F.C. Hound Dogs

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FC Hound Dogs
F.C. Hound Dogs logo.png
Founded2012
Ground Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Capacity2000
ManagerChris Gomez
League Gibraltar Intermediate League
2022–23 11th
Website Club website

FC Hound Dogs is a football and futsal club from Gibraltar. They play their football in the Gibraltar Intermediate League and the Rock Cup; their Futsal team compete in the Futsal 1st Division.

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FC Hound Dogs offers young footballers in Gibraltar the platform and opportunity to play football and futsal. The club operates a strict rotation policy where the focus is on giving everyone game time.

History

Formation

The club was founded in the summer of 2012 by Chris Gomez, Carl Bradford, David Bradford and Ercan Mehmet. The four of them set up the club from scratch, and later added Tyrone Smith to the backroom staff for the 2013–14 season. Chris and Tyrone had both been involved in coaching youth football for many years in Gibraltar, and as a result, had a group of young players interested in signing for them.

The vast majority of this group of players had been involved with Chris and Tyrone at Lions Gibraltar F.C., and later SJ Corinthians where they played alongside Ercan during the 2011–12 season and gained invaluable experience playing in the Gibraltar Premier Division. When SJ Corinthians folded at the end of the 2011–12 season, these young players had no club to play for, and as a result FC Hound Dogs was born.

After raising money via the players and founder members they were able to register and enter a football team into Gibraltar Second Division for the 2012–13 season; sponsorship was later secured via the Calpe Hounds Public House. The club started positively in their first season, finishing 4th.

After UEFA membership

The ascension of the Gibraltar Football Association to membership of UEFA led to a lot more money coming into football on the Rock, and as such, results began to decline for Hound Dogs with lower end of season finishes following in the coming seasons, although the club did provide a platform for young players such as Nick Castle, Etien Victory, Jamie Fortuna and Alan Wszeberowski to move to bigger clubs. Co-founder Ercan "Urge" Mehmet left the club in 2017, with a testimonial played in June that year.

However, results and finances continued to lag behind the rest of the pack, and in 2019 Hound Dogs withdrew from the newly formed Gibraltar National League, earning special dispensation to play in the Gibraltar Intermediate League along with U23 sides from other clubs in Gibraltar.

Current staff

PositionName
Team Manager Flag of Gibraltar.svg Chris Gomez
Assistant Manager Flag of Gibraltar.svg Jordan Duo

Current football squad

As of 12 September 2023. [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Richard Silva
3 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jonathan Smith
4 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jaygan Chipol
5 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Matthew Draper
7 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Sean De'Ath
8 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Saban
10 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Anthony Celecia
12 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Kristofer Torres
13 GK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Daniel Canilla
14 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Sean De Soto
15 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Karl Baldachino
16 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ashley Harrison
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Omar Martinez
19 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Ernest Tomsett
20 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jarvis Bautista
21 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Liam Moreno
22 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Karl Cervan
23 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sergio De La Torre
24 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Ethan Lopez
25 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jonathan Moreno
26 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Alejandro Postigo
29 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Sean Harrison
31 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Anthony Mendoza
MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Daniel Buhagiar

Retired numbers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
11 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Carl Bradford(posthumous honour)

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References

  1. Our squad for 2023/24 FC Hound Dogs. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.