Category: National Team

29 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Tickets for Malta vs Azerbaijan go on sale

On Monday September 10, the national team, led by coach Ray Farrugia, take on Azerbaijan at the National Stadium, our first home outing in Group D3 of the UEFA Nations League. Tickets for this match are now available for sale.… Read more

26 August 201828 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Silvio Vella names provisional Under-21 squad for Belgium clash

Malta Under-21 coach Silvio Vella named a provisional squad of 22 players for the 2019 UEFA Under-21 Championship Group Six home qualifier against Belgium on September 7. Strikers Kyrian Nwoko and Jurgen Degabriele, of Valletta and Hibernians respectively, and winger… Read more

26 August 201827 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Narrow win for Under-17 side over Macedonia

The Malta Under-17 team registered a well-deserved 1-0 win on Saturday evening at the Ta’ Qali training grounds in the second of two friendly matches against Macedonia. The first one, played on Thursday, ended in a goalless draw, and on… Read more

24 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Under-17 side shares spoils with Macedonia in friendly match

The Malta Under-17 national team held their Macedonian counterparts to a goalless draw in a friendly match played on Thurday evening at the MFA Training Grounds. This was the first of two warm-up matches for the Malta U-17 squad ahead… Read more

23 August 201828 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Ray Farrugia names provisional squad ahead of opening UEFA Nations League commitments

National coach Ray Farrugia named a provisional twenty-six man squad ahead of the first two matches from League D3 of the UEFA Nations League against the Faroe Islands and Azerbaijan. Malta faces the Faroe Islands at the Torsvallur in Torshavn… Read more

23 August 201828 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Noel Turner names squad for Macedonia friendlies

The Malta Under-17 team are playing two friendly matches against their Macedonian counterparts on Thursday and Saturday at the Malta FA Training Grounds. Both games start at 18.00 Malta Under-17 coach Noel Turner, together with his assistant Mark Marlow, have… Read more

22 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

FIFPro slams “completely disproportionate and unfair” decision on Samir Arab

FIFPro issued a statement about Maltese footballer Samir Arab after the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to uphold a two-year ban for Maltese football player Samir Arab for not reporting a match-fixing approach. FIFPro said it had… Read more

22 August 201812 September 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta Under-19 held by Macedonia Under-17 in goalless draw

The Malta Under-19 national team was held in a goalless draw by the Macedonia Under-17 national team in a friendly match at the Centenary Stadium on Tuesday. This friendly marked Winston Muscat’s official debut as Malta Under-19 coach. He is… Read more

20 August 201821 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta’s women national team set for training camp in Austria

The Malta women’s squad will travel to Austria on Tuesday for a five-day training camp. Mark Gatt, the national women’s coach, has selected a squad of 20 players for the training camp, being held in Koessen, the same town where… Read more

20 August 201828 August 2018 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta Under-19 side to face Macedonia Under-17 friendly

Malta Under-19 coach Winston Muscat named a 22-man squad for a friendly match against Macedonia Under-17 at the Centenary Stadium on Tuesday, kick-off at 18:30. Muscat’s selection features three foreign-based players, namely defender Daniel Curmi, who plays for Blau Weiss… Read more