# 2022–23 Gibraltar Football League

The 2022–23 Gibraltar Football League season is the fourth season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (first under its current name), and the 124th season of football on the territory overall. The league is due to kick off in Autumn 2022. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their second title in April 2022. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams will qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Format

The structure of the league is expected to follow that of the previous three seasons. Teams will play 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 will receive the GFA Challenge Trophy and receive a bye to the second round of the next season's Rock Cup.

## Teams

The Gibraltar FA announced the clubs who had obtained licences to compete in the 2022–23 season on 17 May 2022. Six clubs were granted UEFA club licences: Bruno's Magpies, Glacis United, Lincoln Red Imps, Lions Gibraltar, Europa and St Joseph's. 5 clubs were granted Gibraltar FA Domestic 'Gold' Licenses: College 1975, Europa Point, Lynx, Manchester 62 and Mons Calpe, who lost their UEFA license. As such, the league is unchanged from the previous season.
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 | 2021–22 |
| Bruno's Magpies | Nathan Rooney | Kyle Casciaro | Macron | Chestertons | 4th |
| College 1975 | Luis Manuel Blanco | Adam Gracia | Joma | | 8th |
| Europa | Miguel Ángel Berlanga | Jayce Olivero | Kappa | Situs Construction | 2nd |
| Europa Point | Garry Lowe | Daniel Tudela | Xtreme Sports China | BLOKK | 10th |
| Glacis United | Michele Di Piedi | Nacho Fernández | Macron | LOBO | 5th |
| Lincoln Red Imps | Javi Muñoz | Roy Chipolina | Givova | Damex | 1st |
| Lions Gibraltar | Adrian Parral | Antonio Cintas | Macron | | 11th |
| Lynx | Albert Parody | Jesse Victory | Givova | Grupo Casais | 9th |
| Manchester 62 | Jamie McDonough | Kieron Garcia | Macron | GADS | 7th |
| Mons Calpe | David Guti | Emanuel Ojeda | Givova | FanPlay 365 | 6th |
| St Joseph's | Abraham Paz | Aymen Mouelhi | Legea | | 3rd |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Mons Calpe | Leo Fuentes | Mutual consent | 1 May 2022 | Pre-season | Allen Bula | 17 May 2022 |
| St Joseph's | Jaime Molina | Mutual consent | 1 May 2022 | Pre-season | Abraham Paz | 8 June 2022 |
| Lions Gibraltar | Paco Luna | Mutual consent | 1 May 2022 | Pre-season | Adrian Parral | 17 June 2022 |
| Europa Point | Tommy Taylor | Mutual consent | 1 May 2022 | Pre-season | Garry Lowe | 1 July 2022 |
| Lincoln Red Imps | Mick McElwee | Resigned | 9 May 2022 | Pre-season | Raúl Castillo | 18 May 2022 |
| Europa | Arteaga | Sacked | 2 September 2022 | Pre-season | Steven Cummings | 2 September 2022 |
| Mons Calpe | Allen Bula | Sacked | 9 October 2022 | 8th | David Guti | 12 October 2022 |
| Manchester 62 | David Wilson | Sacked | 11 October 2022 | 11th | Jamie McDonough | 11 October 2022 |
| Lincoln Red Imps | Raúl Castillo | Resigned | 31 December 2022 | 2nd | Javi Muñoz | 31 December 2022 |
| College 1975 | Ángel Espinosa | Sacked | 9 January 2023 | 11th | Luis Manuel Blanco | 16 January 2023 |
| Europa | Steven Cummings | Mutual consent | 1 March 2023 | 3rd | Miguel Ángel Berlanga | 2 March 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Europa | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | +30 | 25 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 2 | Lincoln Red Imps | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | +28 | 25 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 3 | Bruno's Magpies | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 25 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 4 | St Joseph's | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 19 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 5 | Lynx | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 19 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 6 | Glacis United | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 12 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 7 | Lions Gibraltar | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 11 | Qualification for the Challenge Group |
| 8 | Mons Calpe | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 10 | Qualification for the Challenge Group |
| 9 | Manchester 62 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 7 | Qualification for the Challenge Group |
| 10 | Europa Point | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 45 | −38 | 4 | Qualification for the Challenge Group |
| 11 | College 1975 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 3 | Qualification for the Challenge Group |
* ↑ 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

| Home \ Away | BRU | COL | EFC | EPO | GLA | LIN | LGI | LYN | MAN | MON | SJO |
| Bruno's Magpies | | | | 7–0 | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| College 1975 | 0–4 | | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–5 | | | | | 1–4 |
| Europa | 1–1 | 5–0 | | | 7–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Europa Point | | | 0–9 | | 0–4 | | 0–1 | | | | 0–6 |
| Glacis United | 1–2 | | | | | | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Lincoln Red Imps | 1–3 | | | 10–0 | 4–1 | | 6–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Lions Gibraltar | | 5–1 | 0–3 | | | | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Lynx | | 1–0 | | 5–1 | | 1–2 | | | 4–2 | | |
| Manchester 62 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | | | | | 0–3 |
| Mons Calpe | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | | | 0–3 | 1–0 | | |
| St Joseph's | 1–2 | | | | | 2–2 | | 2–1 | | 3–0 | |
* The match between St Joseph's and Mons Calpe on 16 December 2022 originally finished 2–2, but was later awarded as a 3–0 win to St Joseph's.

## Championship and Challenge groups
### Championship Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lincoln Red Imps (C) | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 14 | +54 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Europa | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Bruno's Magpies | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Lynx | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 33 | |
| 5 | St Joseph's | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 32 | |
| 6 | Glacis United | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 49 | −30 | 13 | |

### Championship Group results

| Home \ Away | BRU | EFC | GLA | LIN | LYN | SJO |
| Bruno's Magpies | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Europa | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Glacis United | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Lincoln Red Imps | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Lynx | 0–5 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–4 | | 1–1 |
| St Joseph's | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |

### Challenge Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mons Calpe | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 | GFA Challenge Trophy and bye in 2023–24 Rock Cup |
| 2 | Manchester 62 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 28 | |
| 3 | Lions Gibraltar | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 19 | |
| 4 | College 1975 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 51 | −32 | 9 | |
| 5 | Europa Point | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 65 | −53 | 7 | |

### Challenge Group results

| Home \ Away | COL | EPO | LGI | MAN | MON |
| College 1975 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 |
| Europa Point | 1–1 | | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–4 |
| Lions Gibraltar | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–4 | 2–5 |
| Manchester 62 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 |
| Mons Calpe | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juanfri | Lincoln Red Imps | 21 |
| 2 | Kike Gómez | Lincoln Red Imps | 17 |
| 3 | Aldair Ruiz | Lynx | 12 |
| 3 | Aodhán O'Hara | Manchester 62 | 12 |
| 5 | Pibe | Bruno's Magpies | 11 |
| 6 | Ibrahima Ndiaye | Europa | 8 |
| 6 | Labra | Lions Gibraltar | 8 |
| 6 | Boro | St Joseph's | 8 |
| 9 | Anthony Hernandez | Europa | 7 |
| 9 | Sergio Rivera | Europa | 7 |
| 9 | Xhelal Terziqi | Glacis United | 7 |
| 9 | Liam Walker | Lincoln Red Imps | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Kegan Caull | Europa Point | College 1975 | 4–0 (A) | 2 October 2022 |
| Kike Gómez $^5$ | Lincoln Red Imps | Europa Point | 10–0 (H) | 16 October 2022 |
| Juanfri | Lincoln Red Imps | Europa Point | 10–0 (H) | 16 October 2022 |
| Sergio Rivera | Europa | Europa Point | 9–0 (A) | 23 October 2022 |
| Pibe $^4$ | Bruno's Magpies | Europa Point | 7–0 (H) | 29 October 2022 |
| Kike Gómez | Lincoln Red Imps | Glacis United | 4–1 (H) | 30 October 2022 |
| Juanfri | Lincoln Red Imps | College 1975 | 5–0 (H) | 26 November 2022 |
| Ibrahima Ndiaye | Europa | College 1975 | 5–0 (H) | 3 December 2022 |
| Xhelal Terziqi | Glacis United | Europa Point | 4–0 (A) | 14 December 2022 |
| Jack Storer | Bruno's Magpies | Glacis United | 3–0 (H) | 12 February 2023 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Jaylan Hankins | Bruno's Magpies | 7 |
| 1 | Dayle Coleing | Lincoln Red Imps | 7 |
| 3 | Bradley Banda | Europa | 6 |
| 4 | Borja Valadés | Lions Gibraltar | 5 |
| 4 | Bradley Avellano | Lynx | 5 |
| 6 | Jordan Perez | Lynx | 4 |
| 6 | Alan Martin | St Joseph's | 4 |
| 8 | Christian Lopez | Europa | 3 |
| 8 | Fernando Canto | Manchester 62 | 3 |
| 10 | Daniel Tudela | Europa Point | 2 |
| 10 | Quinn Johnson | Glacis United | 2 |
| 10 | Nauzet Santana | Lincoln Red Imps | 2 |
| 10 | Christian Fraiz | Mons Calpe | 2 |
* ↑ Includes one clean sheet for Mons Calpe