Malta played six matches so far. After an encouraging start despite a 2-0 defeat in Poland, Malta suffered five heavy defeats to Turkey away from home, Greece away and at home, Poland at home and Sweden away from home.
The provisional squad is made up of:
goalkeepers Jurgen Borg (Hibs), Matthew Calleja Cremona (Pembroke), Yenz Cini (Valletta);
defenders Cain Attard (Pietà), Sacha Borg (Floriana), Ryan Camenzuli (Birkirkara), Louis Cutajar, Shaun Gauci (Rabat), Christian Grech (Pietà), Jurgen Pisani (Pietà), Keith Tanti (St. George’s);
midfielders Clyde Borg (Floriana), Brooke Farrugia (Floriana), Bjorn Kristensen (Hibs), Brandon Muscat (Hibs), Ryan Scicluna (Birkirkara), Daniel Zerafa (Birkirkara);
forwards Jean Paul Farrugia (Hibs), Lydon Micallef (Balzan), Ryan Micallef (Rabat), Steve Pisani (Floriana).