List of Malta international footballers

The Malta national football team represents the country of Malta in international association football and is controlled by the Malta Football Association (MFA), the local governing body of football which was founded in 1900.^[1] The MFA became a member of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 1959 and a year later joined the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).^[2] Prior to that, on 24 February 1957, the team played its first official international match at the Empire Stadium against Austria, suffering a 3–2 defeat. The first goal was scored by Tony Cauchi.^[3]

Thumb — Michael Mifsud is Malta's most-capped player and also the nation's record goalscorer.

As of September 2021, Malta has played 418 international fixtures, winning 54, drawing 70 and losing 294.^[4]^[5] The team's most frequent opponent has been Iceland, meeting the side 15 times, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 11.^[6] In global and continental competitions, Malta has competed in qualification groups for both the UEFA European Championship, since 1962, and the FIFA World Cup, since 1974, but has failed to qualify for any tournament finals.^[2]

Michael Mifsud is Malta's most capped player, accumulating 143 appearances as of November 2020. He made his debut on 10 February 2000 in a 1–0 defeat against Albania. He broke the record previously held by David Carabott of 122 appearances on 15 November 2016 against Iceland.^[7] Mifsud is also Malta's leading goalscorer with 42 goals as of November 2020.^[8] He surpassed Carmel Busuttil's record of 23 goals on 3 March 2010.^[9]

Since 1957, more than 300 players have made at least one international appearance for the team.^[10] Of these, seven have achieved more than 100 caps. Carmel Busuttil was the first to reach this milestone on 6 February 2000 against Azerbaijan.^[11]

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GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

List of Malta international footballers

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Players

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Player	Position	Caps	Goals	Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last match	Last match against	Ref
Michael Mifsud	FW	143	42	10 February 2000	Albania	11 November 2020	Liechtenstein	^[12]
David Carabott	MF	122	11	15 November 1987	Switzerland	9 February 2005	Norway	^[13]
Gilbert Agius	MF	120	8	7 November 1993	Gabon	18 November 2009	Bulgaria	^[14]
Carmel Busuttil	FW	113	23	5 June 1982	Iceland	25 April 2001	Iceland	^[15]
Joe Brincat	MF	103	6	14 October 1987	England B^[a]	14 February 2004	Moldova	^[16]
Andrei Agius	DF	101	6	25 February 2006	Moldova	7 September 2021	Russia	^[17]
Roderick Briffa	DF	100	1	11 December 2003	Poland	17 November 2018	Kosovo	^[18]
John Buttigieg	DF	97	1	23 March 1984	Sweden	3 June 2000	England	^[19]
André Schembri	MF	94	3	4 June 2006	Japan	20 November 2018	Faroe Islands	^[20]
Brian Said	DF	91	5	14 August 1996	Iceland	18 November 2009	Bulgaria	^[21]
Silvio Vella	DF	90	1	18 November 1988	Israel	3 June 2000	England	^[22]
Michael Degiorgio	MF	78	4	7 December 1980	Poland	24 March 1993	Italy	^[23]
Luke Dimech	DF	78	1	28 April 1989	Iceland	11 November 2003	Czech Republic	^[24]
Hubert Suda	FW	71	8	18 October 1988	Israel	14 November 2001	Canada	^[25]
Jeffrey Chetcuti	DF	69	0	30 March 1994	Slovakia	9 February 2005	Norway	^[26]
David Cluett	GK	69	0	29 February 1987	Portugal	2 June 1996	FR Yugoslavia	^[27]
Nicky Saliba	MF	68	4	23 November 1988	Cyprus	14 November 2011	Canada	^[28]
Andrew Cohen	FW	68	1	18 August 2004	Faroe Islands	7 September 2018	Faroe Islands	^[29]
Mario Muscat	GK	68	0	15 November 1996	United Arab Emirates	12 August 2009	Georgia	^[30]
Raymond Vella	MF	67	1	23 May 1984	Sweden	16 February 1994	Belgium	^[31]
Andrew Hogg	GK	67	0	15 November 2006	Lithuania	20 November 2018	Faroe Islands	^[32]
Kristian Laferla	MF	65	6	16 November 1986	Sweden	8 February 1998	Latvia	^[33]
Charles Scerri	MF	65	3	12 November 1985	Portugal	14 December 1994	Norway	^[34]
George Mallia	MF	64	5	6 August 1997	Hungary	18 November 2009	Bulgaria	^[35]
Martin Gregory	FW	64	1	12 October 1985	Portugal	6 September 1995	Luxembourg	^[36]
Noel Turner	MF	63	2	9 February 1996	Slovenia	27 May 2004	Germany	^[37]
Steve Borg	DF	61	3	7 October 2011	Latvia	7 September 2021	Russia	^[38]
Paul Fenech	MF	61	2	18 November 2009	Bulgaria	18 November 2019	Norway	^[39]
Jonathan Holland	MF	61	0	24 August 1974	Libya	24 May 1987	Sweden	^[40]
Joe Galea	DF	61	0	24 January 1987	Italy	2 September 1998	Germany	^[41]
Clayton Failla	MF	58	2	19 November 2008	Iceland	20 November 2018	Faroe Islands	^[42]
Darren Debono	DF	56	0	7 February 1996	Russia	16 October 2002	France	^[43]
Justin Haber	GK	56	0	9 October 2004	Iceland	31 May 2016	Austria	^[44]
Richard Buhagiar	DF	55	0	7 June 1991	Indonesia	31 March 2004	Finland	^[45]
Rowen Muscat	MF	52	1	14 November 2012	Liechtenstein	4 June 2021	Kosovo	^[46]
Gareth Sciberras	MF	52	0	11 December 2003	Poland	26 March 2017	Slovakia	^[47]
Ivan Woods	FW	49	1	11 December 2003	Poland	11 October 2011	Israel	^[48]
Edwin Camilleri	DF	49	0	17 November 1985	Sweden	7 June 1995	Norway	^[49]
Jamie Pace	MF	48	3	9 February 2005	Norway	7 October 2011	Latvia	^[50]
Ryan Fenech	MF	48	1	2 February 2008	Armenia	10 September 2018	Azerbaijan	^[51]