History
Gibraltar Wave formed in 2021 by former Europa Point owner John Gontier, with an executive board made up of players Lauren Tomsett, Amanda Jackson. The team officially launched on 15 March 2021, outlining its mission statement as a community club and announcing a search for new players ahead of its debut in that April's Gibraltar Women's Futsal League. [1] Managed by Spanish coach Dani Amaya, the team finished third in its group in its inaugural Women's Futsal League appearance. However, on 7 August 2021, the club appointed veteran coach Andy Parody to manage the side in their maiden football season. [2] That summer, the club also partnered with the app Fanbase to engage with fans online. [3] The club also recruited German Heiko Mock to assist with developing the team off the pitch, and improving the club's audience. [4]
The club made their debut in 11-a-side football on 20 September 2021, in the Gibraltar Women's Football League. They defeated fellow newcomers Manchester 62 9–0, with hat-tricks from Gianelle Hanglin and Narges Mararat. [5] The side finished 4th of 5 teams in its debut season, with 11 points. For the following season, the club announced that they would broadcast matches on the platform Recast, a first for women's football in Gibraltar. [6]
Aside from football and futsal, the club also operates a beach soccer team, being the first organised team in Gibraltar. The side won the inaugural Beach Soccer Charity Tournament in 2021, [7] and thus competed in the 2022 Women's Euro Winners Cup, becoming the country's first representatives at the tournament and its first international appearance. [8] The team finished 15th in their tournament debut. [9]
The 2024–25 season, after a slow start, saw significant improvement competing under the name Mons Calpe Gibraltar Wave. Under the management of Col Griffiths, the club made several high-profile mid-season signings including international players Caitlin Robba, Charlyann Pizzarello, Nicole Nash and Anna Howard. The club finished 3rd in the GWFL along with their first ever piece of silverware, beating Lynx in the Women's Rock Cup Final on 19 May 2025. [10]
ECA Network
In summer 2023 Gibraltar Wave FC was officially invted to the ECA Network, which is a number of 200 so-called "Aspiring Clubs of Europe". [11]
In September 2023 Gibraltar Wave FC was one of the clubs attending the general assembly of the ECA in Berlin. [12] Only a bit more than two years after the club was founded, it arrived in the center of European football. Even more, Gibraltar Wave FC was selected as a member of the Women's Football Working Group [13] of the ECA for the 2023/27 cycle.
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