Valletta United W.P.C.

Valletta United Water Polo Club is a Water Polo club from Valletta, Malta, and was founded in 1903. The club competes in the Maltese Waterpolo Premier League.[1]

Valletta United W.P.C
Founded1903
LeagueMaltese Waterpolo Premier League
Based inValletta
ArenaMarsamxett, Valletta
ColorsBlue and Yellow
PresidentVictor Spiteri
Head coachJoseph Cremona
ManagerCharles Portelli
Championships11 - 1926, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1990

For sponsorship reasons, the club was known as Valletta Videoslots between 2018 and 2020.[2]

The club is currently known as Valletta IZIBET, for sponsorship reasons.

The Club has won 11 Water Polo Premier Divisions (1926, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1990) and 7 Premier KOs, in addition to 2 First Division (2013, 2020) and 2 First Division KOs (2013, 2020).

Premises

The club's premises, on Valletta's Marsamxett side, were left in ruins for a long period of time, with letters appearing in newspapers from 2010.[3] Things seemed to have remained the same till 8 years later, when Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Claudio Grech created awareness about the state of the club's premises.[4] Around a month later, the club was given title of the land from the Government of Malta and announced a €2.5 million investment to revamp the club's premises and facilities.[5]

Current squad

As at August, 2021:[6]

  • Malta Benjamin Busuttil
  • Malta Andrew Bugeja
  • Malta Andrea Agius
  • Malta Nicholas Farrugia
  • Malta Sebastian Busuttil
  • Malta Daniel Paolella
  • Malta Michele Mifsud
  • Malta Miguel Zammit
  • Malta Kyle Cremona
  • Malta Peter Borg
  • Malta Matthew Pace
  • Malta Keith Galea


Head coach: Joseph Cremona

References
  1. Address: Valletta Landing Place Triq Marsamxett, Valletta Malta
  2. "Videoslots enters naming partnership with Valletta United WPC". March 6, 2018.
  3. "Valletta waterpolo pitch in ruins".
  4. "Is this pitch becoming a dump and a mecca for abuses? - TVM News".
  5. "WATCH: Waterpolo pitch in Marsamxett to be given new look - TVM News".
  6. "Aquatic Sports Association of Malta". asaofmalta.eu. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

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