14th Malta International Football Tournament 2008
Date: Feb 2-6, 2008
Venue: National Stadium, Ta'Qali
Teams: Armenia, Belarus, Iceland, Malta
[Feb 2]
Belarus 2 (Roman Vasilyuk 33, Pavel Plaskonny 47)
Iceland 0
HT: 1-0. Ref: Chris Lautier (Malta).
BLR: Siarhei Veremko; Aleksandr Kulchiy, Yegor Filipenko, Sergei
Omelyanchuk (Ihar Shytau 80), Pavel Plaskonny, Vitali Bulyga,
Sergei Kornilenko (Vyacheslav Hleb 54), Maksim Romashchenko
(Sergei Kryvets 85), Gennadi Bliznyuk (Aleksandr Paulav 54), Roman
Vasilyuk, Roman Kirenkin (Kiryl Pavlyuchek 46).
ISL: Stefan Magnusson; Birkir Saevarsson, Bjarni Eiriksson, Bjarni
Gudjonsson, Atli Thorarinsson, Aron Gunnarsson (David Vidarsson
82), Bjarni Vidarsson (Palmi Palmason 82), Stefan Gislason (Jonas
Saevarsson 62), Tryggvi Gudmundsson (Eyjolfur Hedinsson 66), Helgi
Sigurdsson (Gunnar Thorvaldsson 78), Theodor Bjarnason (Baldur
Adalsteinsson 46).
Malta 0
Armenia 1 (Ara Hakobyan 69)
HT: 0-0. Ref: Magnus Porisson (Iceland).
MLT: Mario Muscat; Shaun Bajada, Brian Said, Aaron Xuereb, Gilbert
Agius (Stephen Wellman 72), Roderick Briffa, Etienne Barbara
(Peter Puliccino 72), Ivan Woods (Andrew Cohen 46), George Mallia
(Cleavon Frendo 46), Ryan Fenech (Gareth Sciberras 60), Roderick
Bajada (Kenneth Scicluna 85).
ARM: Mayis Azizyan; Karen Dokhoyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Aleksandr
Tateosian (Henrikh Mkhitaryan 74), Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Ararat
Arakelyan (Karen Aleksanyan 65), Artur Voskanyan, Levon Pachajyan
(Karlen Mkrtchyan 83), Vahagn Minasyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan (Ara
Hakobyan 58), Samvel Melkonyan (Norayr Sahakyan 76).
[Feb 4]
Belarus 1 (Vyacheslav Hleb 5)
Armenia 2 (Ararat Aralkeyan 19, Ara Hakobyan 77)
HT: 1-1. Ref: Anton Zammit (Malta).
BLR: Aleksandr Liantsevich; Aleksandr Kulchiy, Yegor Filipenko, Sergei
Omelyanchuk, Pavel Plaskonny (Anton Pytsila 46), Vitali Bulyga,
Maksim Romashchenko, Gennadi Bliznyuk (Mikalai Asipovich 46),
Roman Vasilyuk (Sergei Kornilenko 67), Kiryl Pavlyuchek,
Vyacheslav Hleb.
ARM: Mayis Azizyan; Karen Dokhoyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Aleksandr
Tadevosyan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan (Gevorg Ghazaryan 82), Ararat
Arakelyan, Artur Voskanyan (Karen Aleksanyan 74), Levon Pachajyan
(Norayr Sahakyan 74), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Ara Hakobyan 56), Karlen
Mkrtchyan, Samvel Melkonyan (Artur Edigaryan 88).
Sent off: ARM - Tadevosyan 84.
Malta 1 (Cleavon Frendo 18)
Iceland 0
HT: 1-0. Ref: Alexey Kulbakov (Belarus).
MLT: Andrew Hogg; Josef Mifsud, Stephen Wellman, Luke Dimech (Ian
Azzopardi 46), Kevin Sammut (Roderick Briffa 73), Andrew Cohen,
Ivan Woods (Etienne Barbara 20), Peter Puliccino (Gareth Sciberras
46; Cleavon Frendo 89), Kenneth Scicluna, Jamie Pace, George
Mallia.
ISL: Fjalar Thorgeirsson; Birkir Saevarsson, Hyalmar Jonsson, Bjarni
Gudjonsson, Atli Thorarinsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson (Helgi Sigurdsson
46), Eyjolfur Hedinsson (Tryggvi Gudmundsson 63), David Vidarsson,
Gunnar Thorvaldsson, Palmi Palmason, Baldur Adalsteinsson (Stefan
Gislason 46).
[Feb 6]
Iceland 2 (Tryggvi Gudmundsson 45+1, Gunnar Thorvaldsson 72)
Armenia 0
HT: 1-0. Ref: Joe Attard (Malta).
ISL: Kjartan Sturluson; Birkir Saevarsson, Eyjolfur Hedinsson (Palmi
Palmason 65), Bjarni Gudjonsson, Atli Thorarinsson (Hyalmar
Jonsson 83), Ragnar Sigurdsson, Hermann Hreidarsson (Bjarni
Eiriksson 74), Stefan Gislason, Tryggvi Gudmundsson (David
Vidarsson 83), Gunnar Thorvaldsson (Baldur Adalsteinsson 74),
Jonas Saevarsson.
ARM: Mayis Azizyan; Karen Dokhoyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan,
Karlen Mkrtchyan (Vahagn Minasyan 76), Artur Voskanyan (Gevorg
Ghazaryan 46), Karen Aleksanyan, Levon Pachajyan, Henrikh
Mkhitaryan, Ara Hakobyan, Artavazd Karamyan (Norayr Sahakyan 85).
Malta 0
Belarus 1 (Maksim Romashchenko 89)
HT: 0-0. Ref: Ararat Tshagharyan (Armenia).
MLT: Justin Haber; Ian Azzopardi, Brian Said (Aaron Xuereb 66), Luke
Dimech, Gilbert Agius (Jamie Pace 65), Roderick Briffa (Kenneth
Scicluna 85), Michael Mifsud, Ivan Woods (Cleavon Frendo 46),
George Mallia (Shaun Bajada 46), Gareth Sciberras, Udo Nwoko
(Kevin Sammut 81).
BLR: Yuri Zhevnov; Aleksandr Kulchiy, Yegor Filipenko, Sergei
Omelyanchuk, Artyom Radkov (Kiryl Pavlyuchek 66), Timofey
Kalachyov, Vitali Bulyga (Vyacheslav Hleb 60), Aleksandr Hleb,
Aleksey Skvernyuk, Vitaly Kutuzov, Nikolay Kashevski (Maksim
Romashchenko 60).
Final Standings P W D L F A Pts
1.Belarus 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6 - Champions
2.Armenia 3 2 0 1 3- 3 6
3.Iceland 3 1 0 2 2- 3 3
4.Malta 3 1 0 2 1- 2 3
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GOALSCORERS:
2 - Ara Hakobyan (Armenia).
1 - Roman Roman Vasilyuk (Belarus), Pavel Plaskonny (Belarus),
Vyacheslav Hleb (Belarus), Ararat Aralkeyan (Armenia), Cleavon
Frendo (Malta), Tryggvi Gudmundsson (Iceland), Gunnar Thorvaldsson
(Iceland), Maksim Romashchenko (Belarus).
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SQUAD LISTS
MALTA
Coach: Dusan Fitzel.
GK: Omar Borg (Birkirkara), Justin Haber (Haidari/GRE), Andrew Hogg
(Valletta), Mario Muscat (Hibernians).
DF: Ian Azzopardi (Sliema W), Roderick Briffa (Sliema W), Luke Dimech
(Macclesfield/ENG), Josef Mifsud (Valletta), Peter Pullicino
(Marsaxlokk), Brian Said (Sliema W), Stephen Wellman (Marsaxlokk),
Kenneth Scicluna (Valletta), Aaron Xuereb (Hibernians).
MF: Roderick Bajada (Sliema W), Shaun Bajada (Birkirkara), Cleavon
Frendo (Marsaxlokk), George Mallia (Birkirkara), Udo Nwoko
(Leixoes/POR), Jamie Pace (Marsaxlokk), Kevin Sammut (Marsaxlokk),
Gareth Sciberras (Marsaxlokk).
FW: Gilbert Agius (Valletta), Etienne Barbara (Sliema), Andrew Cohen
(Hibernians), Ryan Fenech (Hamrun), Michael Mifsud (Coventry/ENG),
Terence Scerri (Hibernians), Ivan Woods (Sliema W).
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