2021–22 Gibraltar National League

Gibraltar National League
	The Victoria Stadium where each match will be played
Season	2021–22
Dates	16 October 2021 – TBC
Matches played	58
Goals scored	225 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonio Pino (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Christian Lopez (5 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Bruno's Magpies 5–0 Europa Point; (17 October 2021)
Biggest away win	Lynx 1–7 Lincoln Red Imps; (25 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Lynx 1–7 Lincoln Red Imps; (25 October 2021)
Longest winning run	2 matches; Manchester 62; St Joseph's
Longest unbeaten run	2 matches; Manchester 62; St Joseph's
Longest winless run	2 matches; Europa Point
Longest losing run	2 matches; Europa Point
	← 2020–21 All statistics correct as of 21 November 2021.

The 2021–22 Gibraltar National League season is the third season of the Gibraltar National League in Gibraltar, and the 123rd season of football on the territory overall. The league is due to kick off in October 2021. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning the title on the final day of the 2020–21 season.

Format[]

The structure of the league is expected to follow that of the previous two 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[]

Victoria Stadium

Location of the stadium where all teams play

The following 11 teams competed in the 2021–22 season. Boca Gibraltar were expelled from the league in December 2020 and did not return.

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	2020–21
Bruno's Magpies			VIVE	Rosso Corsa	7th
College 1975			Joma		10th
Europa			Kappa		2nd
Europa Point			Xtreme Sports China		11th
Glacis United	Michele Di Piedi		Macron		8th
Lincoln Red Imps		Roy Chipolina	Givova	Mansion.com	1st
Lions Gibraltar	(interim)		Macron		6th
Lynx			Givova	Grupo Casais	5th
Manchester 62	David Wilson		Joma	CEPSA GIB	9th
Mons Calpe	César Vega		Givova	FanPlay 365	4th
St Joseph's	Jaime Molina	Aymen Mouelhi	Legea		3rd

Managerial Changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
St Joseph's	Raúl Procopio Baizán	Mutual consent^[2]	8 June 2021	Pre-season	Jaime Molina	30 June 2021^[3]
Bruno's Magpies	Johnny Parrado		1 September 2021		José Alba Heredia	5 September 2021
Glacis United	Javier Sánchez Alfaro		1 September 2021		Michele Di Piedi	1 September 2021
Europa Point	Craig Cowell	Resigned	11 October 2021		Paco Luna	11 October 2021
Europa Point	Paco Luna	Sacked	8 November 2021	11th	Sean Reyes	26 November 2021
Bruno's Magpies	José Alba Heredia		8 December 2021	6th	Nathan Rooney	13 January 2022^[4]
Lions Gibraltar	Albert Ferri		9 January 2022	11th	Adrian Parral (interim)	9 January 2022
Europa Point	Sean Reyes	31 January 2022	Mutual consent	10th	Mark Tivey	1 February 2022

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Lincoln Red Imps	10	10	0	0	40	5	+35	30	Qualification for the Championship Group
2	Europa	10	9	0	1	36	7	+29	27
3	St Joseph's	10	7	1	2	25	9	+16	22
4	Glacis United	10	6	1	3	26	14	+12	19
5	Mons Calpe	10	5	1	4	25	13	+12	16
6	Bruno's Magpies	10	4	2	4	18	15	+3	14
7	Manchester 62	10	4	1	5	11	21	−10	13	Qualification for the Challenge Group
8	Lynx	10	3	1	6	15	25	−10	10
9	College 1975	10	2	0	8	5	21	−16	6
10	Europa Point	10	1	0	9	8	49	−41	3
11	Lions Gibraltar	10	0	1	9	6	36	−30	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ 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 matches.

Results[]

Home \ Away	BRU	COL	EFC	EPO	GLA	LIN	LGI	LYN	MAN	MON	SJO
Bruno's Magpies				5–0	2–3			0–1	4–0		0–0
College 1975	0–2			2–1	0–2			0–2			0–3
Europa	3–1	2–0			2–1			4–0			4–1
Europa Point			0–6			1–5	3–2		1–2	0–10
Glacis United				5–0		2–4		3–1	1–1	1–0
Lincoln Red Imps	5–0	4–0	3–1				1–0			3–0
Lions Gibraltar	2–3	0–3^[a]	0–9		0–7						1–2
Lynx				6–2		1–7	0–0		1–2	2–3
Manchester 62		2–0	0–2			0–7	3–0			0–2
Mons Calpe	1–1	3–0	1–3				5–1				0–2
St Joseph's				6–0	4–1	0–1		4–1	3–1

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

^ Lions Gibraltar vs College 1975 initially finished 1–0, however the result was overturned and awarded 0–3 to College 1975 after Lions violated substitution rules.

Championship and Challenge groups[]

Championship Group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln Red Imps	11	10	1	0	43	8	+35	31	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Europa	11	9	1	1	39	10	+29	28	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	St Joseph's	10	7	1	2	25	9	+16	22
4	Glacis United	11	6	1	4	26	17	+9	19
5	Bruno's Magpies	11	5	2	4	21	15	+6	17
6	Mons Calpe	10	5	1	4	25	13	+12	16

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Championship Group results[]

Home \ Away	EFC	GLA
Bruno's Magpies		3–0
Europa
Glacis United
Lincoln Red Imps	3–3
Mons Calpe
St Joseph's

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2022. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Challenge Group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester 62	10	4	1	5	11	21	−10	13	GFA Challenge Trophy and bye in
2	Lynx	10	3	1	6	15	25	−10	10
3	College 1975	10	2	0	8	5	21	−16	6
4	Europa Point	11	2	0	9	9	49	−40	6
5	Lions Gibraltar	11	0	1	10	6	37	−31	1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored

Challenge Group results[]

Home \ Away	COL	EPO	LGI	LYN	MAN
College 1975
Europa Point
Lions Gibraltar		0–1
Lynx
Manchester 62

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2022. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

As of 23 January 2022

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonio Pino	Europa	11
2	Juanfri	St Joseph's	9
3	Kike Gómez	Lincoln Red Imps	8
3	Juampe	Europa	8
5	Liam Walker	Lincoln Red Imps	6
	Ayoub El Hmidi	Mons Calpe
	John-Paul Duarte	Mons Calpe
8	Luisma Casas	Bruno's Magpies	5
	Stefano Borghi	Glacis United
	Javi Moreno	Mons Calpe

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
	Bruno's Magpies	Europa Point	5–0 (H)	17 October 2021
	Europa	Lions Gibraltar	9–0 (A)	17 December 2021
⁵	Mons Calpe	Europa Point	10–0 (A)	8 January 2022
⁴	Lincoln Red Imps	Europa Point	5–1 (A)	22 January 2022

Clean Sheets[]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Christian Lopez	Europa	5
2	Alan Martin	Bruno's Magpies	4
2	Jamie Robba	St Joseph's	4
4	Marcos Zappacosta	Glacis United	3
	Borja Valadés	Lions Gibraltar
	Christian Fraiz	Mons Calpe
7	Dayle Coleing	Lincoln Red Imps	2
	Brian Jaén	Lincoln Red Imps
	Bradley Avellano	Lynx
10	David Zamora	Bruno's Magpies	1
	Ben Maidens	Europa Point
	Jordan Perez	Glacis United
	Francisco Paulino	Lincoln Red Imps
	Lolo Soler	Lincoln Red Imps
	Sergio Fúnez	Lynx
	Adam Stevens	Manchester 62
	Ayden Viñales	Manchester 62

References[]

^ Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League Gibraltar FA. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ Club Statement St Joseph's FC. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ BREAKING: MOLINA APPOINTED AS MANAGER St Joseph's FC. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ Rooney joins Bruno Magpies as Head coach Gibraltar Chronicle. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

External links[]

Gibraltar Football Association

[5] 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 matches.

[table_note_LGI_COL0.091011029244871-6] Lions Gibraltar vs College 1975 initially finished 1–0, however the result was overturned and awarded 0–3 to College 1975 after Lions violated substitution rules.

[1] Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League Gibraltar FA. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[2] Club Statement St Joseph's FC. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[3] BREAKING: MOLINA APPOINTED AS MANAGER St Joseph's FC. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[4] Rooney joins Bruno Magpies as Head coach Gibraltar Chronicle. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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