AFI has extensive experience working with the Maltese community in Australia.
We are now looking forward to bringing Footy 9s to Malta!
Footy 9s is played on rectangular fields, allowing the sport to be played on any soccer or rugby field.
There are 3 great formats to choose from – Men’s Footy, Women’s Footy and Touch Footy.
Get Involved
If you are keen to be involved with the development of the sport in Malta, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & MALTA
The first Maltese-born people arrived in Australia as convicts in 1810, followed by the first free settlers in 1838. The peak period of migration to Australia occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. The 2016 Census recorded 175,559 people in Australia with Maltese ancestry and 37,609 people who were born in Malta.
AFL PLAYERS
Jayden Attard | Tony Buhagiar | Jaryd Cachia | David Calthorpe | John Formosa | Blake Grima | Nathan Grima | Adam Saliba
TEAM MALTA
Team Malta competes at a number of AFI tournaments, including the Harmony Cup and the World 9s.
Major Results
2019 World 9s – Runners Up
The Republic of Malta consists of an archipelago situated centrally in the Mediterranean, located 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km east of Tunisia. Only the 3 largest islands — Malta Island (Malta), Gozo (Ghawdex), and Comino (Kemmuna) — are inhabited.
Malta covers just over 300 km² in land area, making it one of the world’s smallest and most densely populated countries. Its de facto capital is Valletta and the largest city is Birkirkara.
The main island is made up of many small towns, which together form one metropolitan area with a population of 368,250 (majority of the population of the island). Therefore, Malta can be considered a city-state.
Malta’s location has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base. A succession of powers – including the Phoenicians, Romans, Moors, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, Knights of St. John, French and British – have ruled the islands. Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English.
