The Malta Under-16 and Malta Under-15 national teams will be playing friendly matches on Tuesday and Thursday.

Twenty two players have been selected by Coach Andrea Vella to play two international friendly matches.   Malta will host Lebanon on Tuesday 8th (kick-off 16:00) and Thursday 10th November 2022 (kick-off 19:00) at the Centenary Stadium, Ta’ Qali. 

These two friendly matches are part of the UEFA ASSIST Project 2022; a project that involves Malta FA & Lebanon FA. 

The final list of 22 is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS
Carlos Camilleri (Zurrieq), Miguel Camilleri (Valletta)

CENTRAL DEFENDERS
Shelom Magri (Birkirkara), Sheldon Borg (Pietà Hotspurs), Nathan Joyce (Floriana), Karl Grima (Melita), Luca Vella (Valletta), Eslam El-Nasar (Valletta)

RIGHT WINGBACK                                                  
Adam Vella (Luxol St. Andrews), Lydon Seychell (Valletta)

LEFT WINGBACK                                                             
Jake Attard (Floriana), Jayden Vella (Pietà Hotspurs)

MIDFIELDERS                                                    
Jake Borg (Pietà Hotspurs), Thomas Melillo (Pietà Hotspurs), Jerome Baldacchino (Valletta), Denzil Muscat (Pietà Hotspurs), Luke Bugeja (Birkirkara)

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS                                                      
Emerson Piscopo (Floriana), Hijazi Ubada (Sliema Wanderers), Ethan Muscat (Valletta), Jean Borg (Pietà Hotspurs), Claude Mercieca (Valletta)

Meanwhile the Malta Under-15 national team will play two friendly matches against Hungary on November 8th (kick-off 19:00) and November 11th (kick-off 16:00) at the Centenary Stadium. 

The final list of 20 is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS
Deasin El Hazawi (Birkirkara), Jayden Farrugia (Mosta)

CENTRAL DEFENDERS
Emerson Meilak (Valletta), Isaak Mizzi Bonello (Hamrun Spartans), Ismael Vella (Pietà Hotspurs), Kayden Zerafa (Pietà Hotspurs), Ben Gaerty (Luxol St Andrews), Dale Vella (Luxol St Andrews)

RIGHT WINGBACK
Drew Miceli (Floriana)

LEFT WINGBACK
Liam James (Valletta), Keerin Formosa (Pietà Hotspurs)

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
Jack Camilleri (Luxol St Andrews), Daniel Pawley (Pietà Hotspurs)

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
Benji Borg (Luxol St Andrews), Ethan Brincat Winters (Hamrun Spartans), Liam Buhagiar (Valletta), Matteo Paolo Grech (Melita), Scott Camilleri (Hamrun), Jaylen Zarb (Pietà Hotspurs), Matteas Caruana (Birkirkara)

All matches will be streamed live on the Malta FA Youtube channel