Malta women's national football team

Malta
Association	Malta Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Manuela Tesse
Captain	Dorianne Theuma
Most caps	Dorianne Theuma (114)
Top scorer	Dorianne Theuma (29)
Home stadium	Centenary Stadium
FIFA code	MLT
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	87 1 (24 March 2023)[1]
Highest	74 (August 2003)
Lowest	113 (December 2006)
First international
	Romania 3–0 Malta ; (Bucharest, 10 August 2003)
Biggest win
	Malta 6–0 Luxembourg ; (Ta'Qali, 6 April 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Malta 0–13 Spain ; (Ta'Qali, 9 September 2009)

The Malta women's national football team represents the Malta Football Association in international women's football matches sanctioned by UEFA.[2]

History

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, scoring once and conceding 35. The team's first goal was scored by Sarah Caruana on November 16, 2003, against Croatia.[3]

After 13 losses, Malta achieved its first draw on June 7, 2006 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last match of the 2007 World Cup's qualifying. The team played 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 beat Luxembourg 6–0 in the 2015 World Cup qualifying's preliminary round. The team also defeated Latvia and drew with Albania to top the group and make it past a preliminary round for the first time.[4]

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

Team image

Home stadium

The Malta women's national team play their home matches on the Centenary Stadium.

Overall official record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
2005 Euro qualifying	Regular stage (Class B)	0–3 0–8 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–4 0–9 0–5	Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Ireland	5 / 5	0 0 Caruana 0
2007 World Cup qualifying	Regular stage (Class B)	1–4 0–1 1–4 1–3 0–1 1–1	Croatia Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 / 4	D'Agostino Theuma, Tonna Theuma
2009 Euro qualifying	Preliminary round	0–0 2–4 0–8	Lithuania Luxembourg Slovakia	4 / 4	0 Carabott 2 0
2011 World Cup qualifying	Regular stage	0–13 0–9 0–8 0–6 0–2 0–6 0–2 1–5	Spain England Austria Turkey	5 / 5	0 0 0 N. Pace
2013 Euro qualifying	Preliminary round	1–0 0–2 1–1	Georgia Faroe Islands Armenia	2 / 4	D'Agostino 0 Cuschieri
2015 World Cup qualifying	Preliminary round	1–1 6–0 2–0	Albania Luxembourg Latvia	1 / 4	Theuma Theuma 2, Buttigieg, Carabott, Cuschieri, Xuereb Cuschieri, Theuma
2015 World Cup qualifying	Regular stage	0–2 0–2 0–5 0–8 0–3 0–5 0–11 0–5 0–8 0–5	Israel Denmark Serbia Switzerland Iceland	6 / 6

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2022

12 April 2022 Friendly	Malta	0–3	Italy U23
			Polli 31' Longo 44' Bellucci 66'

2 September World Cup 2023 qualifying	Malta	0–2	Azerbaijan	Centenary Stadium
		Report	Bakarandze 10' D. Mammadova 60'	Stadium: Ta' Qali Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

6 September 2022 World Cup 2023 qualifying	Montenegro	0–2	Malta
		Report

2023

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) Friendly	Malta	2–1	Luxembourg	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:00 UTC+1	Bugeja 36' (pen.), 67'	Report	Estevez Garcia 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Centenary Stadium

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) Friendly	Malta	3–1	Luxembourg	Ta' Qali, Malta
11:00 UTC+1	Willis 3', 12' Flask 50'	Report	Thompson 28'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Friendly	Estonia	1–2	Malta	Tallinn, Estonia
20:00 UTC+2	Merisalu 88'	Report	Bugeja 73' Farrugia 89'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 302 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Manuela Tesse (UEFA PRO)

Manager history

Pierre Brincat (????–2015)
Mark Gatt (2015–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 World Cup qualification matches against Russia and Azerbaijan on 21 and 26 October 2021.[6]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Jodie Attard	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000	0	0	Swieqi United
1GK	Maya Cachia	(2004-12-23) 23 December 2004	0	0	Crotone
1GK	Patricia Ebejer	(2000-02-23) 23 February 2000	0	0	Mġarr United

2DF	Maia Debono	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001	0	0	Mġarr United
2DF	Jessica Dimech	(2002-06-22) 22 June 2002	0	0	Swieqi United
2DF	Stefania Farrugia	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991	35	1	Birkirkara
2DF	Jade Flask	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996	21	1	Swieqi United
2DF	Jade Schembri	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999	0	0	Swieqi United
2DF	Nicole Sciberras	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001	16	0	Hibernians
2DF	Alishia Sultana	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997	14	0	Birkirkara
2DF	Charlene Zammit	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991	40	0	Birkirkara

3MF	Brenda Borg	(1997-05-01) 1 May 1997	27	2	Mġarr United
3MF	Kayleigh Chetcuti	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000	2	0	Swieqi United
3MF	Rachel Cuschieri	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992	39	7	Sampdoria
3MF	Emma Lipman (captain)	(1989-02-23) 23 February 1989	9	0	Como
3MF	Ann-Marie Said	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994	13	0	Birkirkara
3MF	Dorianne Theuma	(1984-05-17) 17 May 1984	100	28	Swieqi United
3MF	Shona Zammit	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996	21	3	Swieqi United

4FW	Ylenia Carabott	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989	83	21	Keynsham Town
4FW	Francesca Chircop	(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993	4	0	Mġarr United
4FW	Maria Farrugia	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001	14	1	Durham
4FW	Emma Xuerreb	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992	32	2	Swieqi United

Recent call-ups

The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up


MF	Maya Lucia	(2003-07-06) 6 July 2003	1	0	Genoa	v. Azerbaijan, 2 September 2022

Captains

Dorianne Theuma (????–????)
Emma Lipman (????–)

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of July 2021.

Most capped players

In 2015 Dorianne Theuma was Malta's most capped player with 64 caps.

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most caps for Malta.

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Dorianne Theuma	2003–present	114	29
2	Rebecca D'Agostino	2003–2014	57	4
3	Ylenia Carabott	2005–present	56	11
4	Natasha Pace	2003–2014	48	3
5	Rachel Cuschieri	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

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
1991	did not enter								UEFA Euro 1991
1995									UEFA Euro 1995
1999									did not enter
2003									did not enter
2007	did not qualify								6	0	1	5	4	14	−10
2011									8	0	0	8	1	51	−50
2015									13	2	1	10	9	56	−47
2019									3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
2023	To be determined								to be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	3	3	24	17	123	−106

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
UEFA Women's Championship record								Qualifying record
1984	did not enter							did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005	did not qualify							8	0	0	8	1	35
2009								3	0	1	2	2	12
2013								3	1	1	1	2	3
2017								3	2	0	1	9	8
2022								10	3	1	6	11	30
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	6	3	18	25	88