Gibraltar Premier League Europa FC Match Program
Europa FC V Lincoln Saturday 11th May 2019
KO 18.15
Europa V Lincoln Red Imps Match Program Officials For Today’s Game Referee J. Barcelo, Asst. Ref. 1 A. Parody, Asst. Ref. 2 D. Perez. 4th Official P. Canepa, Ref. Observer A. Bacarisa. Today we play against our arch rivals Lincoln. We have met 4 times already this season. 1st game in the Pepe Reyes Cup, the Greens winning 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. In the 1st round in the Gibtelecom cup we were drawn against the Imps and Europa won 2-1. In the league we have played twice loosing in the 1st round 3-2 and a 1-1 draw in the 2nd round. We know we have to be at our best if we want to achieve our objective We just have to remember what this team is capable of. Probably one game that will be one of the top moments in Gibraltar football history was the Lincoln win against a past European competition winner Glasgow Celtic winning 1-0, goal scored by Lee Casciaro.
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Europa FC President Peter Cabezutto
Hello Fans Two games to go in this thrilling Gibraltar Premier League all to play for on this decisive League game against our arch rivals on our minds a win is what we only think of to keep the league title in our hands. After the season we have had and after loosing half the first team squad in September our squad players and the new signings have shown how strong a team and family we are. Against all odds we still are the only team that can lift the three trophies in Gibraltar. We have never stopped believing in our squad and take this opportunity to thank the whole premier team tech team medical team and ball boys for always been there for the good and the bad always keeping us Believing. I want to thank everyone at the club for coming and supporting our team it’s going to be a cracker so get your seat belts on as it will be the best game of football this season to date I am sure of this. We only have one dream to play Champions League football again. God Bless and always keep Believing Thanks Peter Cabezutto President
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Junior’s and Ladies Football Photos
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Today’s Opponents Lincoln Red Imps FC Lincoln Red Imps Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Premier Division, and share the Victoria Stadium with all other clubs in the territory. They are the country's record champion with 23 league titles, including fourteen consecutive titles between 2003 and 2016, and in 2014 were the first team to represent Gibraltar in the UEFA Champions League. The football club was first formed in 1976 by Charles Polson and Charles Head, the latter managing the team. A group of players associated to the old Police youth team called the "Blue Batons" and complemented by players that had been released by Glacis United and St Jago's joined forces to form the first Lincoln team that played in the Gibraltar fourth division as a youth team. The team was named after Lincoln City FC, who are nicknamed "the Imps", after a former Lincoln director sponsored them. When this Lincoln team became old enough to play Senior Football, it was decided to enter this young team into the GFA second division. The team started to climb to the top in the second division in the season 1981–82 winning the league, the division cup and gaining promotion to the GFA’s first division after only one season. The next year Lincoln finished in mid table in the first division. In 1983–84 Lincoln won the league and promotion to the Gibraltar Premier Division. In 1984–85 Lincoln played their first season in the Gibraltar Premier Division in which they were joint champions with Glacis United – the first of seven league titles which were won between 1984 and 1994. Lincoln won 14 Gibraltar Premier Division titles in a row from 2003 to 2016, bettering the previous record of nine in a row held by Glacis United in the 1960s. They also won the national treble of League, Rock Cup and Senior Cup in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011. In 2014, after Gibraltar had joined UEFA as the 54th member, Lincoln became the first Gibraltarian team to play in the qualifying stages of the UEFA Champions League. After claiming a 1–1 draw in the home match, they lost 5–2 at Faroese team HB and were eliminated in the first qualifying round. Lincoln won both the 2015 Rock Cup with a 4–1 victory over Lynx F.C.and the 2014–15 Gibraltar Premier Division championship by 16 points, again playing in the qualification stages for the UEFA Champions League for with their second straight double. 6
Last Game Won 10-0 V Boca Line Up
Reserves
Hankins
Hernando
Moreno
Hernandez
Cabrera
R. Chipolina
Gil
Peacock
Dos Santos
De Haro
Rodriguez
Gomez
Garro
Del Rio
Chairman: Dylan Viagas Manager: Victor Afonso
Rosales Pons
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Paris Figueroa In the First Qualifying Round Lincoln were drawn against FC Santa Coloma of Andorra. After a scoreless draw in the first leg in Gibraltar, the club earned a 2–1 victory at the Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella to advance to the Second Qualifying Round with goals coming from Anthony Bardon and Lee Casciaro. With the victory, Lincoln became the first club from Gibraltar to reach the second round of UEFA Champions League qualification, setting up an encounter with 2015 Danish champions FC Midtjylland, which Lincoln Red Imps lost on aggregate 0–3. In 2016 Lincoln pulled off a surprise victory against Scottish Premiership champions Celtic, with a 1–0 victory at home after a 48th-minute strike from Lee Casciaro in the club's second round match of the UEFA Champions League qualifying stage. The match was Brendan Rodgers first competitive fixture as manager of Celtic. The Glasgow side still comfortably qualified thanks to a 3-0 victory in the return leg at Celtic Park. (Source Wilkepedia) 7
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Football Gibraltar Team Of The Week GK: Francisco Pichardo (Lions) Defender: Alvaro Oli (Lincoln) Defender: Christian Pecci (St.Joseph) Defender: Antonio Jimenez (Phoenix) Midfielder: Lautaro Fernandez (Mons Calpe) Midfielder: Nacho Fernandez (Glacis Utd) Midfielder: Liam Walker (Europa) Midfielder: Urko Arroyo (Europe) Striker: Leonardo Carboni (Mons Calpe) Striker: George Cabrera (Lincoln) Striker: Hector Figueroa (Lincoln)
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Fixtures & Results Matchday 1 of 27 Europa FC 2 - 1 Mons Calpe SC Matchday 2 of 27 Glacis United FC 0 - 0 Europa FC Matchday 3 of 27 Europa FC 2 - 0 Gibraltar Phoenix FC Matchday 4 of 27 Lions Gibraltar FC 0 - 2 Europa FC
Matchday 5 of 27 Europa FC 2 - 3 St.Joseph's FC Matchday 6 of 27 Gibraltar United FC 1 - 3 Europa FC Matchday 7 of 27 Europa FC 4 - 0 Lynx FC Matchday 8 of 27 Lincoln Red Imps FC 3 - 2 Europa FC Matchday 9 of 27 Europa FC WO 3-0 - Football Club Boca Juniors Matchday 10 of 27 Mons Calpe SC 1 - 2 Europa FC 14
Matchday 10 of 27 Mons Calpe SC 1 - 2 Europa FC Matchday 11 of 27 Europa FC 1 - 0 Glacis United FC Matchday 12 of 27 Gibraltar Phoenix FC 0 - 1 Europa FC Matchday 13 of 27 Europa FC 5 - 1 Lions Gibraltar FC Matchday 14 of 27 St.Joseph's FC 0 - 1 Europa FC Matchday 15 of 27 Europa FC 1 - 0 Gibraltar United FC Matchday 16 of 27
Lynx FC 1 - 1 Europa FC Matchday 17 of 27 Europa FC 1 - 1 Lincoln Red Imps FC Matchday 18 of 27
Boca Juniors 0 - 9 Europa FC Matchday 19 of 27 Europa FC 4 - 3 Mons Calpe SC 15
Fixtures & Results Matchday 20 of 27 Glacis United FC 1 - 6 Europa FC Matchday 21 of 27 Europa FC 3-0 Gibraltar Phoenix FC Matchday 22 of 27 Lions Gibraltar FC 0-8 Europa FC Matchday 23 of 27 Europa FC 2–0 St.Joseph's FC Matchday 24 of 27 Europa 1-1 Gibraltar Utd Matchday 25 of 27 Europa 5-0 Lynx FC
Matchday 26 of 27 11/05/2019 – 18:15 V Lincoln Matchday 27 of 27 18/05/2019 – 18:15 V Boca Juniors
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Champions League After Tuesday’s & Wednesday’s Champion’s League games, football has won. Who would have said after the 1st leg results that Both Barcelona (3-0 win) and Ajax (0-1 win) would not make it to the Final.
These are the games that makes all fans LOVE football, players giving more then 100% effort to achieve their dreams they are after. Liverpool scoring 4 goals was a tremendous achievement, and Barcelona what can we say, you just have to see the 4th goal from Liverpool. Tottenham were loosing at half time 2-0, but they continued to fight every ball and received their prize. Both Liverpool and Tottenham had injuries in their teams and now it will be interesting if these players are fit, who will the manager pick. The ones you relied all season or the ones that have taken you to the final? We shall see. Wijnaldum
Lucas Moura
Scorer of 2 goals for Liverpool
Scorer of a Hat-Trick for Tottenham
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Gibraltar Referees Seminar By FIFA Specialist The referees will be holding a Referee’s Seminar on Saturday 25th May 2019 covering IFAB changing to The Laws Of The Game. These new laws will come into effect on Saturday 1st June 2019. This Seminar will be presented by a FIFA Referee Specialist in conjunction with the Gibraltar FA Refereeing Department. All referee categories will need to attend this Seminar in order to be in a position to renew their Referee Licence for Season 2019/20. Before the commencement of Season 2019/20 football clubs will be requested to send their respective Head Coaches and Team Captains to a Presentation on the changes to The Laws Of The Game.
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1st TEAM PLAYERS SPONSORSHIP
Javi Munoz
Dayle Coleing
Peter Jorgenssen
Olmo
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Lance Cabezutto
Ethan Jolley
Manu Dimas
Nalys Castro
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TJay De Barr
Ibrahim Ayew
Mustapha Yahaya
Domingo Utrera
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Alex Quillo
Aaron Payas
Liam Walker
Urko Arroyo
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1st TEAM PLAYERS SPONSORSHIP
Razak Iddrisu SPONSOR
Michael Yome Manuel Arana SPONSOR
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Thomas Hastings SPONSOR
Lee Muscat
Sean Gilbert
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Players Sponsorship Sponsoring one of Europa players has now become one of the most attractive ways to show your support for the club. This package offers a great opportunity for brand exposure in the Match Day Programme and within the local community, as well as giving you the opportunity to meet your sponsored player. As part of the package your name or business will be printed below the sponsored player in every match day programme. In addition you will receive either a home or away shirt signed by your chosen player. It will be included in our website plus you will receive a personal thank you letter. 21
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100 YEARS Anniversary 1919-2019 We will publish old photos we have from Europa, if you have some photos please get in contact with us.
7 Leagues
7 Cups
2 Super Cups
AMBASSADOR FOR EUROPA FC MARCEL DESAILLY Left Desailly In Gibraltar.
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Europa FC 1st Team Squad Javi Munoz
Spain
Liam Walker
Gibraltar
Dale Coleing
Gibraltar
Urko Arroyo
Spain
Emil Peter Jorgenssen
Denmark
Razak Iddrissu
Germany
Olmo
Spain
Michael Yome
Gibraltar
Lance Cabezutto
Gibraltar
Manuel Arana
Spain
Ethan Jolley
Gibraltar
Manu Dimas
Spain
Nalys Castro
France
Lee Muscat
Gibraltar
Ibrahim Ayew
Ghana
TJ De Barr
Gibraltar
Mustapha Yahaya
Ghana
Thomas Hastings
Gibraltar
Domingo Utrera
Spain
Sean Gilbert
Gibraltar
Alex Quillo
Spain
Aaron Payas
Gibraltar
Next Match Saturday 18th May Europa V Boca KO at 18.15
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