Gibraltar national under-19 football team

Gibraltar Under 19

Association	Gibraltar Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Malcolm Martin
Most caps	Andrew Hernandez, Dylan Peacock (9)
Top scorer	Julian Del Rio (4)
FIFA code	GIB
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Croatia 7–0 Gibraltar  (Ostrava, Czech Republic; 17 October 2013)
Biggest win
Gibraltar 3–2 Hong Kong  (Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 28 September 2019)
Biggest defeat
Gibraltar 1–16 Switzerland   (Straßwalchen, Austria; 19 November 2019)

The Gibraltar national under-19 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-19 level and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. It is a full member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to enter any FIFA-sanctioned tournaments. Gibraltar applied for full UEFA membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013 and can therefore compete in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship beginning with the 2014 edition of the tournament.

UEFA Acceptance[]

Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have played three competitive matches for the qualifying round of the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. They were drawn into Group 1 with Czech Republic, Cyprus and Croatia. Czech Republic were the hosts of the group and all three games were played in the Městský stadion in Ostrava.

They played their first competitive match on 17 October 2013 against Croatia which ended in a thumping 7-0 victory for the Croats. Two days later they played the Czech Republic which resulted in a 3-0 defeat for the Gibraltarians before being thumped 7-0 yet again although this time by Cyprus.^[1] The team went 3 years without scoring a goal from 2016, until 2019 when they played in an under-19 tournament hosted by Chinese Taipei. In the first game on 28 September 2019, a Julian Del Rio hat-trick saw Gibraltar under-19s achieve their first ever victory, against Hong Kong.

Recent results and fixtures[]

Note: The 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was cancelled in February 2021, with all qualifiers cancelled as a result.^[2]

Players[]

Current squad[]

For the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible. Players in bold have caps for the under-21 side.

The following players were called up for the following 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifiers:^[3]

• Match date: 10 November, 13 November and 16 November 2021
• Opposition:  Croatia,  Scotland and  Armenia
• Caps and goals correct as of: 16 November 2021, after the game against  Armenia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Harry Victor	(2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 18)	1	0	St Joseph's
13	1GK	Lewis Victor	(2003-09-23) 23 September 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Lions Gibraltar
23	1GK	Thomas Chakraverty	(2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Lincoln Red Imps
2	2DF	Ryan Azopardi	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 18)	3	0	Liverpool John Moores University
4	2DF	Stefan Thorne	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 18)	3	0	College 1975
5	2DF	Julian Britto	(2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 (age 17)	3	0	College 1975
16	2DF	Evan Busto	(2005-06-09) 9 June 2005 (age 16)	3	0	Rotherham United
11	2DF	Julian Laguea	(2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 18)	2	0	College 1975
18	2DF	Leon Avellano	(2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 17)	0	0	Europa Point
8	3MF	Davan Martin	(2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 19)	6	0	Lions Gibraltar
7	3MF	Rafi Emrani	(2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 (age 16)	3	0	Real Balompédica Linense
15	3MF	Kye Livingstone	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 17)	3	0	Larne
17	3MF	Sean Perera	(2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 (age 17)	3	0	Lions Gibraltar
20	3MF	Lee Soiza	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 17)	3	0	St Joseph's
6	3MF	Bilal Douah	(2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Mons Calpe
10	3MF	Kiri McGrail	(2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Liverpool John Moores University
12	3MF	Francis Huart	(2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 17)	2	0	Lynx
9	4FW	Finlay Cawthorn	(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 (age 17)	3	0	College 1975
14	4FW	Ellis Wilson	(2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 18)	3	0	Manchester 62
3	4FW	Kyle Rodriguez	(2004-12-19) 19 December 2004 (age 17)	2	0	Europa

Managerial history[]

(2013–2016) (2016–2017) (2017–2018) (2018–2020) (2020–)

Top Goalscorers[]

As of 19 November 2019

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1		2019	4	6	0.667
2		2019	1	3	0.333
	Anthony Hernandez	2013	1	4	0.25
	Kian Ronan	2017–2019	1	5	0.2
		2015–2016	1	6	0.167
		2014–2015	1	6	0.167
	Jamie Coombes	2013–2014	1	6	0.167
		2013–2014	1	7	0.143

See also[]

• Football in Gibraltar
• Gibraltar Football Association

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official site of the Gibraltar Football Association
• UEFA Under-19 Profile
• Unofficial website about Gibraltarian football, futsal and national team