The club always had a fantastic backing in the village and runs a successful youth nursery.
Founded: 1943
Club colours: Blue & White
Major honours:
1st Division Champions: 2019/20 (1)
2nd Division Champions: 1980/81, 2010/11, 2016/17 (3)
3rd Division Champions (3rd level): 1949/50, 1952/53, 1954/55, 1959/60, 1967/68, 1978/79 (6)
3rd Division Champions (4th level): 1991/92, 2002/03, 2009/10 (3)
4th Division Champions: 1974/75 (1)
2nd & 3rd Division Knock-Out Cup Winners: 2009/10, 2010/11 (2)
3rd Division Knock-Out Cup Winners: 1959/60 (1)
3rd Division Sons of Malta Cup Winners: 1976/77 (1)
Player Records
Most Club Appearances: Jesmar-Joe Abela (228 matches)
Most Club Goals: Marco Gerada (64 goals)
Most capped player for the national team: Neil Tabone (1 cap) for Malta
Since its inception in 1943, for decades, the team was too good for the 3rd division but found the going tough in the 2nd Division, which resulted in countless promotions and relegations. The two best periods were perhaps the five years in the 2nd Division between 1960-1965 and the two successive promotions from the 4th Division to the 2nd Division between 1975 and 1977.
After World War II, the game of football in Malta was re-enacted, falling under the responsibility of the Malta Football Association. Like other local villages and towns, the Zejtun population eagerly set up a football team, and in 1943 the name Zejtun Corinthians first emerged. The team’s name was chosen from a football team participating in the English league. The first committee members of the football club consisted of Joseph Cassar (Club President), Joseph Galea (Vice President), Fortunato Zerafa (General Secretary), and Grazio Cassar (Treasurer). The official colours of the Club’s kit are navy blue and sky blue stripes. This colour scheme was first inspired by that of Sliema Wanderers, since at the time many ‘Zwieten’ supported Sliema Wanderers.
The first decade proved to be a good start for Zejtun Corinthians. The players forming part of the football team were either Zejtun locals or sportsmen from the vicinities. In the first seasons, Zejtun Corinthians placed in the lower divisions of the league. However, thanks to the team’s hard work, Zejtun Corinthians managed to secure honours in the leagues organized by the Malta Football Association in a couple of years. Since then, the team reached its highest placing in the 60’s when a rank in the Second Division was meritoriously secured. This was the golden era of Zejtun Corinthians with players like Louis Bonello, Reginald Vella James, Anthony Spiteri, Joe Abela and goalkeeper John Formosa. During the 1959/60 season, Zejtun Corinthians won the double, placing first in the Maltese Third Division classification and the Knockout competition.
During the 70’s the team also had its share of successes. After winning the Maltese Third Division multiple times, Zejtun Corinthians reached the Maltese Second Division. In 1980, the Malta Football Association reorganized the National Leagues and for the first time introduced the Maltese Premier League. In the 1981/82 season, and the following three consecutive seasons (1986/87, 1987/88, and 1988/89), Zejtun Corinthians proudly played in the Maltese First Division.
In 2016, the club started an ambitious project to promote itself for the first time into the Premier Division. The 2nd Division Championship was won in 2017, followed by the 1st Division title three years later. During the 2020-21 season, the club won promotion to the Maltese Premier League after finishing top of the table when the league was suspended due to the COVID outbreak. Unfortunately, Zejtun’s stay amongst the elite of Maltese football lasted only one season as the club relegated when the league was suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
