2020–Present Malta National Football Team Results

It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The team's first official match was played on 24 February 1957 in a 3–2 loss against Austria at the Empire Stadium in Gżira.

The team's largest victory was 7–1 against Liechtenstein on 26 March 2008 in a friendly match. Their worst loss is 12–1 against Spain on 21 December 1983 in a qualifying match for UEFA Euro 1984. Michael Mifsud holds the appearance record for Malta, having been capped 142 times since 2000. Misfud also holds the goalscoring record having scored 41 times. As of February 2021, Malta are ranked 184th in the FIFA World Rankings. Its highest ever ranking of 66th was achieved twice in September 1994 and September 1995.

The first match Malta played in the 2020s was a 3–2 loss against the Faroe Islands in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League D).

2020

Faroe Islands   v   Malta

3 September 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Faroe Islands	3–2	Malta	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
	K. Olsen   25' A. Olsen   87' Hendriksson   90+1'	Report	Degabriele   37' Agius   73'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 0 Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Malta   v   Latvia

6 September 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Malta	1–1	Latvia	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Nwoko   15'	Report	Guillaumier   25' (o.g.)	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Malta   v   Gibraltar

7 October Friendly	Malta	2–0	Gibraltar	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Nwoko   8' Caruana   90'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Andorra   v   Malta

10 October 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Andorra	0–0	Malta	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
		Report		Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Latvia   v   Malta

13 October 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Latvia	0–1	Malta	Riga, Latvia
		Report	Borg   90+7'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 953 Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

Malta   v   Liechtenstein

11 November Friendly	Malta	3–0	Liechtenstein	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Mifsud   5' Borg   20' Farrugia   84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Malta   v   Andorra

14 November 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Malta	3–1	Andorra	Ta' Qali, Malta
	García   56' (o.g.) Degabriele   59' Dimech   90+3'	Report	Rebés   3'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

Malta   v   Faroe Islands

17 November 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D	Malta	1–1	Faroe Islands	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Guillaumier   54'	Report	Jónsson   70'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

2021

Malta   v   Russia

24 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	1–3	Russia	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Mbong   56'	Report	Dzyuba   23' Fernandes   35' Sobolev   90'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

Slovakia   v   Malta

27 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	2–2	Malta	Trnava, Slovakia
	Strelec   49' Škriniar   53'	Report	Gambin   16' Satariano   20'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Croatia   v   Malta

30 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Croatia	3–0	Malta	Rijeka, Croatia
	Perišić   62' Modrić   76' (pen.) Brekalo   90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 0 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Malta   v   Northern Ireland

30 May Friendly	Malta	0–3	Northern Ireland	Klagenfurt, Austria
		Report	Jones   2' Whyte   53' McCann   55'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Malta   v   Kosovo

4 June Friendly	Malta	1–2	Kosovo	Klagenfurt, Austria
	Dimech   45+2'	Report	Rashica   19', 84'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)

Malta   v   Cyprus

1 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	3–0	Cyprus	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Attard   44', 54' J. Mbong   46'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 2,686 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

Slovenia   v   Malta

4 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovenia	1–0	Malta	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Lovrić   45' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 4,571 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Russia   v   Malta

7 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	2–0	Malta	Moscow, Russia
	Smolov   10' Bakayev   84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Malta   v   Slovenia

8 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	0–4	Slovenia	Ta' Qali, Malta
		Report	Iličić   27', 60' Šporar   49' Šeško   67'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Cyprus   v   Malta

11 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cyprus	2–2	Malta	Larnaca, Cyprus
	Papoulis   7' Sotiriou   80'	Report	Muscat   53' Degabriele   90+8'	Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Malta   v   Croatia

11 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	1–7	Croatia	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Brozović   31' (o.g.)	Report	Perišić   6' Ćaleta-Car   22' Pašalić   39' Modrić   45+1' Majer   47', 64' Kramarić   53'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Malta   v   Slovakia

14 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	0–6	Slovakia	Ta' Qali, Malta
		Report	Rusnák   6', 16' Duda   8', 69', 81' De Marco   72'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

2022

Malta   v   Azerbaijan

25 March Friendly	Malta	1–0	Azerbaijan	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+01:00	Degabriele   55'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: César Soto Grado (Spain)

Malta   v   Kuwait

29 March Friendly	Malta	2–0	Kuwait	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+02:00	Satariano   29' Teuma   33'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Thomas Owen (Wales)

Malta   v   Venezuela

1 June Friendly	Malta	0–1	Venezuela	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Rondón   34'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

San Marino   v   Malta

5 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	San Marino	0–2	Malta	Serravalle, San Marino
15:00		Report	Jan Busuttil   59' Guillaumier   75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico de Serravalle Attendance: 558 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Malta   v   Estonia

9 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Malta	1–2	Estonia	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45	Hein   56' (o.g.)	Report	Vassiljev   21' Anier   90+4'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,422 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Malta   v   San Marino

12 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Malta	1–0	San Marino	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45	Z. Muscat   50'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 2,646 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Estonia   v   Malta

23 September 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Estonia	2–1	Malta	Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3)	Sappinen   45+6' (pen.) Anier   86'	Report	Teuma   51' (pen.)	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Malta   v   Israel

27 September Friendly	Malta	2–1	Israel	Ta' Qali, Malta
21:00 UTC+2 (22:00 UTC+3)	Satariano   84' Apap   86'	Report	Natcho   34' (pen.)	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

Malta   v   Greece

17 November Friendly	Malta	2–2	Greece	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:00 UTC+01:00	Degabriele   55' Teuma   67' (pen.)	Report	Bakasetas   39' Fountas   86'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Malta   v   Republic of Ireland

20 November Friendly	Malta	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:00 UTC+01:00		Report	Robinson   55'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

2023

North Macedonia   v   Malta

23 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	North Macedonia	2–1	Malta	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 UTC+01:00	Elmas   66' Churlinov   72'	Report	Yankam   86'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 9,991 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Malta   v   Italy

26 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Malta	0–2	Italy	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45 UTC+01:00		Report	Retegui   15' Pessina   27'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 16,015 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Luxembourg   v   Malta

9 June Friendly	Luxembourg	0–1	Malta	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:15 UTC+02:00		Report	Nwoko   64'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 4,028 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

Malta   v   England

16 June UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Malta	0–4	England	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45 UTC+01:00		Report	Apap   9' (o.g.) Alexander-Arnold   28' Kane   31' (pen.) Wilson   83' (pen.)	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 16,277 Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)

Ukraine   v   Malta

19 June UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Ukraine	1–0	Malta	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 UTC+01:00	Tsyhankov   72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 7,543 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Malta   v   Gibraltar

6 September Friendly	Malta	1–0	Gibraltar	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:00 UTC+01:00	Mbong   58'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium

Malta   v   North Macedonia

12 September UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Malta	0–2	North Macedonia	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45 UTC+01:00		Report	Elmas   5' Manev   41'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Italy   v   Malta

14 October UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Italy	4–0	Malta	Bari, Italy
20:45 UTC+02:00	Bonaventura   23' Berardi   45+1'   64' Fratessi   90+3+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 56,186 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Malta   v   Ukraine

17 October UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Malta	1–3	Ukraine	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45 UTC+02:00	Mbong   12'	Report	Camenzuli   38' (o.g.) Dovbyk   43' (pen.) Mudryk   85'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,547 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

England   v   Malta

17 November UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	England	2–0	Malta	London, England
19:45 UTC±00:00	Pepe   8' (o.g.) Kane   75'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 81,388 Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

2024

Malta   v   Slovenia

21 March Friendly	Malta	v	Slovenia	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+1				Stadium: National Stadium

Malta   v   Belarus

26 March Friendly	Malta	v	Belarus	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+1				Stadium: National Stadium