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Malta national football team results (1957–1979)

This is a list of Malta national football team results from 1957 to 1979.

  Win    Draw    Loss

1950s edit

1957 edit

24 February International Friendly Malta   2 – 3   Austria Gżira, Malta
Cauchi   86'
Nicholl   89'		 Report Bonnici   16' (o.g.)
Wagner  72'
Haummer   78'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 17,421
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

1958 edit

25 January International Friendly Malta   3 – 0   Denmark XI Gżira, Malta
Demanuele   11', 49'
Schembri   23'		 Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 16,919
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
15 May International Friendly Malta   1 – 1   Italy U-23 Gżira, Malta
Cauchi   47' (pen.) Report Gino Bertucco [it]   44' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 12,715
Referee: Alf Bond (England)

1959 edit

8 March International Friendly Tunisia   0 – 0   Malta Tunis, Tunisia
Report Stadium: Stade Municipal Géo-André
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

1960s edit

1960 edit

8 December International Friendly Malta   1 – 0   Tunisia Gżira, Malta
Borg   28' Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

1961 edit

18 June International Friendly Malta   0 – 3   Italy C Gżira, Malta
Report Torriglia   28', 55', 80' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
5 November International Friendly Malta   1 – 1   Norway Gżira, Malta
Demanuele   13' Report Kotte   86' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mustapha Belhouas (Tunisia)

1962 edit

28 June 1964 UEFA ENC
Preliminary Round		 Denmark   6 – 1   Malta Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 UTC+1 O. Madsen   9', 14', 49'
Clausen   22'
Enoksen   71'
Bertelsen   80'		 Report Theobald   57' Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 10,622
Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)
3 July International Friendly Norway   5 – 0   Malta Trondheim, Norway
Nilsen   28', 81', 85'
Pedersen   58'
John Krogh   80'		 Report Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 15,075
Referee: Orja Pättiniemi (Finland)
8 December 1964 UEFA ENC
Preliminary Round		 Malta   1 – 3   Denmark Gżira, Malta
14:00 UTC+1 Urpani   39' Report Madsen   14'
Christiansen   42'
Bertelsen   47'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 6,987
Referee: Raoul Righi (Italy)

1964 edit

8 March International Friendly Malta   0 – 2   Italy C Gżira, Malta
Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,560
Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)

1966 edit

13 February International Friendly Malta   1 – 0   Libya Gżira, Malta
Aquilina   26' Report Stadium: Manoel Island Football Ground
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)
27 March International Friendly Libya   0 – 1[a]   Malta Tripoli, Libya
Report Cocks   17' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahjoub Badreddin (Libya)

1969 edit

27 April International Friendly Malta   1 – 3   Austria Gżira, Malta
Cini   46' Report Köglberger   21', 62'
Kreuz   27'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 9,449
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

1970s edit

1970 edit

4 January International Friendly Malta   1 – 1   Luxembourg Gżira, Malta
Cini   85' Report Hoffmann   8' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,455
Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)
11 October 1972 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 3		 Malta   1 – 1   Greece Gżira, Malta
Vassallo   66' Report Kritikopoulos   88' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 8,689
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)
20 December 1972 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 3		 Malta   1 – 2    Switzerland Gżira, Malta
Theobald   57' (pen.) Report Quentin   50'
Künzli   59'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,739
Referee: Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

1971 edit

3 February 1972 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 3		 Malta   0 – 1   England Gżira, Malta
Report Peters   35' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 29,751
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
21 April 1972 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 3		 Switzerland   5 – 0   Malta Lucerne, Switzerland
Blättler   14'
Künzli   17'
Quentin   26'
Citherlet   28'
Müller   30'		 Report Stadium: Allmend Stadion
Attendance: 16,470
Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)
12 May 1972 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 3		 England   5 – 0   Malta London, England
Chivers   1', 47'
Lee   41'
Clarke   46' (pen.)
Lawler   74'		 Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 41,534
Referee: Einar Røed (Norway)
18 June 1972 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 3		 Greece   2 – 0   Malta Piraeus, Greece
Davourlis   60'
Aidiniou   80'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Karaiskaki
Attendance: 9,561
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
14 November 1974 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 1		 Malta   0 – 2   Hungary Gżira, Malta
Report   3', 56' Bene Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 9,231
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
8 December International Friendly Malta   1 – 1   Algeria Gżira, Malta
Vassallo   30' Report Fendi   15' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 2,505
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

1972 edit

15 March International Friendly Algeria   1 – 0   Malta Algiers, Algeria
Boussadia   72' Report Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Taouifik Ghayaza (Tunisia)
30 April 1974 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 1		 Austria   4 – 0   Malta Vienna, Austria
Hickersberger   29', 34', 36'
Hof   85'		 Report Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 16,081
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
6 May 1974 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 1		 Hungary   3 – 0   Malta Budapest, Hungary
Kocsis   35'
Bene   60'
I. Juhász   75'		 Report Stadium: Megyeri úti Stadion
Attendance: 5,646
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
15 October 1974 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 1		 Sweden   7 – 0   Malta Gothenburg, Sweden
Edström   2', 32', 64'
Larsson   18', 35' (pen.)
Sandberg   44'
Szepanski   57' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Ullevi Stadion
Attendance: 24,277
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
25 November 1974 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 1		 Malta   0 – 2   Austria Gżira, Malta
Report Köglberger   48'
Spiteri   77' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,373
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

1973 edit

28 September International Friendly Malta   2 – 0   Canada Gżira, Malta
Arpa   37'
Xuereb   75'		 Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 249
Referee: George Busuttil (Malta)
11 November 1974 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 1		 Malta   1 – 2   Sweden Gżira, Malta
Camilleri   20' Report Kindvall   21'
Larsson   35' (pen.)		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 15,459
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Greece)

1974 edit

24 August International Friendly Malta   0 – 1   Libya Gżira, Malta
Report Sherif   2' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 2,305
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)
4 September Libyan Revolution 5th Anniversary Tournament Libya   0 – 0   Malta Tripoli, Libya
Report Stadium: June 11 Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Youssef El Ghoul (Libya)
22 December 1976 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 8		 Malta   0 – 1   West Germany Gżira, Malta
Report Cullmann   44' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 12,528
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

1975 edit

23 February 1976 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 8		 Malta   2 – 0   Greece Gżira, Malta
Aquilina   33'
Magro   79'		 Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 8,621
Referee: Bob Matthewson (England)
4 June 1976 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 8		 Greece   4 – 0   Malta Salonika, Greece
Mavros   32'
Antoniadis   34' (pen.)
Iosifidis   47'
Papaioannou   50'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Toumbas
Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
11 June 1976 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 8		 Bulgaria   5 – 0   Malta Sofia, Bulgaria
Dimitrov   2'
Denev   22'
Panov   25'
Bonev   68' (pen.)
Milanov   71'		 Report Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium
Attendance: 16,545
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
21 December 1976 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 8		 Malta   0 – 2   Bulgaria Gżira, Malta
Report Panov   69'
Iordanov   83'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

1976 edit

28 February 1976 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 8		 West Germany   8 – 0   Malta Dortmund, Germany
Worm   5', 27'
Heynckes   34' (58)
Beer   41' (pen.), 77'
Vogts   82'
Hölzenbein   87'		 Report Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 52,248
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)
10 March International Friendly Malta   2 – 2   Libya Gżira, Malta
Losco   65', 89' Report Rayyani   26'
Ferzani   51'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: Tonio Briguglio (Malta)
31 October 1978 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 3		 Turkey   4 – 0   Malta İzmir, Turkey
Mehmet   22'
Cemil   54', 57', 75'		 Report Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 68,034
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
24 November International Friendly Malta   1 – 1   Tunisia Gżira, Malta
Magro   21' Report Kamel   89' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tonio Briguglio (Malta)
5 December 1978 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 3		 Malta   0 – 1   Austria Gżira, Malta
Report Krankl   57' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,368
Referee: Hédi Saoudi (Tunisia)

1977 edit

5 March International Friendly Tunisia   0 – 1   Malta Tunis, Tunisia
Report Xuereb   10' Stadium: Stade Olympique El Menzah
Attendance: 17,250
Referee: Ali Ben Naceur (Malta)
2 April 1978 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 3		 Malta   0 – 1   East Germany Gżira, Malta
Report Streich   55' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 6,279
Referee: Bruno Della Bruna (Switzerland)
30 April 1978 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 3		 Austria   9 – 0   Malta Salzburg, Austria
Krankl   9', 12', 18', 20', 53', 66'
Stering   30', 69'
Pirkner   65'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Lehen
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
6 September International Friendly Tunisia   2 – 1   Malta Tunis, Tunisia
Agrebi   27'
Tarak   57'		 Report Xuereb   64' Stadium: Stade Chedly Zouiten
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Ben Naceur (Tunisia)
29 October 1978 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 3		 East Germany   9 – 0   Malta Babelsberg, East Germany
Hoffman   2', 44', 84'
Schade   38'
Sparwasser   52'
Weber   56'
Streich   63' (pen.), 79', 82'		 Report Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
27 November 1978 FIFA WC
Qualifying Group 3		 Malta   0 – 3   Turkey Gżira, Malta
Report Sedat   21', 48'
Cemil   36'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 2,246
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

1978 edit

4 March International Friendly Malta   1 – 0   Tunisia Gżira, Malta
Losco   7' Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Referee: Richard Stagno-Navarra (Malta)
14 May International Friendly Libya   1 – 0   Malta Tripoli, Libya
Azabi   10' Report Referee: Tahir Hasan Zaglud (Libya)
25 October 1980 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 7		 Wales   7 – 0   Malta Wrexham, Wales
O'Sullivan   18'
Edwards   20', 45', 48', 51'
Thomas   71'
Flynn   82'		 Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 11,475
Referee: Magnus C. Pétursson (Iceland)

1979 edit

25 February 1980 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 7		 Malta   0 – 0   West Germany Gżira, Malta
Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 8,450
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Slovakia)
18 March 1980 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 7		 Turkey   2 – 1   Malta İzmir, Turkey
Özden   34'
Terim   54'		 Report Spiteri-Gonzi   52' Stadium: Alsancak Stadium
Attendance: 34,154
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)
2 June 1980 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 7		 Malta   0 – 2   Wales Gżira, Malta
Report Nicholas   15'
Flynn   51'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 8,358
Referee: Nikolaos Lagoyannis (Greece)
28 August International Friendly Tunisia   4 – 0   Malta Tunis, Tunisia
Tounsi   44'
Bayari   58'
Ben Brahim   85'
Hergal   87'		 Report Stadium: Stade Chedly Zouiten
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Larbi Oueslati (Tunisia)
28 October 1980 UEFA EC
Qualifying Group 7		 Malta   1 – 2   Turkey Gżira, Malta
Farrugia   62' Report Özden   20'
Denizli   25'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 1,976
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Notes edit

  1. ^ The match was abandoned at the 88th minute after the Maltese players protested with the referee following the dismissal of one of their players.

Further reading edit

  • Sacco, Joseph A. 45 Sena ta' Football Internazzjonali – Malta's 45 Years of International Football (in Maltese and English).

External links edit

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