Lions Gibraltar F.C. Women

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Lions Gibraltar
Full nameLions Gibraltar Football Club Women
Short nameLions
Founded1999 (earliest known)
2007
2010
2013 (current incarnation)
Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue Gibraltar
Capacity5000
PresidentAlexander Grech
ManagerZamara Espinosa
League Gibraltar Women's Football League
2023–24 1st
Website Club website

Lions Gibraltar Football Club Women is an amateur football club in Gibraltar, currently playing in the Gibraltar Women's Football League. The club is affiliated to Lions Gibraltar. [1]

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History

The earliest known incarnation of Lions women competed in the 1999 season of the Gibraltar Women's Football League, [2] although records before then are not known. After an 8 year absence from women's football the team returned, competing in the 2007 Women's League after merging with Tunnel Tigers, during which time they competed as Lions Tunnel Tigers. [3] However, after finishing bottom of the league that season, the team quickly folded. The club returned as an independent entity in 2010, again finishing bottom of the league as Gibraltar United's women's team won the league, [4] however the 2011 merger of the two men's teams also saw the women's teams merging after another hiatus from the league, returning in 2013 under its current incarnation and winning the league on their first attempt. [5] The emergence of Lincoln Red Imps the following season saw Lions' brief control of the league quickly dissipate, until Lincoln's side folded in 2020.

Honours

Gibraltar Women's Football League
Women's Rock Cup

Current squad

Correct as of 13 October 2022. [6]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Rebecca Benggio
2 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Alexandra Ambrosio
3 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Isabella Laguea
4 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Josie Cummings
5 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Abigail Evans
6 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Kayleigh Tellez
7 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Nicole Nash
8 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Mara Alvez
9 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Mollie Karp
10 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Isabella Rodriguez
11 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Kayleigh Ferro(captain)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Zoe Payas
13 GK Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Castillo
14Flag of England.svg  ENG Bryony Harper
15 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Andrya Rowbottom
16Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Aimee Risso
17 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Erin Saxby
18Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Betina Kostadinova
19Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Úrsula-Jimena Navarro
21Flag of England.svg  ENG Nicola Taylor
22Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jenai MacKinnon

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References

  1. ↑ Lions Gibraltar FC Ladies Lions Gibraltar. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Gibraltar (Women) 1999 RSSSF. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Gibraltar Women's Football League 2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Gibraltar Women's Football League 2010–11 RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Gibraltar Women's Football League 2013–14 RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Europa FC Women vs Lions Gibraltar Women Gibraltar FA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.


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