2018–19 Gibraltar Second Division

Second Division
Season	2018–19
Dates	15 August 2018 – 25 May 2019
Champions	Bruno's Magpies; (1st title)
Matches played	63
Goals scored	311 (4.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matheus Assumpção; (28 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Christian Lopez; Nicolas Milli; (4 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Bruno's Magpies 13–0 Hound Dogs; (1 April 2019)
Biggest away win	College 1975 0–9 Manchester 62; (14 April 2019)
Highest scoring	Olympique 13 12–2 Hound Dogs; (2 May 2019)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Bruno's Magpies; Europa Point
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Bruno's Magpies
Longest winless run	18 matches; Hound Dogs
Longest losing run	6 matches; Hound Dogs
	← 2017–18 All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Gibraltar Second Division was the sixth season of the second tier football in Gibraltar since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. The season began on 15 August 2018.^[1] After the expulsion of Angels the previous season and withdrawal of Cannons, the league was contested by 7 clubs.

This season saw the return of the Second Division Cup after stadium renovations saw the tournament scrapped the previous year. The tournament took place during a mid-season break from 17 December 2018 until 9 March 2019. Boca Gibraltar were the reigning champions, earning promotion to the 2018–19 Gibraltar Premier Division.

There was no promotion after the completion of this season due to the merger of Gibraltar's football leagues to form the new Gibraltar National League.^[2]

Format[]

Clubs played each other three times for a total of 18 matches each, with a break in mid-season for clubs to contest the Chesterton's Cup.

This season saw an expansion of the Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, which required clubs to name a minimum of 4 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least three of them on the field of play at all times.

Teams[]

Victoria Stadium

Location of the stadium where all teams play

Boca Gibraltar were promoted to the 2018–19 Gibraltar Premier Division as champions last season. FC Olympique 13 lost their promotion playoff, so remained in the division. Manchester 62 were relegated to the Second Division after finishing bottom of the 2017–18 Gibraltar Premier Division. Cannons folded and withdrew from the league after the end of the season, while Angels were not re-admitted following their expulsion, leaving the Second Division with just seven teams.

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit supplier	Sponsor	2017–18
Bruno's Magpies	David Wilson	Ross Gray	Nike	GVC Holdings Chestertons	3rd
College 1975	Nolan Bosio	Nazim Hughes	Joma		7th
Europa Point	José Ramón Rojas Escalona	Gerardo López	Luanvi	Sunborn Yacht Hotels	4th
Hound Dogs	Chris Gomez	Jesse Moonilall	Joma	The Calpe Hounds	8th
Leo FC	Francisco Sanchez	Clément Loubière	Errea		5th
Manchester 62	Jonathan Sodi	Christian Toncheff	Joma	CEPSA GIB	10th, GPD
Olympique 13	Ángel Parla-Díaz	Andrew Lopez	Uhlsport	Hungry Monkey	2nd

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Europa Point	Juan Molina	End of contract	10 June 2018	Pre-season	Brett Jacobs	1 July 2018
Leo	Norberto Alonso	Resigned	10 June 2018		Rogelio Ramagge	26 June 2018
FC Olympique 13	Lewis Fraser	Signed by Mons Calpe	10 June 2018		Norberto Alonso	23 July 2018
FC Olympique 13	Norberto Alonso	Resigned	23 November 2018	4th	Ángel Parla-Díaz	24 November 2018
Leo	Rogelio Ramagge		1 December 2018	6th	Francisco Sanchez	2 December 2018
Europa Point	Brett Jacobs		December 2018	4th	José Ramón Rojas Escalona	December 2018

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bruno's Magpies (C)	18	15	2	1	91	19	+72	47
2	Europa Point	18	13	0	5	50	26	+24	39
3	Olympique 13	18	12	1	5	71	33	+38	37
4	Manchester 62	18	12	1	5	54	27	+27	37
5	College 1975	18	3	2	13	13	62	−49	11
6	Leo	18	3	1	14	23	62	−39	10
7	Hound Dogs	18	0	3	15	9	82	−73	3

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

Results[]

Matches 1–12[]

Home \ Away	BRU	COL	EPO	HOU	LEO	MAN	OLY
Bruno's Magpies		6–0	3–1	13–0	6–2	4–1	2–2
College 1975	1–6		0–4	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–8
Europa Point	2–4	4–1		4–0	1–0	0–3	5–2
Hound Dogs	0–7	0–3	1–8		1–2	0–5	1–3
Leo	1–8	1–2	0–3	0–0		1–7	2–6
Manchester 62	0–3	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1		3–2
Olympique 13	4–1	6–0	2–3	3–1	7–1	0–2

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

Matches 13–18[]

Home \ Away	BRU	COL	EPO	HOU	LEO	MAN	OLY
Bruno's Magpies		8–1				1–1	3–1
College 1975			1–3			0–9	0–1
Europa Point	1–3			4–0	3–2
Hound Dogs	0–6	1–1			0–4
Leo	1–7	0–2					1–3
Manchester 62			1–2	4–2	4–3
Olympique 13			3–1	12–2		6–5

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

Season statistics[]

As of 25 May 2019.^[3]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matheus Assumpção	Bruno's Magpies	28
2	Robert Montovio¹	Manchester 62	16
3	Julian Lopez	Europa Point	14
4	Andrew Lopez	FC Olympique 13	13
5	Alejandro Carenote	FC Olympique 13	12
6	Alex Dimitriu	Bruno's Magpies	11
6	Lython Marquez	Manchester 62	11
8	Finnlay Wyatt	Bruno's Magpies	10
9	Fernando Cuesta	Bruno's Magpies	9
10	Fiera	FC Olympique 13	7
	Thomas Parry	Bruno's Magpies
	Riki Rojo	FC Olympique 13

¹ Robert Montovio scored 4 goals for Europa Point before transferring to Manchester 62.

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
	Olympique 13	Leo	6–2 (A)	19 August 2018
	Olympique 13	Hound Dogs	3–1 (H)	30 August 2018
Kelvin Morgan	Bruno's Magpies	Hound Dogs	7–0 (A)	4 November 2018
	Olympique 13	Leo	7–1 (H)	8 November 2018
	Olympique 13	Leo	7–1 (H)	8 November 2018
	Bruno's Magpies	College 1975	6–1 (A)	10 November 2018
	Olympique 13	College 1975	6–0 (H)	9 December 2018
	Manchester 62	Hound Dogs	5–0 (A)	17 December 2018
⁶	Bruno's Magpies	Hound Dogs	13–0 (H)	1 April 2019
	Bruno's Magpies	Hound Dogs	13–0 (H)	1 April 2019
	Bruno's Magpies	College 1975	8–1 (H)	7 April 2019
⁴	Manchester 62	College 1975	9–0 (A)	14 April 2019
	Olympique 13	Hound Dogs	12–2 (H)	2 May 2019
⁶	Olympique 13	Hound Dogs	12–2 (H)	2 May 2019
⁴	Europa Point	Hound Dogs	8-1 (A)	11 May 2019
	Manchester 62	Leo	7-1 (A)	12 May 2019
	Bruno's Magpies	Leo	7-1 (A)	15 May 2019
Robert Montovio	Manchester 62	Leo	4-3 (H)	May 21, 2019
	Bruno's Magpies	Hound Dogs	6–0 (A)	24 May 2019

Clean sheets[]

Rank	Player	Club	Games
1	Christian Lopez	Manchester 62	4
1	Nicolas Milli	Europa Point	4
3	Juan Carlos Bedmar¹	Manchester 62	3
3	Tom Hull	Bruno's Magpies	3
5	Salvador Becerra	Europa Point	2
	Kayne Burrell	College 1975
	Juan Carcaño Blanco	Hound Dogs
	Ryan MacArthur	Bruno's Magpies
9	Alejandro Arroyal	College 1975	1
	Kenneth Cruz	FC Olympique 13
	Juanfran	FC Olympique 13
	Francisco Mancilla	Europa Point
	David Moreno	FC Olympique 13
	Francisco Moreno	Leo
	Tito Podesta	Bruno's Magpies

¹ Juan Carlos Bedmar kept 2 clean sheets for Leo before transferring to Manchester 62.

End-of-season awards[]

End of season awards were handed out by Football Gibraltar, the Gibraltar Football Association's official UEFA correspondents, on 2 June.^[4]

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	David Wilson	Bruno's Magpies
Player of the Season	Matheus Assumpção	Bruno's Magpies
Young Player of the Season	Godwin Egbo	Olympique 13

References[]

^ "Changes to Domestic Football - to be implemented in season 2018/19". GFA. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League". GFA. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Top Scorers Archived 2018-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar Football Association.
^ Football Gibraltar Awards, Part 2 Football Gibraltar. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

External links[]

Gibraltar Football Association

[1] "Changes to Domestic Football - to be implemented in season 2018/19". GFA. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[2] "Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League". GFA. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[3] Top Scorers Archived 2018-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar Football Association.

[4] Football Gibraltar Awards, Part 2 Football Gibraltar. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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