List of Malta national football team captains

The first Malta captain was Salvinu Schembri who captained Malta in their first official match against Austria on 24 February 1957. Since its first competitive match, more than 300 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. Of them, 32 have served as captain of the national team.^[1] The record holder is currently Michael Mifsud with 48.

List of captains

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are initially listed by number of matches captained, followed by number of international caps attained. If the number of matches captained and the number of caps earned are equal, then the player who captained the national team first is listed first. Statistics correct as of 10 September 2018.

#	Player	Malta career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First captaincy	Last captaincy	Ref
1	Michael Mifsud	2000–	48	133	27 May 2004	10 September 2018	[2]
2	Raymond Vella	1984–1994	48	67	10 February 1985	16 February 1994	[3]
3	John Holland	1974–1987	42	61	6 September 1977	24 January 1987	[4]
4	Carmel Busuttil	1982–2001	36	113	17 February 1993	25 April 2001	[5]
5	Gilbert Agius	1993–2009	32	120	11 February 2002	9 September 2009	[6]
6	David Carabott	1987–2005	19	122	28 February 2001	9 February 2005	[7]
7	Chris Laferla	1986–1998	16	65	10 February 1992	6 September 1995	[8]
8	André Schembri	2006–	14	90	25 March 2015	26 March 2018	[9]
9	Silvio Vella	1988–2000	13	90	7 February 1996	6 August 1997	[10]
10	Brian Said	1996–2009	12	91	4 September 2004	18 November 2009	[11]
11	Ronnie Cocks	1966–1978	12	21	11 October 1970	4 September 1974	[12]
12	Roderick Briffa	2003–	9	97	7 October 2011	31 May 2016	[13]
13	Willie Vassallo	1970–1977	9	28	22 December 1974	27 November 1977	[14]
14	John Buttigieg	1984–2000	6	97	21 May 1988	9 February 1996	[15]
15	Luke Dimech	1999–2013	6	78	18 August 2004	14 November 2012	[16]
16	Joe Cini	1957–1972	6	18	13 February 1966	18 June 1971	[17]
17	Joe Brincat	1987–2004	5	103	11 October 1997	14 February 2004	[18]
18	Edward Darmanin	1969–1977	5	28	10 March 1976	30 April 1977	[19]
19	Lolly Borg	1957–1962	5	8	18 June 1961	8 December 1962	[20]
20	Jeffrey Chetcuti	1994–2005	2	69	13 February 2002	16 February 2004	[21]
21	Nicky Saliba	1988–2001	2	68	10 February 1998	6 June 1998	[22]
22	Gareth Sciberras	2003–	2	52	17 November 2010	26 March 2017	[23]
23	Salvinu Schembri	1957–1958	2	3	24 February 1957	25 January 1958	[24]
24	Pullu Demanuele	1957–1958	2	3	8 March 1959	8 December 1960	[25]
25	Justin Haber	2004–2016	1	56	28 March 2007	28 March 2007	[26]
26	Alex Azzopardi	1982–1991	1	45	10 February 1989	10 February 1989	[27]
27	Freddie Mizzi	1960–1977	1	19	20 December 1970	20 December 1970	[28]
28	Louis Arpa	1969–1977	1	18	28 September 1973	28 September 1973	[29]
29	Mario Schembri	1976–1983	1	14	15 May 1983	15 May 1983	[30]
30	Joe Cilia	1957–1964	1	10	8 March 1964	8 March 1964	[31]
31	John Privitera	1962–1970	1	7	27 April 1969	27 April 1969	[32]
32	Josef Mifsud	2007–2008	1	6	17 November 2007	17 November 2007	[33]

See also

• List of Malta international footballers

References

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