Pietro Ghedin and Silvio Vella name provisional squads

The senior squad will be playing a friendly match against Slovakia in Zilina on September 4 before they face Croatia in the first match from the EURO 2016 qualifiers on September 9. The other teams in the group are  Italy, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Norway.

Meanwhile, the Under-21 national team will be facing Turkey in the last match from Group 7 of the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers.

The Malta A squad is made up of:

Goalkeepers Justin Haber (Birkirkara), Andrew Hogg (Kalloni), Nicky Vella (Valletta), Glenn Zammit (Sliema);

Defenders Andrei Agius (unattached), Steve Bezzina (Balzan), Steve Borg (Valletta), Ryan Camilleri (Valletta), Jonathan Caruana (Valletta), Clayton Failla (Hibernians), Justin Grioli (Balzan), Zach Muscat (Birkirkara);

Midfielders Andrew Cohen (Hibs), Paul Fenech (Birkirkara), Ryan Fenech (Valletta), Brooke Farrugia (Floriana), Edward Herrera (Birkirkara), Bjorn Kristensen (Hibs), Rowen Muscat (Dunaujvaros), Lydon Micallef (Balzan), Steve Pisani (Floriana), Andre Schembri (FSV Frankfurt), Ryan Scicluna (Birkirkara);

Forwards Michael Mifsud (Sliema), Jean Paul Farrugia (Spartak Trnava), Terence Vella (Naxxar).

The Under-21 squad is made up of:

Goalkeepers Matthew Calleja Cremona (Pembroke), Yenz Cini (Valletta), Jurgen Borg (Hibs);

Defenders Louis Cutajar (Hereford), Emanuel Briffa (Floriana), Cain Attard (Pietà), Christian Grech (Pietà), Keith Tanti (Hibs), Sacha Borg (Floriana),

Midfielders Jurgen Pisani (Pietà), Timothy Tabone Desira (Hibs), Clyde Borg (Floriana), Kurt Zammit (Mosta), Ryan Camenzuli (Birkirkara), Antoine Borg (Birkirkara), Johann Bezzina (Hibs), Llywelyn Cremona (Valletta), Terence Agius (Pietà), Kyle Cesare (Pietà);

Forwards Ryan Micallef (Qormi), Luke Montebello (Valletta).