2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division

The 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of the national amateur and semi-professional football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league was contested by ten clubs, expanded from eight clubs in the last two seasons, including all clubs from last season and two promoted clubs from 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division.[1] The winner of the Gibraltar Premier Division, Lincoln Red Imps was allocated a spot in Champions League qualification, and as they won the Rock Cup a spot in the Europa League was given to the runners-up Europa FC.[2]

Premier Division
Season2015–16
ChampionsLincoln Red Imps
RelegatedAngels
Britannia XI
Champions LeagueLincoln Red Imps
Europa LeagueEuropa FC
Matches played135
Goals scored509 (3.77 per match)
Top goalscorerPedro Carrión Padial
(29 goals)
Biggest home winLincoln Red Imps 13–1 Angels
(30 April 2016)
Biggest away winBritannia XI 1–16 Europa FC
(7 May 2016)
Highest scoringBritannia XI 1–16 Europa FC
(7 May 2016)
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2016.

Lincoln Red Imps were the reigning champions, sealing a record 21st title last season. The Gibraltar football season kicked off with the Pepe Reyes Cup between Lincoln and Europa FC, which Lincoln won 3–2 after extra time. The season proper kicked off on the following Friday, September 25, with St Joseph's facing Lions.

Format

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Each of the ten Premier Division teams will play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.[3] It is expected that the tenth-placed team will be relegated while the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division.[4]

Teams

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Location of the stadium where all teams play

After the 2014–15 season no teams were relegated, and both Gibraltar United and Angels were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division, when the league expands to ten teams this season.[1]

Club Finishing position 2014–15
Angels 2nd in Second division (Promoted)
Britannia XI 7th
Europa FC[note 1] 2nd
Gibraltar United 1st in Second division (Promoted)
Glacis United 6th
Lincoln Red Imps 1st (champions)
Lions Gibraltar 8th
Lynx 3rd
Manchester 62 5th
St Joseph's 4th
Notes
  1. ^ Club changed name from College Europa FC to Europa FC starting this season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln Red Imps (C) 27 25 1 1 130 9 +121 76 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[a]
2 Europa FC 27 21 2 4 82 18 +64 65 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 St Joseph's 27 14 3 10 50 37 +13 45
4 Lions Gibraltar 27 14 3 10 49 44 +5 45
5 Lynx 27 11 2 14 37 40 −3 35
6 Manchester 62 27 9 5 13 41 49 −8 32
7 Glacis United 27 10 2 15 40 67 −27 32
8 Gibraltar United 27 9 2 16 28 57 −29 29
9 Britannia XI (R) 27 8 2 17 35 84 −49 26 Qualification for the play-off
10 Angels (R) 27 3 0 24 20 107 −87 9 Relegation to the Gibraltar Second Division
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lincoln Red Imps qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Rock Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results

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Matches 1–18

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Teams play each other twice.

Home \ Away ANG BRI EFC GIB GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN SJO
Angels 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–3 0–13 0–3 1–2 1–5 0–3
Britannia XI 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–2 4–3
Europa FC 3–0 10–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0
Gibraltar United 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–6 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–2
Glacis United 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–6 6–0 0–2 1–1 3–5
Lincoln 5–0 3–2 2–0 7–0 11–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 4–0
Lions Gibraltar 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 5–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1
Lynx 6–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0
Manchester 62 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 2–3 1–2 0–1
St Joseph's 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2016. Source: uefa.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27

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Teams play each other once.

Home \ Away ANG BRI EFC GIB GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN SJO
Angels 0–3 1–7 0–1 1–2 1–6
Britannia XI 4–3 1–16 0–2 1–4 0–2
Europa FC 0–1 2–0 0–1 5–0 2–1
Gibraltar United 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–3
Glacis United 6–1 1–0 1–4 2–1
Lincoln 13–1 10–0 4–0 4–0
Lions Gibraltar 1–3 6–3 1–7 4–1
Lynx 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–4
Manchester 62 6–0 1–3 0–4 2–2 3–0
St Joseph's 0–1 4–0 2–2 0–3 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2016. Source: uefa.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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As of 16 May 2016[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Pedro Carrión Padial Europa FC 29
2   George Cabrera Lincoln Red Imps 24
3   Guido Abayián Lincoln Red Imps 20
4   Sergio Gines Lions Gibraltar 19
5   Kyle Casciaro Lincoln Red Imps 17
  Lee Casciaro Lincoln Red Imps
7   Joseph Chipolina Lincoln Red Imps 16
  Cristian Toncheff Manchester 62
  Juan Pablo Pereira Sastrie Lynx/Glacis United
10   Robert Montovio Gibraltar United 15

Promotion/relegation play-off

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At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division, Britannia XI, entered a play-off with Mons Calpe, the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division. [2]

Britannia XI1–2Mons Calpe
Gilroy   2' Report V. Gonzalez   50', 52'

Mons Calpe are promoted to the 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division.

See also

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  • 2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division

References

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  1. ^ a b "Season review: Gibraltar". UEFA. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Premier Division 2015/2016: Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Premier Division Fixtures 2015-16". GibFootballTalk. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ^ "2nd Division Fixtures 2015-16". GibFootballTalk. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Premier Division 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Gibraltar Premier League-Top Scorers".
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