Malta women's national football team

The Malta women's national football team represents the Malta Football Association in international women's football matches sanctioned by UEFA.[2]

Malta
AssociationMalta Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMark Gatt
CaptainDorianne Theuma
Most capsDorianne Theuma (100)
Top scorerDorianne Theuma (28)
Home stadiumCentenary Stadium
FIFA codeMLT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 85 16 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest74 (August 2003)
Lowest113 (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)

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
1991Did not enter−−−−−−−
1995−−−−−−−
1999−−−−−−−
2003−−−−−−−
2007Did not qualify−−−−−−−
2011−−−−−−−
2015−−−−−−−
2019−−−−−−−
2023To Be Determined-------
Total0/9−−−−−−−
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
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 19 0 Birkirkara
12 1GK Patricia Ebejer (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 0 0 Mġarr United
4 2DF Emma Lipman (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 6 0 Lazio
5 2DF Stefania Farrugia (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 26 0 Birkirkara
9 2DF Alishia Sultana (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 11 0 Birkirkara
15 2DF Jade Flask (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 18 1 Swieqi United
16 2DF Charlene Zammit (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 33 0 Swieqi United
20 2DF Nicole Sciberras (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 7 0 Juventus
2 3MF Maya Lucia (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 0 0 Raiders Għargħur
6 3MF Dorianne Theuma (captain) (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 100 28 Swieqi United
11 3MF Kayleigh Chetcuti (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 3 0 Swieqi United
13 3MF Maria Farrugia (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 8 1 Sunderland
14 3MF Shona Zammit (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 17 0 Swieqi United
18 3MF Emma Xuerreb (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 28 2 Swieqi United
22 3MF Veronique Mifsud (2003-02-11) 11 February 2003 0 0 Birkirkara
7 4FW Ylenia Carabott (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 83 21 Charleroi
8 4FW Rachel Cuschieri (1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 34 7 Lazio
10 4FW Martina Borg (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 9 1 Torres
17 4FW Brenda Borg (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 18 1 Mġarr United
21 4FW Haley Bugeja (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 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 0 0 Raiders Għargħur v.  Denmark, 22 September 2020
DF Ann-Marie Said (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 9 0 Birkirkara v.  Denmark, 22 September 2020
MF Gabriella Zahra (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 22 0 Birkirkara v.  Denmark, 22 September 2020
MF Roxanne Micallef (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 0 0 Mġarr United v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 March 2020
FW Claudette Xuereb (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 0 0 Mġarr United v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 March 2020

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

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
Report
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
Report
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
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
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
1 December 2020 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Israel  0–2  Malta Ramat Gan, Israel
15:30 Report
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

Overall official record
CompetitionStageResultOpponentPositionScorers
2005 Euro qualifyingRegular 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 / 50
0
Caruana
0
2007 World Cup qualifyingRegular stage
(Class B)		1–4 0–1
1–4 1–3
0–1 1–1		 Croatia
Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina		4 / 4D'Agostino
Theuma, Tonna
Theuma
2009 Euro qualifyingPreliminary round0–0
2–4
0–8		 Lithuania
Luxembourg
Slovakia		4 / 40
Carabott 2
0
2011 World Cup qualifyingRegular stage0–13 0–9
0–8 0–6
0–2 0–6
0–2 1–5		 Spain
England
Austria
Turkey		5 / 50
0
0
N. Pace
2013 Euro qualifyingPreliminary round1–0
0–2
1–1		 Georgia
Faroe Islands
Armenia		2 / 4D'Agostino
0
Cuschieri
2015 World Cup qualifyingPreliminary round1–1
6–0
2–0		 Albania
Luxembourg
Latvia		1 / 4Theuma
Theuma 2, Buttigieg, Carabott, Cuschieri, Xuereb
Cuschieri, Theuma
Regular stage0–2 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

See also
  • Malta women's national football team
  • Malta women's national football team results
  • List of Malta women's international footballers
  • Malta women's national under-20 football team
  • Malta women's national under-17 football team

Notes
  1. 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
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  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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