2021–22 Gibraltar National League

Gibraltar National League
The Victoria Stadium where the matches were played
Season2021–22
Dates16 October 2021 – 30 April 2022
ChampionsLincoln Red Imps
2nd National League title
26th overall
Champions LeagueLincoln Red Imps
Europa Conference LeagueEuropa
St Joseph's
Bruno's Magpies
Matches played105
Goals scored366 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorerJuanfri (14 goals)
Best goalkeeperAlan Martin (8 clean sheets)
Biggest home winBruno's Magpies 5–0 Europa Point
(17 October 2021)
Biggest away winEuropa Point 0–10 Mons Calpe
(8 January 2022)
Highest scoringEuropa Point 0–10 Mons Calpe
(8 January 2022)
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2022.

The 2021–22 Gibraltar National League season was the third season of the Gibraltar National League in Gibraltar, and the 123rd season of football on the territory overall. The league kicked off on 16 October 2021. Lincoln Red Imps were the reigning champions, winning the title on the final day of the 2020–21 season.

Format

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The structure of the league was expected to follow that of the previous two seasons.[1] Teams played 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 received the GFA Challenge Trophy and a bye to the second round of the next season's Rock Cup.

Teams

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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 England Nathan Rooney Spain Rubén Díaz VIVE Rosso Corsa 7th
College 1975 Spain Ángel Espinosa Spain Dani Guerrero Joma 10th
Europa Spain Arteaga Spain Juampe Kappa 2nd
Europa Point England Tommy Taylor Gibraltar Aiman Mkerreff Xtreme Sports China 11th
Glacis United Italy Michele Di Piedi Argentina Marcos Zappacosta Macron 8th
Lincoln Red Imps England Mick McElwee Gibraltar Roy Chipolina Givova Mansion.com 1st
Lions Gibraltar Spain Paco Luna Gibraltar Shea Breakspear Macron 6th
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody Gibraltar Brad Power Givova Grupo Casais 5th
Manchester 62 Scotland David Wilson Gibraltar Scott Ballantine Joma CEPSA GIB 9th
Mons Calpe Spain Leo Fuentes Brazil Andre Dos Santos Givova FanPlay 365 4th
St Joseph's Spain Jaime Molina Gibraltar Aymen Mouelhi Legea 3rd

Managerial Changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
St Joseph's Spain Raúl Procopio Baizán Mutual consent[2] 8 June 2021 Pre-season Spain Jaime Molina 30 June 2021[3]
Bruno's Magpies Spain Johnny Parrado 1 September 2021 Spain José Alba Heredia 5 September 2021
Glacis United Spain Javier Sánchez Alfaro 1 September 2021 Italy Michele Di Piedi 1 September 2021
Europa Point England Craig Cowell Resigned 11 October 2021 Spain Paco Luna 11 October 2021
Europa Point Spain Paco Luna Sacked 8 November 2021 11th Gibraltar Sean Reyes 26 November 2021
Bruno's Magpies Spain José Alba Heredia 8 December 2021 6th England Nathan Rooney 13 January 2022[4]
Lions Gibraltar Spain Albert Ferri 9 January 2022 11th Gibraltar Adrian Parral (interim) 9 January 2022
Europa Point Gibraltar Sean Reyes Mutual consent 31 January 2022 10th England Tommy Taylor 18 February 2022
Mons Calpe Uruguay César Vega Health concerns 4 March 2022 6th Spain Leo Fuentes 4 March 2022
Lions Gibraltar Gibraltar Adrian Parral End of interim spell 2 March 2022 11th Spain Paco Luna 2 March 2022
Europa Spain Rafa Escobar Sacked 29 March 2022 2nd Spain Arteaga 29 March 2022

League table

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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) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 respectively 8 matches.

Results

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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:
  1. ^ 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

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Championship Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln Red Imps (C) 20 19 1 0 65 17 +48 58 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Europa 20 15 2 3 57 21 +36 47 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 St Joseph's 20 11 2 7 45 27 +18 35
4 Bruno's Magpies 20 10 3 7 36 25 +11 33
5 Glacis United 20 7 1 12 32 36 −4 22
6 Mons Calpe[a] 20 6 2 12 34 36 −2 20
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Mons Calpe will be banned for 1 season from all UEFA club competitions for the 2022–23 season by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 11 March 2022 due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.[5]

Championship Group results

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Home \ Away BRU EFC GLA LIN MON SJO
Bruno's Magpies 1–1 3–0 2–4 1–0 1–0
Europa 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–3
Glacis United 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–5
Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 3–3 1–0 4–2 3–2
Mons Calpe 0–3 0–4 2–0 1–2 1–4
St Joseph's 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Challenge Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester 62 18 7 5 6 25 28 −3 26 GFA Challenge Trophy and bye in 2022–23 Rock Cup
2 College 1975 18 6 2 10 17 28 −11 20
3 Lynx 18 6 1 11 25 38 −13 19
4 Europa Point 18 4 2 12 17 65 −48 14
5 Lions Gibraltar 18 1 5 12 13 45 −32 8
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play

Challenge Group results

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Home \ Away COL EPO LGI LYN MAN
College 1975 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Europa Point 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–4
Lions Gibraltar 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–0
Lynx 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–4
Manchester 62 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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As of 25 April 2022

Scoring

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Juanfri St Joseph's 14
2 Spain Antonio Pino Europa 12
3 Philippines Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps 11
4 Gibraltar Liam Walker Lincoln Red Imps 10
5 Spain Juampe Europa 9
Gibraltar John-Paul Duarte Mons Calpe
7 Spain Adrián Gallardo Europa 7
Italy Stefano Borghi Glacis United
Spain Javi Moreno Mons Calpe
Spain Boro St Joseph's

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Spain Javi Casares Bruno's Magpies Europa Point 5–0 (H) 17 October 2021
Spain Antonio Pino Europa Lions Gibraltar 9–0 (A) 17 December 2021
Gibraltar Ayoub El Hmidi5 Mons Calpe Europa Point 10–0 (A) 8 January 2022
Philippines Kike Gómez4 Lincoln Red Imps Europa Point 5–1 (A) 22 January 2022
Gibraltar Jaiden Bartolo Manchester 62 Lynx 4–1 (A) 5 March 2022

Clean Sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Scotland Alan Martin Bruno's Magpies 8
2 Gibraltar Christian Lopez Europa 6
3 Gibraltar Jamie Robba St Joseph's 4
Spain Edu Oliva College 1975
5 Argentina Marcos Zappacosta Glacis United 3
Spain Christian Arco Lincoln Red Imps
Gibraltar Dayle Coleing Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Borja Valadés Lions Gibraltar
Gibraltar Bradley Avellano Lynx
England Adam Stevens Manchester 62
Argentina Christian Fraiz Mons Calpe
Gibraltar Jordan Perez Glacis United

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Restructuring of the Domestic Men's Senior League Archived 1 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine 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.
  5. ^ "CFCB First Chamber issues orders". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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