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
2022–23 Championship Group: 4th
Overall: 4th
Website Club website

Lynx FC is a football club from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Football Association's Premier Division. 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 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ginés14
2014–15 Premier2110833618383rd Runners-Up Gibraltar Premier Cup Group stage Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raducio King10
2015–16 Premier27112143740355th Second round Flag of Argentina.svg Agustin Doxagarat7
2016–17 Premier2784153445286th Quarter-final Flag of Spain.svg Raúl Segura9
2017–18 Premier2764172248229th Second round Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Gargiulo6
2018–19 Premier2787122945317th Second round Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Valdivia6
2019–20 National179263730294th [lower-alpha 1] First round Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Valdivia7
2020–21 National2082103640265th Quarter–final Flag of Spain.svg Aritz Hernández11
2021–22 National1861112538199th First round 4 players2
2022–23 GFL2010373329334th Quarter-finals Flag of Cuba.svg Aldair Ruiz 12

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 Spain.svg  ESP Dani Gallardo
4 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Akim Sairinen
6 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Bilal Douah
7 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Michael Ruiz
8 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Willy
9 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Ishmael Kofi Antwi
10 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Michael Negrette
11 FW Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  SLE TJ Brima
14 FW Flag of Palestine.svg  PLE Karim Bassam El-Khatib
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Nick Kaaijmolen
18 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Omar Salah El-Din
20 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Richard Felipes
22 DF Flag of Algeria.svg  ALG Adam Hamdi
23 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Antonio González
30 MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Maximiliano Mallemaci
33 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Nils Berner
66 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jesse Victory(captain)
88 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Connor Flynn-Gillespie
99 GK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Bradley Avellano

Intermediate team

The following players are registered for the Gibraltar Intermediate League. Players from the first team may also appear for this team.

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Ignacio Canestro
4 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Manuel Cereto
5 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Alejandro Vázquez
7 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Zakariae Ben Abdel Hanin
10 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Colin Finlayson
14 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Johan Mills
17 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Leonard Noble
20 FW Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Sergio Nascimento
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 FW Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Haitham Tarrak
30 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Johnny Panzavechia
39 MF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Aiden Olivares
66 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Darren Cara Guerrero
88 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Marouan Akhrif
99 GK Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Jorge Díaz
22 DF Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB Jayce Perez-Carreras

Club staff

PositionName
Club Management
Head coach Flag of Gibraltar.svg Albert Parody
Assistant Coach Flag of Gibraltar.svg Henry Cabrera
U23 Coach Flag of Gibraltar.svg Bobby Chipolina
Coach Flag of Gibraltar.svg Graham Turnbull
Physical Trainer Flag of Gibraltar.svg Paul Buttigieg
Physio Flag of Gibraltar.svg Jordan Tucker
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 Gibraltar.svg George Powell

Notes

  1. Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic


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