St Joseph's F.C.

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St Joseph's FC
St Joseph's F.C. logo.png
Full nameSt Joseph's Football Club Gibraltar
Nickname(s)The Saints
Founded20 January 1912;112 years ago (20 January 1912)
Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar
Capacity2,000
OwnerMike Garlick
Manager Abraham Paz
League Gibraltar Football League
2022–23 Championship Group: 5th
Overall: 5th
Website Club website

St Joseph's Football Club, created in 1912, is an association football club based in Gibraltar. It currently plays in the Gibraltar Football League. The club also has two Futsal teams and more than 10 youth teams. The club was granted an official UEFA licence in 2015.

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History

Formed in 1912, St Joseph's are Gibraltar's oldest still existing football club, with the next oldest, Manchester 62, formed 50 years later. They have consistently competed in the Gibraltar Premier Division in that time. However, they have only won the title once: in the 1995–96 season. They have seen considerably better fortunes in the Rock Cup, however, with 10 titles in their history, including a league and cup double in 1996. Their last Rock Cup triumph came in 2013. In 2013, they established links as a feeder club to Real Balompédica Linense.

Since Gibraltar became a member of UEFA, the Saints initially endured more mixed fortunes, including narrowly avoiding relegation in the 2013–14 season, ending up in the relegation play-off and narrowly beating Mons Calpe to retain their Premier Division status. Since that near miss, they have consistently finished in the top half of the league, and in 2017 qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time with a 3rd-place finish, after Gibraltar had been given an additional spot in the competition. However, their maiden campaign would be short-lived as they suffered a resounding 10-0 aggregate defeat to AEL Limassol of Cyprus. In August, the club were hit when two players, club captain Esteban Montes and Alberto Montaño, were imposed with five and three year bans from football in Gibraltar, respectively, for breaching rules on betting. Both players were immediately released from the club. [1]

The club quickly established themselves at one of the "Big Three" of Gibraltarian football in the UEFA era before running into financial difficulties in early 2022. As a result of this, in June that year, former Burnley owner and chairman Mike Garlick purchased the club, with Weymouth owner Mark Palmer also joining the board. [2]

Achievements

1995–96
1956, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013
2013
2007

Current squad

First team

As of 13 September 2023 [3]

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 Bradley Banda
2 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Ethan Jolley
3 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jayce Olivero
4 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Javi Paul
5 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Bauti
6 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Manolín
7 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Lucas Gaúcho
8 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Manuel Caballero
9 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Rodríguez
10 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Boro
11 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Michael Yome
12 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Christian Aznar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 GK Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Álex Navas
14 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Erin Barnett
16 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Aymen Mouelhi
17 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Kevagn Robba
18 FW Flag of Angola.svg  ANG Alberto Lubango
19 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Dylan Borge
20 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Gabri Cardozo
21 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Alain Pons
22 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Juanma González(captain)
23 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Álvaro Rey
30 GK Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Gonzalo Paz
35 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Ahmed El Ouahabi

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
25 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Adam Gracia(at Europa)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jamie Serra(at Europa)

Intermediate team

No.Pos.NationPlayer
3 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Samuel Hook
4 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jordan Barker
5 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Cameron Botterill
6 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Nassim Xiberras
7 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Sebastian Diaz
8 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Álvaro Sánchez
10 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jesse Segui
11 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Omar Errouas
12 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Marley Hills
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Juanma Marcelo
15 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Duncun Lamont
16 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP José Luis Castillo
17 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ross Gray
19 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Charlie Holland
21 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Julian Correa
23 GK Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Elio Gómez
34 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Bryce Gomez
— GK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Soufiane El Morabet

Club staff

PositionName
Club Management
Manager Flag of Spain.svg Abraham Paz
Assistant coach Flag of Spain.svg Eloy Bolaños
Fitness coach Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Galindo
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Spain.svg Félix Romero
Head physio Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Rojas Boy
U23 coach Flag of Scotland.svg David Wilson
U23 Assistant coach Flag of Gibraltar.svg S Debono
Head Analyst
Coach		 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Rosado
Kit manager Flag of Gibraltar.svg Christian Hook
Board
Chairman Flag of England.svg Mike Garlick
President Flag of Gibraltar.svg Stuart Rodriguez
Technical Director Flag of Gibraltar.svg John Paul Hendrick
Secretary Flag of Gibraltar.svg David O'Flaherty
Head of Youth Flag of Ireland.svg Kane Forster
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Chisum Sanchez
Youth co-ordinator Flag of Gibraltar.svg Christopher Gonzalez

European record

Accurate as of match played 28 July 2022
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 9135625−19011.11
UEFA Europa Conference League 6123215−13016.67
Total15258840−32013.33

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Cyprus.svg AEL Limassol 0–40–60–10
2018–19 UEFA Europa League PR Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg B36 Tórshavn 1–11–12–2, 2–4 (p)
2019–20 UEFA Europa League PR Flag of Kosovo.svg Prishtina 2–01–13–1
1Q Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers 0–40–60–10
2020–21 UEFA Europa League PR Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg B36 Tórshavn 1–2——
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Flag of Estonia.svg FCI Levadia 1–11–32–4
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Ulster Banner.svg Larne 0–01–01–0
2Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague 0–40–70–11
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q
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References

  1. ↑ Official St Joseph's Statement Re: GFA Betting Rule Breaches GibFootballTalk. 17 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Former Burnley FC chairman takes over St Joseph Archived 7 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar Chronicle. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. ↑ 2023/24 Squad Archived 2 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine St Joseph's FC. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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