Nickname(s) | Knights of St John | ||
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Association | Malta Football Association | ||
Head coach | Ivan Woods | ||
Captain | Andrea Zammit | ||
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First international | |||
Libya 1–0 Malta 22 September 1977 | |||
Biggest win | |||
Malta 5–1 Macedonia 17 November 1998 | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Italy 8–0 Malta 21 December 1988 |
The Malta national under-21 football team is the under-21 football team of Malta and is controlled by the Malta Football Association.
The team is sponsored by Givova.
UEFA U-21 Championship record | UEFA U-21 Championship qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1992 | did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | −17 | ||||||||
1994 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 25 | −24 | |||||||||
1996 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 25 | −21 | |||||||||
1998 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | −29 | |||||||||
2000 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | |||||||||
2002 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 | |||||||||
2004 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | −13 | |||||||||
2006 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | −13 | |||||||||
2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |||||||||
2009 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | −21 | |||||||||
2011 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | −13 | |||||||||
2013 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | |||||||||
2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 30 | −28 | |||||||||
2017 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | −11 | |||||||||
2019 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | −16 | |||||||||
Total | 0/16 | 124 | 9 | 14 | 101 | 58 | 311 | −253 |
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Dylan Ciappara | 12 July 2002 | 1 | 0 | Santa Lucia | |
DF | James Vella | 2 November 2003 | 4 | 0 | Sliema Wanderers | |
DF | Deacon Abela | 23 September 2004 | 0 | 0 | Swieqi | |
MF | Kurt Briffa | 22 June 2003 | 6 | 0 | Pietà Hotspurs | |
MF | Matthew Debattista | 31 July 2002 | 6 | 0 | Melita | |
MF | Owen Sciberras | 14 May 2002 | 0 | 0 | Birkirkara | |
MF | Dale Mifsud | 26 September 2003 | 5 | 0 | Marsaxlokk | |
MF | Nick Cutajar | 3 April 2002 | 1 | 0 | Melita | |
FW | Jed Valletta | 20 August 2003 | 4 | 0 | Birkirkara |
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