St Joseph's F.C.

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.

St Joseph's FC
Full nameSt Joseph's Football Club Gibraltar
Nickname(s)The Saints
Founded20 January 1912 (20 January 1912)
GroundVictoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar
Capacity2,000
OwnerMike Garlick
ManagerAbraham Paz
LeagueGibraltar Football League
2023–242nd
WebsiteClub website

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. Nation Player
1 GK  GIB Bradley Banda
2 DF  GIB Ethan Jolley
3 DF  GIB Jayce Olivero
4 DF  ESP Javi Paul
5 DF  ESP Bauti
6 MF  ESP Manolín
7 FW  BRA Lucas Gaúcho
9 FW  ESP Pablo Rodríguez
11 FW  GIB Michael Yome
12 MF  ESP Christian Aznar
13 GK  ESP Álex Navas
14 DF  GIB Erin Barnett
16 DF  GIB Aymen Mouelhi
17 MF  GIB Kevagn Robba
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  ANG Alberto Lubango
19 FW  GIB Dylan Borge
20 DF  URU Gabri Cardozo
21 MF  GIB Alain Pons
22 MF  ESP Juanma González (captain)
23 FW  ESP Álvaro Rey
30 GK  ARG Gonzalo Paz
35 MF  GIB Ahmed El Ouahabi
— MF  GIB Mitch Gibson
— MF  ESP Marco Rosa
— MF  GIB Liam Walker
— FW  ARG Facu Álvarez
— FW  ESP Juanfri

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. Nation Player
25 FW  GIB Adam Gracia (at Europa)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  GIB Jamie Serra (at Europa)

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

Club staff
Position Name
Club Management
Manager Abraham Paz
Assistant coach Eloy Bolaños
Fitness coach Juan Carlos Galindo
Goalkeeping coach Félix Romero
Head physio Jaime Rojas Boy
U23 coach David Wilson
U23 Assistant coach S Debono
Head Analyst
Coach		 Fernando Rosado
Kit manager Christian Hook
Board
Chairman Mike Garlick
President Stuart Rodriguez
Technical Director John Paul Hendrick
Secretary David O'Flaherty
Head of Youth Kane Forster
Chisum Sanchez
Youth co-ordinator 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
Total 15258840−32013.33

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

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q AEL Limassol 0–4 0–6 0–10
2018–19 UEFA Europa League PR B36 Tórshavn 1–1 1–1 2–2, 2–4 (p)
2019–20 UEFA Europa League PR Prishtina 2–0 1–1 3–1
1Q Rangers 0–4 0–6 0–10
2020–21 UEFA Europa League PR B36 Tórshavn 1–2 — —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q FCI Levadia 1–1 1–3 2–4
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Larne 0–0 1–0 1–0
2Q Slavia Prague 0–4 0–7 0–11
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Shelbourne
Notes
  • PR: Preliminary round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round

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.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.