2025–26 Gibraltar Football League

Gibraltar Football League
	The Europa Sports Park, where each match is played
Season	2025–26
Dates	15 August 2025 – 26 April 2026
Champions	Lincoln Red Imps; 6th GFL title; 30th overall
Champions League	Lincoln Red Imps
Conference League	St Joseph's F.C.; Europa
Matches	147
Goals	522 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manu Toledano ; (30 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Bradley Banda ; (14 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	St Joseph's 10–0 Manchester 62
Biggest away win	Manchester 62 0–10 Lincoln Red Imps
Highest scoring	St Joseph's 10–0 Manchester 62
Longest winning run	Lincoln Red Imps; St Joseph's ; (7 wins)
Longest unbeaten run	St Joseph's ; (14 games)
Longest winless run	Hound Dogs ; (15 games)
Longest losing run	Hound Dogs; Manchester 62 ; (7 losses)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2025–26 Gibraltar Football League season is the seventh season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (and fourth under its current name), and the 127th season of football on the territory overall. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their fourth successive title on the final weekend of the season to beat competition from title rivals St Joseph's on their head-to-head record. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams qualified for the UEFA Conference League. For the first time since the 2020–21 season, 12 teams will contest the league.

The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and Rock Cup winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.

Format

The 2025–26 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 22 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.

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

Teams

2025–26 Gibraltar Football League is located in Gibraltar

Victoria Stadium

Europa Sports Park

Location of the stadia where all teams play

FCB Magpies merged with youth side Calpe City on 1 June 2025, becoming Calpe City Magpies - however, due to delays in registering the new entity, they will remain as FC Magpies for one more season. After six years playing in the Gibraltar Intermediate League, GFL founding members Hound Dogs announced they would play in the GFL for the first time on 12 May 2025. That same day, the Gibraltar FA released the licensing awards for the 2025–26 season.^[2] Receiving the UEFA Club Licence were Lincoln Red Imps, St Joseph's, FCB Magpies and Lions Gibraltar. The GFA Gold Licence was awarded to College 1975, Europa Point, Glacis United, Manchester 62, Lynx, Europa and Mons Calpe. Hound Dogs were given the GFA Silver Licence.

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	2024–25
College 1975	Óscar León	Javi Anaya	Nike		8th
Europa	Michele Di Piedi	Aymen Mouelhi	Kappa	Turicum Private Bank	3rd
Europa Point	Claudio Racino	Ivan Morán	Custimoo	Mobill	11th
Glacis United	Jonny Elwood	Michael Bakare	Meyba	VIA Sports Experiences	7th
Hound Dogs	Ryan McCarthy	Zak Ahmed	Joma	Boluda Towage	GIL, 9th
Lincoln Red Imps	Juanjo Bezares	Bernardo Lopes	Givova	Bet365	1st
Lions Gibraltar	Wally Downes	Shea Breakspear	VX3	GibSams	6th
Lynx	Rafael Berges	Michael Ruiz	Givova	EWMS	9th
FC Magpies	Youri Loen	Kevagn Ronco	Macron		5th
Manchester 62	José Galán	José Cañas	Joma		4th
Mons Calpe	Juan Marí Sánchez	Jesús Ayala	Givova	FanPlay 365	10th
St Joseph's	Alberto Cifuentes	Juanma	Macron	Sprint Sports	2nd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hound Dogs	Chris Gomez	Resigned	15 May 2025	Pre-season	Ryan McCarthy	15 May 2025
Lincoln Red Imps	Juanjo Bezares	Interim spell made permanent	16 May 2025		Juanjo Bezares	16 May 2025
Europa Point	Roberto Carrasco	Appointed Head of Youth	21 May 2025		Brandon Mora	12 June 2025
Glacis United	Michael Bakare	End of contract	1 July 2025		Miguel Ángel Berlanga	1 July 2025
FC Magpies	Terrence Jolley	End of interim spell	1 July 2025		Youri Loen	1 July 2025
Lions Gibraltar	Raymond Alexander	End of interim spell	25 July 2025		Wally Downes	25 July 2025
Manchester 62	Luis McCoy	Interim spell made permanent	1 August 2025		Luis McCoy	1 August 2025
Europa Point	Brandon Mora	Resigned	1 August 2025		Roberto Carrasco (interim)	1 August 2025
Europa Point	Roberto Carrasco	End of interim spell	21 August 2025	12th	Claudio Racino	21 August 2025
Glacis United	Miguel Ángel Berlanga	Moved to assistant coach	23 August 2025	10th	José Galán (interim)	29 August 2025
Glacis United	José Galán (interim)	End of interim spell	12 September 2025	7th	Bennie Brinkman (interim)	12 September 2025
Lynx	Yiyi Pérez	Mutual consent	16 September 2025	3rd	Albert Parody (interim)	16 September 2025
Glacis United	Bennie Brinkman	End of interim spell	6 November 2025	12th	Jonny Elwood	6 November 2025
Lynx	Albert Parody	End of interim spell	14 November 2025	6th	Rafael Berges	14 November 2025
Manchester 62	Luis McCoy	Resigned	15 November 2025	7th	Ishmael Kofi Antwi (interim)	15 November 2025
Manchester 62	Ishmael Kofi Antwi	End of interim spell	26 November 2025	8th	Allen Bula (interim)	26 November 2025
St Joseph's	Abraham Paz	Signed by Antequera	30 November 2025	1st	Alberto Cifuentes	2 December 2025^[3]
Manchester 62	Allen Bula	End of interim spell	20 December 2025	9th	José Galán	10 January 2026

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	Lincoln Red Imps	22	19	2	1	79	14	+65	59	Qualification for the GFL Championship Group.
2	St Joseph's	22	19	1	2	90	10	+80	58
3	Mons Calpe	22	15	1	6	55	24	+31	46^[b]
4	Europa	22	15	1	6	44	16	+28	46^[b]
5	Lions Gibraltar	22	12	2	8	47	34	+13	38
6	Lynx	22	10	4	8	34	33	+1	34
7	FC Magpies	22	8	2	12	22	37	−15	26
8	Europa Point	22	7	1	14	31	61	−30	22
9	College 1975	22	3	5	14	15	45	−30	14
10	Glacis United	22	3	3	16	18	57	−39	12
11	Hound Dogs	22	1	5	16	10	66	−56	8
12	Manchester 62^[c] (E)	22	6	1	15	29	77	−48	7	Folded post-season

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
(E) Folded after failing to obtain license for next season
Notes:

↑ Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.
1 2 Ranked by goal difference, head-to-head points: Mons Calpe 3, Europa FC 3.Head-to-head goal difference: Mons Calpe 0, Europa FC 0.
↑ Manchester 62 were deducted six points due to failure to comply with licensing requirements.^[4] A further six points were deducted on 6 February 2026.

Results

Home \ Away	COL	EFC	EPO	GLA	HOU	LIN	LGI	LYN	FCM	MAN	MON	SJO
College 1975		0–1	3–4	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–5	1–5
Europa	1–0		2–0	5–1	6–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Europa Point	1–0	0–3		3–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	1–5	0–7
Glacis United	1–1	0–2	3–1		0–0	0–3	0–5	2–3	0–1	1–3	0–4	0–4
Hound Dogs	0–2	0–3	0–7	1–1		0–3	1–1	0–4	0–3	1–3	0–4	0–5
Lincoln Red Imps	4–0	3–1	7–0	6–1	4–0		4–0	3–0	7–0	3–2	3–0	1–4
Lions Gibraltar	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	5–1	1–2		0–1	3–2	7–0	0–3	0–4
Lynx	0–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–5	1–2		0–0	0–1	1–2	0–7
FC Magpies	0–1	0–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3		2–2	2–1	0–2
Manchester 62	3–4	0–5	4–3	0–3	4–1	0–10	2–4	0–5	0–1		2–4	0–5
Mons Calpe	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	5–2	3–0	6–0		1–3
St Joseph's	4–0	2–1	6–0	6–0	6–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–0	10–0	1–3

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIN	SJO	EFC	MON	LGI	LYN
1	Lincoln Red Imps (C)	27	23	3	1	89	17	+72	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		1–0	2–0	2–1		4–1
2	St Joseph's	27	20	3	4	96	17	+79	63	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round					3–3	1–0
3	Europa	27	18	2	7	54	20	+34	56			0–0		4–1		3–1
4	Mons Calpe	27	18	1	8	66	35	+31	55			3–2			3–1
5	Lions Gibraltar	27	13	4	10	53	44	+9	43		1–1		0–3
6	Lynx	27	10	4	13	38	45	−7	34					2–3	0–1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Manu Toledano	Mons Calpe	30
2	Pablo Rodríguez	St Joseph's	21
3	Mikael Ndjoli	Lions Gibraltar	20
4	Javi Forján	St Joseph's	17
5	Kike Gómez	Lincoln Red Imps	16
6	Lucas Rebagliati	Lions Gibraltar	14
7	Nuno Miguel	Europa Point	11
	Tjay De Barr	Lincoln Red Imps
	Toni García	Lincoln Red Imps
10	Nicholas Pozo	Lincoln Red Imps	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mikael Ndjoli	Lions Gibraltar	Manchester 62	4–2 (A)	29 September 2025
Manu Toledano	Mons Calpe	Lynx	5–2 (H)	19 October 2025
Manu Toledano⁴	Mons Calpe	Europa Point	5–1 (A)	24 October 2025
Javi Anaya	College 1975	Manchester 62	4–3 (A)	2 November 2025
Nuno Miguel⁴	Europa Point	Hound Dogs	7–0 (A)	28 November 2025
Juanfri	St Joseph's	Manchester 62	10–0 (H)	5 December 2025
Mikael Ndjoli	Lions Gibraltar	Manchester 62	7–0 (H)	12 January 2026
Lucas Rebagiati	Lions Gibraltar	Manchester 62	7–0 (H)	12 January 2026
Manu Toledano	Mons Calpe	Lions Gibraltar	3–0 (A)	19 January 2026
Ayman El Ghobashy	Lincoln Red Imps	Manchester 62	10–0 (A)	8 February 2026
Pablo Rodríguez	St Joseph's	Europa Point	7–0 (A)	3 March 2026
Javi Forján	St Joseph's	Lions Gibraltar	3–3 (H)	26 April 2026

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Bradley Banda	St Joseph's	14
2	Christian Lopez	Europa	8
2	Nauzet Santana	Lincoln Red Imps	8
4	Jaylan Hankins	Lincoln Red Imps	7
	Victor Huart	Lynx
	Marcos Zappacosta	FC Magpies^[a]
7	Iván Villanueva	Mons Calpe	6
8	Camillo De Luca	Europa	4
9	Borja Valadés	College 1975	3
	Tom Chakraverty	Europa Point
	Konrad Skuza	Lions Gibraltar
	Sergio Fúnez	FC Magpies
	Christian Fraiz	Mons Calpe

↑ Includes 4 clean sheets for Europa.

References

↑ "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.
↑ Club Licenses issued for 2025/26 Gibraltar FA. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
↑ CLUB STATEMENT: ALBERTO CIFUENTES APPOINTED NEW MANAGER St Joseph's FC. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
↑ "Club Licensing First Instance Board Ruling on Manchester 1962 FC". Gibraltar Football Association. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

External links

[4] Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.

[table_hth_MON0.55644271781502-5] 1 2 Ranked by goal difference, head-to-head points: Mons Calpe 3, Europa FC 3.Head-to-head goal difference: Mons Calpe 0, Europa FC 0.

[table_note_MAN0.55644271781502-7] Manchester 62 were deducted six points due to failure to comply with licensing requirements.^[4] A further six points were deducted on 6 February 2026.

[8] Includes 4 clean sheets for Europa.

[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 Licenses issued for 2025/26 Gibraltar FA. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

[3] CLUB STATEMENT: ALBERTO CIFUENTES APPOINTED NEW MANAGER St Joseph's FC. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

[6] "Club Licensing First Instance Board Ruling on Manchester 1962 FC". Gibraltar Football Association. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

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