Wikipedia

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 edit

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 edit

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

Managerial changes edit

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

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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 edit

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 edit

Championship Group edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Top scorers edit

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

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Kegan Caull Europa Point College 1975 4–0 (A) 2 October 2022
  Kike Gómez 5 Lincoln Red Imps Europa Point 10–0 (H) 16 October 2022
  Juanfri Lincoln Red Imps Europa Point 10–0 (H) 16 October 2022
  Sergio Rivera Europa Europa Point 9–0 (A) 23 October 2022
  Pibe 4 Bruno's Magpies Europa Point 7–0 (H) 29 October 2022
  Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps Glacis United 4–1 (H) 30 October 2022
  Juanfri Lincoln Red Imps College 1975 5–0 (H) 26 November 2022
  Ibrahima Ndiaye Europa College 1975 5–0 (H) 3 December 2022
  Xhelal Terziqi Glacis United Europa Point 4–0 (A) 14 December 2022
  Jack Storer Bruno's Magpies Glacis United 3–0 (H) 12 February 2023

Clean sheets edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022–23_Gibraltar_Football_League&oldid=1181357341"