# 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division

The 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of the national amateur and semi-professional football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league was contested by ten clubs, expanded from eight clubs in the last two seasons, including all clubs from last season and two promoted clubs from 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division. The winner of the Gibraltar Premier Division, Lincoln Red Imps was allocated a spot in Champions League qualification, and as they won the Rock Cup a spot in the Europa League was given to the runners-up Europa FC.
Lincoln Red Imps were the reigning champions, sealing a record 21st title last season. The Gibraltar football season kicked off with the Pepe Reyes Cup between Lincoln and Europa FC, which Lincoln won 3–2 after extra time. The season proper kicked off on the following Friday, September 25, with St Joseph's facing Lions.

## Format

Each of the ten Premier Division teams will play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each. It is expected that the tenth-placed team will be relegated while the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division.

## Teams

After the 2014–15 season no teams were relegated, and both Gibraltar United and Angels were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division, when the league expands to ten teams this season.
| Club | Finishing position 2014–15 |
| Angels | 2nd in Second division (Promoted) |
| Britannia XI | 7th |
| Europa FC | 2nd |
| Gibraltar United | 1st in Second division (Promoted) |
| Glacis United | 6th |
| Lincoln Red Imps | 1st (champions) |
| Lions Gibraltar | 8th |
| Lynx | 3rd |
| Manchester 62 | 5th |
| St Joseph's | 4th |

### Notes

* ↑ Club changed name from College Europa FC to Europa FC starting this season

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lincoln Red Imps (C) | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 9 | +121 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Europa FC | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 18 | +64 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | St Joseph's | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 45 | |
| 4 | Lions Gibraltar | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 45 | |
| 5 | Lynx | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 35 | |
| 6 | Manchester 62 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 32 | |
| 7 | Glacis United | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 32 | |
| 8 | Gibraltar United | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 29 | |
| 9 | Britannia XI (R) | 27 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 84 | −49 | 26 | Qualification for the play-off |
| 10 | Angels (R) | 27 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 107 | −87 | 9 | Relegation to the Gibraltar Second Division |
* ↑ Lincoln Red Imps qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Rock Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

## Results
### Matches 1–18

Teams play each other twice.
| Home \ Away | ANG | BRI | EFC | GIB | GLA | LIN | LGI | LYN | MAN | SJO |
| Angels | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–13 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 |
| Britannia XI | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 |
| Europa FC | 3–0 | 10–1 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Gibraltar United | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Glacis United | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–6 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 |
| Lincoln | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 11–0 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Lions Gibraltar | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Lynx | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Manchester 62 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 0–1 |
| St Joseph's | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

### Matches 19–27

Teams play each other once.
| Home \ Away | ANG | BRI | EFC | GIB | GLA | LIN | LGI | LYN | MAN | SJO |
| Angels | | | 0–3 | 1–7 | | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–6 | |
| Britannia XI | 4–3 | | 1–16 | 0–2 | | | 1–4 | 0–2 | | |
| Europa FC | | | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Gibraltar United | | | 1–3 | | 0–2 | | | | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Glacis United | 6–1 | 1–0 | | | | 1–4 | | 2–1 | | |
| Lincoln | 13–1 | 10–0 | | 4–0 | | | | 4–0 | | |
| Lions Gibraltar | | | | 1–3 | 6–3 | 1–7 | | 4–1 | | |
| Lynx | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Manchester 62 | | 6–0 | | | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | | 3–0 |
| St Joseph's | 0–1 | 4–0 | | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | | |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 16 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pedro Carrión Padial | Europa FC | 29 |
| 2 | George Cabrera | Lincoln Red Imps | 24 |
| 3 | Guido Abayián | Lincoln Red Imps | 20 |
| 4 | Sergio Gines | Lions Gibraltar | 19 |
| 5 | Kyle Casciaro | Lincoln Red Imps | 17 |
| 5 | Lee Casciaro | Lincoln Red Imps | 17 |
| 7 | Joseph Chipolina | Lincoln Red Imps | 16 |
| 7 | Cristian Toncheff | Manchester 62 | 16 |
| 7 | Juan Pablo Pereira Sastrie | Lynx/Glacis United | 16 |
| 10 | Robert Montovio | Gibraltar United | 15 |

## Promotion/relegation play-off

At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division, Britannia XI, entered a play-off with Mons Calpe, the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division.
Mons Calpe are promoted to the 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division.