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	101 6 (25 March 2016)
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 December 2012 Malta ranks 104th in FIFA's Women's World Ranking.^[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 20, 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 has been coached since its foundation by Pierre Brincat. However, it has been taken over by Mark Gatt, ex-U19 coach, on 22 January 2015.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

Squad for the 2015 World Cup qualification's preliminary round, 4 – 9 April 2013^[5]

Player	Club	Birth
Goalkeepers
Rachelle Borg	Mgarr	1998
Keoney Demicoli	Paola Hibernians	1997
Rosemarie Baldacchino	Pembroke	1995
Janice Xuereb	Birkirkara	1996
Defenders
Stephania Farrugia	Birkirkara	1991
Kelly Pace	Birkirkara	1991
Ann-Marie Said	Gozo
Charlene Zammit	Paola Hibernians	1991
Michelle Zuber	Gozo
Midfielders
Brenda Borg	Mgarr United	1997
Rachel Cuschieri	Birkirkara	1992
Antoinette Sammut	Mgarr United	1993
Dorianne Theuma	Mosta	1984
Emma Xuereb	Gozo	1992
Forwards
Nicole Buttigieg	Mosta	1993
Ylenia Carabott	Paola Hibernians	1989
Jade Flask	kirkop
Gabriella Zahra	Birkirkara	1991

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
	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

Most capped players

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most caps for Malta, as of 23 June 2015.^[6] (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. Profile in UEFA's website
2. Current ranking in FIFA's website
3. Statistics of the match in FIFA's website
4. Malta proud to make history. UEFA, 18 April 2013
5. Malta women's national team hosts World Cup qualifying mini-tournament. Maltafootball.com, 2 April 2013.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile