2025–26 Gibraltar Football League
The Europa Sports Park where each match is played | |
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | TBC 2025 – TBC 2026 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Gibraltar Football League season is the seventh season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (and fourth under its current name), and the 127th season of football on the territory overall. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their fourth successive title on the final weekend of the season to beat competition from title rivals St Joseph's on their head-to-head record. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams qualified for the UEFA Conference League. For the first time since the 2020–21 season, 12 teams will contest the league.
The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and Rock Cup winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.
Format
The 2025–26 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 22 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 continued reconstruction of Victoria Stadium, games will continue to be played at the Europa Sports Park this season.
Teams
FCB Magpies merged with youth side Calpe City on 1 June 2025, becoming Calpe City Magpies - however, due to delays in registering the new entity, they will remain as FCB Magpies for one more season. After six years playing in the Gibraltar Intermediate League, GFL founding members Hound Dogs announced they would play in the GFL for the first time on 12 May 2025. That same day, the Gibraltar FA released the licensing awards for the 2025–26 season.[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 College 1975, Europa Point, Glacis United, Manchester 62, Lynx, Europa and Mons Calpe. Hound Dogs were given 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 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCB Magpies | Terence Jolley | Paco Zúñiga | Macron | Chestertons | 5th |
| College 1975 | Óscar León | Jamie-Luke McCarthy | Joma | 8th | |
| Europa | Michele Di Piedi | Aymen Mouelhi | Kappa | Situs Construction | 3rd |
| Europa Point | Brandon Mora | Thomas Drage | Custimoo | Mobill | 11th |
| Glacis United | Michael Bakare | Joma | VIA Sports Experiences | 7th | |
| Hound Dogs | Ryan McCarthy | Jarvis Bautista | Joma | Sprint Sports | GIL, 9th |
| Lincoln Red Imps | Juanjo Bezares | Bernardo Lopes | Givova | Bet365 | 1st |
| Lions Gibraltar | Raymond Alexander | Shea Breakspear | VX3 | OLBG | 6th |
| Lynx | Yiyi Pérez | Michael Ruiz | Joma | First Choice Care | 9th |
| Manchester 62 | Jamie McDonough | Joseph Chipolina | Joma | Concussion Legacy Foundation | 4th |
| Mons Calpe | Juan Marí Sánchez | Jesús Ayala | Givova | FanPlay 365 | 10th |
| St Joseph's | Abraham Paz | Juanma González | Macron | Sprint Sports | 2nd |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hound Dogs | Chris Gomez | Resigned | 15 May 2025 | Pre-season | Ryan McCarthy | 15 May 2025 |
| Lincoln Red Imps | Juanjo Bezares | Interim spell made permanent | 16 May 2025 | Juanjo Bezares | 16 May 2025 | |
| Europa Point | Roberto Carrasco | Appointed Head of Youth | 21 May 2025 | Brandon Mora | 12 June 2025 |
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 | FCB Magpies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Merged after the season. |
| 2 | College 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the GFL Championship Group. |
| 3 | Europa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Europa Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Glacis United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Hound Dogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lincoln Red Imps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lions Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lynx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Manchester 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Mons Calpe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | St Joseph's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.
Results
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.
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Club Licenses issued for 2025/26 Gibraltar FA. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.