Malta national football team results (1957–1979)

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

Malta national football team results
  Win    Draw    Loss

1950s

1957
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
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 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 12,715
Referee: Alf Bond (England)

1959
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
8 December International Friendly Malta  1 – 0  Tunisia Gżira, Malta
Borg  28' Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

1961
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
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
8 March International Friendly Malta  0 – 2  Italy C Gżira, Malta
Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,560
Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)

1966
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[lower-alpha 1]  Malta Tripoli, Libya
Report Cocks  17' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahjoub Badreddin (Libya)

1969
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
  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).
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