Gibraltar Football League
The Victoria Stadium where each match is played
Season2023–24
Dates16 September 2023 - TBC
Matches played59
Goals scored207 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorerScotland Connor Flynn-Gillespie
(9 goals)
Best goalkeeperGibraltar Bradley Banda
(6 clean sheets)
Biggest home winManchester 62 7–0 Lions Gibraltar
(5 November 2023)
Lincoln Red Imps 7–0 College 1975
(17 December 2023)
Biggest away winCollege 1975 0–5 Europa Point
(25 November 2023)
Lions Gibraltar 0–5 Europa
(16 December 2023)
Highest scoringCollege 1975 2–6 Bruno's Magpies
(29 October 2023)
Longest winning run7 games
St Joseph's
Longest unbeaten run7 games
St Joseph's
Longest winless run11 games
Lions Gibraltar
Longest losing run7 games
Lions Gibraltar
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 9 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Gibraltar Football League season is the fourth season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (and second under its current name), and the 124th season of football on the territory overall. The league is kicked off on 16 September 2023. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their third successive title in April 2023. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams will qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Format

The 2023–24 season sees a change in the format of the GFL.[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.

Controversy

In November 2023, it was reported that Lynx were planning to report the Gibraltar Football Association to UEFA and FIFA after it was revealed that Lincoln Red Imps had fielded an ineligible player (believed to be Ibrahim Ayew) in their opening league match, which Lincoln won 3-2. The GFA's ruling was that though the player was suspended, Lincoln would not be punished for the mistake. This was despite the fact that Mons Calpe had been punished for a similar infraction the previous season. This led to complaints of bias and corruption within the GFA which formed the basis of the Lynx complaint.[2]

Teams

Location of the stadium where all teams play

The following clubs compete in the 2023–24 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 2022–23
Bruno's Magpies England Nathan Rooney Mexico Paco Zúñiga Macron Chestertons 3rd
College 1975 Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco Gibraltar Kaylan Franco Joma 10th
Europa FC Spain Ángel Espinosa Spain Antonio Bello Kappa Situs Construction 2nd
Europa Point Sweden Dalibor Savic Sweden Martin Falkeborn Custimoo Bull Casino 11th
Glacis United Argentina Claudio Racino Gibraltar Julio Bado Macron LOBO 6th
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Javi Muñoz Gibraltar Roy Chipolina Givova Damex 1st
Lions Gibraltar Gibraltar Adrian Parral Spain Antonio Cintas Macron 9th
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody Gibraltar Jesse Victory Joma Grupo Casais 4th
Manchester 62 England Jamie McDonough Gibraltar Ethan Santos Joma Concussion Legacy Foundation 8th
Mons Calpe Spain Juan Marí Sánchez Argentina Christian Fraiz Givova FanPlay 365 7th
St Joseph's Spain Abraham Paz Spain Juanma González Legea 5th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bruno's Magpies England Nathan Rooney[3] Resigned 17 May 2023 Pre-season Spain Alfonso Cortijo[4] 1 June 2023
Manchester 62 England Jamie McDonough Appointed assistant coach 31 May 2023 Australia Anthony Limbrick[5] 20 June 2023
Europa Point Gibraltar Garry Lowe[6] Signed by Bruno's Magpies 6 July 2023 Sweden Dalibor Savic[7] 12 July 2023
Glacis United Italy Michele Di Piedi Sacked 16 August 2023 Argentina Claudio Racino 1 September 2023
Europa FC Spain Miguel Ángel Berlanga Mutual consent 25 August 2023 Spain Mario Pérez 25 August 2023
Bruno's Magpies Spain Alfonso Cortijo Promoted to Director[8] 1 September 2023 England Nathan Rooney 1 September 2023
Mons Calpe Spain David Guti Sacked[9] 2 October 2023 8th Spain Juan Marí Sánchez 3 October 2023
Manchester 62 Australia Anthony Limbrick Resigned 23 November 2023 6th Gibraltar Allen Bula (caretaker) 3 December 2023
Europa Spain Mario Pérez Sacked 6 December 2023 10th Spain Ángel Espinosa 6 December 2023
Manchester 62 Gibraltar Allen Bula End of caretaker spell 14 December 2023 4th England Jamie McDonough 15 December 2023

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 St Joseph's 10 9 0 1 28 5 +23 27 Qualification for GFL Championship Group
2 Lincoln Red Imps 11 8 1 2 29 8 +21 25[lower-alpha 2]
3 Bruno's Magpies 11 8 1 2 28 11 +17 25[lower-alpha 2]
4 Manchester 62 11 6 0 5 29 21 +8 18
5 Europa Point 11 5 1 5 17 16 +1 16
6 Glacis United 11 5 0 6 14 23 −9 15
7 Lynx 11 4 2 5 17 20 −3 14[lower-alpha 3]
8 Mons Calpe 10 4 2 4 14 14 0 14[lower-alpha 3]
9 College 1975 11 3 1 7 13 33 −20 10
10 Europa FC 10 2 0 8 11 21 −10 6
11 Lions Gibraltar 11 0 2 9 6 34 −28 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 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.
  2. 1 2 Fair Play points: Lincoln Red Imps 12, Bruno's Magpies 26.
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Lynx 4, Mons Calpe 1.

Results

Home \ Away BRU COL EFC EPO GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN MON SJO
Bruno's Magpies 17 Feb 3–1 12 Apr 3–0 0–0 4 Feb 1 Mar 2–0 21 Jan 2–4
College 1975 2–6 19 Jan 0–5 25 Feb 13 Apr 2–1 10 Feb 10 Mar 1–3 0–3
Europa FC 11 Feb 0–3 25 Feb 3–2 1–4 13 Apr 1–3 0–1 9 Mar 27 Jan
Europa Point 0–1 3 Mar 1–0 2–0 1–2 18 Feb 31 Mar 1–5 3 Feb 1–0
Glacis United 30 Mar 1–0 18 Feb 3–1 4 Feb 3–1 2–0 20 Jan 2–1 2 Mar
Lincoln Red Imps 28 Jan 7–0 31 Mar 10 Feb 3–1 2–0 3–2 5–0 23 Feb 1–2
Lions Gibraltar 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–3 11 Feb 8 Mar 28 Jan 24 Feb 0–0 1–5
Lynx 1–0 2–3 3 Feb 1–1 10 Mar 21 Jan 4–1 14 Apr 2–1 16 Feb
Manchester 62 1–5 4–1 3 Mar 26 Jan 5–0 17 Feb 7–0 5–1 1–2 2 Apr
Mons Calpe 2–4 30 Mar 1–0 3–1 27 Jan 0–2 2 Mar 1–1 9 Feb A–A
St Joseph's 24 Feb 2 Feb 3–0 9 Mar 4–0 1–0 20 Jan 2–0 4–0 14 Apr
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

GFL Championship Group

The top 6 after two rounds of matches will contest the GFL Championship Group to decide the league champion.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 22 December 2023.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Connor Flynn-Gillespie Lynx 9
Sweden Hugo Jesslén Europa Point
3 Spain Labra Europa 8
4 Argentina Seba Díaz Bruno's Magpies 7
Spain Pablo Rodríguez St Joseph's
6 Netherlands Manny Duku Manchester 62 6
Cuba Aldair Ruiz Manchester 62
8 Spain Juanje Bruno's Magpies 5
Spain Juanfri Lincoln Red Imps
England Ahmed Salam Manchester 62

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Netherlands Manny DukuManchester 62Lions Gibraltar7–0 (H)5 November 2023
Sweden Hugo Jesslén4Europa PointCollege 19755–0 (A)25 November 2023
Argentina Seba DíazBruno's MagpiesGlacis United3–0 (H)8 December 2023
Spain Labra4EuropaLions Gibraltar5–0 (A)16 December 2023
Spain JuanfriLincoln Red ImpsCollege 19757–0 (H)17 December 2023

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Gibraltar Bradley Banda St Joseph's 6
2 Gibraltar Christian Lopez Bruno's Magpies 5
3 Finland Johannes Ström Europa Point 4
Spain Nauzet Santana Lincoln Red Imps
5 Spain Walid Birrou Glacis United 2
Scotland Alan Martin Manchester 62
7 Argentina Mateo Grasso College 1975 1
Gibraltar Jordan Perez Europa
Argentina Marcos Zappacosta Europa
Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Borja Valadés Lions Gibraltar
Gibraltar Bradley Avellano Lynx
Spain Fernando Canto Manchester 62
Argentina Christian Fraiz Mons Calpe
Spain Daniel Tudela Mons Calpe

    See also

    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. ↑ Lynx FC criticises the GFA and will go to UEFA and FIFA followign the case of undue alignment of Lincoln Red Imps (in Spanish) Al Sol de la Costa. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
    3. ↑ Nathan Rooney departs Magpies Bruno's Magpies. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
    4. ↑ Alfonso Cortijo Returns Bruno's Magpies. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
    5. ↑ Anthony Limbrick appointed manager Manchester 62. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    6. ↑ Thanks for all your hard work Garry Europa Point FC. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
    7. ↑ Officiellt: Dalibor Savic till Europa Point FC Fotbolltransfers. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
    8. ↑ Official Announcement Bruno's Magpies. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
    9. ↑ David Guti deja de ser el entrenador del Mons Calpe SC Al Sol de la Costa. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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