Category: National Team

19 June 202021 June 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

UEFA approves 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw procedure

During a second meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee on Thursday, the draw procedure for the European Qualifiers 2021/22 leading to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was approved – pending final confirmation from FIFA. There will see ten… Read more

18 June 202018 June 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

New format for UEFA Women’s U-17 and Women’s U-19 championships

The UEFA Executive Committee approved a new competition format for UEFA Women’s Under-17 and Women’s Under-19 championships to allow for further development of elite youth players as part of UEFA’s continuous commitment to women’s football. The format is based on… Read more

17 June 202017 June 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

No change to UEFA Nations League September dates but postponed EURO Play-Offs to be rescheduled to October 8 and November 12

The national team football windows of October and November 2020 will now feature triple-headers instead of double-headers, thus allowing the postponed European Qualifiers Play-Offs to be rescheduled at the beginning of the respective windows, on 8 October and 12 November.… Read more

17 June 202017 June 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

UEFA Women’s EURO qualifiers to be played between September and December

The remaining matches from the qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s EURO will be played between the months of September and December. Malta was due to play Denmark on April 14 at home before two away fixtures against Georgia on… Read more

12 June 202016 July 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

FIFA Ranking remains static as the world continues to fight Covid-19

Photo: © Domenic Aquilina/MFA Although club football has slowly restarted or been scheduled to restart in various leagues around the world, the spread of COVID-19 remains an obstacle to the staging of international matches. This has again affected the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola… Read more

9 April 202010 April 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

FIFA Ranking remains static as the world fights Covid-19

Photo: © Domenic Aquilina/MFA The ongoing measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 have resulted in little football of late and, consequently, next-to-no movement in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. A whole raft of international fixtures, including qualifiers for the… Read more

19 March 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

Malta Women’s EURO home qualifier against Denmark postponed

Malta’s UEFA Women’s EURO qualifying match against Denmark on April 14, 2020 has been postponed due to the current situation relating to the COVID-19 virus. The Maltese girls were due to host Denmark at the Centenary Stadium in their eighth… Read more

14 March 202017 March 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

Friendlies against Gibraltar, Azerbaijan called off

Due to the travel restrictions and health measures concerning COVID-19 currently in place in our country and across Europe, Malta’s upcoming friendly matches have been cancelled. The national team were due to play against Gibraltar on March 26 and Azerbaijan… Read more

12 March 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

A second defeat for Under-19 side to Montenegro

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”127″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”] The Malta Under-19 side played their second friendly match against Montenegro at the Centenary Stadium on Thursday morning. Malta took an early lead but Montenegro fought back to win 3-1. Montenegro threatened from their very first… Read more

10 March 202010 March 2020 by Antoine Busuttil

Women’s national team loses 2-3 to Bosnia Herzegovina

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”125″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”] Malta scores two late goals in a 2-3 defeat to Bosnia Herzegovina in a match from Group B of the UEFA Women’s EURO qualifying round at the Centenary Stadium on Tuesday. Bosnia Herzegovina, who are third… Read more