F.C. Olympique 13

FC Olympique 13

Full name	Football Club Olympique Gibraltar 13
Founded	2013
Ground	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Capacity	2000
Chairman	Sunday Adeleye
Manager	Ángel Parla-Díaz
League	Gibraltar National League
2018–19	Gibraltar Second Division, 3rd
Website	http://www.fcolympique13.com
Home colours Away colours

F.C. Olympique 13 is a football team from Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar National League, having played in the Gibraltar Second Division since their formation in 2013 until the two divisions merged in 2019, and compete in the Rock Cup, the country's top tier cup competition. ^[1]

As with all other clubs in the territory, FC Olympique 13 currently share the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue.

History

The club formed in 2013 amid the heightened interest in football on Gibraltar, after the territory was admitted to UEFA that year. In their debut season in the Gibraltar Second Division, they finished 3rd and narrowly missed out on promotion. However, the club failed to improve on their debut season as a 7th-place finish followed in 2014–15, a 5th-place finish in 2015–16 and a 6th-place finish in their final season under English manager Gary Turner-Bone.

The summer of 2017 saw significant changes at the club as it was taken over by Nigerian businessman Sunday Adeleye, who also owns DSS F.C. of the Nigeria National League. Aside from establishing a link between the two clubs with young players transferring between DSS and Olympique, the newly re-branded club hired Scottish manager Lewis Fraser and completely overhauled the squad, bringing in several players from his old club Angels F.C. along with assistant manager Steven Gallagher. The club's ambitions were made clear with the signing of 2 former international players throughout the 2017–18 season, including goalkeeper Jordan Perez and striker Robert Montovio in the summer.

The club endured a slow start to the season, struggling in mid-table by the winter break. This resulted in a large scale rebuild of the squad in January, exemplified by the loan addition of Lincoln Red Imps attacker Kyle Casciaro along with Godwin Egbo, Dizza Usman and Uche Nwankwo from parent club DSS. The expulsion of promotion rivals Angels on 2 February 2018 saw the club propelled from 4th to 2nd in the league, one point off unbeaten leaders Europa Point, without kicking a ball over the winter break. Accompanied by a club record 16–0 victory over mid-season league leaders Cannons on the penultimate matchday, Olympique guaranteed their spot in the promotion play-off on 20 May, after a late Max Bothen goal secured a 1–0 victory over Hound Dogs. However, they lost the play-off to Lynx on 8 June. At the end of the season, Fraser left the club, and the club appointed former Leo manager Norberto Alonso Simón on 13 July 2018.

Current squad

As of 16 February 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GIB Kenneth Cruz 2 DF   GIB Steffan Cardona 3 FW   ESP Pedro Perez Ruiz 4 DF   ESP Jonathan Guerrero 5 DF   GIB Julian Lavagna 6 MF   GIB Nick Castle 8 MF   GIB Jonatan García Navas 9 FW   ESP Alejandro Carenote 10 FW   GIB Angelo Lavagna 11 FW   GIB Leeroy Ruiz 12 MF   GIB Adrian Lopez

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   ESP Carlos Carenote(2nd captain) 14 DF   ESP Edu 15 MF   GIB Karl Sene 17 DF   NGA Godwin Egbo 18 MF   NGA Nwankwo Uchechukwu 20 FW   NGA Dizza Usman 21 FW   ESP Riki Rojo 22 MF   GIB Andrew Lopez(captain) 23 DF   ESP Kiki 27 DF   ESP Dani Corderó 99 GK   ESP David Moreno Garcia

Achievements

• Best League finish: 2nd, Gibraltar Second Division (2017–18)
• Best Rock Cup performance: Quarter-Finals (2017–18, 2019)
• Record victory: 16–0 vs Cannons, 8 May 2018

References

1. "Gibraltar Football Association". Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2015-02-17.

External links

• Official website