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2025–26 Gibraltar Football League

Gibraltar Football League
The Europa Sports Park, where each match is played
Season2025–26
Dates15 August 2025 – TBC 2026
Matches118
Goals424 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorerManu Toledano
(22 goals)
Best goalkeeperBradley Banda
(13 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSt Joseph's 10–0 Manchester 62
Biggest away winManchester 62 0–10 Lincoln Red Imps
Highest scoringSt Joseph's 10–0 Manchester 62
Longest winning runLincoln Red Imps
St Joseph's
(7 wins)
Longest unbeaten runSt Joseph's
(14 games)
Longest winless runHound Dogs
(15 games)
Longest losing runHound Dogs
Manchester 62
(7 losses)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 12 February 2026.

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

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 License were Lincoln Red Imps, St Joseph's, FCB Magpies and Lions Gibraltar. The GFA Gold License was awarded to College 1975, Europa Point, Glacis United, Manchester 62, Lynx, Europa and Mons Calpe. Hound Dogs were given the GFA Silver License.

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 Spain Óscar León Spain Javi Anaya Nike 8th
Europa Italy Michele Di Piedi Gibraltar Aymen Mouelhi Kappa Turicum Private Bank 3rd
Europa Point Argentina Claudio Racino Argentina Ivan Morán Custimoo Mobill 11th
Glacis United England Jonny Elwood England Michael Bakare Meyba VIA Sports Experiences 7th
Hound Dogs Republic of Ireland Ryan McCarthy England Zak Ahmed Joma Boluda Towage GIL, 9th
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Juanjo Bezares Gibraltar Bernardo Lopes Givova Bet365 1st
Lions Gibraltar England Wally Downes Gibraltar Shea Breakspear VX3 GibSams 6th
Lynx Spain Rafael Berges Gibraltar Michael Ruiz Givova EWMS 9th
FC Magpies Netherlands Youri Loen Gibraltar Kevagn Ronco Macron 5th
Manchester 62 Spain José Galán Spain José Cañas Joma 4th
Mons Calpe Spain Juan Marí Sánchez Spain Jesús Ayala Givova FanPlay 365 10th
St Joseph's Spain Alberto Cifuentes Spain 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 Gibraltar Chris Gomez Resigned 15 May 2025 Pre-season Republic of Ireland Ryan McCarthy 15 May 2025
Lincoln Red Imps Spain Juanjo Bezares Interim spell made permanent 16 May 2025 Spain Juanjo Bezares 16 May 2025
Europa Point Spain Roberto Carrasco Appointed Head of Youth 21 May 2025 Spain Brandon Mora 12 June 2025
Glacis United England Michael Bakare End of contract 1 July 2025 Spain Miguel Ángel Berlanga 1 July 2025
FC Magpies Gibraltar Terrence Jolley End of interim spell Netherlands Youri Loen
Lions Gibraltar Northern Ireland Raymond Alexander 25 July 2025 England Wally Downes 25 July 2025
Manchester 62 Gibraltar Luis McCoy Interim spell made permanent 1 August 2025 Gibraltar Luis McCoy 1 August 2025
Europa Point Spain Brandon Mora Resigned Spain Roberto Carrasco (interim)
Spain Roberto Carrasco End of interim spell 21 August 2025 12th Argentina Claudio Racino 21 August 2025
Glacis United Spain Miguel Ángel Berlanga Moved to assistant coach 23 August 2025 10th Spain José Galán (interim) 29 August 2025
Spain José Galán (interim) End of interim spell 12 September 2025 7th Netherlands Bennie Brinkman (interim) 12 September 2025
Lynx Spain Yiyi Pérez Mutual consent 16 September 2025 3rd Gibraltar Albert Parody (interim) 16 September 2025
Glacis United Netherlands Bennie Brinkman End of interim spell 6 November 2025 12th England Jonny Elwood 6 November 2025
Lynx Gibraltar Albert Parody 14 November 2025 6th Spain Rafael Berges 14 November 2025
Manchester 62 Gibraltar Luis McCoy Resigned 15 November 2025 7th Ghana Ishmael Kofi Antwi (interim) 15 November 2025
Ghana Ishmael Kofi Antwi End of interim spell 26 November 2025 8th Gibraltar Allen Bula (interim) 26 November 2025
St Joseph's Spain Abraham Paz Signed by Antequera 30 November 2025 1st Spain Alberto Cifuentes 2 December 2025[3]
Manchester 62 Gibraltar Allen Bula End of interim spell 20 December 2025 9th Spain 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 St Joseph's (Q) 20 18 1 1 83 9 +74 55 Qualification for the GFL Championship Group.
2 Lincoln Red Imps (Q) 18 15 2 1 69 12 +57 47
3 Mons Calpe (Q) 20 14 1 5 53 21 +32 43
4 Europa (Q) 20 13 1 6 33 16 +17 40
5 Lions Gibraltar (Q) 19 10 2 7 36 31 +5 32
6 Lynx 20 8 4 8 31 33 −2 28
7 FC Magpies 20 7 2 11 18 35 −17 23
8 Europa Point (E) 20 7 1 12 31 51 −20 22
9 College 1975 (E) 20 3 4 13 14 42 −28 13
10 Glacis United (E) 20 3 3 14 18 50 −32 12
11 Hound Dogs (E) 19 1 5 13 9 52 −43 8
12 Manchester 62[b] (E) 20 6 0 14 28 71 −43 6
Updated to match(es) played on 13 February 2026. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.
  2. ^ 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 21 FEB 0–5 1–5
Europa 1–0 2–0 5–1 23 FEB 12 FEB 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 22 FEB 1–0 1–5 6 MAR
Glacis United 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 22 FEB 2–3 0–1 1–3 0–4 0–4
Hound Dogs 0–2 0–3 0–7 1–1 28 JAN 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 20 FEB 1–4
Lions Gibraltar 4–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 8 MAR 19 FEB 0–1 3–2 7–0 0–3 0–4
Lynx 0–1 0–2 3–1 8 MAR 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 7 MAR 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–2
Manchester 62 3–4 5 MAR 4–3 0–3 4–1 0–10 2–4 0–5 0–1 2–4 0–5
Mons Calpe 7 MAR 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 21 FEB 4–0 10–0 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2026. 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 SJO LIN MON EFC LGI TBD
1 St Joseph's 20 18 1 1 83 9 +74 55 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Lincoln Red Imps 18 15 2 1 69 12 +57 47 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Mons Calpe 20 14 1 5 53 21 +32 43
4 Europa 20 13 1 6 33 16 +17 40
5 Lions Gibraltar 19 10 2 7 36 31 +5 32
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on TBD 2026. 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.

Season statistics

Scoring

Correct as of 8 February 2026.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Manu Toledano Mons Calpe 23
2 Spain Pablo Rodríguez St Joseph's 17
3 England Mikael Ndjoli Lions Gibraltar 14
4 Spain Javi Forján St Joseph's 13
5 Philippines Kike Gómez Lincoln Red Imps 12
Argentina Lucas Rebagliati Lions Gibraltar
7 Portugal Nuno Miguel Europa Point 11
8 Gibraltar Nicholas Pozo Lincoln Red Imps 10
9 Gibraltar Tjay De Barr Lincoln Red Imps 9
Spain Toni García Lincoln Red Imps
Venezuela Marco Farisato Lynx

Hat-tricks

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

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Gibraltar Bradley Banda St Joseph's 13
2 Gibraltar Christian Lopez Europa 7
3 Gibraltar Jaylan Hankins Lincoln Red Imps 6
Spain Nauzet Santana Lincoln Red Imps
Spain Iván Villanueva Mons Calpe
6 Gibraltar Victor Huart Lynx 5
Argentina Marcos Zappacosta FC Magpies[a]
8 Spain Borja Valadés College 1975 3
Gibraltar Tom Chakraverty Europa Point
Spain Sergio Fúnez FC Magpies
  1. ^ Includes 3 clean sheets for Europa.

See also

References

  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.
  4. ^ "Club Licensing First Instance Board Ruling on Manchester 1962 FC". Gibraltar Football Association. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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