2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division

Premier Division
Season	2013–14
Champions	Lincoln 20th title
Relegated	Gibraltar Phoenix
Champions League	Lincoln
Europa League	College Europa
Matches played	56
Goals scored	238 (4.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	John-Paul Duarte (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Lincoln 16–1 Gibraltar Phoenix (15 February 2014)
Biggest away win	Gibraltar Phoenix 0–16 Lincoln (8 February 2014)
Highest scoring	Lincoln 16–1 Gibraltar Phoenix (15 February 2014)
Longest winning run	11 games Lincoln
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Lincoln
Longest winless run	14 games Gibraltar Phoenix
Longest losing run	14 games Gibraltar Phoenix
← 2012–13 2014–15 → All statistics correct as of 5 April 2014.

The 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 115th season of the national amateur football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league was expanded this season, and will be contested by eight clubs, a requirement for entry into UEFA competitions.^[1] The season began on October 7, 2013 with Glacis United defeating Lions Gibraltar 3-2. Lincoln are the defending league champions, having sealed their 11th successive title win in 2012-13.

Season summary

The 2013-14 season of the Gibraltar Premier Division, the first since the GFA's acceptance into UEFA, began on October 7, 2013 with Glacis United defeating Lions Gibraltar 3-2. The two sides had finished level on points the previous season at the bottom of the table but remained in the division thanks to the league's expansion from 6 to 8 teams in order to meet the minimum requirements for entry into UEFA competitions. Reigning champions and heavy favourites Lincoln got off to a slow start, being held 0-0 and 1-1 in their opening fixtures to Lynx and College Europa, respectively. Both sides proved early season surprise packages and occupied the top two places for the majority of the early part of the season. The mid season break saw the first edition of the Gibraltar Premier Cup in which Lincoln came out victorious after defeating Manchester 62 in the final. Following this both sides continued long lasting unbeaten runs to reach the top two positions in the table, with Lincoln yet to suffer defeat as of March 31, 2014.

At the other end of the table, two sides suffered mass exoduses in pre-season and struggled for form as a result. St Joseph's, 2012-13 league runners up and reigning Rock Cup champions, saw themselves in particular trouble while the struggle to keep players meant that newly promoted Gibraltar Phoenix, who failed to pick up a single point in their first 10 games, were left struggling to even field a starting 11 by December. In the March 28 game between Lincoln and College Europa, an explosion caused a floodlight failure with 12 minutes to go and saw the match abandoned at 3-2 to the Red Imps. Because Victoria Stadium is the only current stadium in Gibraltar, evening games the rest of the weekend, including the game between St Joseph's and Glacis United, were postponed. However, daytime games including Lions Gibraltar's 1-0 victory over a much improved Gibraltar Phoenix, were permitted to go ahead. Both Lincoln and College Europa have appealed to replay the abandoned game. On April 2, the final 12 minutes were played out with 4-2 the result. Gibraltar Phoenix were relegated on April 7, 2014 after a 5-0 defeat to Manchester 62, having lost all 12 games of the season up to that point. Lincoln secured their title win with a 4-1 victory over Lions Gibraltar on April 14.

Teams

Victoria Stadium

Location of the stadium which all teams play in

After the 2012–13 season, no teams were relegated due to the expansion of the league. College Europa and Gibraltar Phoenix were promoted from the Second Division as champions and runners up, respectively.^[1]

Club	Finishing position 2012–13
College Europa	1st in Gibraltar Second Division (promoted)
Gibraltar Phoenix	2nd in Gibraltar Second Division (promoted)
Glacis United	6th
Lincoln Red Imps	1st (champions)
Lions Gibraltar	5th
Lynx	4th
Manchester 62	3rd
St Joseph's	2nd

European qualification

This will be the first season of the league since Gibraltar were accepted as full members of UEFA. Gibraltar has been allocated one place in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, provided the qualifying club has received a UEFA licence.^[2]

Personnel and kits

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	Shirt sponsor
College Europa	Nuñez, ManoloManolo Nuñez	Manasco, DylanDylan Manasco	Nike	Cancer Relief Gibraltar
Gibraltar Phoenix	Gore, MattMatt Gore	Lowe, GaryGary Lowe	Adidas	Digital Corner
Glacis United	Sanchez Alfaro, JavierJavier Sanchez Alfaro		Nike
Lincoln	McElwee, MikeMike McElwee	Chipolina, RoyRoy Chipolina	Joma	OSG Security
Lions Gibraltar	Cummings, SteveSteve Cummings	Dalli, JansenJansen Dalli	Errea	Mitsubishi
Lynx	Parody, AlbertAlbert Parody		Adidas	Trends
Manchester 62	Asquez, AaronAaron Asquez	Reoch, MattMatt Reoch	Joma	CEPSA GIB
St. Joseph's	Aguilera, JerryJerry Aguilera	Aguilera, JerryJerry Aguilera	Joma

League table

The Europa League qualifying spot was unconfirmed after the cup and league finished.^[3] UEFA regulations suggested College Europa as Cup runners-ups. GFA promised the spot to the league runners-up pre-season. Eventually College Europa were awarded the spot.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln !Lincoln (C)	14	11	3	0	66	6	+60	36	2014–15 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Manchester 62 !Manchester 62	14	9	3	2	37	10	+27	30
3	Lynx !Lynx	14	9	2	3	36	18	+18	29
4	Europa FC !Europa FC	14	5	4	5	31	20	+11	19	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	Glacis United !Glacis United	14	6	1	7	18	32	−14	19
6	Lions Gibraltar !Lions Gibraltar	14	4	2	8	23	33	−10	14
7	St Joseph's !St Joseph's (O)	14	4	1	9	20	29	−9	13	Qualification for Relegation play–off
8	Gibraltar Phoenix !Gibraltar Phoenix (R)	14	0	0	14	9	94	−85	0	Relegation to 2014–15 Second Division

Source: 2013–14 Football league of Gibraltar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Teams in the 2013-14 season will play each other twice, with the season starting on October 7, 2013 and ending on May 7, 2014.

Home ╲ Away	Europa FC !EFC	Gibraltar Phoenix !GPH	Glacis United !GLA	Lincoln !LIN	Lions Gibraltar !LGI	Lynx !LYN	Manchester 62 !MAN	St Joseph's !SJO
Europa FC !Europa FC		3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–4
Gibraltar Phoenix !Gibraltar Phoenix	0–11		2–3	0–16	2–6	0–7	0–5	0–4
Glacis United !Glacis United	0–2	3–0		0–3	3–2	0–2	0–7	1–0
Lincoln !Lincoln	4–2	16–1	4–0		4–1	3–0	1–1	5–0
Lions Gibraltar !Lions Gibraltar	1–1	1–0	3–4	0–4		0–2	3–1	3–2
Lynx !Lynx	3–2	8–2	4–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	3–1
Manchester 62 !Manchester 62	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–2		2–0
St Joseph's !St Joseph's	0–1	6–1	0–0	0–4	4–2	2–3	0–3

Source: Soccerway: Gibraltar Premier Division Table
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

St Joseph's won and remained in the Premier Division.

St Joseph's v Mons Calpe

18 May 2014
18:00

St Joseph's	2–0	Mons Calpe
Nathan Santos Bruninho Araújo

Victoria Stadium

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John-Paul Duarte	Lincoln	15
2	George Cabrera	Lincoln	14
2	Sergio Ginés	Lynx	14
4	Christian Toncheff	College Europa	10
5	Joseph Chipolina	Lincoln	9
6	Robert Montovio	College Europa	8
7	Tostao	College Europa	7
8	Naoufal El Andaloussi	Manchester 62	6
	Liam Clarke	St. Joseph's / Lincoln
	Kyle Casciaro	Lincoln
	Nathan Santos	St. Joseph's

References

1 2 "Gibraltar Premier Division to expand". Gibraltar Football. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
↑ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
↑ "Storm brewing over which football team should go into the UEFA Europa League". panorama.gi. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

External links

Season at soccerway.com

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