Lija Athletic F.C.

Time for an icy dip! 🧊🥶❄️

🥁 Ready..
🎬 Get Set..
💨 GO!

We’re off and running! 🙌

Our Senior squad kicked off Season 2026/27 today, led by returning coach Joseph Galea and assisted by Coach Ryan Zammit. 🤝

This week our boys will train everyday, as they gather momentum for an intensive pre-season. 👊

⭐️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 ⭐️

20-year-old left-back defender, Benjamin Micallef, joins our club from Sliema Wanderers FC. ✍️

Micallef spent most of his football career at Sliema, where he won league titles and promotions. He also had a short stint overseas with A.S.D. Junior San Sisto 1966 in Italy during the 2023/24 season, before more recently playing for Swieqi United FC. ⚽️

Welcome on board! 🤝

Best of luck, Ben! 🧡

And so it begins 🟠🔴

Players Meeting 📋

🆕 season 🔜 same goals! ⚽️

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🧮

Youth League • Season 2026/27 ...loading ⏳

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🧮

Season 2026/27 ...loading ⏳

⭐️ 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 ⭐️

24-year old Scottish forward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ross Mc.Parland, signs a professional contract to extend his stay with our club. ✍️

Mc. Parland played a crucial role with the squad and scored 9️⃣ goals with the Athletic last season, during the campaign’s first round, before going out due to an unfortunate injury. ⚽️

Best of luck Ross! 🫡🧡

⭐️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 ⭐️

30-year old midfielder, Thomas Grech joins our club on loan from Fgura United Football Club. ✍️

Grech spent most of his football career playing for Fgura with which he also won promotion to the Challenge League, however his last two season were spent at LUQA SA FC. ⚽️

Welcome on board! 🤝

Best of luck Thomas 🧡