Malta national football team results (2020–present)

The Malta national football team represents Malta in association football and is controlled by the Malta Football Association (MFA), the governing body of the sport in the country. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The team's first official match was played on 24 February 1957 in a 3–2 loss against Austria at the Empire Stadium in Gżira.

The team's largest victory was 7–1 against Liechtenstein on 26 March 2008 in a friendly match. Their worst loss is 12–1 against Spain on 21 December 1983 in a qualifying match for UEFA Euro 1984.^[1] Michael Mifsud holds the appearance record for Malta, having been capped 142 times since 2000. Misfud also holds the goalscoring record having scored 41 times. As of February 2021, Malta are ranked 184th in the FIFA World Rankings. Its highest ever ranking of 66th was achieved twice in September 1994 and September 1995.

The first match Malta played in the 2020s was a 3–2 loss against the Faroe Islands in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League D).

Matches[]

2020[]

3 September 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Faroe Islands	3–2	Malta	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
	K. Olsen 25' A. Olsen 87' Hendriksson 90+1'	Report	Degabriele 37' Agius 73'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 0 Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

6 September 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Malta	1–1	Latvia	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Nwoko 15'	Report	Guillaumier 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

7 October Friendly	Malta	2–0	Gibraltar	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Nwoko 8' Caruana 90'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

10 October 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Andorra	0–0	Malta	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
		Report		Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

13 October 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Latvia	0–1	Malta	Riga, Latvia
		Report	Borg 90+7'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 953 Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

11 November Friendly	Malta	3–0	Liechtenstein	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Mifsud 5' Borg 20' Farrugia 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

14 November 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Malta	3–1	Andorra	Ta' Qali, Malta
	García 56' (o.g.) Degabriele 59' Dimech 90+3'	Report	Rebés 3'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

17 November 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Malta	1–1	Faroe Islands	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Guillaumier 54'	Report	Jónsson 70'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

2021[]

24 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	1–3	Russia	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Mbong 56'	Report	Dzyuba 23' Fernandes 35' Sobolev 90'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

27 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	2–2	Malta	Trnava, Slovakia
	Strelec 49' Škriniar 53'	Report	Gambin 16' Satariano 20'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

30 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Croatia	3–0	Malta	Rijeka, Croatia
	Perišić 62' Modrić 76' (pen.) Brekalo 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 0 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

30 May Friendly	Malta	0–3	Northern Ireland	Klagenfurt, Austria
		Report	Jones 2' Whyte 53' McCann 55'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

4 June Friendly	Malta	1–2	Kosovo	Klagenfurt, Austria
	Dimech 45+2'	Report	Rashica 19', 84'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)

1 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	3–0	Cyprus	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Attard 44', 54' J. Mbong 46'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 2,686 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

4 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovenia	1–0	Malta	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Lovrić 45' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 4,571 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

7 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	2–0	Malta	Moscow, Russia
	Smolov 10' Bakayev 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

8 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	0–4	Slovenia	Ta' Qali, Malta
		Report	Iličić 27', 60' Šporar 49' Šeško 67'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

11 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cyprus	2–2	Malta	Larnaca, Cyprus
	Papoulis 7' Sotiriou 80'	Report	Muscat 53' Degabriele 90+8'	Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

11 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	1–7	Croatia	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Brozović 31' (o.g.)	Report	Perišić 6' Ćaleta-Car 22' Pašalić 39' Modrić 45+1' Majer 47', 64' Kramarić 53'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

14 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	0–6	Slovakia	Ta' Qali, Malta
		Report	Rusnák 6', 16' Duda 8', 69', 81' De Marco 72'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

2022[]

5 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	San Marino	v	Malta	Serravalle, San Marino
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico de Serravalle

9 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Malta	v	Cyprus or Estonia	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45				Stadium: National Stadium

12 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Malta	v	San Marino	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45				Stadium: National Stadium

23 September 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Cyprus or Estonia	v	Malta
20:45

References[]

^ "Malta's 1-12 Defeat against Spain 'the third dodgiest football game ever'". The Malta Independent. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

External links[]

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[1] "Malta's 1-12 Defeat against Spain 'the third dodgiest football game ever'". The Malta Independent. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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