2022–23 Gibraltar Football League

The 2022–23 Gibraltar Football League season is the fourth season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (first under its current name), and the 124th season of football on the territory overall. The league is due to kick off in Autumn 2022. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their second title in April 2022. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams will qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Gibraltar Football League
The Victoria Stadium where each match is played
Season2022–23
Dates30 September 2022 - 23 April 2023
ChampionsLincoln Red Imps
3rd GFL title
27th overall
Champions LeagueLincoln Red Imps
Europa Conference LeagueEuropa
Bruno's Magpies
Matches played105
Goals scored360 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorerJuanfri (21 goals)
Best goalkeeper2 players (7 clean sheets)
All statistics correct as of 23 April 2023.

Format

The structure of the league is expected to follow that of the previous three seasons.[1] Teams will play one round of games as a single league, before splitting into two groups: the Championship Group contested by the top 6 sides, and the Challenge Group between the bottom 5 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
Location of the stadium where all teams play

The Gibraltar FA announced the clubs who had obtained licences to compete in the 2022–23 season on 17 May 2022.[2] Six clubs were granted UEFA club licences: Bruno's Magpies, Glacis United, Lincoln Red Imps, Lions Gibraltar, Europa and St Joseph's. 5 clubs were granted Gibraltar FA Domestic 'Gold' Licenses: College 1975, Europa Point, Lynx, Manchester 62 and Mons Calpe, who lost their UEFA license. As such, the league is unchanged from the previous season.

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 2021–22
Bruno's Magpies England Nathan Rooney Gibraltar Kyle Casciaro Macron Chestertons 4th
College 1975 Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco Gibraltar Adam Gracia Joma 8th
Europa Spain Miguel Ángel Berlanga Gibraltar Jayce Olivero Kappa Situs Construction 2nd
Europa Point Gibraltar Garry Lowe Spain Daniel Tudela Xtreme Sports China BLOKK 10th
Glacis United Italy Michele Di Piedi Spain Nacho Fernández Macron LOBO 5th
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Javi Muñoz Gibraltar Roy Chipolina Givova Damex 1st
Lions Gibraltar Gibraltar Adrian Parral Spain Antonio Cintas Macron 11th
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody Gibraltar Jesse Victory Givova Grupo Casais 9th
Manchester 62 England Jamie McDonough Gibraltar Kieron Garcia Macron GADS 7th
Mons Calpe Spain David Guti Argentina Emanuel Ojeda Givova FanPlay 365 6th
St Joseph's Spain Abraham Paz Gibraltar Aymen Mouelhi Legea 3rd

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Mons Calpe Spain Leo Fuentes Mutual consent 1 May 2022 Pre-season Gibraltar Allen Bula 17 May 2022[3]
St Joseph's Spain Jaime Molina Spain Abraham Paz 8 June 2022[4]
Lions Gibraltar Spain Paco Luna Gibraltar Adrian Parral 17 June 2022[5]
Europa Point England Tommy Taylor Gibraltar Garry Lowe 1 July 2022
Lincoln Red Imps England Mick McElwee Resigned[6] 9 May 2022 Spain Raúl Castillo 18 May 2022[7]
Europa Spain Arteaga Sacked 2 September 2022 Gibraltar Steven Cummings 2 September 2022
Mons Calpe Gibraltar Allen Bula 9 October 2022[8] 8th Spain David Guti 12 October 2022
Manchester 62 Scotland David Wilson 11 October 2022 11th England Jamie McDonough 11 October 2022
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Raúl Castillo Resigned[9] 31 December 2022 2nd Spain Javi Muñoz 31 December 2022[10]
College 1975 Spain Ángel Espinosa Sacked 9 January 2023[11] 11th Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco 16 January 2023
Europa Gibraltar Steven Cummings Mutual consent 1 March 2023 3rd Spain Miguel Ángel Berlanga 2 March 2023

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Europa 10 8 1 1 34 4 +30 25 Qualification for the Championship Group
2 Lincoln Red Imps 10 8 1 1 36 8 +28 25
3 Bruno's Magpies 10 8 1 1 24 5 +19 25
4 St Joseph's 10 6 1 3 26 10 +16 19
5 Lynx 10 6 1 3 19 9 +10 19
6 Glacis United 10 4 0 6 14 20 −6 12
7 Lions Gibraltar 10 3 2 5 11 20 −9 11 Qualification for the Challenge Group
8 Mons Calpe 10 3 1 6 7 14 −7 10
9 Manchester 62 10 2 1 7 12 23 −11 7
10 Europa Point 10 1 1 8 7 45 −38 4
11 College 1975 10 1 0 9 4 32 −28 3
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 once (10 matches), before the league splits into two groups (the top six and the bottom five) for the last 10 respectively 8 matches.

Results
Home \ Away BRU COL EFC EPO GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN MON SJO
Bruno's Magpies 7–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0
College 1975 0–4 0–4 1–0 0–5 1–4
Europa 1–1 5–0 7–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Europa Point 0–9 0–4 0–1 0–6
Glacis United 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1
Lincoln Red Imps 1–3 10–0 4–1 6–0 3–0 2–1
Lions Gibraltar 5–1 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–4
Lynx 1–0 5–1 1–2 4–2
Manchester 62 2–0 1–4 2–2 3–2 0–3
Mons Calpe 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0
St Joseph's 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • The match between St Joseph's and Mons Calpe on 16 December 2022 originally finished 2–2, but was later awarded as a 3–0 win to St Joseph's.

Championship and Challenge groups

Championship Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln Red Imps (C) 20 17 1 2 68 14 +54 52 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Europa 20 14 2 4 48 15 +33 44 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Bruno's Magpies 20 11 4 5 39 18 +21 37
4 Lynx 20 10 3 7 33 29 +4 33
5 St Joseph's 20 10 2 8 36 25 +11 32
6 Glacis United 20 4 1 15 19 49 −30 13
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
(C) Champions

Championship Group results
Home \ Away BRU EFC GLA LIN LYN SJO
Bruno's Magpies 1–2 3–0 1–5 1–1 0–1
Europa 0–0 4–2 0–2 2–1 3–0
Glacis United 0–0 0–1 0–5 0–2 0–2
Lincoln Red Imps 3–1 1–2 4–1 4–0 1–0
Lynx 0–5 2–0 5–2 1–4 1–1
St Joseph's 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–3 0–2
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Challenge Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mons Calpe 18 9 1 8 26 26 0 28 GFA Challenge Trophy and bye in 2023–24 Rock Cup
2 Manchester 62 18 9 1 8 34 30 +4 28
3 Lions Gibraltar 18 5 4 9 25 37 −12 19
4 College 1975 18 2 3 13 19 51 −32 9
5 Europa Point 18 1 4 13 12 65 −53 7
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play

Challenge Group results
Home \ Away COL EPO LGI MAN MON
College 1975 2–2 4–1 2–4 2–3
Europa Point 1–1 0–5 0–4 1–4
Lions Gibraltar 2–2 0–0 0–4 2–5
Manchester 62 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–2
Mons Calpe 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Juanfri Lincoln Red Imps 21
2 Philippines Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps 17
3 Cuba Aldair Ruiz Lynx 12
Republic of Ireland Aodhán O'Hara Manchester 62
5 Argentina Pibe Bruno's Magpies 11
6 Senegal Ibrahima Ndiaye Europa 8
Spain Labra Lions Gibraltar
Spain Boro St Joseph's
9 Gibraltar Anthony Hernandez Europa 7
Spain Sergio Rivera Europa
Albania Xhelal Terziqi Glacis United
Gibraltar Liam Walker Lincoln Red Imps

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Saint Lucia Kegan CaullEuropa PointCollege 19754–0 (A)2 October 2022
Philippines Kike Gómez 5Lincoln Red ImpsEuropa Point10–0 (H)16 October 2022
Spain JuanfriLincoln Red ImpsEuropa Point10–0 (H)16 October 2022
Spain Sergio RiveraEuropaEuropa Point9–0 (A)23 October 2022
Argentina Pibe 4Bruno's MagpiesEuropa Point7–0 (H)29 October 2022
Philippines Kike GómezLincoln Red ImpsGlacis United4–1 (H)30 October 2022
Spain JuanfriLincoln Red ImpsCollege 19755–0 (H)26 November 2022
Senegal Ibrahima NdiayeEuropaCollege 19755–0 (H)3 December 2022
Albania Xhelal TerziqiGlacis UnitedEuropa Point4–0 (A)14 December 2022
England Jack StorerBruno's MagpiesGlacis United3–0 (H)12 February 2023

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Gibraltar Jaylan Hankins Bruno's Magpies 7
Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Lincoln Red Imps
3 Gibraltar Bradley Banda Europa 6
4 Spain Borja Valadés Lions Gibraltar 5
Gibraltar Bradley Avellano Lynx
6 Gibraltar Jordan Perez Lynx[lower-alpha 1] 4
Scotland Alan Martin St Joseph's
8 Gibraltar Christian Lopez Europa 3
Spain Fernando Canto Manchester 62
10 Spain Daniel Tudela Europa Point 2
Netherlands Quinn Johnson Glacis United
Spain Nauzet Santana Lincoln Red Imps
Argentina Christian Fraiz Mons Calpe
  1. Includes one clean sheet for Mons Calpe

See also

References
  1. Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League Archived 1 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar FA. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Club Licenses Granted for 2022–23 Season Gibraltar FA. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. Statement Allen Bula on Twitter. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. Welcome Abraham Paz St Joseph's FC. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. Adrian Parral announced as head coach at Lions Gibraltar Gibraltar Chronicle. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. Legendary Head Coach Steps Down Lincoln Red Imps FC. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. New Head Coach Appointed as Raúl Takes Over Lincoln Red Imps FC. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. Mons Calpe part ways with Bula after two matches Gibraltar Chronicle. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  9. Head Coach Steps Down Lincoln Red Imps FC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023
  10. Munoz takes Head Coach role Lincoln Red Imps FC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023
  11. College 1975 confirm departure of first team manager Gibraltar Chronicle. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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