Category: FIFA

7 December 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying appointment for Franco Cachia

The UEFA Referees’ Committee has appointed FIFA referee Franco Cachia for a FIFA Futsal World Championship 2016 mini-tournament this week organised by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. Czech Republic, France, Kazakhstan, and Slovenia will be contesting this Main… Read more

4 December 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta ends 2015 in the 162nd place

Malta ended 2015 in the 162nd place in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking after slipping down four places since last month after a 0-2 defeat to Jordan in a friendly match in Istanbul. Among the other European countries, Malta is still… Read more

3 December 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Another increase in FIFA badges for Malta

The Malta Football Association is pleased to announce that in 2016 Malta will have a record of seventeen match officials on the International List. FIFA has in fact accepted the Malta Football Association’s nomination of 33 year old Clinton Mario… Read more

5 November 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta down to 158th in FIFA Ranking

Malta lost one place in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking following the defeats to Norway and Croatia last month and is now ranked 158th. Among the other European countries, Malta is ranked 50th. Just ahead of Malta are Georgia (111, down… Read more

2 November 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

FIFA Live Your Goals Open Day held in Gozo

The Malta Football Association and the Gozo Football Association in collaboration with the Sport Promotion Unit within SportMalta and the Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education (DQSE) organised a FIFA Live Your Goals Open Day Festival under the auspices… Read more

27 October 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

MFA nominates Prince Ali for FIFA President

Despite the presence of UEFA President Michel Platini and UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino among the candidates for the post of FIFA President, the Malta Football Association is one of the five associations who nominated Prince Ali bin Hussein of… Read more

25 October 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers: Third defeat for Malta in Lithuania

Malta ended its commitments in the FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers with a 6-3 defeat to Albania at S. Darius & S. Girenas Sport Center in Kaunas, Lithuania. Despite this upset, Malta had a good performance against Albania scoring three… Read more

23 October 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Narrow defeat for futsal national team against Lithuania

Malta lost 1-2 to hosts Lithuania in the second match from the FIFA Futsal World Cup Preliminary Round Group C qualifiers at the S.Darius & S.Girenas Sport Center in Kaunas on Saturday. The team’s performance improved over the first game… Read more

22 October 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

France prove too strong for futsal national team

Malta lost 2-8 to France in the first match from Group C of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Preliminary Round at the S. Darius & S. Girenas Sport Center in Kaunas, Lithuania. Réda Rabei, Boumedyen Bensaber and Adrien Gasmi gave… Read more

2 October 201512 December 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta climbs three places in FIFA Ranking

Following a narrow defeat to Italy in Firenze and a 2-2 draw with Azerbaijan at Ta’ Qali, Malta climbed three places in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking and is now ranked 157th. However Malta still remains third from bottom in Europe… Read more