# St Joseph's F.C.

St Joseph's Football Club is a professional football club based in Gibraltar. Founded in 1912, it currently plays in the Gibraltar Football League. The club also has two futsal teams and more than 10 youth teams.

## History

Formed in 1912, St Joseph's are Gibraltar's oldest still existing football club, with the next oldest, Manchester 62, formed 50 years later. They have consistently competed in the Gibraltar Premier Division in that time. However, they have only won the title once: in the 1995–96 season. They have seen considerably better fortunes in the Rock Cup, however, with 10 titles in their history, including a league and cup double in 1996. Their last Rock Cup triumph came in 2013. In 2013, they established links as a feeder club to Real Balompédica Linense.
Since Gibraltar became a member of UEFA, the Saints initially endured more mixed fortunes, including narrowly avoiding relegation in the 2013–14 season, ending up in the relegation play-off and narrowly beating Mons Calpe to retain their Premier Division status. Since that near miss, they have consistently finished in the top half of the league, and in 2017 qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time with a 3rd-place finish, after Gibraltar had been given an additional spot in the competition. However, their maiden campaign would be short-lived as they suffered a resounding 10-0 aggregate defeat to AEL Limassol of Cyprus. In August, the club were hit when two players, club captain Esteban Montes and Alberto Montaño, were imposed with five and three year bans from football in Gibraltar, respectively, for breaching rules on betting. Both players were immediately released from the club.
The club quickly established themselves at one of the "Big Three" of Gibraltarian football in the UEFA era before running into financial difficulties in early 2022. As a result of this, in June that year, former Burnley owner and chairman Mike Garlick purchased the club, with Weymouth owner Mark Palmer also joining the board.

### Seasons (since UEFA acceptance)

| Season | Division | League record | League record | League record | League record | League record | League record | League record | League record | Rock Cup | Pepe Reyes Cup | European competitions | European competitions | Top league scorer(s) | Top league scorer(s) |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Rock Cup | Pepe Reyes Cup | Competition | Result | Player | Goals |
| 2013–14 | Premier Division | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 7th | Second round | Winners | — | — | Nathan Santos | 6 |
| 2014–15 | Premier Division | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 18 | 38 | 4th | Semi-final | Runners-up | — | — | José Luis Romero | 11 |
| 2015–16 | Premier Division | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 45 | 3rd | Second round | — | — | — | | |
| 2016–17 | Premier Division | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 18 | 54 | 3rd | Semi-final | — | — | — | John-Paul Duarte | 15 |
| 2017–18 | Premier Division | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 30 | 54 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Boro | 9 |
| 2018–19 | Premier Division | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 29 | 55 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa League | Preliminary round | Boro | 21 |
| 2019–20 | National League | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 15 | 44 | 2nd | Semi-final | — | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Juanfri | 24 |
| 2020–21 | National League | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 20 | 45 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa League | Preliminary round | Juanfri | 22 |
| 2021–22 | National League | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 27 | 35 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa Conference League | First qualifying round | Juanfri | 14 |
| 2022–23 | Football League | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 32 | 5th | Semi-final | — | UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qualifying round | Boro | 8 |
| 2023–24 | Football League | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 62 | 16 | 63 | 2nd | Semi-final | — | — | — | Pablo Rodríguez | 15 |
* ↑ The 2019–20 Gibraltar National League season, and the 2020 Rock Cup, were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with results declared null and void.
* ↑ St Joseph's had won their quarter final match before the 2020 Rock Cup was abandoned.

## Achievements

* Gibraltar Football League: 1
       1995–96
* Rock Cup Titles: 10
       1956, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013
* Pepe Reyes Cup: 2
       2013, 2024
* Gibraltar Women's Football League: 1
       2007

## Current squad
### First team

    As of 10 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GIB | Bradley Banda |
| 2 | DF | GIB | Ethan Jolley |
| 3 | DF | GIB | Jayce Olivero |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Javi Paul |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Marco Rosa |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Manolín |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lucas Gaúcho |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Bauti |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Pablo Rodríguez |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Rey |
| 11 | MF | GIB | Liam Walker |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Christian Aznar |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Marcos Zappacosta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | GIB | Erin Barnett |
| 15 | DF | GIB | Ethan Santos |
| 16 | FW | GIB | Michael Yome |
| 17 | MF | GIB | Mitch Gibson |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Hugo Jesslén |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Juanfri |
| 20 | DF | URU | Gabri Cardozo (vice-captain) |
| 21 | DF | GIB | Alain Pons |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Juanma González (captain) |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Facu Álvarez |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Cristian Orihuela |
| 25 | FW | ESP | Adrián Armental |
| 30 | GK | ARG | Gonzalo Paz |

#### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ANG | Alberto Lubango (at Europa) |

## Club staff

| Position | Name |
| Club Management ||
| Manager | Abraham Paz |
| Assistant coach | Eloy Bolaños |
| Fitness coach | Juan Carlos Galindo |
| Goalkeeping coach | Félix Romero |
| Head physio | Jaime Rojas Boy |
| Head Analyst Coach | Fernando Rosado |
| Kit manager | Christian Hook |
| Board ||
| Chairman | Mike Garlick |
| President | Stuart Rodriguez |
| Technical Director | John Paul Hendrick |
| Secretary | David O'Flaherty |
| Head of Youth | Kane Forster Chisum Sanchez |
| Youth co-ordinator | Christopher Gonzalez |

## European record

    Accurate as of match played 18 July 2024
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 011.11 |
| UEFA Conference League | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 014.29 |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 42 | −33 | 012.50 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | AEL Limassol | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–10 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | PR | B36 Tórshavn | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2, 2–4 (p) |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | PR | Prishtina | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Rangers | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–10 |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | PR | B36 Tórshavn | 1–2 | — | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | FCI Levadia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Larne | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | Slavia Prague | 0–4 | 0–7 | 0–11 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | Shelbourne | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |

### Notes

* PR: Preliminary round
* 1Q: First qualifying round