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Malta

Association	Malta Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mark Gatt
Captain	Dorianne Theuma
Most caps	Dorianne Theuma (114)
Top scorer	Dorianne Theuma (29)
Home stadium	Centenary Stadium
FIFA code	MLT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	88 3 (13 October 2022)[1]
Highest	74 (August 2003)
Lowest	113 (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 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
	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

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

2021

2022

• Official Malta Fixtures (Friendly matches only) – MFA.com.mt
• Official Malta Results (Friendly matches only) – MFA.com.mt
• Malta Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Mark Gatt

Manager history

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• Pierre Brincat (????–2015)
• Mark Gatt (2015–)

Players

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 22)	0	0	Swieqi United
	1GK	Maya Cachia	(2004-12-23) 23 December 2004 (age 17)	0	0	Crotone
	1GK	Patricia Ebejer	(2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Mġarr United
	2DF	Maia Debono	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Mġarr United
	2DF	Jessica Dimech	(2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Swieqi United
	2DF	Stefania Farrugia	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 31)	35	1	Birkirkara
	2DF	Jade Flask	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 26)	21	1	Swieqi United
	2DF	Jade Schembri	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Swieqi United
	2DF	Nicole Sciberras	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 21)	16	0	Hibernians
	2DF	Alishia Sultana	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 25)	14	0	Birkirkara
	2DF	Charlene Zammit	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 31)	40	0	Birkirkara
	3MF	Brenda Borg	(1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 25)	27	2	Mġarr United
	3MF	Kayleigh Chetcuti	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Swieqi United
	3MF	Rachel Cuschieri	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 30)	39	7	Sampdoria
	3MF	Emma Lipman (captain)	(1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 33)	9	0	Como
	3MF	Ann-Marie Said	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 28)	13	0	Birkirkara
	3MF	Dorianne Theuma	(1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 38)	100	28	Swieqi United
	3MF	Shona Zammit	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 26)	21	3	Swieqi United
	4FW	Ylenia Carabott	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 33)	83	21	Keynsham Town
	4FW	Francesca Chircop	(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 29)	4	0	Mġarr United
	4FW	Maria Farrugia	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 21)	14	1	Durham
	4FW	Emma Xuerreb	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 30)	32	2	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 19)	1	0	Genoa	v.  Azerbaijan, 2 September 2022
FW	Martina Borg	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 26)	16	1	Roma CF	v.  Morocco, 19 February 2022
FW	Haley Bugeja	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 18)	14	6	Orlando Pride	v.  Morocco, 19 February 2022

Captains

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• Dorianne Theuma (????–????)
• Emma Lipman (????–)

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of July 2021.

Most capped players

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

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#	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
1991	Did not enter									UEFA Euro 1991
1995										UEFA Euro 1995
1999										Did not enter
2003
2007	Did not qualify									6	0	1	5	4	14	−10
2011										8	0	0	8	1	51	−50
2015										13	2	1	10	9	56	−47
2019										3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
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
1984	Did not enter								Did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005	Did not qualify								8	0	0	8	1	35
2009									3	0	1	2	2	12
2013									3	1	1	1	2	3
2017									3	2	0	1	9	8
2022									10	3	1	6	11	30
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		27	6	3	18	25	88

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

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See also

• Sport in Malta
  • Football in Malta
    • Women's football in Malta
• Malta women's national football team
• Malta women's national under-20 football team
• Malta women's national under-17 football team
• Malta men's national football team
• Malta men's national under-21 football team
• Malta men's national under-19 football team
• Malta men's national under-17 football team

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in English)
• FIFA profile

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