2019–20 Gibraltar National League

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Gibraltar National League
The Victoria Stadium where each match is played
Season2019–20
Dates12 August 2019 – 3 May 2020
ChampionsNo champion[1]
Champions LeagueEuropa
Europa LeagueSt Joseph's
Lincoln Red Imps
Matches played104
Goals scored481 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorerJuanfri (24 goals)
Best goalkeeperJamie Robba
Dayle Coleing (7 clean sheets)
Biggest home winLincoln Red Imps 9–1 College 1975
(19 September 2019)
Biggest away winCollege 1975 0–12 Europa
(1 November 2019)
Highest scoringCollege 1975 0–12 Europa
(1 November 2019)
Boca Gibraltar 7–5 College 1975
(20 February 2020)
Manchester 62 1–11 Mons Calpe
(12 March 2020)
All statistics correct as of 12 March 2020.

The 2019–20 Gibraltar National League season is the first season of the new Gibraltar National League in Gibraltar, and the 121st season of football on the territory overall. The league was announced in June 2018 when the Gibraltar Football Association decided to merge the Gibraltar Premier Division and Gibraltar Second Division at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season.[2]

On 1 August 2019, it was confirmed that the league would be contested by 16 teams.[3] Eleven days later, the GFA revealed that two teams had withdrawn and the league would be contested by 14 teams.[4] That number was reduced to 13 the following day when Leo also withdrew from the league.[5]

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended in March 2020. The Challenge Group was abandoned, while the Gibraltar FA looked to conclude the Championship Group in some form. On 1 May 2020, the Gibraltar Football Association announced that the domestic football season had been terminated.[6] After the league had discussions of whether the title would be awarded,[7] the Gibraltar FA announced on 7 May 2020 the season was declared null and void and the title would remain vacant.[1]

Format[edit]

On 1 August 2019, the GFA confirmed details of the restructure of domestic football in Gibraltar, and the format of the new 16 team league.[8] By 12 August, the GFA confirmed two teams would not participate and 14 teams would contest the league.[4] With Leo's withdrawal the next day, the league was reduced to 13.[5] Teams will play one round of games as a single league, before splitting into two groups: the Championship Group contested by the top 7 sides, and the Challenge Group between the bottom 6 sides. The winners of the Challenge Group will receive the GFA Challenge Trophy and receive a bye to the second round of the next season's Rock Cup.

Teams[edit]

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Location of the stadium where all teams play

16 teams were initially expected to participate in the inaugural National League, with Hound Dogs dropping down to the 2019–20 Gibraltar Intermediate League, having been granted special dispensation by the GFA.

On 9 August, Gibraltar Phoenix withdrew from the league.[9] Two days before, Gibraltar United were threatened with expulsion if they failed to repay debts by 12 August.[10]

On 12 August, the GFA confirmed the withdrawal of Gibraltar Phoenix and Gibraltar United.[4] The day after, Leo withdrew from the league too, after a takeover by King's Lynn Town owner Stephen Cleeve was blocked by the GFA.[11] On 22 August, it was reported that Olympique 13 were at risk of withdrawing from the league, having forfeited their game against Europa due to a shortage of players.[12] They were expelled on 11 September.

Teams with a blue background played in the 2018–19 Gibraltar Premier Division. Teams with a red background played in the 2018–19 Gibraltar Second Division.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Club sponsor 2018–19
Boca Gibraltar England Craig Cowell Gibraltar Julio Bado ES Coral
Kids Come First 		10th
Bruno's Magpies Spain Juan Maria Sánchez Gibraltar Brian Perez Joma GVC Holdings
Chestertons 		1st
College 1975 Spain Ángel Espinosa Gibraltar Nazim Hughes Joma 5th
Europa Spain Rafa Escobar Gibraltar Liam Walker Jako La Parrilla
Betfred 		2nd
Europa Point England Ian Hendon Gibraltar Antony Moulds Admiral Isolas 2nd
Glacis United Italy Michele Di Piedi Italy Michele Di Piedi Nike 8th
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Germán Crespo Gibraltar Roy Chipolina adidas Mansion.com 1st
Lions Gibraltar Spain Albert Ferri Spain Alberto Caravaca Givova 9th
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody Gibraltar Mohamed Badr Givova (home)
Zaror (away) 		Resolve Salvage & Fire 7th
Manchester 62 Scotland David Wilson Gibraltar Robert Montovio Joma CEPSA GIB 4th
Mons Calpe Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco Gibraltar Kivan Castle Joma 4th
St Joseph's Spain Raúl Procopio Baizán Spain Boro Joma M Price 3rd

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Boca Gibraltar Gibraltar Allen Bula End of contract 20 May 2019 Pre-season Gibraltar Christian Ressa 24 July 2019
Europa Point Spain José Ramón Rojas 25 May 2019 Gibraltar Allen Bula 20 June 2019[13]
Glacis United Argentina Jesús Napolitano 25 May 2019 Netherlands Bennie Brinkman 1 July 2019
College 1975 Gibraltar Nolan Bosio Resigned 25 May 2019 Spain Jesús Cano 1 June 2019
Mons Calpe Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco 28 May 2019 Brazil William 11 June 2019[14]
Leo Spain Paco Sánchez Moved to Assistant Manager 15 June 2019 Spain Dani Amaya 15 June 2019[15]
Manchester 62 Gibraltar Jonathan Sodi Resigned 19 June 2019 England Jeff Wood 19 June 2019[16]
Mons Calpe Brazil William 10 July 2019 Spain David Sanz 19 July 2019[17]
Spain David Sanz 30 July 2019 Spain Lorenzo Morón 1 August 2019[18]
Lynx Spain Carlos Gobantes Signed by Mons Calpe U23 1 August 2019 Gibraltar Albert Parody 2 August 2019
Glacis United Netherlands Bennie Brinkman Mutual consent 3 September 2019 11th Italy Michele Di Piedi 3 September 2019
Bruno's Magpies Scotland David Wilson Sacked 3 October 2019 5th Spain Alfonso Cortijo 18 October 2019
Mons Calpe Spain Lorenzo Morón 11 October 2019 6th Argentina Leonardo Vela 18 October 2019
Boca Gibraltar Gibraltar Christian Ressa Moved to Assistant Manager 18 October 2019 11th Spain Juan Maria Sánchez 18 October 2019
Manchester 62 England Jeff Wood Mutual consent 21 October 2019 8th Scotland David Wilson 5 November 2019[19]
Europa Point Gibraltar Allen Bula Resigned 8 November 2019 10th England Ian Hendon 26 November 2019
Boca Gibraltar Spain Juan Maria Sánchez 8 November 2019 8th Spain Juan Carlos Camacho 12 November 2019
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Víctor Afonso Mutual consent 19 December 2019[20] 3rd Spain Germán Crespo 4 January 2020
Mons Calpe Argentina Leonardo Vela 1 January 2020 7th Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco 1 January 2020
Bruno's Magpies Spain Alfonso Cortijo Resigned 3 January 2020 5th Spain Juan Maria Sánchez 3 January 2020
Boca Gibraltar Spain Juan Carlos Camacho Mutual consent 9 January 2020 9th England Craig Cowell 9 January 2020
College 1975 Spain Jesús Cano Sacked 1 February 2020 12th Spain Ángel Espinosa 1 February 2020

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Europa 17 16 1 0 85 9 +76 49 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 St Joseph's 17 14 2 1 58 15 +43 44 Qualification to the Europa League preliminary round
3 Lincoln Red Imps 17 13 0 4 68 15 +53 39
4 Lynx 17 9 2 6 37 30 +7 29
5 Bruno's Magpies 17 7 0 10 29 41 −12 21
6 Lions Gibraltar 17 4 3 10 30 55 −25 15
7 Mons Calpe 18 10 3 5 49 29 +20 33
8 Europa Point 18 7 4 7 35 38 −3 25
9 Manchester 62 18 6 1 11 21 49 −28 19
10 Boca Gibraltar 17 4 4 9 30 45 −15 16
11 Glacis United 17 3 1 13 21 56 −35 10
12 College 1975 18 0 1 17 18 99 −81 1
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league splits into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last 10 matches.

Results[edit]

Matches 1–11
Home \ Away BOC BRU COL EFC EPO GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN MON SJO
Boca Gibraltar 1–2 1–1 1–8 1–3 1–1
Bruno's Magpies 0–6 0–3 2–0 1–3 0–3
College 1975 0–4 1–3 0–12 1–6 0–3 1–9
Europa 6–1 1–0 6–2 4–1 2–0 2–2
Europa Point 2–3 6–1 0–3 0–5 1–3
Glacis United 0–2 0–9 4–0 1–3 2–3 0–5
Lincoln Red Imps 9–1 3–0 8–0 4–0 2–0
Lions Gibraltar 6–4 2–5 0–0 1–7 0–0 0–4
Lynx 2–0 4–0 3–2 5–0 5–1
Manchester 62 0–0 0–2 0–7 0–3 1–4
Mons Calpe 0–7 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–6
St Joseph's 2–0 7–0 5–0 8–1 2–1 1–1 3–0
Source: UEFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Scoring[edit]

As of 12 March 2020[21]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Juanfri St Joseph's 24
2 Gibraltar Liam Walker Europa 21
3 Spain Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps 15
4 Spain Manu Dimas Europa 14
5 Spain Germán Cortés Boca Gibraltar 12
Spain Juampe Europa
Spain Alberto Caravaca Lions Gibraltar
Spain Boro St Joseph's
9 Spain Sergio Molina Rivero Lincoln Red Imps 9
Spain Gato Lincoln Red Imps

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date
Spain Boro St Joseph's College 1975 7–0 (H) 19 August 2019
Argentina Leonardo Carboni Mons Calpe College 1975 9–1 (A) 24 August 2019
Spain Gato Lincoln Red Imps College 1975 9–1 (H) 19 September 2019
Spain Sergio Molina Rivero Lincoln Red Imps College 1975 9–1 (H) 19 September 2019
Spain Sergio Molina Rivero Lincoln Red Imps Lions Gibraltar 7–1 (A) 29 September 2019
Spain Juanfri4 St Joseph's Glacis United 8–1 (H) 20 October 2019
Spain Boro4 St Joseph's Glacis United 8–1 (H) 20 October 2019
Spain Germán Cortés Boca Gibraltar College 1975 4–0 (A) 24 October 2019
Spain Juanfri St Joseph's Lions Gibraltar 4–0 (A) 26 October 2019
Spain Manu Dimas Europa College 1975 12–0 (A) 1 November 2019
Gibraltar Liam Walker Europa College 1975 12–0 (A) 1 November 2019
Spain Juanfri St Joseph's Mons Calpe 6–0 (A) 24 November 2019
Philippines Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps Boca Gibraltar 8–1 (A) 27 November 2019
Spain Juampe Europa Glacis United 6–2 (H) 29 November 2019
Spain Manu Dimas Europa Lions Gibraltar 5–0 (H) 17 January 2020
Gibraltar Julian Del Rio Lincoln Red Imps Lynx 5–0 (H) 18 January 2020
Spain Dylan Hernández Lynx Bruno's Magpies 3–1 (H) 1 February 2020
France James Adams Boca Gibraltar College 1975 7–5 (H) 20 February 2020
Spain Germán Cortés Boca Gibraltar College 1975 7–5 (H) 20 February 2020
Spain José Oncala4 College 1975 Boca Gibraltar 5–7 (A) 20 February 2020
Nigeria Sunday Emmanuel Lincoln Red Imps Lions Gibraltar 7–1 (H) 21 February 2020
Brazil Andre Dos Santos Mons Calpe Manchester 62 11–1 (A) 12 March 2020
Argentina Santiago Pastorini Mons Calpe Manchester 62 11–1 (A) 12 March 2020

Clean Sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Gibraltar Jamie Robba St Joseph's 7
Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Europa
2 Argentina Christian Fraiz Mons Calpe 6
4 Spain Javi Muñoz Europa 5
Gibraltar Kyle Goldwin Lincoln Red Imps
6 Gibraltar Bradley Banda Lynx 4
7 Spain Francisco Pérez Lions Gibraltar 3
Gibraltar Matt Cafer Bruno's Magpies
Gibraltar Frank Warwick Manchester 62
10 Gibraltar Jordan Perez Boca Gibraltar 2
England Conor O'Keefe[a] Bruno's Magpies
Gibraltar Ivan Moreno Glacis United
Spain Manuel Soler Lincoln Red Imps
  1. ^ Includes 2 clean sheets for Europa Point.

Awards[edit]

Player of the week[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Gibraltar Albert Parody Lynx Spain Alberto Valdivia Lynx [40]
September Spain Víctor Afonso Lincoln Red Imps Spain Sergio Molina Rivero Lincoln Red Imps [41]
October Spain Víctor Afonso Lincoln Red Imps Spain Juanfri St Joseph's [42]
November Spain Rafa Escobar Europa Gibraltar Liam Walker Europa [43]
December Spain Albert Ferri Lions Gibraltar Spain Alberto Caravaca Lions Gibraltar [44]
January Spain Rafa Escobar Europa Gibraltar Julian Del Rio Lincoln Red Imps [45]
February Spain Rafa Escobar Europa Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Europa [46]

End-of-season awards[edit]

End of season awards were handed out by Football Gibraltar, the Gibraltar Football Association's official UEFA correspondents, on 28 May and 2 June 2020.[47][48][49]

Award Winner Club Nominees
Rank Player Club
Manager of the Season Spain Rafa Escobar Europa 2 Spain Raúl Procopio Baizán St Joseph's
3 Spain Albert Ferri Lions Gibraltar
4 Gibraltar Albert Parody Lynx
Goalkeeper of the Season Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Europa 2 Gibraltar Jamie Robba St Joseph's
3 Gibraltar Kyle Goldwin Lincoln Red Imps
4 Gibraltar Bradley Banda Lynx
Defender of the Season Spain Olmo González Europa 2 Spain Sergio Sánchez Europa
3 Spain Ezequiel Rojas St Joseph's
4 Portugal Bernardo Lopes Lincoln Red Imps
Midfielder of the Season Gibraltar Liam Walker Europa 2 Spain Christian Pecci St Joseph's
3 Spain Alejandro Avilés Europa
4 England Dan Bent Bruno's Magpies
Striker of the Season Spain Juanfri St Joseph's 2 Spain Juampe Europa
3 Philippines Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps
4 Spain Alberto Caravaca Lions Gibraltar
Player of the Season Gibraltar Liam Walker Europa 2 Spain Juanfri St Joseph's
3 Spain Juampe Europa
Young Player of the Season Gibraltar Jayce Olivero Europa 2 Gibraltar Ethan Britto Lincoln Red Imps
3 Gibraltar Jaron Vinet Bruno's Magpies
Challenge Group Player of the Season Brazil Andre dos Santos Mons Calpe N/A
Challenge Group Young Player of the Season Gibraltar Ayoub El Hmidi Mons Calpe N/A
Fans' Player of the Season Gibraltar Liam Walker Europa 2 Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Europa
3 Philippines Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps
Fans' Young Player of the Season Gibraltar Ayoub El Hmidi Mons Calpe 2 Gibraltar Jayce Olivero Europa
3 Gibraltar Ethan Britto Lincoln Red Imps
Fans' Team of the Season
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Gibraltar Jack Sergeant
Portugal Bernardo Lopes
Spain Olmo González
Gibraltar Jayce Olivero 		Gibraltar Lee Casciaro
Spain Nacho Fernández
Gibraltar Aymen Mouelhi
Gibraltar Liam Walker 		Spain Juanfri
Philippines Kike Gómez

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gibraltar National League Season Declared Null and Void". gibraltarfa.com. Gibraltar Football Association. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Senior League Rules" (PDF). GFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ Key changes to the domestic league revealed to clubs Gibraltar Chronicle. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Two Teams withdraw from Gibraltar National League". GFA. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Leo FC Withdraw from Gibraltar National League". GFA. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Domestic Football Season Terminated". Gibraltar Football Association. 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Top three qualify for Europe but no date set for return of football in Gibraltar". Gibraltar Chronicle. 1 May 2020.
  8. ^ Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League Archived 2019-08-01 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar FA. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  9. ^ Gibraltar Phoenix withdraw from the National League Archived 2019-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Football Gibraltar. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ^ Pay up or league for Gibraltar United Archived 2019-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Football Gibraltar. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. ^ Leo FC withdraw from the National League Archived 2020-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Football Gibraltar. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. ^ El Olympique no se presenta y apunta a otra retirada en Gibraltar EuropaSur (in Spanish). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  13. ^ Bula joins Europa Point Football Gibraltar. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ^ New Manager Announcement Mons Calpe on Twitter. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  15. ^ New technical team Leo FC on Facebook. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  16. ^ Jeff Wood takes over Man 62 Football Gibraltar. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  17. ^ Gibraltar, español... y también valenciano Superdeporte. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  18. ^ New Head Coach Mons Calpe SC. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  19. ^ David Wilson is new coach at Manchester 62 Gibraltar Chronicle. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  20. ^ BREAKING: Head coach and Club Part Ways Lincoln Red Imps FC. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019
  21. ^ "Top Scorers".
  22. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 1 Football Gibraltar. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  23. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 2 Football Gibraltar. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  24. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 3 Football Gibraltar. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  25. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 4 Football Gibraltar. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  26. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 5 Football Gibraltar. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  27. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 6 Football Gibraltar. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  28. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 7 Football Gibraltar. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  29. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team o the Week 8 Football Gibraltar. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  30. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 9 Football Gibraltar. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  31. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 10 Football Gibraltar. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  32. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 11 Football Gibraltar. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  33. ^ Gibraltar National League: Team of the Week 12 Football Gibraltar. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  34. ^ Julian Del Rio is FG Player of the Week Football Gibraltar. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  35. ^ Kike is FG Player of the Week Football Gibraltar. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  36. ^ Dylan Hernández is FG Player of the Week Football Gibraltar. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  37. ^ Juanlu Becerra is FG Player of the Week Football Gibraltar. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  38. ^ Sunday Emmanuel is FG Player of the Week Football Gibraltar. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  39. ^ Liam Walker is FG Player of the Week Football Gibraltar. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  40. ^ Lynx duo awarded Player and Manager of the Month Football Gibraltar. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  41. ^ Lincoln Pair win September Player and Manager of the Month Football Gibraltar. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  42. ^ Juanfri and Afonso win FG Monthly Awards in October Football Gibraltar. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  43. ^ Walker and Escobar win FG Monthly Awards in November Football Gibraltar. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  44. ^ Lions Pair win FG Monthly Awards in December Football Gibraltar. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  45. ^ Del Rio and Escobar grab January FG Monthly Awards Football Gibraltar. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  46. ^ Coleing and Escobar take FG Monthly Awards in February Football Gibraltar. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  47. ^ FG Awards 20: Part 1 - Positional Awards and Manager of the Season Football Gibraltar. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  48. ^ FG Awards 20: Part 2 - Young Player, Player and Team of the Season Football Gibraltar. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  49. ^ FG Awards 20: Challenge Group Player and Young Player of the Season Football Gibraltar. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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