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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Stadium - Ta' Qali Monday 13 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Malta Group H - Matchday -10 Italy Last updated 12/07/2021 17:03CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Malta - Italy Monday 13 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Previous meetings Head to Head 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 Malta 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 7 Italy 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 7 0 FIFA* Malta 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 2 12 Italy 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 12 2 Friendlies Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Malta 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 - - - - 6 0 0 6 2 19 Italy 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 - - - - 6 6 0 0 19 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Malta - Italy Monday 13 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Match background Malta will hope to make a breakthrough against Italy as the sides square up for the seventh time at senior international level in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group H. Match background • Malta's record in six matches against Italy is W0 D0 L6 (W0 D0 L3 at home, W0 D0 L3 in Italy). They have conceded twice in all three of their home games against their nearest neighbours. • 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. • Malta and Italy's only UEFA European Championship meetings came in qualifying for the 1988 finals: Azeglio Vicini's Italy beat Gencho Dobrev's Malta 2-0 in Ta' Qali on 6 December 1986, then 5-0 in Bergamo on 24 January 1987. • The figures at youth and age-limit levels are even more bleak for Malta: their 21 encounters with Italian sides in UEFA competitions have all been won by Italy, who have not conceded to Malta at U16, U17, U18, U19 or U21 level in 17 matches, since a 5-1 U18 win in February 1981. • Eight UEFA club competition meetings between Maltese and Italian clubs have produced eight Italian wins – and an aggregate score of 33-2. 3 Malta - Italy Monday 13 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Squad list 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 33 Birkirkara - 0 0 0 0 51 - - Andrew Hogg 02/03/1985 29 Kalloni - 2 0 0 0 37 - - Nicky Vella 27/08/1989 25 Valletta - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Steve Bezzina 05/01/1987 27 Balzan - 1 0 0 0 5 - - Ryan Camilleri 22/05/1988 26 Valletta - 2 0 0 0 16 - - Justin Grioli 20/09/1987 27 Balzan - 1 0 0 0 1 - - André Agius 12/08/1986 28 Hibernians - 2 0 0 0 45 1 - Clifford Baldacchino 09/02/1988 26 Sliema - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Ryan Scicluna 30/07/1993 21 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Roderick Briffa 24/08/1981 33 Valletta - 1 0 0 0 78 1 - Paul Fenech 20/12/1986 27 Birkirkara - 2 0 0 0 23 - - Clayton Failla 08/01/1986 28 Hibernians - 2 0 0 0 37 1 - John Mintoff 23/08/1988 26 Sliema - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Ryan Fenech 20/04/1986 28 Valletta - 2 0 0 0 41 1 - Rowen Muscat 05/06/1991 23 Dunaújváros - 2 0 0 0 12 - - Bjorn Kristensen 05/04/1993 21 Hibernians - 2 0 0 0 5 - - Zach Muscat 22/08/1993 21 Birkirkara - 2 0 0 0 3 - Forwards - Michael Mifsud 17/04/1981 33 Sliema - 2 0 0 0 107 39 - Andrew Cohen 13/05/1981 33 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 59 1 FSV - André Schembri 27/05/1986 28 - 2 0 0 0 60 3 Frankfurt Spartak - Jean Paul Farrugia 21/03/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Trnava - Stephen Pisani 07/08/1992 22 Floriana - 0 0 0 0 - - - Terence Vella 20/04/1990 24 Naxxar - 1 0 0 0 10 - Coach - Pietro Ghedin 21/11/1952 61 - 2 0 0 0 44 - 4 Malta - Italy Monday 13 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali 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 36 Juventus - 2 0 0 0 143 - - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 27 Paris - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Mattia Perin 10/11/1992 21 Genoa - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Giorgio Chiellini 14/08/1984 30 Juventus - 1 2 0 0 72 6 - Matteo Darmian 02/12/1989 24 Torino - 2 0 0 0 7 - - Manuel Pasqual 13/03/1982 32 Fiorentina - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Andrea Ranocchia 16/02/1988 26 Internazionale - 2 0 0 0 16 - - Angelo Ogbonna 23/05/1988 26 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 27 Juventus - 2 1 0 0 41 3 - Mattia De Sciglio 20/10/1992 21 Milan - 2 0 0 0 15 - Midfielders - Andrea Pirlo 19/05/1979 35 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 113 13 - Alberto Aquilani 07/07/1984 30 Fiorentina - 1 0 0 0 36 5 - Antonio Candreva 28/02/1987 27 Lazio - 1 0 0 0 24 - - Andrea Poli 29/09/1989 25 Milan - 1 0 0 0 5 1 - Claudio Marchisio 19/01/1986 28 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 49 4 - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 21 Paris - 0 0 0 0 9 1 - Marco Parolo 25/01/1985 29 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 23 Roma - 2 0 0 0 6 1 Forwards - Sebastian Giovinco 26/01/1987 27 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 19 1 - Graziano Pellè 15/07/1985 29 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - - - Mattia Destro 20/03/1991 23 Roma - 1 0 0 0 7 1 - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 24 Dortmund - 2 0 0 0 7 1 - Simone Zaza 25/06/1991 23 Sassuolo - 2 1 0 0 3 1 Coach - Antonio Conte 31/07/1969 45 - 2 0 0 0 3 - 5 Malta - Italy Monday 13 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Head coach Pietro Ghedin Date of birth: 21 November 1952 Nationality: Italian Playing career: ACF Fiorentina, SS Lazio, AC Venezia, Calcio Catania, Pescara Calcio, AC Pistoiese, AC Siena Coaching career: Italy Under-18, Malta U21, Malta (twice), Italy (assistant), Italy women • Defender Ghedin played in Serie A with Fiorentina and Lazio, joining the latter immediately after the capital side had won their first-ever Scudetto in 1974 and remaining at the Stadio Olimpico until 1981. He played out his career in the lower divisions. • Ghedin became an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) coach in 1987, leading the country's U18s and becoming senior national team scout ahead of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. • He served as the Azzurri goalkeeping coach for the Olympic Games of 1992 and 1996. Additionally, while still under contract with the FIGC, he also coached the Malta national side at both U21 and senior level between 1992 and 1995. • Appointed assistant to Italy coach Cesare Maldini during the 1998 World Cup, Ghedin remained in that role under Dino Zoff at UEFA EURO 2000 and Giovanni Trapattoni at the 2002 World Cup. • Ghedin became Italy's senior women's coach in 2005, guiding them to the UEFA Women's EURO 2009 quarter- finals, before leaving in 2012 to return to the Malta helm. 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. • Made Serie A debut with hometown club Lecce aged 16 in 1985/86 but was not a regular until 1988/89 when his side returned to the top flight after two seasons away.