John Buttigieg - International Appearances


The outstanding Maltese player obtained 95 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:	5-10-1963
Country: Malta
Caps:	95	(W14-D19-L62 - GF64-GA180 - %24.74)
Goals:	 1
Age First Cap:	  20 y 230 d	23- 5-1984 vs. Sweden 0-4
Age Last Cap:	  36 y 175 d	28- 3-2000 vs. Northern Ireland 0-3
National Team Career: 15 y 310 d


Caps   Date	Venue   	Opponent       Score	Competition
  1  23- 5-84	Norrköping	Sweden  	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
  2   6- 9-84	Bethlehem	Israel  	1-2
  3  31-10-84	Praha   	Czechoslovakia	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
  4  10- 2-85	La Valletta	Portugal	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
  5  27- 3-85	Saarbrücken	West Germany	0-6	World Cup Qualifier
  6   4- 4-85	La Valletta	Jordan  	3-1
  7  21- 4-85	La Valletta	Czechoslovakia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  8  12-10-85	Lisboa  	Portugal	2-3	World Cup Qualifier
  9  17-11-85	La Valletta	Sweden  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 10   6-12-86	La Valletta	Italy   	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 11  24- 1-87	Bergamo 	Italy   	0-5	European Ch. Qual.
 12  29- 3-87	Funchal 	Portugal	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
 13  15- 4-87	Neuchâtel	Switzerland	1-4	European Ch. Qual.
 14  24- 5-87	Göteborg	Sweden  	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 15  15-11-87	La Valletta	Switzerland	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 16   2-12-87	Haifa   	Israel  	1-1
 17  20-12-87	La Valletta	Portugal	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 18   7- 2-88	La Valletta	Finland 	2-0	Rothmans Tourn.
 19  10- 2-88	La Valletta	Tunisia 	2-1	Rothmans Tourn.
 20  10- 3-88	Tripoli 	Libya   	1-0 [1]
 21  22- 3-88	La Valletta	Scotland	1-1
 22  21- 5-88	Belfast 	N. Ireland	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 23   1- 6-88	La Valletta	Wales   	2-3
 24  12-10-88	Limassol	Cyprus  	1-0
 25  18-10-88	Beer Sheba	Israel  	0-2
 26  23-11-88	La Valletta	Cyprus  	1-1
 27  11-12-88	La Valletta	Hungary 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 28  22- 1-89	La Valletta	Spain   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 29   8- 2-89	La Valletta	Denmark  	0-2	Rothmans Tourn.
 30  12- 2-89	La Valletta	Finland 	0-0	Rothmans Tourn.
 31  23- 3-89	Sevilla  	Spain   	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
 32  12- 4-89	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 33  26- 4-89	La Valletta	N. Ireland	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 34  28- 5-89	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 35  25-10-89	La Valletta	East Germany	0-4
 36  15-11-89	La Valletta	Ireland 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 37   5- 5-90	Piscataway	United States	0-1
 38  28- 5-90	La Valletta	Scotland	1-2
 39   2- 6-90	La Valletta	Ireland 	0-3
 40  31-10-90	Athinai 	Greece  	0-4	European Ch. Qual.
 41  25-11-90	La Valletta	Finland 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 42   9- 2-91	La Valletta	Portugal	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 43  20- 2-91	Oporto  	Portugal	0-5	European Ch. Qual.
 44   7- 5-91	La Valletta	Iceland 	1-4
 45  16- 5-91	Helsinki	Finland 	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 46  25-10-92	La Valletta	Estonia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 47  18-11-92	Bern     	Switzerland	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 48  19-12-92	La Valletta	Italy   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 49  24- 1-93	La Valletta	Portugal	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 50  17- 2-93	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 51  17- 4-93	La Valletta	Switzerland	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 52  12- 5-93	Tallinn 	Estonia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 53  19- 6-93	Oporto  	Portugal	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
 54   5-11-93	Tunis   	Egypt    	0-3	Tunisia Tournament
 55   7-11-93	Tunis   	Gabon   	2-1	Tunisia Tournament
 56  17-11-93	La Valletta	Scotland	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 57   8- 2-94	La Valletta	Tunisia 	1-1	Rothmans Tourn.
 58  10- 2-94	La Valletta	Georgia 	0-1	Rothmans Tourn.
 59  12- 2-94	La Valletta	Slovenia	0-1	Rothmans Tourn.
 60  16- 2-94	La Valletta	Belgium 	1-0	
 61  30- 3-94	La Valletta	Slovakia	1-2
 62  19- 4-94	La Valletta	Azerbaijan	5-0
 63   2- 6-94	Riga    	Latvia  	0-2
 64  16- 7-94	Yerevan 	Armenia 	0-1
 65  19- 7-94	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	1-1
 66  16- 8-94	Bratislava	Slovakia	1-1
 67   6- 9-94	Ostrava 	Czech Republic	1-6	European Ch. Qual.
 68  12-10-94	La Valletta	Czech Republic	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 69  14-12-94	La Valletta	Norway  	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 70  22- 2-95	La Valletta	Luxembourg	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 71  26- 4-95	Minsk   	Belarus 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 72   7- 6-95	Oslo    	Norway  	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 73  16- 8-95	La Valletta	Albania 	2-1
 74   6- 9-95	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 75   7- 2-96	La Valletta	Russia  	0-2 	Rothmans Tourn.
 76   9- 2-96	La Valletta	Slovenia	0-0	Rothmans Tourn.
 77  11- 2-96	La Valletta	Iceland 	1-4	Rothmans Tourn.
 78  10-10-98	La Valletta	Croatia 	1-4	European Ch. Qual.
 79  14-10-98	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-5	European Ch. Qual.
 80  18-11-98	La Valletta	Macedonia	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 81  27- 1-99	La Valletta	Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-1
 82   3- 2-99	La Valletta	Poland  	0-1
 83  10- 2-99	La Valetta	Yugoslavia	0-3	European Ch. Qual.
 84  28- 4-99	La Valetta	Iceland 	1-2
 85   8- 6-99	Thessaloniki	Yugoslavia	1-4	European Ch. Qual.
 86   8- 9-99	La Valletta	Ireland 	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
 87  24-11-99	Beirut   	Lebanon 	0-0
 88  15-12-99	La Valletta	Lebanon 	1-0
 89  20- 1-00	La Valletta	Qatar   	2-0	
 90   6- 2-00	La Valletta	Azerbaijan	3-0	Rothmans Tourn.
 91   8- 2-00	La Valletta	Andorra 	1-1	Rothmans Tourn.
 92  10- 2-00	La Valletta	Albania 	0-1	Rothmans Tourn.
 93  28- 3-00	La Valletta	N. Ireland	0-3
 94  28- 5-00	La Valletta	South Africa	0-1
 95   3- 6-00	La Valletta	England 	1-2 

[1] abandoned after 43 min.

Note: the matches against Italy U-21 (played on 5/12/1984) and England "B" 
      (played on 14/10/1987) in which Buttigieg played, are not considered 
      full internationals matches (anymore) and therefore not included here.

  4   5-12-84	La Valletta	Italy U-21	1-2 [*]
 16  14-10-87	La Valletta	England "B"	0-2 [*]

Total Record 

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    95    14   19   62   64- 180      47      24.74


Types of Matches

Friendlies			31
European Ch. Qual.		25
World Cup Qualifier		24
Rothmans Tournament        	13
Other Tournaments		 2

Total caps: 			95


Goals:

Cap 91	1 goal

Total:	1 goal
                   

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