# 2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division

The 2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division season was the fourth since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. This season the league was contested by 9 clubs.

## Format

Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner was promoted while the second-placed team entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. Gibraltar Phoenix were forced to forfeit their first two games after being found in breach of this new rule, with their 4-1 win over Hound Dogs on the opening week being overturned.

## Teams

Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted from the Second Division last season. After the 2015–16 Premier Division season, Angels and Britannia XI were relegated. Britannia XI decided to not register for this season. With Pegasus and Red Imps also not competing, the league consisted of nine clubs this season.
| Club | Manager | Captain | Sponsor | Last season |
| Angels | Lewis Fraser | Jorge Serrato | Eroski Center | Premier Division, 10th (relegated) |
| Boca Gibraltar | Juan Jose Pomares Garcia | Philip Hermida | Masbro | 8th |
| Bruno's Magpies | David Wilson | Sam Whelan | Bruno's Bar / Chesterton's | 4th |
| Cannons | Christian Olivares | Adrian Reina Gonzalez | | 11th |
| College 1975 | Juan Francisco Fernandez Molina | David Gomez | Cosmopolitan | 12th |
| Gibraltar Phoenix | Albert Ferri | Borja | General Lifts | 3rd |
| Hound Dogs | Chris Gomez | Shaun De'Ath | The Calpe Hounds | 10th |
| Leo FC | Rogelio Ramagge | Fernando Sanchez | BMI Group | 7th |
| Olympique 13 | Garry Turner-Bone | Anthony Provalosi | VR Solutions | 5th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Qualification |
| 1 | Gibraltar Phoenix (C, P) | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 10 | +72 | 42 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Bruno's Magpies | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 12 | +51 | 39 | Qualification to play-off |
| 3 | Boca Gibraltar | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 32 | |
| 4 | Cannons | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Leo | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 19 | |
| 6 | Olympique 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 17 | |
| 7 | College 1975 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 16 | |
| 8 | Angels | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 66 | −49 | 13 | |
| 9 | Hound Dogs | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 51 | −42 | 7 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | BOC | BRU | CAN | COL | GPH | HOU | LEO | OLY |
| Angels | | 3–0 | 1–8 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–7 |
| Boca Gibraltar | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 2–1 |
| Bruno's Magpies | 5–0 | 3–3 | | 4–1 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Cannons | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| College 1975 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Gibraltar Phoenix | 20–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 8–1 | 11–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Hound Dogs | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–8 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Leo | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–9 | 2–9 | 3–2 | 0–7 | 4–0 | | 2–2 |
| Olympique 13 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 3–4 | |

## Top scorers

    As of 6 March 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Luis Casas Dominguez | Gibraltar Phoenix | 24 |
| 2 | German Cortes | Gibraltar Phoenix | 15 |
| 3 | Kofi Halliday | FCB Magpies | 9 |
| 4 | Daniel Varona | FCB Magpies | 7 |
| 4 | Samuel Mesua | Cannons | 7 |
| 6 | Jonathan Tomillero | Gibraltar Phoenix | 5 |
| 7 | Justin Santos | Olympique 13 | 4 |
| 7 | Antonio Jimenez | Gibraltar Phoenix | 4 |
| 9 | Juan Antonio Moya | Leo | 3 |
| 9 | Francisco Diaz | Cannons | 3 |
| 9 | Samuel Corona Nuñez | Boca Gibraltar | 3 |
| 9 | Jorge Serrato | Angels | 3 |
| 9 | Matthew Grech | Boca Gibraltar | 3 |
| 9 | Manuel Ruiz | Leo | 3 |