2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division

The 2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division season was the fourth since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. This season the league was contested by 9 clubs.

Second Division

Season	2016–17
Champions	Gibraltar Phoenix (1st title)
Promoted	Gibraltar Phoenix
Matches played	72
Goals scored	316 (4.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Casas Dominguez (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Gibraltar Phoenix 20–1 Angels (16 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Leo 0–9 Bruno's Magpies (2 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Gibraltar Phoenix 20–1 Angels (16 November 2016)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2017.

Format

Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner was promoted while the second-placed team entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. Gibraltar Phoenix were forced to forfeit their first two games after being found in breach of this new rule, with their 4-1 win over Hound Dogs on the opening week being overturned.

Teams

Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted from the Second Division last season. After the 2015–16 Premier Division season, Angels and Britannia XI were relegated. Britannia XI decided to not register for this season. With Pegasus and Red Imps also not competing, the league consisted of nine clubs this season.

Club	Manager	Captain	Sponsor	Last season
Angels	Lewis Fraser	Jorge Serrato	Eroski Center	Premier Division, 10th (relegated)
Boca Gibraltar	Juan Jose Pomares Garcia	Philip Hermida	Masbro	8th
Bruno's Magpies	David Wilson	Sam Whelan	Bruno's Bar / Chesterton's	4th
Cannons	Christian Olivares	Adrian Reina Gonzalez		11th
College 1975	Juan Francisco Fernandez Molina	David Gomez	Cosmopolitan	12th
Gibraltar Phoenix	Albert Ferri	Borja	General Lifts	3rd
Hound Dogs	Chris Gomez	Shaun De'Ath	The Calpe Hounds	10th
Leo FC	Rogelio Ramagge	Fernando Sanchez	BMI Group	7th
Olympique 13	Garry Turner-Bone	Anthony Provalosi	VR Solutions	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Gibraltar Phoenix (C, P)	16	14	0	2	82	10	+72	42	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Bruno's Magpies	16	12	3	1	63	12	+51	39	Qualification to play-off
3	Boca Gibraltar	16	10	2	4	32	21	+11	32
4	Cannons	16	7	3	6	33	29	+4	24
5	Leo	16	6	1	9	28	52	−24	19
6	Olympique 13	16	5	2	9	28	35	−7	17
7	College 1975	16	5	1	10	24	40	−16	16
8	Angels	16	4	1	11	17	66	−49	13
9	Hound Dogs	16	2	1	13	9	51	−42	7

Source: Gibraltar FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BOC	BRU	CAN	COL	GPH	HOU	LEO	OLY
Angels		3–0	1–8	0–5	1–1	0–7	3–0	0–4	1–7
Boca Gibraltar	1–0		0–0	1–3	1–0	0–3	2–0	6–3	2–1
Bruno's Magpies	5–0	3–3		4–1	5–3	1–3	8–0	2–0	4–0
Cannons	3–0	0–3	1–1		1–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–4
College 1975	2–1	2–5	0–1	1–2		0–3	3–1	1–0	3–1
Gibraltar Phoenix	20–1	2–0	0–3	8–1	11–0		3–0	4–0	5–0
Hound Dogs	0–2	0–3	0–8	1–1	2–5	3–0		1–3	1–0
Leo	0–2	1–3	0–9	2–9	3–2	0–7	4–0		2–2
Olympique 13	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–5	3–0	3–4

Source: GFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 6 March 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Casas Dominguez	Gibraltar Phoenix	24
2	German Cortes	Gibraltar Phoenix	15
3	Kofi Halliday	FCB Magpies	9
4	Daniel Varona	FCB Magpies	7
	Samuel Mesua	Cannons
6	Jonathan Tomillero	Gibraltar Phoenix	5
7	Justin Santos	Olympique 13	4
	Antonio Jimenez	Gibraltar Phoenix
9	Juan Antonio Moya	Leo	3
	Francisco Diaz	Cannons
	Samuel Corona Nuñez	Boca Gibraltar
	Jorge Serrato	Angels
	Matthew Grech	Boca Gibraltar
	Manuel Ruiz	Leo

See also

• 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division

External links

• Gibraltar Football Association