1996 Malta International Football Tournament

1996 Malta International Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Malta
Dates	7–11 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	11,480 (1,913 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sašo Udovič (5 goals)
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The 1996 Malta International Football Tournament (known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the Malta International Tournament. The competition was played between 7 and 11 February, with games hosted at the National Stadium in Ta' Qali.

Matches[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia (C)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	Malta (H)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

7 February 1996 (1996-02-07)

Malta	0–2	Russia
	Report	Karpin 26' Kiriakov 61'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

7 February 1996 (1996-02-07)

Iceland	1–7	Slovenia
Þórðarson 40'	Report	Udovič 42', 48', 57', 69', 74' Florijančič 79' Šiljak 83'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 450

Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)

9 February 1996 (1996-02-09)

Iceland	0–3	Russia
	Report	Kanchelskis 12' Karpin 63', 65'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 140

Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

9 February 1996 (1996-02-09)

Malta	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 500

Referee: Guðmundur Maríasson (Iceland)

11 February 1996 (1996-02-11)

Russia	3–1	Slovenia
Simutenkov 13', 73' Alenichev 18'	Report	Gliha 80' (pen.)

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

11 February 1996 (1996-02-11)

Malta	1–4	Iceland
Zahra 69'	Report	Þórðarson 7' Gunnlaugsson 27' Grétarsson 44' Guðjohnsen 45'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,300

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

5 goals

• Sašo Udovič

3 goals

• Valeri Karpin

2 goals

• Igor Simutenkov
• Ólafur Þórðarson

1 goal

• Dmitri Alenichev
• Andrei Kanchelskis
• Sergei Kiriakov
• Matjaž Florijančič
• Primož Gliha
• Ermin Šiljak
• Arnar Grétarsson
• Arnór Guðjohnsen
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
• Antoine Zahra

Source: RSSSF^[1]

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