Maltese national football team

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Malta
Malta Football Association logo
Association Malta Football Association
confederacy UEFA
Technical sponsor Givova
Head coach ItalyItaly Devis Mangia (since 2019)
captain Andrei Agius
Record scorer Michael Mifsud (41)
Record player Michael Mifsud (142)
Home stadium Ta 'Qali Stadium
FIFA code MLT
FIFA rank 184th (919 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
402 games
49 wins
66 draws
287 defeats
statistics
First international match Malta 2-3 Austria ( Gżira , Malta ; February 24, 1957 )
Malta 1943Malta AustriaAustria
Biggest win Malta 7-1 Liechtenstein ( Ta 'Qali , Malta ; March 26, 2008 )
MaltaMalta LiechtensteinLiechtenstein
Biggest defeat Spain 12-1 Malta ( Seville , Spain ; December 21, 1983 )
SpainSpain MaltaMalta
(As of October 15, 2019)

The Maltese national soccer team is the national soccer team of the Republic of Malta .

Founded in 1900, the Maltese Football Association is one of the oldest in Europe. He joined FIFA in 1959, played World Cup qualifiers for the first time in 1972 and has been taking part regularly since 1974. In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil , Malta met Armenia , Bulgaria , Denmark , Italy and the Czech Republic . Malta was unable to win a game against any of these teams until a 1-0 away win against Armenia on June 7, 2013.

Malta also regularly takes part in the qualifying matches for the European Championships, but has not yet qualified. On February 23, 1975, Malta scored its first international win in a European Championship qualification by beating Greece 2-0 . On October 11, 2006, the team reached a 2-1 victory against Hungary .

Soccer world championships

European football championships

  • 1960 - not a UEFA member
  • 1964 - did not qualify
  • 1968 - did not take part
  • 1972 to 2021 - did not qualify

Current squad

Squad for the game against Luxembourg on March 22, 2018.

No. position Surname
16 TW Justin Haber
1 TW Henry Bonello
12 TW Rashed Al-Tumi
5 FROM Andrei Agius
4th FROM Steve Borg
2 FROM Jonathan Caruana
22nd FROM Zach Muscat
19th FROM Joseph Zerafa
7th FROM Joseph Mbong
3 FROM Ferdinando Apap
15th FROM Karl Micallef
20th FROM Jurgen Pisani
No. position Surname
8th MF Paul Fenech
11 MF Rowen Muscat
MF Juan Carlos Corbalan
6th MF Jake Grech
13 MF Dunstan Vella
23 MF Tristan Caruana
14th MF Brandon Paiber
18th MF Nikolai Muscat
9 ST Michael Mifsud ( Captain )
17th ST Alfred Effiong
21st ST Luke Gambin
10 ST Kyrian Nwoko

Record player

The Maltese Association also counts some games that FIFA does not take into account. The number of matches taken into account by FIFA is given in brackets, if different and known.

rank Surname Calls Gates position Period Record international player
01. Michael Mifsud 142 41 attack 2000–0000 since November 15, 2016
02. David Carabott 122 12 Defense 1987-2005 March 29, 2003 to November 15, 2016
03. Gilbert Agius 120 8th midfield 1993-2009
04th Carmel Busuttil 113 23 midfield 1982-2001 June 2, 1996 to March 29, 2003
05. Joe Brincat 103 6th midfield 1988-2004
06th Roderick Briffa 100 1 Defense 2003–0000
07th John Buttigieg 97 1 Defense 1984-2000
08th. André Schembri 94 3 attack 2006-2018
09. Brian Said 91 5 Defense 1996-2009
10. Silvio Vella 90 1 Defense 1988-2000
10. Andrei Agius 90 5 midfield 2006–0000

Record goal scorers

Only three players scored more than 10 goals for the national team. Michael Mifsud has been Malta's top scorer since March 3, 2010, when he scored his 24th goal in the game against Finland , surpassing Carmel Busuttil's record , which had previously been the record holder since February 7, 1988 when he set the 6-goal record by Raymond Xuereb .

rank Surname Gates Calls Quota Period
01. Michael Mifsud 41 142 (135) 0.29 2000–0000
02. Carmel Busuttil 23 113 (110) 0.20 1982-2001
03. David Carabott 11 122 (119) 0.09 1987-2005

Trainer

various

  • In the last qualifying game for the European Football Championship in 1984 , Spain beat Malta 12-1. After that, the Maltese team was accused of manipulation, as Spain needed exactly one victory with an 11 goal difference to qualify for the European Championship.
  • The 2-1 victory, in which both goals were scored by André Schembri, in the European Championship qualification 2008 on October 11, 2006 against Hungary and the 1-0 against Ukraine in Graz with a goal by Zach Muscat were the last sensations that Malta took care of.
  • On March 26, 2008, Malta celebrated the highest victory in the association's history, a 7-1 against Liechtenstein .
  • On October 11, 2011, the four Maltese players David Carabott , Gilbert Agius , Carmel Busuttil and Joe Brincat were honored by UEFA for more than 100 international matches. When it comes to the total number of international matches, UEFA uses the Maltese association's count, which differs from the FIFA count.

International matches

See also

Web links

Commons : Maltese National Football Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Farrugia names Malta squad for Spain, Norway qualifiers ( English ) mfa.com.mt. November 9, 2019. Accessed January 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ National 'A' Players Appearances (Malta Football Association website), as of November 2019, accessed on November 1, 2019.
    FIFA Hundreds Club . FIFA.com as of August 1, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 (pdf; 56 kB).
    Malta international footballers of all-time . eu-football.info, accessed on November 1, 2019 (English).
  4. ↑ UEFA.com: UEFA award for Malta's club of 100
  5. ↑ FIFA Hundreds Club