Thursday, 15 October 2026

HISTORIC MATCH FOR THE MALTA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, FAROES, SPAIN AND GREECE

On this day, The Malta National Football team played the Faroe Islands in Torshavn, in a match that was the 400th ever international played by the Malta National team.


Malta played its first international game on 24 February 1957 at the Empire Stadium, losing 3-2 to Austria. That match was played in front of a capacity crowd at the old Empire Stadium. The Malta Football Association joined FIFA in 1959 and UEFA a year later. In late 1959, Malta played in the 1960 Summer Olympics African Qualifiers against Morocco and Tunisia, in which they finished last in the group with two draws and two losses. Since then, Malta has largely remained as one of Europe's weakest teams, though its fortunes have increased since late 2010s.

v Faroe Islands

Games won:2
Games drawn:2
Games lost:6
DateMatchResultScoreCompetition
30 Apr 1997Malta v Faroe IslandsL1-2FIFA World Cup
08 Jun 1997Faroe Islands v MaltaL2-1FIFA World Cup
18 Aug 2004Faroe Islands v MaltaL3-2International Friendly
19 Nov 2013Malta v Faroe IslandsW3-2International Friendly
07 Sep 2018Faroe Islands v MaltaL3-1UEFA Nations League
20 Nov 2018Malta v Faroe IslandsD1-1UEFA Nations League
23 Mar 2019Malta v Faroe IslandsW2-1UEFA European Championship
15 Oct 2019Faroe Islands v MaltaL1-0UEFA European Championship
03 Sep 2020Faroe Islands v MaltaL3-2UEFA Nations League
17 Nov 2020Malta v Faroe IslandsD1-1UEFA Nations League

The Spain national team played their 700th international match in history, this time in Solna against Sweden. 

15 Oct 2019Sweden v SpainD1-1UEFA European Championship

The 600th ever game of the Greece national football team was held in Marousi vs Bosnia & Herzegovina on October 15th 2019 at the Athens Olympic Sports Centre Spyros Louis in Marousi, Greece.





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