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Malta (2026)

Matches: 8; 8 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 4-1-3; 4 W · 1 D · 3 L
Goals: 9; 9 against
Goal difference: 0

General Information

Malta Football Association

Founded: 1900
FIFA entry: 1960
Average height in 2026: 1.82 m
Average age in 2026: 27.0 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Emilio De Leo(Coach)

Date of birth: 18 January 1978
Place of birth: Napoli, Italy
Matches: 8 (5 official · 3 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Malta in 2026

30 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Henry Bonello	13 October 1988	Goalkeeper	Sliema Wanderers	6	0	0
Rashed Al-Tumi	4 October 2000	Goalkeeper	Sliema Wanderers	2	0	0
James Sissons	26 March 2007	Goalkeeper	Chesterfield FC	0	2	0
Defenders8
Enrico Pepe	12 November 1989	Centre Back	Marsaxlokk FC	6	1	0
Kurt Shaw	1 April 1999	Centre Back	Hibernians Paola	6	0	0
Zach Muscat	22 August 1993	Right Back	Birkirkara FC	4	4	0
Gabriel Mentz	11 August 1998	Centre Back	Gżira United	2	3	0
Myles Beerman	13 March 1999	Right Back	Floriana FC	1	3	0
Jean Borg	8 January 1998	Left Back	Sliema Wanderers	1	2	0
Aleandro Garzia	21 March 2002	Right Back	Birkirkara FC	1	1	0
Adam Magri Overend	3 May 2000	Right Back	Sliema Wanderers	0	2	0
Midfielders11
Matthew Guillaumier	9 April 1998	Defensive Midfielder	Ħamrun Spartans	6	1	0
Teddy Teuma	30 September 1993	Centre Midfielder	Sliema Wanderers	6	0	2
Juan Corbalan	3 March 1997	Right Midfielder	Marsaxlokk FC	5	3	0
Joseph Mbong	15 July 1997	Left Midfielder	Hibernians Paola	5	1	3
Ryan Camenzuli	8 September 1994	Left Midfielder	Ħamrun Spartans	5	1	0
Keyon Ewurum	20 April 2007	Attacking Midfielder	Torino FC	3	3	0
Brandon Paiber	5 June 1995	Centre Midfielder	Valletta FC	2	5	0
Jake Grech	18 November 1997	Centre Midfielder	Ħamrun Spartans	1	3	1
Kean Scicluna	12 September 2006	Defensive Midfielder	Ħamrun Spartans	1	1	0
Jake Azzopardi	13 February 2006	Midfielder	Valletta FC	1	1	0
Carlo Zammit Lonardelli	19 April 2001	Centre Midfielder	Floriana FC	0	3	0
Forwards8
Alexander Satariano	25 October 2001	Centre Forward	Sliema Wanderers	7	0	1
Ilyas Chouaref	12 December 2000	Left Winger	FC Sion	7	0	0
Irvin Cardona	8 August 1997	Centre Forward	AS Saint-Étienne	5	0	1
Paul Mbong	2 September 2001	Right Winger	Floriana FC	3	5	0
Andrea Zammit	5 April 2003	Centre Forward	Valletta FC	1	5	1
Basil Tuma	24 April 2005	Centre Forward	Aldershot Town	1	0	0
Kevin Cannavò	9 February 2000	Left Winger	Spezia Calcio	0	3	0
Trent Buhagiar	27 February 1998	Right Winger	Tampines Rovers FC	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Malta in 2026

8 matches

4 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Ta' Qali National StadiumHvs.AndorraMatch report: Malta vs. Andorra 1–0Win
1 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Ta' Qali National StadiumHvs.GibraltarMatch report: Malta vs. Gibraltar 1–1Draw
27 Sept 2026Friendly · Ta' Qali National StadiumHvs.LiechtensteinMatch report: Malta vs. Liechtenstein 2–0Win
24 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Estadi de la FAFAvs.AndorraMatch report: Andorra vs. Malta 1–2Win
5 Jun 2026Friendly · Haladás SportkomplexumAvs.AzerbaijanMatch report: Azerbaijan vs. Malta 0–2Win
1 Jun 2026Friendly · MOL ArénaAvs.SlovakiaMatch report: Slovakia vs. Malta 2–1Defeat
31 Mar 2026UEFA Nations League 2025 · C/D Play-Off · Stade de LuxembourgAvs.LuxembourgMatch report: Luxembourg vs. Malta 3–0Defeat
26 Mar 2026UEFA Nations League 2025 · C/D Play-Off · Ta' Qali National StadiumHvs.LuxembourgMatch report: Malta vs. Luxembourg 0–2Defeat

Match Progress for Malta

4 W · 1 D · 3 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Malta

79 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Iceland	15	3	1	11	10
Bulgaria	13	0	3	10	5
Sweden	13	0	0	13	2
Greece	12	1	3	8	7
Hungary	12	1	2	9	6
Czechia	11	0	2	9	6
Slovakia	11	0	2	9	6
Azerbaijan	10	5	3	2	16
Moldova	10	2	3	5	7
Faroe Islands	10	2	2	6	14
Finland	10	2	2	6	6
Croatia	10	0	1	9	5
Portugal	10	0	1	9	5
Norway	10	0	1	9	3
Italy	10	0	0	10	2
Israel	9	1	2	6	8
Georgia	9	1	2	6	5
Slovenia	9	0	2	7	3
Germany	9	0	1	8	3
Denmark	9	0	0	9	4
Andorra	8	4	4	0	9
Cyprus	8	2	3	3	9
Estonia	8	2	2	4	10
Luxembourg	8	2	1	5	4
Albania	8	1	2	5	3
Northern Ireland	8	0	2	6	1
Austria	8	0	1	7	4
North Macedonia	8	0	1	7	3
Spain	8	0	0	8	3
Ireland	8	0	0	8	2
Netherlands	8	0	0	8	0
Liechtenstein	7	6	1	0	18
Latvia	7	3	1	3	5
Lithuania	7	1	4	2	6
Switzerland	7	0	2	5	3
Scotland	7	0	1	6	5
England	7	0	0	7	1
Armenia	6	1	1	4	2
Turkey	6	0	1	5	4
Poland	6	0	0	6	2
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5	1	0	4	5
East Germany	5	0	0	5	2
San Marino	4	4	0	0	9
Tunisia	4	2	1	1	5
Gibraltar	4	2	1	1	4
Belarus	4	0	2	2	1
Wales	4	0	0	4	2
Yugoslavia	4	0	0	4	1
Jordan	3	2	0	1	5
Libya	3	1	0	2	2
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	2
Algeria	3	0	1	2	1
Kosovo	3	0	0	3	2
Russia	3	0	0	3	1
Lebanon	2	1	1	0	1
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3
United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	1
South Korea	2	0	1	1	2
Czechoslovakia	2	0	1	1	0
Egypt	2	0	0	2	2
France	2	0	0	2	0
Romania	2	0	0	2	0
Canada	1	1	0	0	2
Central African Republic	1	1	0	0	2
Gabon	1	1	0	0	2
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	2
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2
Thailand	1	1	0	0	2
Belgium	1	1	0	0	1
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	2
Angola	1	0	0	1	1
Italy (U21)	1	0	0	1	1
Cape Verde	1	0	0	1	0
Japan	1	0	0	1	0
South Africa	1	0	0	1	0
USA	1	0	0	1	0
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0
England (B)	1	0	0	1	0
East Germany (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
Total	445	62	71	312	285

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Malta

Games Total: 120
Goals: 46
Goals Against: 349
Games W/D/L: 4/14/102
Avg. Goals / Match: 0.38
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 2.91

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 5; Carmel Busuttil
Most Matches: 38; Michael Mifsud
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Luke Dimech
Most Red Cards: 2; Jonathan Caruana

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Malta

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Mifsud, Michael	Centre Forward	2000–2020	139	120	19	42	6	13	1	1
2	Carabott, David	Attacking Midfielder	1987–2005	120	97	23	11	0	11	0	1
3	Agius, Gilbert	Centre Forward	1993–2009	119	92	27	8	1	15	0	1
4	Busuttil, Carmel	Striker	1982–2001	111	108	3	23	0	6	0	0
5	Agius, Andrei	Centre Back	2006–2022	102	97	5	6	0	16	0	2
6	Brincat, Joe	Right Midfielder	1987–2004	100	94	6	6	0	16	0	0
7	Briffa, Roderick	Right Midfielder	2003–2018	97	82	15	1	3	11	1	0
8	Buttigieg, John	Sweeper	1984–2000	95	95	0	1	0	12	1	0
9	Schembri, André	Secondary striker	2006–2018	91	85	6	3	1	10	1	0
10	Said, Brian	Centre Back	1996–2009	89	81	8	5	1	14	0	0
11	Vella, Silvio	Defender	1988–2000	89	81	8	1	0	8	0	0
12	Muscat, Zach	Right Back	2014–2026	83	64	19	3	3	13	0	0
13	Borg, Steve	Centre Back	2011–2025	80	73	7	3	0	20	0	1
14	Dimech, Luke	Centre Back	1999–2013	78	72	6	1	0	11	0	2
15	Mbong, Joseph	Left Midfielder	2018–2026	77	74	3	6	6	12	1	1
16	Bonello, Henry	Goalkeeper	2012–2026	76	76	0	0	0	5	0	0
17	Degiorgio, Michael	Defender	1980–1993	73	64	9	4	0	8	0	2
18	Suda, Hubert	Striker	1988–2001	71	45	26	8	0	0	0	0
19	Chetcuti, Jeffrey	Left Back	1994–2005	68	62	6	0	0	12	0	1
20	Saliba, Nicky	Midfielder	1988–2001	67	50	17	4	0	6	0	0
21	Cohen, Andrew	Attacking Midfielder	2004–2018	67	38	29	1	2	8	0	0
22	Cluett, David	Goalkeeper	1987–1996	67	66	1	0	0	5	0	0
23	Muscat, Mario	Goalkeeper	1996–2009	66	57	9	0	0	2	0	2
24	Vella, Ray	Midfielder	1984–1994	65	61	4	1	0	4	0	0
25	Hogg, Andrew	Goalkeeper	2006–2018	65	62	3	0	0	4	0	0
26	Mallia, George	Attacking Midfielder	1997–2009	63	31	32	5	0	4	0	0
27	Laferla, Kristian	Defender	1986–1998	62	60	2	6	0	3	0	0
28	Scerri, Charles	Midfielder	1985–1994	62	44	18	3	0	5	0	0
29	Turner, Noel	Right Midfielder	1996–2004	62	47	15	2	0	1	0	1
30	Gregory, Martin	Striker	1985–1995	62	54	8	1	0	4	0	0
31	Fenech, Paul	Left Midfielder	2009–2019	60	38	22	2	1	7	0	0
32	Galea, Joe	Defender	1987–1997	59	55	4	0	0	6	1	1
33	Guillaumier, Matthew	Defensive Midfielder	2019–2026	58	56	2	3	5	7	0	0
34	Holland, John	Defender	1974–1987	58	55	3	0	0	0	0	0
35	Camenzuli, Ryan	Left Midfielder	2015–2026	57	51	6	1	3	9	1	0
36	Debono, Darren	Defender	1996–2002	56	54	2	0	0	13	1	0
37	Failla, Clayton	Attacking Midfielder	2008–2018	55	42	13	2	0	10	0	0
38	Teuma, Teddy	Centre Midfielder	2020–2026	54	48	6	7	6	9	1	0
39	Buhagiar, Richard	Defender	1991–2004	54	46	8	0	0	9	0	0
40	Haber, Justin	Goalkeeper	2004–2016	54	49	5	0	0	2	0	0
41	Satariano, Alexander	Centre Forward	2020–2026	50	31	19	5	2	11	0	0
42	Muscat, Rowen	Centre Midfielder	2012–2021	50	39	11	1	0	2	0	0
43	Sciberras, Gareth	Defensive Midfielder	2003–2017	50	39	11	0	1	4	0	1
44	Woods, Ivan	Centre Forward	2003–2011	48	34	14	1	1	7	0	1
45	Pace, Jamie	Defensive Midfielder	2005–2011	47	40	7	3	0	8	0	0
46	Zahra, Antoine	Midfielder	1996–2005	47	35	12	1	0	7	1	0
47	Camilleri, Edwin	Defender	1985–1995	47	36	11	0	0	8	0	0
48	Nwoko, Chucks	Midfielder	1998–2003	46	39	7	1	0	3	0	0
49	Mbong, Paul	Right Winger	2020–2026	45	32	13	4	0	7	0	0
50	Caruana, Jonathan	Centre Back	2008–2019	45	39	6	2	0	7	0	2

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Malta

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Bogdanović, Daniel	Mifsud, Michael	2010–2012	3	7
2	Mifsud, Michael	Schembri, André	2006–2007	2	67
3	Briffa, Roderick	Mifsud, Michael	2011–2013	2	5
4	Mifsud, Michael	Agius, Andrei	2012–2018	2	33
5	Pisani, Stephen	Borg, Steve	2020	2	67
6	Gambin, Luke	Degabriele, Jurgen	2020	2	33
7	Teuma, Teddy	Degabriele, Jurgen	2021–2022	2	33
8	Guillaumier, Matthew	Degabriele, Jurgen	2022–2024	2	33
9	Muscat, Zach	Mbong, Paul	2024–2025	2	50
10	Chouaref, Ilyas	Mbong, Joseph	2026	2	33

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 70 of 272 goals.