Carmel Busuttil - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Maltese player, who obtained 111 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 5/ 6/82 Messina Iceland 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 2 14/10/82 Sofia Bulgaria 0-7 3 26/12/82 La Valletta Bulgaria 0-0 4 1/ 1/83 Marsa Tunisia 1-2 5 15/ 5/83 La Valletta Spain 2-3 European Ch. Qual. 6 5/ 6/83 Reykjavík Iceland 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 7 9/10/83 Tripoli Libya 0-4 8 16/11/83 Dublin Ireland 0-8 European Ch. Qual. 9 16/12/84 La Valletta West Germany 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 10 10/ 2/85 La Valletta Portugal 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 11 27/ 3/85 Saarbrücken West Germany 0-6 World Cup Qualifier 12 4/ 4/85 La Valletta Jordan 3-1 13 21/ 4/85 La Valletta Czechoslovakia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 14 12/10/85 Lisboa Portugal 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 15 17/11/85 La Valletta Sweden 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 16 6/12/86 La Valletta Italy 0-2 European Ch. Qual. 17 24/ 1/87 Bergamo Italy 0-5 European Ch. Qual. 18 29/ 3/87 Funchal Portugal 2-2 European Ch. Qual. 19 15/ 4/87 Neuchâtel Switzerland 1-4 European Ch. Qual. 20 24/ 5/87 Göteborg Sweden 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 21 15/11/87 La Valletta Switzerland 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 22 2/12/87 Haifa Israel 1-1 23 20/12/87 La Valletta Portugal 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 24 7/ 2/87 La Valletta Finland 2-0 Rothmans Tournament 25 10/ 2/87 La Valletta Tunisia 2-1 Rothmans Tournament 26 10/ 3/88 Tripoli Libya 0-1 (1) 27 22/ 3/88 La Valletta Scotland 1-1 28 21/ 5/88 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 29 1/ 6/88 La Valletta Wales 2-3 30 12/10/88 Limassol Cyprus 1-0 31 18/10/88 Beer Sheba Israel 0-2 32 11/12/88 La Valletta Hungary 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 33 11/ 1/89 La Valletta Israel 1-2 34 22/ 1/89 La Valletta Spain 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 35 23/ 3/89 Sevilla Spain 0-4 World Cup Qualifier 36 12/ 4/89 Budapest Hungary 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 37 26/ 4/89 La Valletta Northern Ireland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 38 28/ 5/89 Dublin Ireland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 39 4/10/89 La Valletta Austria 1-2 40 11/10/89 Limassol Cyprus 0-0 41 15/11/89 La Valletta Ireland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 42 31/10/90 Athinai Greece 0-4 European Ch. Qual. 43 25/11/90 La Valletta Finland 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 44 19/12/90 La Valletta Netherlands 0-8 European Ch. Qual.
45 9/ 2/91 La Valletta Portugal 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
46 20/ 2/91 Oporto Portugal 0-5 European Ch. Qual. 47 16/ 5/91 Helsinki Finland 0-2 European Ch. Qual. 48 27/11/91 La Valletta Libya 2-0 49 22/12/91 La Valletta Greece 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 50 26/ 5/92 La Valletta Latvia 1-0 51 7/10/92 Limassol Cyprus 0-3 52 25/10/92 La Valletta Estonia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 18/11/92 Bern Switzerland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 54 19/12/92 La Valletta Italy 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 55 24/ 1/93 La Valletta Portugal 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 56 17/ 2/93 Glasgow Scotland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 57 24/ 3/93 Palermo Italy 1-6 World Cup Qualifier 58 17/ 4/93 La Valletta Switzerland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 59 5/11/93 Tunis Egypt 0-3 Tunisia Tournament 60 7/11/93 Tunis Gabon 2-1 Tunisia Tournament 61 17/11/93 La Valletta Scotland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 62 16/ 2/94 La Valletta Belgium 1-0 63 19/ 4/94 La Valletta Azerbaijan 5-0 64 2/ 6/94 Riga Latvia 0-2 65 16/ 7/94 Yerevan Armenia 0-1 66 19/ 7/94 Tbilisi Georgia 1-1 67 16/ 8/94 Bratislava Slovakia 1-1 68 6/ 9/94 Ostrava Czech Republic 1-6 European Ch. Qual. 69 12/10/94 La Valletta Czech Republic 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
70 14/12/94 La Valletta Norway 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 71 22/ 2/95 La Valletta Luxembourg 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
72 29/ 3/95 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-4 European Ch. Qual.
73 26/ 4/95 Minsk Belarus 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 74 7/ 6/95 Oslo Norway 0-2 European Ch. Qual. 75 16/ 8/95 La Valletta Albania 2-1 76 6/ 9/95 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
77 11/10/95 La Valletta Netherlands 0-4 European Ch. Qual.
78 12/11/95 La Valletta Belarus 0-2 European Ch. Qual. 79 2/ 6/96 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-6 World Cup Qualifier 80 11/10/97 La Valletta Yugoslavia 0-5 World Cup Qualifier 81 6/ 2/98 La Valetta Albania 1-1 Rothmans Tournament 82 8/ 2/98 La Valletta Latvia 2-1 Rothmans Tournament 83 25/ 3/98 La Valletta Finland 0-2 84 3/ 6/98 La Valletta Wales 0-3 85 2/ 9/98 La Valletta Germany 1-2 86 6/ 9/98 Skopje Macedonia 0-4 European Ch. Qual. 87 10/10/98 La Valletta Croatia 1-4 European Ch. Qual. 88 18/11/98 La Valletta Macedonia 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
89 27/ 1/99 La Valletta Bosnia-Herzegov. 2-1 90 3/ 2/99 La Valletta Poland 0-1 91 10/ 2/99 La Valetta Yugoslavia 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
92 10/ 3/99 La Valletta Moldova 0-2 93 8/ 6/99 Thessaloniki Yugoslavia 1-4 European Ch. Qual.
94 21/ 8/99 Zagreb Croatia 1-2 European Ch. Qual. 95 8/ 9/99 La Valletta Ireland 2-3 European Ch. Qual. 96 24/11/99 Beirut Lebanon 0-0 97 20/ 1/00 La Valletta Qatar 2-0
98 6/ 2/00 La Valletta Azerbaijan 3-0 Rothmans Tournament 99 8/ 2/00 La Valletta Andorra 1-1 Rothmans Tournament 100 10/ 2/00 La Valletta Albania 0-1 Rothmans Tournament 101 28/ 3/00 La Valletta Northern Ireland 0-3 102 28/ 5/00 La Valletta South Africa 0-1 103 3/ 6/00 La Valletta England 1-2 104 27/ 7/00 Laugardsvollur Iceland 0-5 105 16/ 8/00 Chisinau Moldova 0-1 106 2/ 9/00 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 107 7/10/00 Sofia Bulgaria 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 108 11/10/00 La Valettea Czech Republic 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 109 15/11/00 Tiranë Albania 0-3 110 24/ 3/01 La Valletta Denmark 0-5 World Cup Qualifier 111 25/ 4/01 La Valletta Iceland 1-4 World Cup Qualifier

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

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 111 15 20 76 73 - 244 50 22.52

Types of Matches Friendlies 38 World Cup Qualifiers 29 European Champ. Qual. 35 Rothmans Tournament 7 Tunisia Tournament 2

Total 111

Goals:

Cap 5 2 goals Cap 9 1 goal Cap 18 1 goal Cap 19 1 goal Cap 21 1 goal Cap 24 2 goals Cap 25 1 goal Cap 27 1 goal Cap 29 2 goals Cap 30 1 goal Cap 32 2 goals Cap 36 1 goal Cap 57 1 goal Cap 60 1 goal Cap 62 1 goal Cap 63 1 goal Cap 82 1 goal Cap 91 1 goal Cap 97 1 goal

Total: 23 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 20 Jan 2022