After 15 years of handball in Malta we had come in a situation of stalemate with only four clubs endlessly competing in local handball competition.

The need for a fifth team has been strongly supported for a number of years. In the past, several attempts have been done but these teams had a brief lifespan and managed only to compete for a season or two.

A group of local players, led by national female team coach, Orlando Bonnici, decided to break ties with their former club and start the new adventure of forming the new club.

The new club’s intention is to try to attract former players back to the game, hence the name Phoenix Handball Club, since the bulk of the players now forming part of this club are players of different ages who had stopped playing handball for some reason or another.

Although the team has several aims and targets, the main and most important target is to outlast other new club attempts and build a solid foundation of both human and financial resources which could support its existence in the future.

The club is planning to introduce a new approach to handball, one which is influenced by many handball schools abroad and will focus on a shift towards professionalism, starting with the administration and coaching structure of the club. 

Players are aimed to be developed both on a physical and personal dimension and great effort will be put into injecting cohesion within the newly formed group of players.