Malta women's national football team

Malta
Association Malta Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mark Gatt
Captain Dorianne Theuma
Most caps Dorianne Theuma (64)
Top scorer Dorianne Theuma (21)
Home stadium Centenary Stadium
FIFA code MLT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 95 Decrease 6 (22 June 2018)
Highest 74 (August 2003)
Lowest 113 (December 2006)
First international
 Romania 3–0 Malta 
(Bucharest, August 10, 2003)
Biggest win
 Malta 6–0 Luxembourg 
(Ta'Qali, April 6, 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Malta 0–13 Spain 
(Ta'Qali, September 9, 2009)

The Malta women's national football team represents the Malta Football Association in international women's football matches sanctioned by UEFA.[1] As of June 2017, Malta ranks 94th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.[2]

The team first appeared in official competitions in the 2005 European Championship's qualifying, debuting on August 10, 2003 in Bucharest with a 3–0 loss to Romania. Malta lost all eight games, with a 1–35 goal average. The team's first goal was scored by Sarah Caruana on November 16, 2003, against Croatia.[3]

After 13 losses, Malta achieved its first tie on June 7, 2006 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last match of the 2007 World Cup's qualifying. The team played for the first time against elite national teams in the 2011 World Cup's qualifying, losing all games including a record 0–13 defeat to Spain. On March 3, 2011 Malta won an official match for the first time in the 2013 European Championship qualifying's preliminary round, beating Georgia 1–0 with a goal by D'Agostino in injury time.

On April 6, 2013 Malta attained its first crushing win by beating Luxembourg 6–0 in the 2015 World Cup qualifying's preliminary round. The team also defeated Latvia and tied with Albania to top the group and make it past a preliminary round for the first time in its fourth attempt.[4]

The team was coached from its foundation to 2015 by Pierre Brincat, then from 22 January 2015 by former U19 coach Mark Gatt.[5]

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did not enter−−−−−−−
Sweden 1995−−−−−−−
United States 1999−−−−−−−
United States 2003−−−−−−−
China 2007Did not qualify−−−−−−−
Germany 2011−−−−−−−
Canada 2015−−−−−−−
France 2019−−−−−−−
Total0/7−−−−−−−
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Cup qualification's preliminary round, starting 11 April 2017.[6]

Player Club Birth
Goalkeepers
Jodie AttardMalta2000
Rachelle BorgMalta Paola Hibernians1998
Janice XuerebMalta Birkirkara1996
Maria XuerebMalta1998
Defenders
Rebecca BajadaMalta Paola Hibernians1994
Charlene CassiaMalta Birkirkara1997
Ann-Marie SaidMalta1994
Charlene ZammitMalta Paola Hibernians1991
Midfielders
Martina BorgMalta Paola Hibernians1996
Rachel CuschieriCyprus Apollon Limassol1992
Stefania FarrugiaMalta Birkirkara1991
Jade FlaskMalta Paola Hibernians1996
Raina GiustiMalta Birkirkara1997
Kimberly ParnisMalta Birkirkara1993
Dorianne TheumaMalta Paola Hibernians1984
Yasmeen VellaMalta Birkirkara1991
Emma XuerebMalta Paola Hibernians1992
Gabriella ZahraMalta Birkirkara1991
Shona ZammitMalta Paola Hibernians1996

Overall official record

CompetitionStageResultOpponentPositionScorers
2005 Euro qualifyingRegular stage
(Class B)		0–3 0–8
0–1 0–2
0–3 1–4
0–9 0–5		Romania Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia Croatia
Republic of Ireland Ireland		5 / 5

Caruana
2007 World Cup qualifyingRegular stage
(Class B)		1–4 0–1
1–4 1–3
0–1 1–1		Croatia Croatia
Slovenia Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina		4 / 4D'Agostino
Theuma, Tonna
Theuma
2009 Euro qualifyingPreliminary round0–0
2–4
0–8		Lithuania Lithuania
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Slovakia Slovakia		4 / 4
Carabott 2
2011 World Cup qualifyingRegular stage0–13 0–9
0–8 0–6
0–2 0–6
0–2 1–5		Spain Spain
England England
Austria Austria
Turkey Turkey		5 / 5


N. Pace
2013 Euro qualifyingPreliminary round1–0
0–2
1–1		Georgia (country) Georgia
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Armenia Armenia		2 / 4D'Agostino

Cuschieri
2015 World Cup qualifyingPreliminary round1–1
6–0
2–0		Albania Albania
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Latvia Latvia		1 / 4Theuma
Theuma 2, Buttigieg, Carabott, Cuschieri, Xuereb
Cuschieri, Theuma
Regular stage0–2 0–2
0–5 0–8
0–3 0–5
0–11 0–5
0–8 0–5		Israel Israel
Denmark Denmark
Serbia Serbia
Switzerland Switzerland
Iceland Iceland		6 / 6

Most capped players

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most caps for Malta, as of 23 June 2015. (bold denotes players still available for selection).

Dorianne Theuma is Malta's most capped player with 64 caps.
# Player Period Caps Goals
1 Dorianne Theuma 2003-present 64 21
2 Rebecca D'Agostino 2003–2014 57 4
3 Ylenia Carabott 2005–present 56 11
4 Natasha Pace 2003–2014 48 3
5 Rachel Cucshieri 2007–present 42 6
6 Charlene Zammit 2009–present 33 0
6 Mandy Debono 2006–present 33 0
6 Maria Azzopardi 2003-2011 33 0
9 Stefania Farrugia 2007–present 32 1
10 Kathleen Saliba 2004-2012 31 1

References

  1. ↑ "Malta - Women's". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Duret, Sébastien; Morrison, Neil (19 June 2005). "European Women Championship 2005 - Match Details". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Aquilina, Domenic (18 April 2013). "Malta proud to make history". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Lia, Gianluca (8 February 2015). "Interview with Malta women's national team head coach Mark Gatt". Women's Soccer United. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Malta - Women's Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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