The Malta Under-17 national team lost 4-0 to Bulgaria in the last match from Group 13 of the UEFA Under-17 Championship qualifying round at the Raufoss Stadion in Raufoss, Norway on Wednesday.

Biser Bonev put Bulgaria ahead eight minutes from the end of the first half. Martin Smolenski doubled the score on the 69th and two minutes from time, the same player added another. One minute in added time, substitute Plamen Tsonchev made it 4-0.

Malta therefore ended its commitments without any points in Group 13. Austria emerged as winners with maximum points from three matches, followed by Norway on six and Bulgaria on three.

MALTA Miguel Spiteri, Zean Leonardi, Nikolai Micallef, Isaac Cutajar, Russell Micallef Decesare, Nathan Agius, Antheos Spiteri (78′ Matteo Gambin), Jake Grech (78′ Zachary Chetcuti), Andrea Zammit, Sebastian Cassar Torregiani (77′ Nathan Sultana), Azriel Borg (89′ Isaiah Micallef).

BULGARIA Ivan Andonov, Aleksandar Buchkov, Kaloyan Kostov, Martin Filipov, Dimo Krastev, Martin Sorakov, Martin Smolenski (88′ Valentin Nikolov), Panayot Paskov (46′ Plamen Tsonchev), Blagovest Velichkov (46′ Aleksandar Georgiev), Biser Bonev (88′ Anton Bakalov), Simeon Aleksandrov (77′ Dimitar Ivanov).

Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (ISL)