EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Stadium - Ta' Qali Friday 10 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Malta Group H - Matchday -11 Norway Last updated 12/07/2021 16:54CET 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 - Norway Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached M. Mifsud 53; Iversen 21/11/2007 QR (GS) Malta - Norway 1-4 Ta' Qali 25, 27 (P), 45, Pedersen 75 Hæstad 31, Helstad 02/06/2007 QR (GS) Norway - Malta 4-0 Oslo 73, Iversen 79, John Arne Riise 90+1 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 07/06/1995 PR (GS) Norway - Malta 2-0 Oslo Fjørtoft 42, Flo 88 14/12/1994 PR (GS) Malta - Norway 0-1 Ta' Qali Fjørtoft 10 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 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 11 Norway 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 11 1 FIFA* Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 0 2 2 2 10 Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 2 0 10 2 Total Malta 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 8 0 2 6 3 21 Norway 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 8 6 2 0 21 3 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Malta - Norway Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Match background Norway welcome Malta in search of a fourth successive home win against their UEFA EURO 2016 Group H rivals. Match background • Norway's record in eight matches against Malta is W6 D2 L0 (W3 D0 L0 at home, W3 D2 L0 in Malta). They have never conceded a goal at home against Malta, and have come out on top in all four of their previous competitive matches against the Mediterranean nation. • Malta have twice held Norway to 1-1 draws – at the old Empire Stadium in Gzira on 5 November 1961 and at National Stadium Ta' Qali on 7 February 1990. However, they are now on a five-match losing streak against Norway. • The sides' first competitive meetings came in EURO '96 qualifying. On 14 December 1994, Jan Åge Fjørtoft's tenth- minute goal earned Egil Olsen's side a 1-0 win against Pietro Ghedin's Malta. Fjørtoft (42) and Jostein Flo (88) were on target as Norway won the return game in Oslo on 7 June 1995 2-0. • The sides' most recent encounters were in 2008 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Åge Hareide's Norway beat Dušan Fitzel's Malta 4-0 in Oslo on 2 June 2007 (Kristofer Hæsted 31, Thorstein Helstad 73, Steffen Iversen 79, John Arne Riise 90+1), and 4-1 in Ta'Qali on 11 November the same year (Michael Mifsud 53; Steffen Iversen 25, 27 and 45; Morten Gamst Pedersen 75). Andre Schembri was sent off after 67 minutes. • Norway have won all six of their matches against Malta in UEFA's youth and men's age-limit tournaments. • The four matches between Norwegian and Maltese sides in UEFA club competitions have produced three Norwegian wins and a 1-1 draw, Floriana FC holding Stabæk Fotball in a 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup first round game, before winning the return tie 2-0. 3 Malta - Norway Friday 10 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 - 1 0 0 0 36 - - 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 - 1 0 0 0 15 - - Justin Grioli 20/09/1987 27 Balzan - 0 0 0 0 - - - André Agius 12/08/1986 28 Hibernians - 1 0 0 0 44 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 - 0 0 0 0 77 1 - Paul Fenech 20/12/1986 27 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 22 - - Clayton Failla 08/01/1986 28 Hibernians - 1 0 0 0 36 1 - John Mintoff 23/08/1988 26 Sliema - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Ryan Fenech 20/04/1986 28 Valletta - 1 0 0 0 40 1 - Rowen Muscat 05/06/1991 23 Dunaújváros - 1 0 0 0 11 - - Bjorn Kristensen 05/04/1993 21 Hibernians - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Zach Muscat 22/08/1993 21 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Michael Mifsud 17/04/1981 33 Sliema - 1 0 0 0 106 39 - Andrew Cohen 13/05/1981 33 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 59 1 FSV - André Schembri 27/05/1986 28 - 1 0 0 0 59 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 - 0 0 0 0 9 - Coach - Pietro Ghedin 21/11/1952 61 - 1 0 0 0 43 - 4 Malta - Norway Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Norway Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rune Jarstein 29/09/1984 30 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 37 - - Ørjan Håskjold Nyland 10/09/1990 24 Molde - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Sten Grytebust 25/10/1989 24 Aalesund - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Tom Høgli 24/02/1984 30 København - 0 0 0 0 41 2 - Steffen Hagen 08/03/1986 28 Odd - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Per Egil Flo 18/01/1989 25 Molde - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Omar Elabdellaoui 05/12/1991 22 Olympiacos - 1 0 0 0 9 - - Vegard Forren 16/02/1988 26 Molde - 1 0 0 0 15 - - Ruben Gabrielsen 10/03/1992 22 Molde - 0 0 0 0 - - - Martin Linnes 20/09/1991 23 Molde - 0 0 0 0 6 - Midfielders - Jone Samuelsen 06/07/1984 30 Odd - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Per Ciljan Skjelbred 16/06/1987 27 Hertha - 1 0 0 0 25 1 - André Danielsen 20/01/1985 29 Viking - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Alexander Tettey 04/04/1986 28 Norwich - 1 0 0 0 19 - - Harmeet Singh 12/11/1990 23 Molde - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Håvard Nordtveit 21/06/1990 24 Mönchengladbach - 1 0 0 0 17 1 - Stefan Johansen 08/01/1991 23 Celtic - 1 0 0 0 11 1 - Mats Møller Daehli 02/03/1995 19 Cardiff - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Martin Ødegaard 17/12/1998 15 Strømsgodset - 0 0 0 0 1 - Forwards - Tarik Elyounoussi 23/02/1988 26 Hoffenheim - 1 0 0 0 33 8 - Fredrik Gulbrandsen 10/09/1992 22 Molde - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Joshua King 15/01/1992 22 Blackburn - 1 0 0 0 13 2 - Håvard Nielsen 15/07/1993 21 Braunschweig - 1 0 0 0 7 1 Coach - Per-Mathias Høgmo 01/12/1959 54 - 1 0 0 0 12 - 5 Malta - Norway Friday 10 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. Per-Mathias Høgmo Date of birth: 1 December 1959 Nationality: Norwegian Playing career: Gratangen IL, FK Mjølner, Tromsø IL (twice), IFK Norrköping Coaching career: Gratangen IL, Tromsalden UIL, Tromsø IL (three times), Fossum IF, Moss FK, Norway (women), Norway Under-21, Rosenborg BK, Djurgårdens IF, Norway • An industrious winger, Høgmo's playing career peaked with a 1986 Norwegian Cup success with Tromsø; he then turned to coaching, leading local clubs and helping out with Norway's national youth teams.