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2017–18 Gibraltar Second Division

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = Second Division

|season = 2017–18

|winners = Boca Gibraltar (1st title)

|promoted = Boca Gibraltar

|league topscorer = {{flagicon|ESP}} José Valdivia
(18 goals)

|best goalkeeper = {{flagicon|GIB}} Jordan Perez
(8 clean sheets)

|biggest home win = {{nobreak|Europa Point 8-0 Hound Dogs}}
(16 April 2018)
{{nobreak|Leo 8-0 Cannons}}
(29 April 2018)

|biggest away win = {{nobreak|Cannons 0-16 FC Olympique 13}}
(8 May 2018)

|highest scoring = {{nobreak|Cannons 0-16 FC Olympique 13}}
(8 May 2018)

|longest wins = 4 matches
FC Olympique 13 / Boca

|longest unbeaten = 7 matches
{{nobreak|Europa Point / FC Olympique 13 / Leo}}

|longest winless = 14 matches
Hound Dogs

|longest losses = 11 matches
Hound Dogs

|matches = 56

|total goals = 237

|prevseason = 2016–17

|nextseason = 2018–19

|updated = 22 May 2018

}}

The 2017–18 Gibraltar Second Division was the fifth season of the second-tier football in Gibraltar since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. Like the previous season, this year the league was contested by 9 clubs. The season began on 26 September 2017, and ended in May 2018, with a mid-season break while Victoria Stadium underwent improvements. There was no Chesterton's Cup this season.

Gibraltar Phoenix were the reigning champions, having won the league for the first time the previous season and earning promotion to the Premier Division. Boca Gibraltar won their first title this season, securing the title by a single point after a 1–1 draw with arch-rivals Bruno's Magpies on the final day of the season.

Format

Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner is promoted while the second-placed team enters a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=1141&view=rules |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020011249/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=1141&view=rules |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2014 |title=Premier Division:Season Rules |publisher=scoresway.com |accessdate=24 September 2016 }} This season sees the continuation of the 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. On 1 October, FC Olympique were awarded a 3–0 win over College 1975 after College fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 2–1 to Olympique.

On 2 February 2018, Angels were expelled from the league due to violations of squad quota and Home Grown Player rules, with their record expunged.[https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/02-02-2018/angels-fc-have-their-domstic-license-revoked-by-the-gfa Angels FC have their Domestic License Revoked by the GFA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064240/https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/02-02-2018/angels-fc-have-their-domstic-license-revoked-by-the-gfa |date=2018-02-03 }} Gibraltar Football Association. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

Teams

{{location map |Gibraltar |float=right |width=200 |caption=Location of the stadium where all teams play |lat=36.14923 |long=-5.35019 |label=Victoria Stadium|position=left

}}

Gibraltar Phoenix were promoted to the 2017–18 Gibraltar Premier Division as champions last season. Bruno's Magpies lost their promotion playoff, so remain in the division. Europa Pegasus had applied to join the division for the coming season after their expulsion at the end of the 2015–16 season, but the Gibraltar Football Association turned down their request, citing new rules now forbidding feeder clubs from joining the Gibraltar football pyramid.

class="wikitable"

!Club

!Manager

!Captain

!Kit supplier

!Sponsor

!2016–17

Angels

|{{nobreak|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan José Jiménez}}

|{{nobreak|{{flagicon|ESP}} José Antonio Gonzalez}}

|Sport City

|Eroski Center

|align="center"|8th

Boca Gibraltar

|{{nobreak|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juanjo Pomares}}

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Liam Clarke

|Nike

|Coral

|align="center"|3rd

Bruno's Magpies

|{{flagicon|SCO}} David Wilson

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ryan McCarthy

|Nike

|GVC Holdings
Chestertons

|align="center"|2nd

Cannons

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Gámez

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Jimenez Falcon

|Joma

|Ocean Medical Clinic

|align="center"|4th

College 1975

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Nolan Bosio

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Nazim Hughes

|Joma

|Cosmopolitan

|align="center"|7th

Europa Point

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Molina

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ivan Ruiz

|Luanvi

|Sunborn Yacht Hotels

|align="center"|{{nobreak|10th (GPD)}}

Hound Dogs

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Chris Gomez

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Ivan Borg

|Joma

|{{nobreak|The Calpe Hounds}}

|align="center"|9th

Leo FC

|{{nobreak|{{flagicon|ESP}} Norberto Alonso Simón}}

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Angelo Lavagna

|Errea

|

|align="center"|5th

Olympique 13

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Lewis Fraser

|{{flagicon|GIB}} Jordan Perez

|Uhlsport

|Hungry Monkey

|align="center"|6th

=Managerial Changes=

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

!Outgoing manager

!Manner of departure

!Date of vacancy

!Position in table

!Incoming manager

!Date of appointment

Leo

| {{sort|Ramagge, Rogelio|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rogelio Ramagge}}

| Mutual Consent

| 15 June 2017

| rowspan="7" | Pre-season

| {{sort|Catanha|{{flagicon|ESP}} Catanha}}

| 15 June 2017

Angels

| {{sort|Fraser, Lewis|{{flagicon|SCO}} Lewis Fraser}}

| Resigned

| 21 June 2017

| {{sort|Unknown|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan José Jiménez}}

| 1 July 2017

Olympique 13

| {{sort|Turner-Bone, Gary|{{flagicon|ENG}} Garry Turner-Bone}}

| Mutual consent

| rowspan="2"|1 July 2017

| {{sort|Fraser, Lewis|{{flagicon|SCO}} Lewis Fraser}}

| 21 July 2017

Cannons

| {{sort|Olivares, Christian|{{flagicon|GIB}} Christian Olivares}}

| Moved to assistant manager

| {{sort|Gámez, Dani|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Gámez}}

| 1 July 2016

Europa Point

| {{sort|Amaya, Daniel|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Amaya}}

| Sacked

| rowspan="2"|18 August 2017

| {{sort|Molina, Juan|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Molina}}

| 18 August 2017

College 1975

| {{sort|Molina, Juan|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Molina}}

| Signed by Europa Point

| {{sort|Bosio, Nolan|{{flagicon|GIB}} Nolan Bosio}}

| 20 August 2017

rowspan="2"| Leo

| {{sort|Catanha|{{flagicon|ESP}} Catanha}}

| Resigned

| 24 August 2017

| {{sort|Alonso Simón, Norberto|{{flagicon|ESP}} Norberto Alonso Simón}}

| 27 September 2017

{{sort|Alonso Simón, Norberto|{{flagicon|ESP}} Norberto Alonso Simón}}

| Sacked

| 21 December 2017

| 9th

| {{sort|Alonso Simón, Norberto|{{flagicon|ESP}} Norberto Alonso Simón}}1

| 12 January 2018

1 Norberto Alonso Simón was re-appointed by Leo in January after initially being dismissed by the new owners.

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update= 21 May 2018

|source=[http://www.gibraltarfa.com/domestic-football/second-division Gibraltar FA]

|team1=BOC |team2=OLY |team3=BRU |team4=EPO |team5=LEO |team6=CAN |team7=COL |team8=HOU |team9=ANG

|win_ANG=0 |draw_ANG=0 |loss_ANG=0 |gf_ANG=0 |ga_ANG=0

|win_BOC=10|draw_BOC=1 |loss_BOC=3 |gf_BOC=37|ga_BOC=12

|win_BRU=9 |draw_BRU=3 |loss_BRU=2 |gf_BRU=46|ga_BRU=18

|win_CAN=6 |draw_CAN=1 |loss_CAN=7 |gf_CAN=30|ga_CAN=53

|win_COL=2 |draw_COL=0 |loss_COL=12|gf_COL=14|ga_COL=48

|win_EPO=7 |draw_EPO=3 |loss_EPO=4 |gf_EPO=31|ga_EPO=18

|win_HOU=0 |draw_HOU=1 |loss_HOU=13|gf_HOU=9 |ga_HOU=49

|win_LEO=6 |draw_LEO=2 |loss_LEO=6 |gf_LEO=30|ga_LEO=31

|win_OLY=9 |draw_OLY=3 |loss_OLY=2 |gf_OLY=40|ga_OLY=8

|result1=P |result2=PO |result9=E

|name_ANG=Angels

|name_BOC=Boca Gibraltar

|name_BRU=Bruno's Magpies

|name_CAN=Cannons

|name_COL=College 1975

|name_EPO=Europa Point

|name_HOU=Hound Dogs

|name_LEO=Leo

|name_OLY=Olympique 13

|status_BOC=CP

|status_OLY=Q

|status_ANG=E

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

|res_col_header=Promotion or Qualification

|col_P=green1 |text_P=Promotion to Premier Division

|col_PO=green2 |text_PO=Qualification to play-off

|col_E=lightgrey |text_E=Club expelled, record expunged

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ANG|team2=BOC|team3=BRU|team4=CAN|team5=COL

|team6=EPO|team7=HOU|team8=LEO|team9=OLY

|name_ANG=Angels

|match_ANG_BOC=null

|match_ANG_BRU=null

|match_ANG_CAN=null

|match_ANG_COL=null

|match_ANG_EPO=null

|match_ANG_HOU=null

|match_ANG_LEO=null

|match_ANG_OLY=null

|name_BOC=Boca Gibraltar

|match_BOC_ANG=null

|match_BOC_BRU=2–1

|match_BOC_CAN=3–2

|match_BOC_COL=3–0

|match_BOC_EPO=0–1

|match_BOC_HOU=1–0

|match_BOC_LEO=6–0

|match_BOC_OLY=2–1

|name_BRU=Bruno's Magpies

|match_BRU_ANG=null

|match_BRU_BOC=1–1

|match_BRU_CAN=3–2

|match_BRU_COL=8–1

|match_BRU_EPO=2–2

|match_BRU_HOU=5–0

|match_BRU_LEO=3–1

|match_BRU_OLY=2–1

|name_CAN=Cannons

|match_CAN_ANG=null

|match_CAN_BOC=3–2

|match_CAN_BRU=3–8

|match_CAN_COL=4–2

|match_CAN_EPO=2–3

|match_CAN_HOU=1–0

|match_CAN_LEO=3–1

|match_CAN_OLY=0–16

|name_COL=College 1975

|match_COL_ANG=null

|match_COL_BOC=0–1

|match_COL_BRU=0–5

|match_COL_CAN=2–3

|match_COL_EPO=1–4

|match_COL_HOU=3–2

|match_COL_LEO=0–3

|match_COL_OLY=1–3

|name_EPO=Europa Point

|match_EPO_ANG=null

|match_EPO_BOC=0–4

|match_EPO_BRU=0–2

|match_EPO_CAN=3–1

|match_EPO_COL=4–0

|match_EPO_HOU=8–0

|match_EPO_LEO=2–0

|match_EPO_OLY=0–1

|name_HOU=Hound Dogs

|match_HOU_ANG=null

|match_HOU_BOC=1–8

|match_HOU_BRU=1–4

|match_HOU_CAN=2–6

|match_HOU_COL=2–3

|match_HOU_EPO=0–0

|match_HOU_LEO=1–4

|match_HOU_OLY=0–1

|name_LEO=Leo

|match_LEO_ANG=null

|match_LEO_BOC=0–4

|match_LEO_BRU=2–2

|match_LEO_CAN=8–0

|match_LEO_COL=3–1

|match_LEO_EPO=3–2

|match_LEO_HOU=4–0

|match_LEO_OLY=0–6

|name_OLY=Olympique 13

|match_OLY_ANG=null

|match_OLY_BOC=2–0

|match_OLY_BRU=2–0

|match_OLY_CAN=0–0

|match_OLY_COL=3–0

|match_OLY_EPO=2–2

|match_OLY_HOU=1–0

|match_OLY_LEO=1–1

|update=22 May 2018

|source=[http://www.gibraltarfa.com/domestic-football/results/186682 GFA]

}}

Season statistics

=Scoring=

{{updated|22 May 2018}}{{cite web |title=Gibraltar Second Division Top Scorers |url=http://www.gibraltarfa.com/domestic-football/results/853352l |website= |access-date=2017-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202125/http://www.gibraltarfa.com/domestic-football/results/853352l |archive-date=2017-10-15 |url-status=dead }}

==Top scorers==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} José Valdivia

|align="left"|Boca Gibraltar

|18

rowspan=2|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GIB}} Robert Montovio

|align="left"|FC Olympique 13

|rowspan=2|14

align="left"|{{flagicon|GIB}} Max Bothen

|align="left"|FC Olympique 13

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Conor Gaul

|align="left"|Bruno's Magpies

|rowspan="2"|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|ANG}} Orlando João

|align="left"|Leo

rowspan="3"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Samuel Mescua

|align="left"|Cannons

|rowspan="3"|8

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alexis Sanchez

|align="left"|Europa Point

align="left"|{{flagicon|East Timor}} Tirjon Dos Santos

|align="left"|Leo

rowspan="2"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Rivas

|align="left"|Cannons

|rowspan="2"|7

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Figueroa1

|align="left"|Leo

15 goals for College 1975

==Hat-tricks==

class="wikitable"
PlayerForAgainststyle="text-align:center"| ResultDate
{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|José|Valdivia}}Boca GibraltarLeo4–0 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2017|09|28}}
{{flagicon|GIB}} {{sortname|Robert|Montovio}}FC Olympique 13Leo6–0 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2017|11|05}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|Yusuf|Idali}}Bruno's MagpiesCollege 19758–1 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2017|12|02}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|José|Valdivia}}4Boca GibraltarHound Dogs8–1 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2018|04|03}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|Christian|Nuñez|dab=Spanish footballer}}4Europa PointHound Dogs8–0 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2018|04|16}}
{{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Conor|Gaul}}4Bruno's MagpiesCannons8–3 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2018|04|22}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|José|Valdivia}}Boca GibraltarEuropa Point4–0 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2018|05|02}}
{{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Conor|Gaul}}Bruno's MagpiesHound Dogs5–0 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2018|05|06}}
{{flagicon|GIB}} {{sortname|Robert|Montovio}}5FC Olympique 13Cannons16–0 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2018|05|08}}
{{flagicon|GIB}} {{sortname|Max|Bothen}}8FC Olympique 13Cannons16–0 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2018|05|08}}

=Clean sheets=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Clean sheets

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GIB}} Jordan Perez

|align="left"|FC Olympique 13

|8

rowspan="2"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alvaro Serrano

|align="left"|Europa Point

|rowspan="2"|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco José Jimenez

|align="left"|Angels

rowspan="3"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Gomez Fernandez

|align="left"|Boca Gibraltar

|rowspan="3"|3

align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Hull

|align="left"|Bruno's Magpies

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Carenote

|align="left"|Leo

rowspan="3"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Emmanuel Sanchez

|align="left"|Boca Gibraltar

|rowspan="3"|2

align="left"|{{flagicon|GIB}} Jamie Carlin

|align="left"|Boca Gibraltar

align="left"|{{flagicon|GIB}} Stefan Mascharenhas

|align="left"|Cannons

rowspan="5"|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GIB}} Albert Chichon

|align="left"|Cannons

|rowspan="5"|1

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Antonio Perez

|align="left"|College 1975

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Salva Ballesteros

|align="left"|Europa Point

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos El Abd

|align="left"|Hound Dogs

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.gibraltarfa.com/domestic-football/second-division Gibraltar Football Association]

{{Gibraltar Second Division}}

{{2017–18 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Gibraltar Premier Division}}

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