Gibraltar Eurobet Division

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Gibraltar Eurobet Division
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Full name Gibraltar Eurobet Premier Division
abbreviation GIB Division
Association Gibraltar Football Association
First edition 1895
hierarchy 1st League
Teams 10
master Lincoln Red Imps FC (22)
Record champions Lincoln Red Imps FC (22)
Website gibraltarfa.com
Qualification for UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League

The Gibraltar Eurobet Premier Division is the top division in Gibraltar men's football . It was founded in 1893. Due to a lack of clubs, the first championship started two years later. The first official championship took place in 1905.

history

Formation of the League Association (1893)

After the demand for football clubs in Gibraltar increased, the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) decided to set up a league association. However, since there were too few clubs for a complete league, further clubs were "compulsorily founded". Up until then the only clubs were Prince of Wales FC , Gibraltar FC and Albion FC . Were founded to Jubliee FC , Exiles FC and Athletic FC . In 1895 the first - still unofficial championship - was held.

Official establishment (1905)

From 1905 the football league in Gibraltar was supported by the Spanish Football Association . There were also grants from England . The Victoria Stadium , the only stadium in Gibraltar to this day (and therefore also the venue for all league matches), and a trophy were arranged.

Joined UEFA (2013)

In May 2013, UEFA accepted the Gibraltar Football Association as a new member. This means that teams from the Gibraltar Football Association will be able to take part in the European Cup competitions for the first time in the 2014/15 season.

mode

Since the 2015/16 season, the league has been played with ten (instead of eight) teams. The increase from six to eight teams only happened two years earlier. This was necessary after joining UEFA in order to meet its criteria, which stipulate a league strength of at least seven teams. The champions take part in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League and the cup winners in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League . The tenth and thus last placed team is relegated to the Gibraltar Division 2 , in which the other 14 clubs play. The league games are free of charge.

Current teams

The following teams will take part in the 2018/19 season:

society Rank
2017/18
Lincoln Red Imps FC (M) 1
Europe FC 2
St Joseph's FC 3
Gibraltar United FC 4th
Mons Calpe SC 5
Gibraltar Phoenix FC 6th
Glacis United FC 7th
Lions FC Gibraltar 8th
Lynx FC 9
Boca Juniors Gibraltar (N) Div. 2: 1

(M) = champions of last season; (N) = promoted from the 2nd division

master

A total of 115 championships have been held since 1895, and the league has not been held in eight years. The following clubs have won the championship title so far:

society title Years
Lincoln Red Imps FC 1 23 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Prince of Wales FC 19th 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1939, 1940, 1953
Glacis United FC 17th 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1997, 2000
Britannia FC 14th 1908, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1937, 1941, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963
Gibraltar United FC 11 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 2002
Manchester United FC 7th 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1995, 1999
Europe FC 7th 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1952, 2017
St Theresas FC 3 1987, 1988, 1998
Gibraltar FC 2 1896, 1924
Jubilee FC 2 1897, 1898
Exiles FC 2 1900, 1902
South United FC 2 1910, 1911
Chief Construction FC 2 1935, 1936
Albion FC 1 1899
Athletic FC 1 1905
Royal Sovereign FC 1 1915
Commander of the Yard FC 1 1934
St Joseph's FC 1 1996
1 Lincoln Red Imps FC played under the name Newcastle United FC from 2002 to 2007

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Gruener : 22 clubs. A stadium. , kicker-Sportmagazin # 92/2014, Olympia-Verlag Nürnberg , November 10, 2014, pp. 84–87
  2. ↑ UEFA Welcome Gibraltar To Europe's Football Family As 54th Member. insidefutbol.com, May 24, 2013, accessed May 25, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Premier Division to expand to eight teams for 2013/14 season. WordPress , June 7, 2013, accessed July 4, 2013 .
  4. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .