Malta women's national football team
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| Association | Malta Football Association |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Mark Gatt |
| Captain | Dorianne Theuma |
| Most caps | Dorianne Theuma (64) |
| Top scorer | Dorianne Theuma (21) |
| Home stadium | Centenary Stadium |
| FIFA code | MLT |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 96  5 (23 December 2016)
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| Highest | 74 (August 2003) |
| Lowest | 113 (December 2006) |
| First international | |
 Romania 3–0 Malta  (Bucharest, August 10, 2003) |
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| Biggest win | |
Malta 6–0 Luxembourg  (Ta'Qali, April 6, 2013) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Malta 0–13 Spain  (Ta'Qali, September 9, 2009) |
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The Malta women's national football team represents the Malta Football Association in international women's football matches sanctioned by UEFA. As of December 2012 Malta ranks 104th in FIFA's Women's World Ranking.
The team first appeared in official competitions in the 2005 European Championship's qualifying, debuting on August 10, 2003 in Bucharest with a 3–0 loss to Romania. Malta lost all eight games, with a 1–35 goal average. The team's first goal was scored by Sarah Caruana on November 20, 2003 against Croatia.
After 13 losses Malta achieved its first tie on June 7, 2006 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last match of the 2007 World Cup's qualifying. The team played for the first time against elite national teams in the 2011 World Cup's qualifying, losing all games including a record 0–13 defeat to Spain. On March 3, 2011 Malta won an official match for the first time in the 2013 European Championship qualifying's preliminary round, beating Georgia 1–0 with a goal by D'Agostino in injury time.
On April 6, 2013 Malta attained its first crushing win by beating Luxembourg 6–0 in the 2015 World Cup qualifying's preliminary round. The team also defeated Latvia and tied with Albania to top the group and make it past a preliminary round for the first time in its fourth attempt.
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