Under-19 national team coach Vasco Regini has called up a 27-man squad for back-to-back friendlies away to Latvia, his first window in charge of the age group. The matches will be played at the J. Skredela Stadium, Riga on Friday 5 September (16:00 CET) and Sunday 7 September 2025 (11:00 CET).
Regini’s selection blends a strong domestic core with several overseas-based players and is designed to sharpen Malta’s readiness for the 2026 UEFA European U19 Championship Qualifiers. Malta have been drawn in Group 13 alongside Czechia, Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan, with the qualifying mini-tournament scheduled for November 2025.
Malta’s U19S will use the Riga double-header to test combinations, hand minutes to emerging prospects, and bed in the staff’s game model ahead of the autumn qualifiers.
Squad
Goalkeepers:
Carlos Camilleri (Hibernians FC), Miguel Camilleri (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Kyran Massa (Luqa St Andrew’s FC)
Defenders:
Sheldon Borg (Pietà Hotspurs FC), Nathan Joyce (Floriana FC), Denzil Bugeja (Xewkija Tigers FC), Aiden Agius (Mosta FC), Luca Vella (Valletta FC), Shaun Xiberras (Pietà Hotspurs FC), Adam Vella (St Andrews FC), Dwayne Pullicino (Birkirkara FC), Malik Marwan Amin (Sydney FC – AUS), Jayden Vella (Pietà Hotspurs FC), Adam Aquilina (Melita FC)
Midfielders:
Thomas Melillo (Valletta FC), Dejan Farrugia (Floriana FC), Liam Micallef (Żabbar St Patrick’s FC), Luke Bugeja (Pietà Hotspurs FC), Kye Anthony Cassar (McArthur Bulls – AUS)
Forwards:
Jake Borg (Pietà Hotspurs FC), Jean Borg (Pietà Hotspurs FC), Cristian Vella Gonzalez (Las Palmas – ESP), Claude Mercieca (Valletta FC), Emerson Piscopo (Floriana FC), Lyon Abela (Hibernians FC), Kai Giyan Bartolo (Wealdstone FC – ENG), Nathan Zerafa (Floriana FC)
The twin friendlies mark the start of the Regini era and a valuable tune-up before November’s qualifying tests.
