Malta women's national football team

Malta
Association	Malta Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mark Gatt
Captain	Dorianne Theuma
Most caps	Dorianne Theuma (100)
Top scorer	Dorianne Theuma (28)
Home stadium	Centenary Stadium
FIFA code	MLT
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	87 1 (15 March 2024)
Highest	74 (August 2003)
Lowest	113 (December 2006)
First international
	Romania 3–0 Malta ; (Bucharest, August 10, 2003)
Biggest win
	Malta 6–0 Luxembourg ; (Ta'Qali, April 6, 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Malta 0–13 Spain ; (Ta'Qali, September 9, 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]

Home stadium

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

Achievements

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
1995		−	−	−	−	−	−	−
1999		−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2003		−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2007	Did not qualify	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2011		−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2015		−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2019		−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2023	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	−	−	−	−	−	−	−

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship record

Honours

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Mark Gatt

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group B matches against Georgia and Israel on 26 November and 1 December 2020.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Janice Xuereb	(1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 27)	19	0	Birkirkara
12	1GK	Patricia Ebejer	(2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Mġarr United

4	2DF	Emma Lipman	(1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35)	6	0	Lazio
5	2DF	Stefania Farrugia	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 32)	26	0	Birkirkara
9	2DF	Alishia Sultana	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	11	0	Birkirkara
15	2DF	Jade Flask	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 27)	18	1	Swieqi United
16	2DF	Charlene Zammit	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33)	33	0	Swieqi United
20	2DF	Nicole Sciberras	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Juventus

2	3MF	Maya Lucia	(2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Raiders Għargħur
6	3MF	Dorianne Theuma (captain)	(1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 40)	100	28	Swieqi United
11	3MF	Kayleigh Chetcuti	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 23)	3	0	Swieqi United
13	3MF	Maria Farrugia	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 23)	8	1	Sunderland
14	3MF	Shona Zammit	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 27)	17	0	Swieqi United
18	3MF	Emma Xuerreb	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 32)	28	2	Swieqi United
22	3MF	Veronique Mifsud	(2003-02-11) 11 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Birkirkara

7	4FW	Ylenia Carabott	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)	83	21	Charleroi
8	4FW	Rachel Cuschieri	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 32)	34	7	Lazio
10	4FW	Martina Borg	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27)	9	1	Torres
17	4FW	Brenda Borg	(1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 27)	18	1	Mġarr United
21	4FW	Haley Bugeja	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20)	3	1	Sassuolo

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
GK	Jodie Attard	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Raiders Għargħur	v. Denmark, 22 September 2020

DF	Ann-Marie Said	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 29)	9	0	Birkirkara	v. Denmark, 22 September 2020

MF	Gabriella Zahra	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 33)	22	0	Birkirkara	v. Denmark, 22 September 2020
MF	Roxanne Micallef	(1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Mġarr United	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 March 2020

FW	Claudette Xuereb	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Mġarr United	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 March 2020

Previous squads

Individual records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most caps for Malta, as of 23 June 2015^[update].^{[citation needed]} (bold denotes players still available for selection).

#	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

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

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
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Managers

Mark Gatt (–present)

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 Fixtures

2020

5 March 2020 (2020-03-05) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Malta	2–1	Georgia	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
18:30	Cuschieri 17' Bugeja 46'	Report	Tchkonia 76'	Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Malta	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
18:30	E. Xuereb 79' B. Borg 90+5'	Report	Krajšumović 10', 26', 54'	Referee: Neslihan Muratdağı (Turkey)

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)^{[note 1]} UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Malta	0–8	Denmark	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
18:30		Report	Larsen 6' Nadim 7', 42' Troelsgaard 46', 73' Harder 52' Junge Pedersen 54' Bruun 68'	Referee: María Dolores Martinez Madrona (Spain)

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26)^{[note 1]} UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Georgia	0–4	Malta	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi
12:00 (15:00 GET)		Report	S. Zammit 34', 52' Bugeja 44', 58'	Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

1 December 2020 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Israel	0–2	Malta	Ramat Gan, Israel
15:30		Report	B. Borg 15' Bugeja 59'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia 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 Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 / 4	D'Agostino Theuma, Tonna Theuma
2009 Euro qualifying	Preliminary round	0–0 2–4 0–8	Lithuania Luxembourg 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 England Austria Turkey	5 / 5	0 0 0 N. Pace
2013 Euro qualifying	Preliminary round	1–0 0–2 1–1	Georgia Faroe Islands Armenia	2 / 4	D'Agostino 0 Cuschieri
2015 World Cup qualifying	Preliminary round	1–1 6–0 2–0	Albania Luxembourg Latvia	1 / 4	Theuma Theuma 2, Buttigieg, Carabott, Cuschieri, Xuereb Cuschieri, Theuma
2015 World Cup qualifying	Regular stage	0–2 0–2 0–5 0–8 0–3 0–5 0–11 0–5 0–8 0–5	Israel Denmark Serbia Switzerland Iceland	6 / 6

Notes

^ ^a ^b Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Malta - Women's". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ 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.
^ Aquilina, Domenic (18 April 2013). "Malta proud to make history". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Lia, Gianluca (8 February 2015). "Interview with Malta women's national team head coach Mark Gatt". Women's Soccer United. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Mark Gatt names women's squad for Georgia, Israel qualifiers". Malta Football. 23 November 2020.

External links

[COVID-19-7] Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 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 squad for Georgia, Israel qualifiers". Malta Football. 23 November 2020.

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