The 2024–25 Gibraltar Football League season is the sixth season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (and third under its current name), and the 126th season of football on the territory overall. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their fourth successive title on the final day of the season with a late draw against title rivals St Joseph's. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams qualified for the UEFA Conference League.

The winners will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and Rock Cup winners will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.

Format

The 2024–25 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 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.[citation needed]

Due to the reconstruction of Victoria Stadium, games will be played at the Europa Sports Park this season.

Teams

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Location of the stadia where all teams play

On 13 May, the Gibraltar FA released the licensing awards for the 2024–25 season, following changes to their licensing criteria.[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 Europa Point, Lynx, Europa and Mons Calpe. College 1975, Glacis United and Manchester 62 all received 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 2023–24
FCB Magpies Gibraltar Terence Jolley Mexico Paco Zúñiga Macron Chestertons 3rd
College 1975 Spain Óscar León Gibraltar Jamie-Luke McCarthy Joma 11th
Europa Italy Michele Di Piedi Gibraltar Aymen Mouelhi Kappa Situs Construction 8th
Europa Point Spain Roberto Carrasco Norway Thomas Drage Custimoo Mobill 4th
Glacis United England Michael Bakare APX 9th
Lincoln Red Imps Spain David Campaña Gibraltar Bernardo Lopes Givova Bitolo 1st
Lions Gibraltar Scotland David Wilson Gibraltar Shea Breakspear VX3 OLBG 10th
Lynx Spain Yiyi Pérez Gibraltar Michael Ruiz Joma First Choice Care 7th
Manchester 62 England Jamie McDonough Gibraltar Joseph Chipolina Joma Concussion Legacy Foundation 6th
Mons Calpe Spain Juan Marí Sánchez Spain Jesús Ayala Givova FanPlay 365 5th
St Joseph's Spain Abraham Paz Gibraltar Erin Barnett Legea 2nd

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Europa Point Republic of Ireland Ryan McCarthy End of interim spell 31 May 2024 Pre-season Spain Roberto Carrasco 10 June 2024[3]
Lions Gibraltar Gibraltar Adrian Parral Sacked 10 June 2024[4] Scotland David Wilson 1 July 2024
College 1975 Argentina Leo Vela End of contract 30 June 2024 Spain Óscar León
Glacis United Argentina Claudio Racino England Michael Bakare
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Javi Muñoz Mutual consent[5] 5 September 2024 11th Spain David Campaña 12 September 2024
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody Resigned 26 September 2024 9th Spain Yiyi Pérez 26 September 2024
Europa Point Spain Roberto Carrasco Demoted 4 October 2024 11th Sweden Martin Falkeborn 4 October 2024
FCB Magpies England Nathan Rooney Signed by Northern Ireland Larne 22 November 2024[a] 4th England Mason McClelland 22 November 2024
Europa Point Sweden Martin Falkeborn Signed by Finland IFK Mariehamn 27 January 2024 11th Spain Roberto Carrasco 27 January 2024
FCB Magpies England Mason McClelland Sacked 10 February 2025 4th Gibraltar Terence Jolley 10 February 2025
  1. ^ Although Nathan Rooney left FCB Magpies on 22 November 2024, his departure was not officially announced until 25 November.[6]

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 St Joseph's (Q) 18 15 3 0 44 12 +32 48 Qualification for the GFL Championship Group
2 Lincoln Red Imps (Q) 18 14 3 1 51 6 +45 45
3 Europa (Q) 18 12 4 2 45 17 +28 40
4 Manchester 62 (Q) 17 8 3 6 33 27 +6 27
5 Lions Gibraltar (Q) 17 8 3 6 32 27 +5 27
6 FCB Magpies 17 8 1 8 36 25 +11 25
7 Glacis United 18 6 1 11 28 43 −15 19
8 College 1975 17 5 3 9 15 31 −16 18
9 Mons Calpe 18 4 1 13 22 46 −24 13
10 Lynx 17 3 2 12 20 43 −23 11
11 Europa Point 19 0 4 15 14 63 −49 4
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other twice (20 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.

Results

Home \ Away FCB COL EFC EPO GLA LIN LGI LYN MAN MON SJO
FCB Magpies — 23 Feb 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 0–2 15 Mar 1–3
College 1975 0–5 — 0–3 0–0 0–2 9 Mar 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–4
Europa 2–0 0–0 — 3–0 8–0 0–0 15 Mar 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–3
Europa Point 0–7 0–2 1–5 — 0–4 0–5 1–4 1–1 0–4 3–3 1–6
Glacis United 9 Mar 2–3 1–2 3–0 — 0–6 1–1 4–2 0–2 2–0 1–4
Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–0 14 Mar — 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–0
Lions Gibraltar 2–1 1–0 2–4 3–2 4–1 0–2 — 8 Mar 2–2 4–2 1–3
Lynx 0–3 16 Mar 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–5 2–1 — 3–2 1–2 23 Feb
Manchester 62 2–1 1–2 2–2 16 Mar 3–2 0–4 26 Feb 4–2 — 4–1 1–1
Mons Calpe 2–5 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–0 8 Mar — 1–3
St Joseph's 2–1 1–0 7 Mar 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 St Joseph's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Lincoln Red Imps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3 Europa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Manchester 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lions Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on TBD 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 Rock Cup winners also qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round.


Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 22 February 2025.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Vittorio Vigolo Europa 10
2 Spain Labra Europa 9
Venezuela Marco Farisato Lynx
4 Spain Javi Forján FCB Magpies 8
Gibraltar Ethan Britto Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Víctor Villacañas Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Juanfri St Joseph's
8 England Klaudio Krasniqi Glacis United 7
Spain Nano Lincoln Red Imps
Guinea-Bissau Deimar Queni Manchester 62[a]
Spain Manolín St Joseph's
  1. ^ Includes 6 goals for Glacis United.

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Guinea-Bissau Daniel Queni Glacis United Europa Point 4–0 (A) 17 August 2024
Spain Víctor Villacañas Lincoln Red Imps Glacis United 6–0 (A) 9 November 2024
Venezuela Marco Farisato Lynx Manchester 62 3–2 (H) 13 December 2024

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Spain Nauzet Santana Lincoln Red Imps 8
2 Gibraltar Bradley Banda St Joseph's 6
3 Gibraltar Christian Lopez FCB Magpies 5
Italy Marco Angeletti Europa
5 Spain Borja Valadés College 1975 4
Spain Vitolo Lincoln Red Imps
Central African Republic Dominique Youfeigane Manchester 62
8 England Adam Stevens Glacis United 3
9 Gibraltar Jaylan Hankins Europa 2
Poland Konrad Skuza Lions Gibraltar

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. ^ Club Licensing Awards 2024 Gibraltar FA. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ We are proud to present our new UEFA A Licence coach Roberto Carrasco Europa Point FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ BREAKING: LIONS GIBRALTAR AND ADRIAN PARRAL PART COMPANY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT Lions Gibraltar FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. ^ Club statement on Javi Muñoz Lincoln Red Imps FC. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  6. ^ Nathan Rooney appointed Larne boss Larne FC. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Gibraltar_Football_League
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