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2024–25 Gibraltar Football League

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Gibraltar Football League
The Victoria Stadium where each match is played
Season2024–25
Dates16 August 2024 – 4 May 2025
Matches played52
Goals scored174 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer8 players
(5 goals)
Best goalkeeperSpain Nauzet Santana
(5 clean sheets)
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Gibraltar Football League season is the sixth season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (and third under its current name), and the 126th season of football on the territory overall. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their fourth successive title on the final day of the season with a late draw against title rivals St Joseph's. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams qualified for the UEFA Conference League.

The winners will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and Rock Cup winners will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.

Format

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The 2024–25 season is set to continue with the same format used the previous season.[1] Instead of playing one round of fixtures before splitting, teams will instead play each other twice for a total of 20 games this season. After the second round of games, the top 6 enter the GFL Championship Group, where each team plays each other once to decide the league champion. However, the Challenge Group has been scrapped.[citation needed]

Due to the reconstruction of Victoria Stadium, games will be played at the Europa Sports Park this season.

Teams

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Location of the stadia where all teams play

On 13 May, the Gibraltar FA released the licensing awards for the 2024–25 season, following changes to their licensing criteria.[2] Receiving the UEFA Club License were Lincoln Red Imps, St Joseph's, FCB Magpies and Lions Gibraltar. The GFA Gold License was awarded to Europa Point, Lynx, Europa and Mons Calpe. College 1975, Glacis United and Manchester 62 all received the GFA Silver License.

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 2023–24
FCB Magpies England Nathan Rooney Mexico Paco Zúñiga Macron Chestertons 3rd
College 1975 Spain Óscar León Gibraltar Jamie-Luke McCarthy Joma 11th
Europa Italy Michele Di Piedi Gibraltar Aymen Mouelhi Kappa Situs Construction 8th
Europa Point Sweden Martin Falkeborn Custimoo Mobill 4th
Glacis United England Michael Bakare APX 9th
Lincoln Red Imps Spain David Campaña Gibraltar Bernardo Lopes Givova Bitolo 1st
Lions Gibraltar Scotland David Wilson Gibraltar Shea Breakspear VX3 OLBG 10th
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody Gibraltar Michael Ruiz Joma First Choice Care 7th
Manchester 62 England Jamie McDonough Gibraltar Joseph Chipolina Joma Concussion Legacy Foundation 6th
Mons Calpe Spain Juan Marí Sánchez Spain Jesús Ayala Givova FanPlay 365 5th
St Joseph's Spain Abraham Paz Gibraltar Erin Barnett Legea 2nd

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Europa Point Republic of Ireland Ryan McCarthy End of interim spell 31 May 2024 Pre-season Spain Roberto Carrasco 10 June 2024[3]
Lions Gibraltar Gibraltar Adrian Parral Sacked 10 June 2024[4] Scotland David Wilson 1 July 2024
College 1975 Argentina Leo Vela End of contract 30 June 2024 Spain Óscar León
Glacis United Argentina Claudio Racino England Michael Bakare
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Javi Muñoz Mutual consent[5] 5 September 2024 11th Spain David Campaña 12 September 2024
Europa Point Spain Roberto Carrasco Demoted 4 October 2024 11th Sweden Martin Falkeborn 4 October 2024

Regular season

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During the regular season, each team faced each other twice (once at home at once away), before the league is split into two (with only the top six teams advancing to the GFL Championship Group).

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 St Joseph's 10 8 2 0 22 5 +17 26 Qualification for the GFL Championship Group
2 Lincoln Red Imps 9 7 2 0 28 2 +26 23
3 FCB Magpies 10 6 1 3 24 14 +10 19
4 Europa 9 5 3 1 16 9 +7 18
5 Manchester 62 9 5 2 2 21 11 +10 17
6 Lions Gibraltar 9 3 2 4 14 13 +1 11
7 Glacis United 10 3 1 6 12 18 −6 10
8 Mons Calpe 10 3 0 7 14 25 −11 9
9 Lynx 9 2 1 6 11 21 −10 7
10 College 1975 9 1 2 6 3 21 −18 5
11 Europa Point 10 0 2 8 7 33 −26 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other twice (20 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.

Results

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Home \ Away FCB COL EFC EPO GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN MON SJO
FCB Magpies 23 Feb 25 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–4 2–1 21 Dec 24 29 Nov 24 15 Mar 25 19 Feb 25
College 1975 0–5 24 Nov 24 0–0 0–2 9 Mar 25 6 Dec 24 10 Nov 24 9 Feb 25 8 Jan 25 0–4
Europa 11 Jan 25 0–0 15 Dec 24 1 Dec 24 0–0 15 Mar 25 7 Feb 25 2–1 3–2 1–3
Europa Point 23 Nov 24 5 Feb 25 1–5 0–4 0–5 1–4 8 Dec 24 0–4 21 Feb 25 22 Dec 24
Glacis United 9 Mar 25 20 Dec 24 1–2 10 Feb 25 0–6 1–1 25 Nov 24 0–2 2–0 7 Dec 24
Lincoln Red Imps 14 Dec 24 5–1 17 Jan 25 30 Nov 24 14 Mar 25 22 Feb 25 3–0 4 Dec 24 3–0 0–0
Lions Gibraltar 8 Feb 25 1–0 10 Nov 24 12 Jan 25 14 Dec 24 0–2 8 Mar 25 2–2 4–2 23 Nov 24
Lynx 0–3 16 Mar 25 1–3 2–2 3–1 10 Jan 25 2–1 13 Dec 24 1 Dec 24 23 Feb 25
Manchester 62 2–1 1–2 22 Dec 24 16 Mar 25 22 Feb 25 7 Dec 24 26 Feb 25 4–2 4–1 1–1
Mons Calpe 2–5 3–0 8 Dec 24 2–1 13 Jan 25 24 Nov 24 21 Dec 24 1–0 8 Mar 25 1–3
St Joseph's 2–1 30 Nov 24 7 Mar 25 4–0 1–0 9 Feb 25 2–1 3–1 12 Jan 25 15 Dec 24
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

GFL Championship Group

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The top six teams from the regular season contest the GFL Championship Group to decide the league champion. Results from the regular season were carried over into this round.

League table

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Results

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Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

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As of 9 November 2024.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Javi Forján FCB Magpies 5
Italy Vittorio Vigolo Europa
Guinea-Bissau Deimar Queni Glacis United
Spain Nano Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Víctor Villacañas Lincoln Red Imps
England Mikael Ndjoli Lions Gibraltar
Spain Chico Rubio Mons Calpe
Spain Juanfri St Joseph's
9 Spain Labra Europa 4
Gibraltar Ethan Britto Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Samu Benítez Manchester 62
Own goals 3

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Guinea-Bissau Daniel Queni Glacis United Europa Point 4–0 (A) 17 August 2024
Spain Víctor Villacañas Lincoln Red Imps Glacis United 6–0 (A) 9 November 2024

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Spain Nauzet Santana Lincoln Red Imps 5
2 Gibraltar Bradley Banda St Joseph's 4
3 Gibraltar Christian Lopez FCB Magpies 3
England Adam Stevens Glacis United
5 Spain Borja Valadés College 1975 2
Italy Marco Angeletti Europa
Spain Vitolo Lincoln Red Imps
Central African Republic Dominique Youfeigane Manchester 62
9 Spain Chema García Europa 1
Finland Johannes Ström Europa Point
Poland Konrad Skuza Lions Gibraltar
Argentina Christian Fraiz Mons Calpe
Spain Francisco Paulino Mons Calpe

References

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  1. ^ "Mens Domestic Football Season to Kick off on Friday 15th September with the traditional Pepe Reyes Memorial Cup". Gibraltar FA. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. ^ Club Licensing Awards 2024 Gibraltar FA. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ We are proud to present our new UEFA A Licence coach Roberto Carrasco Europa Point FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ BREAKING: LIONS GIBRALTAR AND ADRIAN PARRAL PART COMPANY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT Lions Gibraltar FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. ^ Club statement on Javi Muñoz Lincoln Red Imps FC. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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