2024–25 Gibraltar Football League

Gibraltar Football League
The Victoria Stadium where each match is played
Season2024–25
Dates16 August 2024 – 4 May 2025
ChampionsLincoln Red Imps
5th GFL title
29th overall
Champions LeagueLincoln Red Imps
Conference LeagueSt Joseph's
FCB Magpies
Matches played125
Goals scored438 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer Vittorio Vigolo
(15 goals)
Best goalkeeper Bradley Banda
(10 clean sheets)
Biggest home winEuropa 8–0 Glacis United
(1 December 2024)
Biggest away winEuropa Point 0–7 FCB Magpies
(23 November 2024)
Lynx 0–7 St Joseph's
(23 February 2025)
Highest scoringEuropa 8–0 Glacis United
(1 December 2024)
Longest winning run11 games
Lincoln Red Imps
Longest unbeaten run20 games
St Joseph's
Longest winless run20 games
Europa Point
Longest losing run6 games
Europa Point

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

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.

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

Teams

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 Terence Jolley Paco Zúñiga Macron Chestertons 3rd
College 1975 Óscar León Jamie-Luke McCarthy Joma 11th
Europa Michele Di Piedi Aymen Mouelhi Kappa Situs Construction 8th
Europa Point Roberto Carrasco Thomas Drage Custimoo Mobill 4th
Glacis United Michael Bakare APX 9th
Lincoln Red Imps Juanjo Bezares (interim) Bernardo Lopes Givova Bitolo 1st
Lions Gibraltar Raymond Alexander Shea Breakspear VX3 OLBG 10th
Lynx Yiyi Pérez Michael Ruiz Joma First Choice Care 7th
Manchester 62 Jamie McDonough Joseph Chipolina Joma Concussion Legacy Foundation 6th
Mons Calpe Juan Marí Sánchez Jesús Ayala Givova FanPlay 365 5th
St Joseph's Abraham Paz Erin Barnett Legea 2nd

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Europa Point Ryan McCarthy End of interim spell 31 May 2024 Pre-season Roberto Carrasco 10 June 2024[3]
Lions Gibraltar Adrian Parral Sacked 10 June 2024[4] David Wilson 1 July 2024
College 1975 Leo Vela End of contract 30 June 2024 Óscar León
Glacis United Claudio Racino Michael Bakare
Lincoln Red Imps Javi Muñoz Mutual consent[5] 5 September 2024 11th David Campaña 12 September 2024
Lynx Albert Parody Resigned 26 September 2024 9th Yiyi Pérez 26 September 2024
Europa Point Roberto Carrasco Demoted 4 October 2024 11th Martin Falkeborn 4 October 2024
FCB Magpies Nathan Rooney Signed by Larne 22 November 2024[a] 4th Mason McClelland 22 November 2024
Europa Point Martin Falkeborn Signed by IFK Mariehamn 27 January 2024 11th Roberto Carrasco 27 January 2024
FCB Magpies Mason McClelland Sacked 10 February 2025 4th Terence Jolley 10 February 2025
Lincoln Red Imps David Campaña Mutual consent[7] 28 February 2025 2nd Juanjo Bezares (interim) 28 February 2025
Lions Gibraltar David Wilson Undisclosed 6 April 2025 6th Raymond Alexander 6 April 2025
  1. ^ Although Nathan Rooney left FCB Magpies on 22 November 2024, his departure was not officially announced until 25 November.[6]

Regular season

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 St Joseph's 20 17 3 0 53 13 +40 54 Qualification for the GFL Championship Group
2 Lincoln Red Imps 20 16 3 1 57 7 +50 51
3 Europa 20 13 4 3 49 19 +30 43
4 FCB Magpies 20 11 1 8 48 28 +20 34
5 Manchester 62 20 10 4 6 45 28 +17 34
6 Lions Gibraltar 20 8 4 8 33 33 0 28
7 Glacis United 20 6 1 13 29 52 −23 19
8 College 1975 20 5 3 12 18 39 −21 18
9 Lynx 20 5 2 13 25 51 −26 17
10 Mons Calpe 20 4 1 15 23 54 −31 13
11 Europa Point 20 0 4 16 14 70 −56 4
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

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

GFL Championship Group

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIN SJO EFC MAN FCB LGI
1 Lincoln Red Imps (C) 25 21 3 1 68 7 +61 66[a] Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 1–0 3–0
2 St Joseph's 25 21 3 1 65 15 +50 66[a] Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round 0–1 2–1 6–0
3 Europa 25 16 4 5 60 29 +31 52 0–4 4–2
4 Manchester 62 25 12 4 9 49 34 +15 40 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0
5 FCB Magpies 25 12 1 12 52 38 +14 37 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[b] 0–2 0–2
6 Lions Gibraltar 25 8 4 13 35 49 −14 28 1–4 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head points: Lincoln Red Imps 5, St Joseph's 2.
  2. ^ FCB Magpies qualified for the UEFA Conference League by winning the 2024–25 Rock Cup.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vittorio Vigolo Europa 15
2 Labra Europa 11
Marco Farisato Lynx
4 Chico Rubio FCB Magpies[a] 10
Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps
Samu Benítez Manchester 62
Deimar Queni Manchester 62[b]
Pablo Rodríguez St Joseph's
9 Javi Forján FCB Magpies 9
Nano Lincoln Red Imps
Víctor Villacañas Lincoln Red Imps
Connor Flynn-Gillespie Lions Gibraltar
Juanfri St Joseph's
  1. ^ Includes 6 goals for Mons Calpe.
  2. ^ Includes 6 goals for Glacis United.

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Deimar Queni Glacis United Europa Point 4–0 (A) 17 August 2024
Víctor Villacañas Lincoln Red Imps Glacis United 6–0 (A) 9 November 2024
Marco Farisato Lynx Manchester 62 3–2 (H) 13 December 2024

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Bradley Banda St Joseph's 10
2 Nauzet Santana Lincoln Red Imps 8
Dominique Youfeigane Manchester 62
4 Christian Lopez FCB Magpies 7
Stefan Čupić Lincoln Red Imps
6 Marco Angeletti Europa 5
7 Borja Valadés College 1975 4
Vitolo Lincoln Red Imps
9 Jaylan Hankins Europa 3
Adam Stevens Glacis United

References

  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.
  6. ^ Nathan Rooney appointed Larne boss Larne FC. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  7. ^ David Campaña departs Lincoln Red Imps FC. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
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