The Malta national futsal team represents Malta in international futsal competitions, such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships, and is controlled by the Malta Football Association.
| Nickname(s) | Knights of Malta, Ħomor (Reds), Falcons | ||
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| Association | Malta Football Association | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Zeljko Anicic | ||
| Asst coach | Carlo Scicluna | ||
| Captain | Mark Zammit | ||
| FIFA code | MLT | ||
| FIFA ranking | 114 [1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Malta 1–7 Cyprus  (Malta; 18 January 2007) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 San Marino 1–5 Malta (Serravalle, San Marino; 26 September 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Malta 0–13 Kazakhstan  (Malta; 19 January 2007)  Slovenia 13–0 Malta (Paola, Malta; 2 March 2008)  Belgium 13–0 Malta (Bern, Switzerland; 17 December 2010) | |||
Competition history
editFIFA Futsal World Cup
edit| FIFA Futsal World Cup record | FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
 1989
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1992
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 1996
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 2000
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 2004
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 2008
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Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
 2012
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
 2016
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||
 2021
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||
 2024
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3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Total (0/5) | 15 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 96 | ||||||||||
UEFA Futsal Championship
edit| UEFA Futsal Championship record | UEFA Futsal Championship qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
| 1996
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2007
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Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | |||||||||
 2010
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
 2012
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2014
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
 2016
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 2018
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 2022
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||
 2026
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To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total (0/7) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 103 | ||||||||||
Current squad
editThe following players were named for the matches against Northern Ireland to be played on 26 and 27 October 2018.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Stefan Vella | Valletta
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| GK | Clint Mifsud | Luxol St Andrews
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| DF | Jovica Milijić | 20 February 1986 | Valletta
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| DF | Melvin Borg | 3 October 1986 | Valletta
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| DF | Giancarlo Sammut | 7 May 1992 | Luxol St Andrews
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| FW | Matthew Attard | 18 June 1996 | Luxol St Andrews
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| FW | Carl Azzopardi | 31 August 1989 | Luxol St Andrews
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| FW | Karl Sciortino | 5 September 1995 | Swieqi United
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| FW | Mark Zammit (captain) | 8 February 1986 | Luxol St Andrews
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| FW | Andy Mangion | 12 June 1989 | Luxol St Andrews
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| FW | Dylan Musu | 23 February 1990 | Valletta
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| Andre Ciancio | Swieqi United
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| Kurt Bartolo | Pietà Hotspurs
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| Rennie Tanti | Birkirkara
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| Lee Grech | University
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| Marwan Telisi | Birkirkara
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| Gary Inguanez | Birkirkara
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References
edit- ^ "Futsal World Ranking".
- ^ "Hermans calls squad for N. Ireland futsal friendlies". Malta Football Association. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
External links
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