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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Artemio Franchi - Florence Thursday 3 September 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Italy Group H - Matchday -6 Malta Last updated 12/07/2021 17:49CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 Italy - Malta Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 13/10/2014 QR (GS) Malta - Italy 0-1 Ta' Qali Pellè 24 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 26/03/2013 QR (GS) Malta - Italy 0-2 Ta' Qali Balotelli 8 (P), 45 11/09/2012 QR (GS) Italy - Malta 2-0 Modena Destro 5, Peluso 90+2 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached D. Baggio 19, Signori 38, Vierchowod 48, 24/03/1993 QR (GS) Italy - Malta 6-1 Palermo Mancini 58, 89, Maldini 72; Busuttil 68 (P) Gregory 86; Vialli 60, 19/12/1992 QR (GS) Malta - Italy 1-2 Ta'Qali Signori 63 1988 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Bagni 4, Bergomi 9, 24/01/1987 PR (GS) Italy - Malta 5-0 Bergamo Altobelli 24, 35, Vialli 45 06/12/1986 PR (GS) Malta - Italy 0-2 Ta' Qali Ferri 12, Altobelli 19 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Italy 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 0 Malta 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 8 FIFA* Italy 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 12 2 Malta 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 2 12 Friendlies Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Italy 3 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 - - - - 7 7 0 0 20 2 Malta 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 - - - - 7 0 0 7 2 20 2 Italy - Malta Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Italy - Malta Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match background Italy will be eager to keep up the pressure on Group H leaders Croatia as they play host to their Mediterranean neighbours Malta in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. Previous meetings • Italy won 1-0 in Malta in the sides' first Group H meeting on 13 October – Graziano Pellè (24) scoring the winner on his debut. It was a noble defeat for Malta, given that their captain Michael Mifsud was dismissed on 28 minutes, though Leonardo Bonucci's 73rd-minute red card eventually evened up the numbers. • Italy have won all seven of their matches against Malta, with an aggregate score of 20-2. • The nations also met in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Italy prevailing 2-0 home and away. • Malta have not scored against Italy in three meetings since a Carmel Busuttil penalty 68 minutes into a 6-1 World Cup qualifying defeat in March 1993. Disciplinary • Matteo Darmian and Ciro Immobile are both a yellow card away from a one-game ban. • Malta's Andrei Agius, Jonathan Caruana and Paul Fenech are all a booking away from a suspension. Form guide • Italy won their first three Group H games, but have drawn the last three: 1-1, 2-2 and 1-1 in Croatia in their last fixture. • Italy are unbeaten in 46 qualifying games (W33 D13) since a 3-1 defeat in France on 6 December 2006. • Malta's only Group H goal so far was a Clayton Failla penalty in a 1-1 draw with Bulgaria in Sofia. They have lost their other five fixtures in the section without scoring. • Malta are without a win in ten competitive fixtures (D1 L9) since a 1-0 World Cup qualifying victory in Armenia on 7 June 2013. Trivia and links • Malta's Italian coach Pietro Ghedin is in his second spell in charge on the island. The one-time SS Lazio defender led Malta from 1993 to 1995, and was then assistant coach of Italy (1996–2004, working under Cesare Maldini, Dino Zoff and Giovanni Trapattoni) and coach of the Italian national women's team (2005–12) before returning to Malta in 2012. • Italy coach Antonio Conte played for the Azzurri during Ghedin's time on the staff. • Malta's 21 encounters with Italian sides in UEFA age-group competitions have all been won by Italy. • Eight UEFA club competition meetings between Maltese and Italian clubs have produced eight Italian wins – and an aggregate score of 33-2. • Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon became the first player to make 50 UEFA European Championship appearances when he started the 1-1 draw against Croatia in June. 4 Italy - Malta Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Squad list Italy Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon 28/01/1978 37 Juventus - 5 0 0 0 147 - - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 28 Paris - 2 0 0 0 14 - - Daniele Padelli 25/10/1985 29 Torino - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Giorgio Chiellini 14/08/1984 31 Juventus - 4 2 0 0 76 6 - Andrea Barzagli 08/05/1981 34 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 51 - - Matteo Darmian 02/12/1989 25 Man. United * 6 0 0 0 13 - - Manuel Pasqual 13/03/1982 33 Fiorentina - 3 0 0 0 10 - - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 28 Juventus - 5 1 0 0 47 3 - Mattia De Sciglio 20/10/1992 22 Milan - 4 0 0 0 18 - Midfielders New York - Andrea Pirlo 19/05/1979 36 - 2 0 0 0 115 13 City FC - Daniele De Rossi 24/07/1983 32 Roma - 2 0 0 0 100 16 - Antonio Candreva 28/02/1987 28 Lazio - 5 2 0 0 29 2 - Andrea Bertolacci 11/01/1991 24 Milan - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Roberto Soriano 08/02/1991 24 Sampdoria - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 22 Paris - 2 0 0 0 12 1 - Marco Parolo 25/01/1985 30 Lazio - 1 0 0 0 11 - - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 24 Roma - 3 0 0 0 8 1 - Franco Vázquez 22/02/1989 26 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Graziano Pellè 15/07/1985 30 Southampton - 3 1 0 0 4 2 - Éder 15/11/1986 28 Sampdoria - 1 1 0 0 2 1 - Simone Zaza 25/06/1991 24 Juventus - 4 1 0 0 5 1 - Lorenzo Insigne 04/06/1991 24 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 6 1 - Manolo Gabbiadini 26/11/1991 23 Napoli - 1 0 0 0 4 - Coach - Antonio Conte 31/07/1969 46 - 6 0 0 0 10 - 5 Italy - Malta Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Malta Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Justin Haber 09/06/1981 34 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 54 - - Andrew Hogg 02/03/1985 30 Kalloni - 5 0 0 0 40 - - Henry Bonello 13/10/1988 26 Valletta - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Alex Muscat 14/12/1984 30 Sliema - 1 0 0 0 29 - - Ryan Camilleri 22/05/1988 27 Valletta - 6 0 0 0 22 - - Andrei Agius 12/08/1986 29 Hibernians * 6 0 0 0 51 1 Aris - Steve Borg 15/05/1988 27 - 2 0 0 0 13 - Limassol - Clifford Baldacchino 09/02/1988 27 Sliema - 1 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Roderick Briffa 24/08/1981 34 Valletta - 5 0 0 0 84 1 - Gareth Sciberras 29/03/1983 32 Birkirkara - 0 0 0 0 39 - - Paul Fenech 20/12/1986 28 Birkirkara * 6 0 0 0 28 1 - Clayton Failla 08/01/1986 29 Hibernians - 5 1 0 0 41 2 - Joseph Zerafa 31/05/1988 27 Birkirkara - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Rowen Muscat 05/06/1991 24 Birkirkara - 6 0 0 0 18 - - Bjorn Kristensen 05/04/1993 22 Hibernians - 2 0 0 0 7 - - Zach Muscat 22/08/1993 22 Birkirkara - 6 0 0 0 9 - Forwards - Michael Mifsud 17/04/1981 34 Sliema - 4 0 0 0 109 39 - Jean-Pierre Triganza 20/11/1981 33 Valletta - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Andrew Cohen 13/05/1981 34 Hibernians - 2 0 0 0 64 1 - André Schembri 27/05/1986 29 Omonia - 6 0 0 0 66 3 - Stephen Pisani 07/08/1992 23 Floriana - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Terence Vella 20/04/1990 25 Birkirkara - 2 0 0 0 11 - - Alfred Effiong 29/11/1984 30 Balzan - 2 0 0 0 4 1 Coach - Pietro Ghedin 21/11/1952 62 - 6 0 0 0 51 - 6 Italy - Malta Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Head coach Antonio Conte Date of birth: 31 July 1969 Nationality: Italian Playing career: US Lecce, Juventus Coaching career: AC Siena (assistant), USD Arezzo, AS Bari, Atalanta BC, AC Siena, Juventus, Italy • A combative and versatile midfielder, Conte also weighed in with his share of goals – usually spectacular.