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Malta
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationMalta Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMark Gatt
CaptainDorianne Theuma
Most capsDorianne Theuma (114)
Top scorerDorianne Theuma (29)
Home stadiumCentenary Stadium
FIFA codeMLT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 87 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest74 (August 2003)
Lowest113 (December 2006)
First international
 Romania 3–0 Malta 
(Bucharest, 10 August 2003)
Biggest win
 Malta 6–0 Luxembourg 
(Ta'Qali, 6 April 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Malta 0–13 Spain 
(Ta'Qali, 9 September 2009)

The Malta women's national football team represents the Malta Football Association in international women's football matches sanctioned by UEFA.[2]

History

The team first appeared in official competitions in the 2005 European Championship's qualifying, debuting on August 10, 2003 in Bucharest with a 3–0 loss to Romania. Malta lost all eight games, scoring once and conceding 35. The team's first goal was scored by Sarah Caruana on November 16, 2003, against Croatia.[3]

After 13 losses, Malta achieved its first draw on June 7, 2006 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last match of the 2007 World Cup's qualifying. The team played in the 2011 World Cup's qualifying, losing all games including a record 0–13 defeat to Spain. On March 3, 2011 Malta won an official match for the first time in the 2013 European Championship qualifying's preliminary round, beating Georgia 1–0 with a goal by D'Agostino in injury time.

On April 6, 2013 Malta beat Luxembourg 6–0 in the 2015 World Cup qualifying's preliminary round. The team also defeated Latvia and drew with Albania to top the group and make it past a preliminary round for the first time.[4]

The team was coached from its foundation until 2015 by Pierre Brincat, and then from 22 January 2015 till now by former U19 coach Mark Gatt.[5]

Team image

Home stadium

The Malta women's national team play their home matches on the Centenary Stadium.

Overall official record

Competition Stage Result Opponent Position Scorers
2005 Euro qualifying Regular stage
(Class B)		 0–3 0–8
0–1 0–2
0–3 1–4
0–9 0–5		 Romania Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia Croatia
Republic of Ireland Ireland		 5 / 5 0
0
Caruana
0
2007 World Cup qualifying Regular stage
(Class B)		 1–4 0–1
1–4 1–3
0–1 1–1		 Croatia Croatia
Slovenia Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina		 4 / 4 D'Agostino
Theuma, Tonna
Theuma
2009 Euro qualifying Preliminary round 0–0
2–4
0–8		 Lithuania Lithuania
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Slovakia Slovakia		 4 / 4 0
Carabott 2
0
2011 World Cup qualifying Regular stage 0–13 0–9
0–8 0–6
0–2 0–6
0–2 1–5		 Spain Spain
England England
Austria Austria
Turkey Turkey		 5 / 5 0
0
0
N. Pace
2013 Euro qualifying Preliminary round 1–0
0–2
1–1		 Georgia (country) Georgia
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Armenia Armenia		 2 / 4 D'Agostino
0
Cuschieri
2015 World Cup qualifying Preliminary round 1–1
6–0
2–0		 Albania Albania
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Latvia Latvia		 1 / 4 Theuma
Theuma 2, Buttigieg, Carabott, Cuschieri, Xuereb
Cuschieri, Theuma
Regular stage 0–2 0–2
0–5 0–8
0–3 0–5
0–11 0–5
0–8 0–5		 Israel Israel
Denmark Denmark
Serbia Serbia
Switzerland Switzerland
Iceland Iceland		 6 / 6

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

16 February Malta International Tournament Malta  3–1  Moldova Paola
 Report
Stadium: Hibernians Stadium
Referee: Hibernians Stadium, Paola
19 February Malta International Tournament Morocco  1–0  Malta Paola, Malta
16:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Hibernians Stadium
12 April 2022 Friendly Malta  0–3  Italy

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach MaltaMark Gatt

Manager history

  • Malta Pierre Brincat (????–2015)
  • MaltaMark Gatt (2015–)

Players

Main article: List of Malta women's international footballers
See also: Category:Malta women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 World Cup qualification matches against Russia and Azerbaijan on 21 and 26 October 2021.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jodie Attard (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Malta Swieqi United
1GK Maya Cachia (2004-12-23) 23 December 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Italy Crotone
1GK Patricia Ebejer (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Malta Mġarr United
2DF Maia Debono (2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 22) 0 0 Malta Mġarr United
2DF Jessica Dimech (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Malta Swieqi United
2DF Stefania Farrugia (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 32) 35 1 Malta Birkirkara
2DF Jade Flask (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 28) 21 1 Malta Swieqi United
2DF Jade Schembri (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Malta Swieqi United
2DF Nicole Sciberras (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23) 16 0 Malta Hibernians
2DF Alishia Sultana (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27) 14 0 Malta Birkirkara
2DF Charlene Zammit (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33) 40 0 Malta Birkirkara
3MF Brenda Borg (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 27) 27 2 Malta Mġarr United
3MF Kayleigh Chetcuti (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Malta Swieqi United
3MF Rachel Cuschieri (1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 32) 39 7 Italy Sampdoria
3MF Emma Lipman (captain) (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35) 9 0 Italy Como
3MF Ann-Marie Said (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30) 13 0 Malta Birkirkara
3MF Dorianne Theuma (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 40) 100 28 Malta Swieqi United
3MF Shona Zammit (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28) 21 3 Malta Swieqi United
4FW Ylenia Carabott (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) 83 21 England Keynsham Town
4FW Francesca Chircop (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 30) 4 0 Malta Mġarr United
4FW Maria Farrugia (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 23) 14 1 England Durham
4FW Emma Xuerreb (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 32) 32 2 Malta Swieqi United

Recent call-ups

The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
MF Maya Lucia (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Italy Genoa v.  Azerbaijan, 2 September 2022
FW Martina Borg (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27) 16 1 Italy Roma CF v.  Morocco, 19 February 2022
FW Haley Bugeja (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20) 14 6 United States Orlando Pride v.  Morocco, 19 February 2022

Captains

Records

See also: Category:Malta women's international footballers
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of July 2021.

Most capped players

In 2015 Dorianne Theuma was Malta's most capped player with 64 caps.

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most caps for Malta.[citation needed]

# Player Period Caps Goals
1 Dorianne Theuma 2003–present 64 21
2 Rebecca D'Agostino 2003–2014 57 4
3 Ylenia Carabott 2005–present 56 11
4 Natasha Pace 2003–2014 48 3
5 Rachel Cuschieri 2007–present 42 6
6 Charlene Zammit 2009–present 33 0
6 Mandy Debono 2006–present 33 0
6 Maria Azzopardi 2003–2011 33 0
9 Stefania Farrugia 2007–present 32 1
10 Kathleen Saliba 2004–2012 31 1

Top goalscorers

# Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter UEFA Euro 1991
Sweden 1995 UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 Did not enter
United States 2003
China 2007 Did not qualify 6 0 1 5 4 14 −10
Germany 2011 8 0 0 8 1 51 −50
Canada 2015 13 2 1 10 9 56 −47
France 2019 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total - - - - - - - - 30 3 3 24 17 123 −106
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
EnglandItalyNorwaySweden 1984 Did not enter Did not enter
Norway 1987
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991
Italy 1993
EnglandGermanyNorwaySweden 1995
NorwaySweden 1997
Germany 2001
England 2005 Did not qualify 8 0 0 8 1 35
Finland 2009 3 0 1 2 2 12
Sweden 2013 3 1 1 1 2 3
Netherlands 2017 3 2 0 1 9 8
England 2022 10 3 1 6 11 30
Total - - - - - - - 27 6 3 18 25 88
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Malta – Women's". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ^ Duret, Sébastien; Morrison, Neil (19 June 2005). "European Women Championship 2005 – Match Details". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ^ Aquilina, Domenic (18 April 2013). "Malta proud to make history". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ^ Lia, Gianluca (8 February 2015). "Interview with Malta women's national team head coach Mark Gatt". Women's Soccer United. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Mark Gatt names women's national team ahead of Russia, Azerbaijan matches". Malta Football. 18 October 2021.
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