug 0-0

Competition: Under 19 League Section C
Match Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Kick-off Time: 11:00-13:00
Venue: St Patrick Stadium, Zabbar

Starting Line Up

2	Debono Kurt
3	Incorvaja Christian
5	Gauci Shaun
7	Gauci Keith
8	Farrugia Neil
9	Vassallo Roderick
10	David Azzopardi
11	Borg Darren
13	Micallef Karl
18	Micallef Ryan
23	Vella Daryl [GK]

Reserves

4	Galea Sandro
17	Calleja Christian

Substitutions

67'	Borg Darren	Calleja Christian
86'	Incorvaja Christian	Galea Sandro

Rabat Yellow Cards

75'	Incorvaja Christian

Mellieha Statistics

The next official match of the season for the Magpies is against Mellieha on Sunday 4th October 2009 at 9.00am in Centenary stadium in Ta' Qali. This is the second match for both teams in the second division league. Below are some history results and statistics.

Statistics from season 1997/1998 to date
Second Division; 06/07; Rabat vs Mellieha; 1-1; Jonathan Bezzina
Second Division; 06/07; Mellieha vs Rabat; 1-1; Adam Smeir
Second Division; 04/05; Rabat vs Mellieha; 1-2; Alan Zahra
Second Division; 04/05; Mellieha vs Rabat; 3-0;
FA Trophy; 98/99; Mellieha vs Rabat; 2-4; Adrian Mifsud, Dennis Cauchi, Cedric Caruana (x2)
First Division; 97/98; Mellieha vs Rabat; 1-2; Adrian Mifsud, Roderick Asciak
First Division; 97/98; Rabat vs Mellieha; 4-1; Michael Farrugia (x2), Roderick Asciak (x2)

	Mellieha	Rabat
Wins	2	3
Draws	2	2
Losts	3	2

Official matches played by Mellieha this season (WWWL)
Xghajra vs Mellieha 0-4 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Mellieha vs Kalkara 4-1 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Marsa vs Mellieha 1-3 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
St Andrews vs Mellieha 3-1 (Second Division League)

Official matches played by Rabat this season (WWDW)
Rabat vs Attard 2-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Mtarfa vs Rabat 1-4 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Lija vs Rabat 2-2 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Rabat vs Gharghur 4-2 (Second Division League)

Apps = Season Appearances
S/C = Total Scored/Conceded
Y/R = Total Yellow/Red Cards
FC = Total Fouls Committed (the first two matches of the season are not included)
FR = Total Fouls Received (the first two matches of the season are not included)

Name	Apps	S/C	Y/R	FC	FR
Adam Smeir	4	5	0	3	5
Adrian Mifsud	4	0	0	3	0
Alan Zahra	4	0	0	1	1
Darren Galea	4	3	1/0	8	5
David Azzopardi	4	0	1/0	3	3
Jason Cassar	4	0	2/0	4	2
Joseph Caruana	4	1	0	5	1
Michael Micallef	4	0	1/0	2	3
Christopher Schembri	3	0	1/0	6	1
Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]	3	4	0	0	0
Kayne Said	3	2	0	2	2
Neil Caruana	3	0	1/0	2	0
Ryan Micallef	2	0	0	0	0
Dylan Falzon	1	0	0	0	0
James Borg [GK]	1	1	0	0	0
Adam Wingfield	1	0	0	0	0
Luke Portelli	1	0	0	0	0
Jean-Paul Ciantar	1	0	0	0	0
Nigel Cortis	1	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Muscat	1	1	0	1	1
Franridge Schembri	1	0	0	0	0

Season Statistics
Total players utilized: 21
Total matches played: 4
Total goals scored: 12 (Average 3.0 goals scored per match)
Total goals conceded: 5 (Average 1.25 goals conceded per match)

If you remember any memorable matches or any other useful information or comments regarding any match between these two teams that you wish to share, post comments below.

Rabat vs Gharghur 4-2

Competition: Second Division League
Match Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Kick-off Time: 11:00-13:00
Venue: Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun

Coach
Michael Molzahn

Line Up

		Fouls Committed	Fouls Received
1	Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]	0	0
2	Neil Caruana	0	0
3	Christopher Schembri [CAPT]	2	0
5	Joseph Caruana	3	0
7	Adrian Mifsud	1	0
8	Alan Zahra (Sub)	1	1
9	Kayne Said	1	2
10	Adam Smeir	2	3
11	Darren Galea	3	4
14	Michael Micallef	1	2
15	Franridge Schembri (Sub)	0	0
16	David Azzopardi	1	0
17	Emmanuel Muscat (Sub)	1	1
18	Jason Cassar	1	0

Substitutions

56'	Jason Cassar	Emmanuel Muscat
67'	Adrian Mifsud	Alan Zahra
71'	David Azzopardi	Franridge Schembri

Match Report

1'	First scoring opportunity of the game. Adam Smeir from inside the penalty tried a shot from the right-side but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper
10'	From the right-flank, Kayne Said passed the ball to Adam Smeir. The latter did not manage to conclude. The ball was kicked by Jason Cassar who tried for a personal goal but had the shot cleared by the defence
20'	Adam Smeir gave a nice low cross from the left side of the penalty area. No one was in a good position to conclude the ball
24'	Michael Micallef tried a long ball to the attackers. Darren Galea tried to control the ball but the goalkeeper reached the ball just in time
27'	In the middle of the area, Kayne Said passed the ball to Darren Galea. He tried a low diagonal shot which ended in the back of the net for a merited advantage
28'	Adam Smeir did some work on the right-side of the penalty area, and crossed the ball in the middle of the penalty area. The goalkeeper punched the ball for clearance. Joseph Caruana was readily available waiting for the ball who from the rebound tried a shot and scored the second goal of the match
30'	Darren Galea gave a through ball to Adam Smeir. Adam Smeir wasted some time in shooting the ball immediately and so then passed the ball to Joseph Caruana. Jospeh Caruana tried searching for his second personal goal but the ball was cleared to a corner-kick by the goalkeeper
31'	A Gharghur player was shown the yellow card
32'	A free-kick on the right-side of the pitch was assigned to be taken by a left footer, David Azzopardi. He tried a shot/cross but the ball finished inches wide on the left-side of the post
33'	David Azzopardi crossed the ball from the left flank. The ball was headed out by Kayne Said
35'	Adam Smeir did some nice work with the ball. He than passed the ball to Michael Micallef but he concluded high
38'	Christopher Schembri gave a long diagonal cross to Darren Galea were he did not manage to control the ball well and conclude
41'	Gharghur performed their first dangerous scoring opportunity of the game. Jonathan Azzopardi managed to make two great saves in a couple of seconds to remain on a clean-sheet
43'	Adam Smeir moved with the ball from the right-side of the pitch. He crossed the ball to Darren Galea but the ball was finished high
45'	In a counter attack Adam Smeir dribbled a player and passed the ball to Darren Galea. In the mean time Adam Smeir has just been fouled. Darren Galea tried his shot but was saved and cleared by the goalkeeper. Another player from behind was arriving to try another shot but the referee stopped the action for the previous foul. Advantage rule was not well played
48'	Christopher Schembri gave a diagonal cross to Kayne Said. Kayne Said faked a shot which made the goalkeeper out of play and then scored a good goal from an easy position after a great personal move
54'	A Gharghur player gave a through ball. The ball was finished inches wide of the left-side of the post
55'	Darren Galea was brought alone in front of the goalkeeper. He shot straight on him
56'	Jason Cassar was substituted by Emmanuel Muscat. This is his first official appearance of the season after having been out on injury
56'	Emmanuel Muscat who has just entered made a quick run on the right-side of the pitch. He tried a shot from a difficult position but the ball finished on the goalkeeper
59'	Adam Smeir passed the ball to Darren Galea. He finished the ball from out of the area, but the Gharghur goalkeeper performed an excellent save
61'	Emmanuel Muscat controlled the ball and finished to add another goal to the score
64'	Gharghur performed a counter attack. Two Rabat players were dribbled by the same player who passed to ball to another player where from an easy position he finished the ball at the back of the net. From this time onwards Gharghur started being continuously dangerous
67'	The Rabat defence controlled the ball badly. Gharghur player stole the ball and finished the ball wide
67'	Gharghur performed a substitution
67'	Rabat performed a substitution were Alan Zahra entered instead of Adrian Mifsud
70'	Darren Galea passed the ball to Emmanuel Muscat, but he finished the ball high
71'	A Gharghur player tried to search for a goal from outside the penalty area, but the ball finished out
71'	David Azzopardi was substituted by Franridge Schembri
74'	Gharghur crossed the ball from the left-side of the ball and managed to score their second goal of the match
78'	Gharghur tried another shot but finished high
80'	Adam Smeir made a good run on the left flank and then searched for his first personal goal of the match. The ball was saved by the goalkeeper
87'	Adam Smeir crossed the ball from left to right. Alan Zahra tried to score but the ball was cleared to a corner-kick
90'	Darren Galea was shown the yellow card

Rabat Scorers

27'	Darren Galea
28'	Joseph Caruana
56'	Kayne Said
61'	Emmanuel Muscat

Rabat Yellow Cards

90'	Darren Galea

Corners
Rabat (3), Gharghur (4)

Offsides
Rabat (5), Gharghur (7)

U19 Pembroke vs Rabat

Competition: Friendly
Match Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Venue: Pembroke Stadium, Pembroke

Below are some photos taken before the match and during the match.

Gharghur Statistics

The next official match of the season for the Magpies is against Gharghur on the 27th September 2009 at 11.00am in Victor Tedesco stadium in Hamrun. This is the first match for both teams in the second division league. The objectives and expectations are high and the way to achieve promotion back to the first division league is long and hard. This long route can only be accomplished if the whole club, including players, committee and supporters remain all united in all ups and downs that are to be encountered through all the way until the last match.

Unfortunately there are no precedents between the two teams from season 1997/98 to today and so I cannot provide you with any history results. Thus, this will be the first official encounter against each other.

Official matches played by Rabat this season (WWD)
Rabat vs Attard 2-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Mtarfa vs Rabat 1-4 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Lija vs Rabat 2-2 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)

Official matches played by Gharghur this season (WWW)
Qrendi vs Gharghur 1-3 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Gharghur vs Fgura 4-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
St Lucija vs Gharghur 0-3 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)

Apps = Appearances
S/C = Scored/Conceeded
Y/R = Yellow/Red Cards
FC = Fouls Committed (only for last match)
FR = Fouls Received (only for last match)

Name	Apps	S/C	Y/R	FC	FR
Adam Smeir	3	5	0	1	2
Adrian Mifsud	3	0	0	2	0
Alan Zahra	3	0	0	0	1
Christopher Schembri	2	0	1/0	4	1
Darren Galea	3	2	0	5	1
David Azzopardi	3	0	1/0	2	3
Dylan Falzon	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Cassar	3	0	2/0	3	2
Jean-Paul Ciantar	1	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]	2	2	0	0	0
Joseph Caruana	3	0	0	2	1
Kayne Said	2	1	0	1	2
Michael Micallef	3	0	1/0	1	1
Neil Caruana	2	0	1/0	2	0
James Borg [GK]	1	1	0	0	0
Adam Wingfield	1	0	0	0	0
Luke Portelli	1	0	0	0	0
Nigel Cortis	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Micallef	2	0	0	0	0

Season Statistics
Total players utilized: 19
Total matches played: 3
Total goals scored: 8 (Average 2.37 goals scored per match)
Total goals conceded: 3 (Average 1.0 goals conceded per match)

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Second-Third Division Knock-Out - Group 2 (2009/10)

	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Lija	3	2	1	0	9	2	7	7
2	Rabat	3	2	1	0	8	3	5	7
3	Attard	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
4	Mtarfa	3	0	0	3	1	11	-10	0

Lija vs Rabat 2-2
Mtarfa vs Attard 0-2
Attard vs Lija 0-2
Mtarfa vs Rabat 1-4
Lija vs Mtarfa 5-0
Rabat vs Attard 2-0

Lija vs Rabat 2-2

Competition: Second/Third Division Knock-Out
Match Date: Monday, September 21, 2009
Kick-off Time: 16:30-18:30
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Coach
Michael Molzahn

Line Up

		Fouls Committed	Fouls Received
1	Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]	0	0
2	Neil Caruana	2	0
3	Christopher Schembri [CAPT]	4	1
5	Joseph Caruana	2	1
7	Adrian Mifsud	2	0
8	Alan Zahra (Sub)	0	1
9	Kayne Said	0	2
10	Adam Smeir	1	2
11	Darren Galea	5	0
14	Michael Micallef	1	1
16	David Azzopardi	2	3
17	Ryan Micallef (Sub)	0	0
18	Jason Cassar	3	2

Substitutions

74'	Joseph Caruana	Ryan Micallef
80'	Adrian Mifsud	Alan Zahra

Match Report

6'	A free-kick for Rabat that was easily saved
9'	Long through ball from Lija after an error by Christopher Schembri
12'	Lija effected a cross from the right-side of the pitch, but was easily saved by Jonathan Azzopardi
14'	Rabat took a dangerous free-kick, which was cleared to a corner by the Lija goalkeeper
15'	The corner was sent directly to the goalkeeper's hands
19'	Lija took a free-kick from the right-side of the pitch but was sent high over the bar
23'	Adam Smeir performed some high pressing on the Lija goalkeeper. Lija did not save the ball well. Kayne stole the ball from the goalkeeper's hand and was than brought down by the goalkeeper for an obvious penalty
24'	The penalty was taken by Adam Smeir. The ball hit the top bar and continued in to the net for the first goal of the match
30'	Christopher Schembri was shown the yellow card
31'	Lija tried a shot from outside the penalty area but was sent high
36'	Neil Caruana gave a bad back-pass. This opportunity was wasted by Lija
37'	Lija performed a counter attack after an error from Michael Micallef in the middle of the pitch. In the penalty area there was a confused action which was finally shot inches wide on the left-hand side of the post
39'	Kayne Said headed a pass to Adam Smeir. The latter took a bad shot and was easily saved by the Lija goalkeeper
39'	Darren Galea took a nice header but was sent high on the bar
41'	Lija sent a cross from the right-side of the pitch but was concluded out
43'	Lija claimed for a penalty that was not assigned by the referee after a dubious action
44'	Kayne Said sent a cross from the right-side of the pitch over Darren Galea, but he failed to conclude the ball
45'	A dangerous free-kick was given to Lija but Jonathan Azzopardi performed a good clearance after saving the ball
46'	Lija took a free-kick from outside the penalty but was cleared by Joseph Caruana
49'	Lija players tried a shot from outside of the penalty area. The shot was deflected by a Rabat player, which was than easily saved by Jonathan Azzopardi
52'	Rabat performed a counter attack. Adam Smeir gave a nice cross to Darren Galea, who than concluded. The ball was cleared by the Lija goalkeeper
55'	Rabat performed another counter attack. This time Darren Galea gave a long cross to Adam Smeir, who than lobbed over the goalkeeper but ball finished high on top of the bar
56'	A Lija player was given directly a red card and sent-off for an early shower after turning to the supporters and doing bad gestures
59'	Kayne Said did not head a ball after receiving a cross from the left-side of the pitch
62'	A Lija player performed a long run on the left side of the pitch and kept Michael Micallef running after him. The player was then brought down in the penalty area by Neil Caruana. The referee gave the penalty to the Lija team and showed the yellow card to Neil Caruana
63'	From the penalty, Jonathan Azzopardi guessed where the shot was going but did not manage to reach the ball. The ball finished back in the net for an equalised score
65'	Michael Micallef was shown the yellow card
66'	Jason Cassar gave a long cross from the left-side in middle of the pitch to Kayne Said who was waiting in the right-side of the penalty area. Kayne Said headed the ball in the left top corner for a spectacular goal
71'	Lija performed a substitution
72'	Neil Caruana performed a soft tackle on a Lija player. The Lija player managed to control the ball and shot the ball in the bottom right for another goal. The result was again equalised
74'	Rabat performed a substitution. Joseph Caruana was substituted by Ryan Micallef
76'	Kayne Said tried a shot, but was easily saved
80'	Lija performed a substitution. Rabat performed also a substitution. Adrian Mifsud was substituted by Alan Zahra
85'	Jason Cassar gave a long cross, but no one was readily available to head the ball
86'	The new substitute Ryan Micallef tried a shot but finished out
90'	The referee blow the final whistle. Lija qualified to the quarter-final stage of the competition, while Rabat are eliminated

Rabat Scorers

24'	Adam Smeir (pen)
66'	Kayne Said

Rabat Yellow Cards

30'	Christopher Schembri
62'	Neil Caruana
65'	Michael Micallef

Corners
Lija (1), Rabat (4)

Offsides
Lija (6), Rabat (3)

U15 Rabat vs Floriana 0-4

Competition: Under 15 League Section B
Match Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Kick-off Time: 13:00-14:15
Venue: Melita Stadium, Pembroke

Starting Line Up

1	Zammit Andrew [GK]
2	Buhagiar Ryan
3	Azzopardi Brandon
4	Borg Nathan
5	Scicluna Etienne [CAPT]
6	Hallett Karl
7	Attard Nicolai
8	Saliba John
9	Azzopardi Aiden
10	Schembri Christian
11	Gauci Gilbert

Reserves

12	Incorvaja Stefan
13	Micallef Karl
14	Chircop Luke
15	Caruana Nicolai
16	Muscat Jamie
17	Pace David
18	Micallef Mark

Substitutions

15'	Azzopardi Aiden	Micallef Karl
30'	Buhagiar Ryan	Caruana Nicolai
40'	Hallett Karl	Pace David
45'	Attard Nicolai	Micallef Mark
55'	Schembri Christian	Chircop Luke

Rabat Yellow Cards
Scicluna Etienne

U15 Rabat vs Floriana

Competition: Friendly
Match Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Venue: St Patrick Stadium, Zabbar

Below are some photos taken before the match and during the match.

Lija Statistics

The next official match of the season for the Magpies is against Lija Athletics on the 21st September 2009 at 4.30pm in Centenary stadium in Ta' Qali. This is the third and last match in the group stage of the second and third division knock-out competition. Below are some history results and statistics.

Statistics from season 1997/1998 to date
Second Division; 07/08; Rabat vs Lija; 1-1; Adam Smeir
Second Division; 07/08; Lija vs Rabat; 0-1; Darren Galea
Second Division; 06/07; Lija vs Rabat; 0-1; Adam Smeir
Second Division; 06/07; Rabat vs Lija; 2-3; Adam Smeir, Kayne Said
First Division; 03/04; Rabat vs Lija; 2-2; Darren Galea (x2)
First Division; 03/04; Lija vs Rabat; 1-0;
First Division; 02/03; Rabat vs Lija; 2-2; William Borg (x2)
First Division; 02/03; Lija vs Rabat; 0-3; Engoya Ulrich, William Borg, Michael Micallef
FA Trophy; 00/01; Rabat vs Lija; 1-1 (3-2 pens); Joe Galea
First Division; 97/98; Lija vs Rabat; 1-2; Adrian Mifsud, John Cassar
First Division; 97/98; Rabat vs Lija; 2-0; Kevin Loughborough, Ziya Yildiz

	Lija	Rabat
Wins	2	5
Draws	4	4
Losts	5	2

Official matches played by Lija this season (WW)
Lija vs Mtarfa 5-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Attard vs Lija 0-2 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)

Official matches played by Rabat this season (WW)
Rabat vs Attard 2-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)
Mtarfa vs Rabat 1-4 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)

From the first offical matches of the season both teams seem to be doing well were they both started with two comfortable victories. At this stage of the competition, this is a very important match for both teams since it will decide if they will continue in the quarter-final stage of the competition or be eliminated. It is a 'death-match' situation where only a couple of results are acceptable for both teams.

As it is the situation the story is more complex for Rabat since only a victory result will do for them. A victory for them would mean that they finish lonely in the first place of this group and leaving Lija in second place. On the other hand Lija have the advantage to play for two type of results, that is a draw or a victory. A victory will send Lija lonely in the first place of this group and leave Rabat in second place. If they manage to obtain a draw they would still finish in top place due to better goal difference when compared to their next opponents Rabat.

Name	Apps	Scored/Conceded	Y/R Cards
Adam Smeir	2	4	0
Adrian Mifsud	2	0	0
Alan Zahra	2	0	0
Christopher Schembri	1	0	0
Darren Galea	2	2	0
David Azzopardi	2	0	1/0
Dylan Falzon	1	0	0
Jason Cassar	2	0	2/0
Jean-Paul Ciantar	1	0	0
Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]	1	0	0
Joseph Caruana	2	0	0
Kayne Said	1	0	0
Michael Micallef	2	0	0
Neil Caruana	1	0	0
James Borg [GK]	1	1	0
Adam Wingfield	1	0	0
Luke Portelli	1	0	0
Nigel Cortis	1	0	0
Ryan Micallef	1	0	0

Season Statistics
Total players utilized: 19
Total matches played: 2
Total goals scored: 6 (Average 3.0 goals scored per match)
Total goals conceded: 1 (Average 0.5 goals conceded per match)

If you remember any memorable matches or any other useful information or comments regarding any match between these two teams that you wish to share, post comments below.

Mtarfa vs Rabat 1-4

Competition: Second/Third Division Knock-Out
Match Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Kick-off Time: 11:00-13:00
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Coach
Michael Molzahn

Starting Line Up

2	Neil Caruana
5	Joseph Caruana
7	Adrian Mifsud
8	Alan Zahra
10	Adam Smeir [CAPT]
11	Darren Galea
12	James Borg [GK]
14	Michael Micallef
16	David Azzopardi
17	Ryan Micallef
18	Jason Cassar

Substitutions

56'	Joseph Caruana	Adam Wingfield (15)
63'	Alan Zahra	Luke Portelli (4)
78'	Ryan Micallef	Nigel Cortis (3)

Match Report

4'	Mtarfa had the first shot of the game which was sent high
5'	Joseph Caruana received a yellow card for a late tackle
7'	Jasson cassar passed a cross in the middle of the penalty area, but Darren Galea finished wide
16'	Ryan Micallef gave a through pass to Darren Galea and finished the ball for the first goal of the match
19'	A free-kick taken by Adam Smeir that was sent wide off the bar
23'	Adam Smeir scored his first personal goal of the match
28'	Adam Smeir scored the second personal goal and the third goal of the match
31'	Darren Galea dribbled around the Mtarfa goalkeeper but sent the ball wide
33'	Cross from the right-hand side by Darren Galea, which was then centrally finished by Ryan Micallef and saved by the Mtarfa goalkeeper
35'	Ryan Micallef saw the Mtarfa goalkeeper out of his posts and tried a shot from a distance of 30/5 meters. Shot finished on the left post
45'	Mtarfa wasted an opportunity when they shot wide
50'	The first socring chance in the second-half was for Mtarfa but was headed high
56'	Joseph Caruana replaced by Adam Wingfield
61'	Mtarfa gave a bad back pass from the middle of the ground to the goalkeeper. Adam Smeir tried to reach the ball but was cleared just in time by the goalkeeper
63'	Alan Zahra replaced by Luke Portelli
65'	A wasted opportunity by Rabat that could have easily given them the fourth goal of the match. In front of the goalkeeper Darren Galea passed the ball to Adam Smeir, which continued the pass to Ryan Micallef, who than shooted on a Mtarfa player
66'	Ryan Micallef finished wide
72'	Substitution for Mtarfa
73'	David Azzopardi took a cross from the left-hand side which was then finished by Darren Galea for the fourth goal of the match an his second personal goal
74'	Adam Smeir gave a good pass in the middle of the penalty area but no one finished the ball
76'	Mtarfa gave a through pass from the middle of the pitch. The Rabat players waited for the offside rule which was not given. The Mtarfa player dribbled past the goalkeeper James Borg and finished in the net for their consolation goal of the match
78'	Ryan Micallef was replaced by Nigel Cortis
80'	Mtarfa finished a free-kick high off the bar
81'	An Mtarfa player was assigned a yellow card
82'	Rabat were disallowed a goal for an offside position
84'	A free-kick taken by Mtarfa was headed out
88'	Rabat had a confused scoring opportunity which was cleared off the goal line for two times
89'	David Azzopardi was assigned a yellow card
90'	Mtarfa captain was shown the red card for a late and bad tackle

Rabat Scorers

16'	Darren Galea
23'	Adam Smeir
28'	Adam Smeir
73'	Darren Galea

Rabat Yellow Cards
Joseph Caruana
David Azzopardi

Corners
Mtarfa (1), Rabat (5)

Offsides
Mtarfa (1), Rabat (1)

Training Session (28/08/2009)

A training session under the new appointed coach Michael Molzahn.

U15 Rabat vs Lija/Iklin 4-0

Competition: Under 15 League Section B
Match Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009
Kick-off Time: 14:15-15:30
Venue: Melita Stadium, Pembroke

Starting Line Up

1	Zammit Andrew [GK]
2	Azzopardi Brandon
3	Camilleri Luke
4	Borg Nathan
5	Scicluna Etienne [CAPT]
6	Hallett Karl
7	Attard Nicolai
8	Saliba John
9	Azzopardi Aiden
10	Schembri Christian
11	Muscat Jamie

Reserves

12	Incorvaja Stefan
13	Micallef Karl
14	Chircop Luke
15	Caruana Nicolai
16	Micallef Mark
17	Azzopardi Clayton
18	Gauci Gilbert

Substitutions

40'	Hallett Karl	Caruana Nicolai
45'	Attard Nicolai	Gauci Gilbert
50'	Camilleri Luke	Chircop Luke
55'	Zammit Andrew	Incorvaja Stefan

Rabat Scorers

28'	Aiden Azzopardi
35'	Aiden Azzopardi
40'	Christian Schembri
45'	Aiden Azzopardi

Rabat Yellow Cards
Muscat Jamie

Mtarfa Statistics

The next official match of the season for the Magpies is against nearby rivals Imtarfa on the 13th September 2009 at 11.00am in Centenary stadium in Ta' Qali. This is the second match in the second and third division knock-out competition.

Unfortunately there are no precedents between the two teams and so I cannot provide you with any history results. One of the main reasons being that Mtarfa has been founded only recently back in the year 2006. Thus, this will be the first official encounter against each other.

Official matches played by Mtarfa this season (L)
Lija vs Mtarfa 5-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)

Official matches played by Rabat (W)
Rabat vs Attard 2-0 (Second & Third Division Knock-Out)

Name	Apps	Scored/Conceded	Y/R Cards
Adam Smeir	1	2	0
Adrian Mifsud	1	0	0
Alan Zahra	1	0	0
Christopher Schembri	1	0	0
Darren Galea	1	0	0
David Azzopardi	1	0	0
Dylan Falzon	1	0	0
Jason Cassar	1	0	1/0
Jean-Paul Ciantar	1	0	0
Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]	1	0	0
Joseph Caruana	1	0	0
Kayne Said	1	0	0
Michael Micallef	1	0	0

If you remember any memorable matches or any other useful information or comments regarding any match between these two teams that you wish to share, post comments below.

Rabat vs Attard 2-0

Competition: Second/Third Division Knock-Out
Match Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009
Kick-off Time: 14:30-16:30
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Coach
Michael Molzahn

Who Played
Jonathan Azzopardi [GK]
Dylan Falzon (Jason Cassar)
Christopher Schembri [CAPT]
Adrian Mifsud
Michael Micallef
David Azzopardi
Joseph Caruana
Alan Zahra (Jean-Paul Ciantar)
Darren Galea (Ryan Micallef)
Adam Smeir
Kayne Said

Match Report

14'	Free-kick by Attard was shot on Rabat barrier
19'	Shot wide by Darren Galea
24'	Attard had a shot inches wide from the top bar
29'	A cross by Alan Zahra from the right-side, which was then finished inches wide on top of the bar by Adam Smeir
37'	Yellow card to Jason Cassar
40'	Attard goalkeeper performed a nice saved from a good shot taken by Adam Smeir
42'	Kayne Said tried a shot from outside the penalty area but finished well wide
45'	Shot by Attard that finished wide
50'	A central shot by Adam Smeir that was easily saved by the keeper
52'	A corner-kick that was headed wide on top of the bar by Darren Galea
58'	Darren Galea tried a shot but finished wide of the posts
60'	A nice move in the penalty area by Alan Zahra, which was then finished by Adam Smeir for the first goal of the match
71'	Cross from Alan Zahra, that was headed by Kayne Said and saved by the keeper
71'	Yellow card for Attard
81'	A shot from the Jonathan Azzopardi, which was then chipped by Adam Smeir over the Attard goalkeeper
83'	Attard were rewarded a free-kick but was shot wide

Rabat Scorers

60'	Adam Smeir
81'	Adam Smeir

Rabat Yellow Cards
Jason Cassar

Corners
Rabat (8), Attard (1)

Offsides
Rabat (1), Attard (10)

Rally

Attard Statistics

The first official match for the season 2009/10 for the Magpies is against Attard on the 6th September 2009 at 2.30pm in Centenary stadium in Ta' Qali. The match is valid for the the second group in the Second and Third Division Knock-Out competition. Below are some history results and statistics.

Statistics from season 1997/1998 to date
Second Division; 04/05; Attard vs Rabat; 1-0;
Second Division; 04/05; Rabat vs Attard; 1-1; Angelo Borg

	Rabat	Attard
Wins	0	1
Draws	1	1
Losts	1	0

If you remember any memorable matches or any other useful information or comments regarding any match between these two teams that you wish to share, post comments below.