St. Venera Lightnings F.C.

Santa Venera Lightnings
Santa Venera Lightnings F.C. Crest
Full nameSanta Venera Lightnings Football Club
Nickname(s)Lightnings
Founded1945 (1945)
PresidentJoe Carbonaro
ManagerKurt James
LeagueNational Amateur League II[1]
2024–25National Amateur League, 10th of 10

Santa Venera Lightnings Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in the town of Santa Venera, Malta[2], which competes in the Maltese National Amateur League II[3]. Their last major success came in 2018 when they won the 2017-18 BOV Division Three title ahead of Mellieħa.[4]

In the following season, during a match against Kirkop United, Santa Venera player Yau Mun Law collapsed on the pitch, requiring a Malta FA paramedic to use an automatic external defibrilator. Mun Law survived the incident and went on to attend the rescheduled match, however concerns were raised around rules regarding medical attendance to lower league matches after it took an ambulance thirty minutes to arrive.[5]

It was announced in June 2025 that Kurt James would take over as manager of the club for the 2025-26 season.[6]

Current Squad

As of 22 July 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Malta MLT Yandrick Cassar
— GK Malta MLT Fabian Aquilina
— GK Malta MLT Omar Saimi
— DF Malta MLT Ryan Bezzina
— DF Malta MLT Brandon Gaffa
— DF Malta MLT Leighton Pace
— DF Malta MLT John Clint Sciberras
— DF England ENG Liam Dimond
— DF Malta MLT Dave Vella
— DF Malta MLT Dylan Zahra
— DF Malta MLT Liam Hudson
— DF Malta MLT Caine Hudson
— DF Malta MLT Ian Caruana
— DF Malta MLT Roderick Theuma
— DF Malta MLT Gary Spiteri
— DF Malta MLT Malcolm Calleja
— DF Malta MLT Kyle Schembri
— DF Malta MLT Clayton Camilleri
— DF Malta MLT Dylan Gatt
— DF Malta MLT Gabriel Borg
— DF Malta MLT Ryan Zammit
— DF Malta MLT Alessandro Grech
— DF Malta MLT Malcolm Debattista
— DF Malta MLT Simon Vella
— DF Malta MLT Luke Calleja
— DF Malta MLT Axel Bonavia
— DF Malta MLT Steve Farrugia
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Malta MLT Owen Gauci
— DF Malta MLT Conor Azzopardi
— MF Malta MLT Zack Camilleri
— MF Malta MLT Jordie Delia
— MF Malta MLT Jamie Lee Portelli
— MF Malta MLT Tony Vella Stanyer
— MF Malta MLT Josef Degabriele
— MF Switzerland SUI Evan Perniceni
— MF Malta MLT Liam Aquilina
— MF Colombia COL Jorge Díaz
— MF Malta MLT Sebastian Fenech
— MF Malta MLT Jeremy Grixti
— MF Malta MLT Sean Ellul
— MF Malta MLT Luca Laferla
— MF Malta MLT Adrian Gatt
— MF Malta MLT Raphael Said
— MF Malta MLT Glenn Bonnici
— MF Malta MLT Fabio Attard
— FW France FRA Clary Kurs
— FW Malta MLT Neil Farrugia
— FW Malta MLT Eman Borg
— FW Malta MLT Jayden Borg
— FW Malta MLT Miguel Grima
— FW Malta MLT Kyle Mifsud
— FW Malta MLT Christopher Tanti
— FW Malta MLT Theo Catania

Honours

Winners (1): 2017–18

References

  1. ^ "Draws held for 2025/26 BOV National Leagues". MFA.com.mt. 18 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Santa Venera Lightnings FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics". Global Sports Archive. 14 April 2024. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ "IZIBet Amateur League 2". maltafootball.info. 22 July 2025. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025.
  4. ^ "BOV Div. III: Santa Venera Lightnings crowned Champions". Malta Independent. 15 April 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019.
  5. ^ Calleja, Laura (1 November 2019). "Santa Venera football player collapses on pitch". MaltaToday. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ Muscat, Cristian (20 June 2025). "'Ħdimna għal dan is-suċċess mill-bidu tal-istaġun … kellna tim komplut bl-aqwa plejers f'kull pożizzjoni' – Kurt James" ['We worked for this success since the beginning of the season … we had a complete team with the best players in every position' – Kurt James]. Talk.mt (in Maltese). Retrieved 24 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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