Tarxien Rainbows F.C.

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Tarxien Rainbows

Full name	Tarxien Rainbows Football Club
Nickname(s)	Rainbows,Tarxien,Blues,
Founded	April 1934; 90 years ago (1934-04) as Rainbows Tarxien
Ground	Tony Cassar Sports Ground, Tarxien, Malta
Capacity	1000
Chairman	Anthony Cassar
Manager	Jacques Scerri
League	Maltese Challenge League
2021–22	Maltese Challenge League, Group B, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Tarxien Rainbows Football Club are a football team from Tarxien, a town in southern Malta. They currently play in the Maltese Challenge League.

The club were founded as Rainbows Tarxien in April 1934, and participated in all the divisions of Maltese football. They have been in the top flight 3 times, with the longest spell starting from the 2008–2009 season. The club was promoted to the best division after finishing as champions in the Maltese First Division in 2007–08. In 2008–09 the club finished level on points with fellow strugglers Ħamrun Spartans and Msida St. Joseph. Ħamrun had the worst head-to-head record and were relegated, while Tarxien Rainbows managed to avoid relegation with a playoff-win over Msida St. Joseph. In 2009–10 the season was different for the Rainbows as they managed to place fifth in the table and proceeded to the semi-finals of both domestic cup competitions that the club played.

In the 2009–10 season, Tarxien Rainbows placed fifth in the championship pool above rivals Hibernians. The team won the derby three times in a row making it a historical season. Tarxien went on to reach the semi-final of the F.A. Trophy and the 100th Anniversary Cup.

In the 2010–11 season Tarxien Rainbows finished in fifth place in the championship pool. The club ended the First Round in second place. In the same season they reached the Semi-final of the U*BET FA Trophy.

In the 2011–12 season Tarxien Rainbows avoided relegation with a few games remaining before the end of the season.

As of 8 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Anderson Carneiro 3 DF  MLT Cedric Zahra 4 MF  MLT Brandon Muscat 5 DF  BRA Carlos Chabá 6 DF  MLT Daniel Zerafa 7 MF  MLT Daren Falzon (on loan from Naxxar Lions) 8 MF  MLT Matthew Spiteri 9 FW  SVN Vito Plut 10 MF  BRA Lincoln 13 DF  BRA Eduardo Rosado 15 FW  MLT Luke Sciberras 16 MF  MLT Jurgen Debono

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  MLT Kyle Gatt 19 DF  MLT Matthew Tabone 20 MF  JPN Yuki Omuro 21 MF  JPN Shunsuke Kanayama 22 MF  MLT Miguel Ciantar 23 MF  MLT Misael Miranda 30 MF  CHI Edison Bilbao 33 FW  MLT Dale Tabone 39 DF  MLT Keith Attard 94 GK  MLT Jurgen Borg 95 GK  MLT Andrea Cassar 95 DF  MLT Luke Grech

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2024)

• Joe Galea (1996 – 1998)
• John Vella (2007 – 2008)
• Noel Coleiro (2008 – Oct 26, 2011)
• Patrick Curmi (Oct 16, 2011 – May 16, 2012)
• Danilo Dončić (May 31, 2012 – Aug 27, 2012)
• Clive Mizzi (Aug 27, 2012 – Jun 9, 2015)
• Jacques Scerri (Jun 2015 - Oct 2016)
• Kevin Vella (Nov, 17 2016 - Nov 17, 2016)
• Jesmond Zerafa (1 Dec 2016 – Mar 29, 2017)^[1]
• Brian Testaferrata (Mar 29, 2017 – Jun 27, 2017)
• Jose Borg (Jul 1, 2017 – Jul 29, 2019)
• Marko Glumac (Jul 29, 2019 – Nov 12, 2019)
• Demis Paul Scerri (Dec 2019 – May 21, 2020)
• Winston Muscat (Jul 2020 – Feb 15, 2021)
• Steve D'Amato (Feb 18, 2021– May 31, 2022)
• Ivan Casha (Jun 1, 2022– Jun 30, 2022)
• Jacques Scerri (Sep 13, 2022 – present)

• Team profile at Soccerway