Malta national football team results (1957–79)

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

Win    Draw    Loss

1950s

1957

Malta  v  Austria

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

Malta  v  Denmark XI

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)

Malta  v  Italy U-23

15 May International Friendly	Malta	1 – 1	Italy U-23	Gżira, Malta
	Cauchi  47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 12,715 Referee: Alf Bond (England)

1959

Tunisia  v  Malta

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

1960s

1960

Malta  v  Tunisia

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

1961

Malta  v  Italy C

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)

Malta  v  Norway

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

Denmark  v  Malta

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)

Norway  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Denmark

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

Malta  v  Italy C

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

1966

Malta  v  Libya

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)

Libya  v  Malta

27 March International Friendly	Libya	0 – 1[lower-alpha 1]	Malta	Tripoli, Libya
		Report	Cocks  17'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahjoub Badreddin (Libya)

1969

Malta  v  Austria

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

1970

Malta  v  Luxembourg

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)

Malta  v  Greece

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)

Malta  v   Switzerland

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

Malta  v  England

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)

Switzerland   v  Malta

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)

England  v  Malta

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)

Greece  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  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)

Malta  v  Algeria

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

Algeria  v  Malta

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)

Austria  v  Malta

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)

Hungary  v  Malta

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)

Sweden  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Austria

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

Malta  v  Canada

28 September International Friendly	Malta	2 – 0	Canada	Gżira, Malta
	Arpa  37' Xuereb  75'	Report		Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 249 Referee: George Busuttil (Malta)

Malta  v  Sweden

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

Malta  v  Libya

24 August International Friendly	Malta	0 – 1	Libya	Gżira, Malta
		Report	Sherif  2'	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

Libya  v  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)

Malta  v  West Germany

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

Malta  v  Greece

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)

Greece  v  Malta

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)

Bulgaria  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Bulgaria

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

West Germany  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Libya

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)

Turkey  v  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)

Malta  v  Tunisia

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)

Malta  v  Austria

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

Tunisia  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  East Germany

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)

Austria  v  Malta

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)

Tunisia  v  Malta

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)

East Germany  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Turkey

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

Malta  v  Tunisia

4 March International Friendly	Malta	1 – 0	Tunisia	Gżira, Malta
	Losco  7'	Report		Stadium: Empire Stadium Referee: Richard Stagno-Navarra (Malta)

Libya  v  Malta

14 May International Friendly	Libya	1 – 0	Malta	Tripoli, Libya
	Azabi  10'	Report		Referee: Tahir Hasan Zaglud (Libya)

Wales  v  Malta

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

Malta  v  West Germany

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)

Turkey  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Wales

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)

Tunisia  v  Malta

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)

Malta  v  Turkey

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

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

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

External links

• Malta national team all time international results