Malta national team coach Emilio De Leo has announced Malta’s final 27-man squad ahead of next week’s international friendly matches.

The Maltese national team will face Slovakia on 1 June at the DAC Aréna in Dunajská Streda, with kick-off at 18:00. Malta will then take on Azerbaijan on 5 June at the Haladás Sportkomplexum in Szombathely, with kick-off scheduled for 20:00. These matches will serve as preparation for the UEFA Nations League against Andorra and Gibraltar to be played between September and November.

The players not to make it to the final squad for technical reasons or otherwise, are goalkeeper Matthias Debono, defender Jake Vassallo, midfielders Matias Garcia, Adam Magri Overend and Luke Anthony Borg, and forwards Nicholas Agius and Nevin Portelli.

The final squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers
Henry Bonello (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Rashed Al Tumi (Sliema Wanderers FC), James Sissons (Chesterfield FC – ENG).

Defenders
Zach Muscat (Chaves FC – POR), Juan Carlos Corbalan (Marsaxlokk FC), Kurt Shaw (Hibernians FC), Enrico Pepe (Marsaxlokk FC), Jean Borg (Sliema Wanderers FC), Kean Scicluna (Zabbar St Patrick FC), Gabriel Mentz (Gżira United FC), Aleandro Garzia (Birkirkara FC), Myles Beerman (Floriana FC), Carlo Zammit Lonardelli (Floriana FC).

Midfielders                                                                   
Matthew Guillaumier (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Brandon Diego Paiber (Valletta FC), Alexander Satariano (Athens Kallithea FC – GRE), Jake Azzopardi (Valletta FC), Teddy Teuma (Standard de Liege – BEL).

Forwards                       
Joseph E. Mbong (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Paul Mbong (Floriana FC), Ilyas Chouaref (Sion FC – SUI), Jake Grech (Floriana FC), Irvin Cardona (AS Saint-Étienne – FRA), Basil Tuma (Reading FC – ENG), Kevin Cannavò (Cosenza – ITA), Keyon Ewurum (Torino FC – ITA), Andrea Zammit (Valletta FC).