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 Gino Bertucco 44' 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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