Lions Gibraltar F.C. Women

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]

Lions Gibraltar
Full nameLions Gibraltar Football Club Women
Short nameLions
Founded1999 (earliest known)
2007
2010
2013 (current incarnation)
GroundVictoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue Gibraltar
Capacity5000
PresidentAlexander Grech
ManagerZamara Espinosa
LeagueGibraltar Women's Football League
2023–241st
WebsiteClub website

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

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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