Lynx F.C.

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Lynx FC
Lynx football club.png
Full nameLynx Football Club
Nickname(s)The Yellows
Founded2007
Ground Victoria Stadium
Capacity2,000
PresidentJack Noble
ManagerAlbert Parody
League Gibraltar Football League
2023–24 7th
Website Club website

Lynx FC is a football club from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Football League. The club colours are yellow and black.

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History

The club was formed in 2007 and has been managed by Albert Parody for the majority of its history, making him the country's longest serving manager. After winning the Gibraltar Second Division in 2012, thus earning promotion to the Gibraltar Premier Division, the club have established themselves as a top flight team. Lynx recorded an impressive 4th place in the 2013–14 season, Gibraltar's first season with an 8 team league as members of UEFA. Since then, the club have settled into mid-table.

In 2015 they appointed former national team coach Allen Bula as a sporting director, as well as becoming a feeder club to Slovakian side MFK Košice, for whom Bula was an academy coach before managing Gibraltar. Another mid-table finish followed, however, squad changes over the summer left them struggling in the bottom of the table for the first half of the 2016-17 season leaving question marks over Albert Parody's future at the club. Changes in January 2017 saw the signing of key players including goalkeeper Dany Fernandes and defender Charlie Mitchell, and an upturn in form saw a comfortable 6th-place finish at the end of the season. On 2 June Albert Parody, the longest serving manager in the Gibraltar Premier Division, resigned and was replaced by Allen Bula. However, after 4 games and 4 defeats without any goals scored, it was reported that Bula had parted ways with the club on 27 October.

Domestic history

SeasonLeague Rock Cup OtherLeague top goalscorer
DivisionPWDLGFGAPtsPosCompetitionResultNameGoals
2012–13 Premier154291842144th Second round
2013–14 Premier149233618293rd Quarter-final Gibraltar Premier Cup Semi-finals Sergio Ginés14
2014–15 Premier2110833618383rd Runners-Up Gibraltar Premier Cup Group stage Raducio King10
2015–16 Premier27112143740355th Second round Agustin Doxagarat7
2016–17 Premier2784153445286th Quarter-final Raúl Segura9
2017–18 Premier2764172248229th Second round Franco Gargiulo6
2018–19 Premier2787122945317th Second round Alberto Valdivia6
2019–20 National179263730294th [lower-alpha 1] First round Alberto Valdivia7
2020–21 National2082103640265th Quarter–final Aritz Hernández11
2021–22 National1861112538199th First round 4 players2
2022–23 GFL2010373329334th Quarter-finals Aldair Ruiz 12
2023–24 GFL208392931277th Quarter-finals Connor Flynn-Gillespie14

Players

Current squad

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 Robert Rae
2 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jean-Carlos Garcia
3 DF Flag of Somalia.svg  SOM Ahmed Isse
5 DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Darko Torbica
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Souleymane Diallo
7 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Michael Ruiz (co-captain)
8 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Omar Salah(co-captain)
9 FW Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  VEN Marco Farisato
10 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Fallou Fall
11 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Kyle Casciaro
14 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Kaylan Barcelo
17 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Yevhen Troyanovskyi
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Dani Gallardo
20 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Denis Cabeza
23 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Olmo
30 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA André dos Santos
33 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Richard Felipes
39 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Pibe(co-captain)
66 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jesse Victory
88 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kyle Degelman
99 GK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Bradley Avellano
GK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jamie Robba
MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Scott Ballantine
MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Francis Huart

Club staff

PositionName
Club Management
Head coach Flag of Gibraltar.svg Albert Parody
Assistant Coach Flag of Spain.svg Yiyi Pérez
U23 Coach Flag of Spain.svg José Navas
Coach Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Morales
Physical Trainer Flag of Spain.svg Adan Guerrero
Board
President Flag of England.svg Jack Noble
Chief Executive Officer Flag of Gibraltar.svg Albert Parody
General Manager Flag of Gibraltar.svg Deidre Rae
Director Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Revelli
Youth Co-ordinator Flag of Gibraltar.svg Jeky Buhagiar

Notes

  1. Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic


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