2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division

The 2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division season was the fourth since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. This season the league was contested by 9 clubs.

Second Division
Season2016–17
ChampionsGibraltar Phoenix (1st title)
PromotedGibraltar Phoenix
Matches played72
Goals scored316 (4.39 per match)
Top goalscorerLuis Casas Dominguez
(24 goals)
Biggest home winGibraltar Phoenix 20–1 Angels
(16 November 2016)
Biggest away winLeo 0–9 Bruno's Magpies
(2 May 2017)
Highest scoringGibraltar Phoenix 20–1 Angels
(16 November 2016)
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2017.

Format

Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner was promoted while the second-placed team entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division.[1] This season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. Gibraltar Phoenix were forced to forfeit their first two games after being found in breach of this new rule, with their 4-1 win over Hound Dogs on the opening week being overturned.

Teams

Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted from the Second Division last season. After the 2015–16 Premier Division season, Angels and Britannia XI were relegated. Britannia XI decided to not register for this season.[2] With Pegasus and Red Imps also not competing, the league consisted of nine clubs this season.

Club Manager Captain Sponsor Last season
Angels Lewis Fraser Jorge Serrato Eroski Center Premier Division, 10th (relegated)
Boca Gibraltar Juan Jose Pomares Garcia Philip Hermida Masbro 8th
Bruno's Magpies David Wilson Sam Whelan Bruno's Bar / Chesterton's 4th
Cannons Christian Olivares Adrian Reina Gonzalez 11th
College 1975 Juan Francisco Fernandez Molina David Gomez Cosmopolitan 12th
Gibraltar Phoenix Albert Ferri Borja General Lifts 3rd
Hound Dogs Chris Gomez Shaun De'Ath The Calpe Hounds 10th
Leo FC Rogelio Ramagge Fernando Sanchez BMI Group 7th
Olympique 13 Garry Turner-Bone Anthony Provalosi VR Solutions 5th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Qualification
1 Gibraltar Phoenix (C, P) 16 14 0 2 82 10 +72 42 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Bruno's Magpies 16 12 3 1 63 12 +51 39 Qualification to play-off
3 Boca Gibraltar 16 10 2 4 32 21 +11 32
4 Cannons 16 7 3 6 33 29 +4 24
5 Leo 16 6 1 9 28 52 −24 19
6 Olympique 13 16 5 2 9 28 35 −7 17
7 College 1975 16 5 1 10 24 40 −16 16
8 Angels 16 4 1 11 17 66 −49 13
9 Hound Dogs 16 2 1 13 9 51 −42 7
Source: Gibraltar FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results
Home \ Away ANG BOC BRU CAN COL GPH HOU LEO OLY
Angels 3–0 1–8 0–5 1–1 0–7 3–0 0–4 1–7
Boca Gibraltar 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 2–0 6–3 2–1
Bruno's Magpies 5–0 3–3 4–1 5–3 1–3 8–0 2–0 4–0
Cannons 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–4
College 1975 2–1 2–5 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–0 3–1
Gibraltar Phoenix 20–1 2–0 0–3 8–1 11–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
Hound Dogs 0–2 0–3 0–8 1–1 2–5 3–0 1–3 1–0
Leo 0–2 1–3 0–9 2–9 3–2 0–7 4–0 2–2
Olympique 13 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 3–0 3–4
Source: GFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 6 March 2017
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Luis Casas Dominguez Gibraltar Phoenix 24
2 German Cortes Gibraltar Phoenix 15
3 Kofi Halliday FCB Magpies 9
4 Daniel Varona FCB Magpies 7
Samuel Mesua Cannons
6 Jonathan Tomillero Gibraltar Phoenix 5
7 Justin Santos Olympique 13 4
Antonio Jimenez Gibraltar Phoenix
9 Juan Antonio Moya Leo 3
Francisco Diaz Cannons
Samuel Corona Nuñez Boca Gibraltar
Jorge Serrato Angels
Matthew Grech Boca Gibraltar
Manuel Ruiz Leo

See also

References
  1. "Premier Division:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. "Former 2nd division champions will not register for 2016/17 season". gibraltarfootballtalk.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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