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. In 2013, they established links as a feeder club to Real Balompédica Linense. The club was granted an official UEFA licence in 2015.

St Joseph's FC
Full nameSt Joseph's Football Club Gibraltar
Nickname(s)Saints
Founded20 January 1912 (20 January 1912)
GroundVictoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar
Capacity2,000
OwnerMike Garlick
ManagerAbraham Paz
LeagueGibraltar Football League
2022–23Championship Group: 5th
Overall: 5th
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.

Since Gibraltar became a member of UEFA, the Saints have seen 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 12 April 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
2 DF Gibraltar GIB Jamie Serra
3 FW Spain ESP Pablo Rodríguez
4 DF Senegal SEN Jules Boubane
5 MF Spain ESP Nando Cózar
6 MF Spain ESP Pablo Rosa
7 MF Gibraltar GIB Ayoub El Hmidi
8 MF Spain ESP Manuel Caballero
9 FW Gibraltar GIB Kelvin Morgan
10 FW Spain ESP Boro
11 FW Gibraltar GIB Michael Yome
12 MF Spain ESP Christian Fernández
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Scotland SCO Alan Martin
14 DF Gibraltar GIB Erin Barnett
16 DF Gibraltar GIB Aymen Mouelhi (captain)
17 MF Gibraltar GIB Kevagn Robba
19 FW Belgium BEL Maxim Zeulevoet
21 MF Gibraltar GIB Alain Pons
22 MF Spain ESP Juanma González
23 GK Gibraltar GIB Soufiane El Morabet
24 MF Gibraltar GIB Kaydan Glynn
33 MF Gibraltar GIB Dylan Duo
— GK Spain ESP Álvaro Valdenebro

Intermediate team
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Gibraltar GIB Samuel Hook
3 MF Spain ESP Karim Piñero
5 DF Gibraltar GIB Julian Correa
6 FW Gibraltar GIB Jairon Guest
7 DF Gibraltar GIB Aidan Casey
8 MF Gibraltar GIB Jesse Segui
9 FW Gibraltar GIB Chisum Sanchez
11 MF Gibraltar GIB Omar Errouas
14 FW Gibraltar GIB Kayden Gonzalez
15 FW Gibraltar GIB Bryce Gomez
16 FW Gibraltar GIB Jesse Clinton
17 MF Gibraltar GIB Sebastian Diaz
18 MF Gibraltar GIB Nassim Ait Lachen Xiberras
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Gibraltar GIB Daniel Daines
23 GK Gibraltar GIB Soufiane El Morabet
24 FW Gibraltar GIB Daniel Pratts
24 MF Gibraltar GIB Kaydan Glynn
30 GK Gibraltar GIB Owen Bosano
48 DF Gibraltar GIB João Hill de Oliveira
— DF Gibraltar GIB Bradley Beards
— DF Gibraltar GIB Jake Berini
— MF Gibraltar GIB Samuel Yuste Baglietto
— MF Gibraltar GIB Ahmed El Ouahabi
— MF England ENG Henry Lane
— MF Gibraltar GIB Bayley Montovio
— FW Gibraltar GIB Angelo Lavagna

European record
Accurate as of match played 28 July 2022
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 9 1 3 5 6 25 −19 011.11
UEFA Europa Conference League 6 1 2 3 2 15 −13 016.67
Total error 1 5 8 8 40 −32 006.67

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

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Cyprus AEL Limassol 0–4 0–6 0–10
2018–19 UEFA Europa League PR Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1–1 1–1 2–2, 2–4 (p)
2019–20 UEFA Europa League PR Kosovo Prishtina 2–0 1–1 3–1
1Q Scotland Rangers 0–4 0–6 0–10
2020–21 UEFA Europa League PR Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1–2 — —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Estonia FCI Levadia 1–1 1–3 2–4
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Northern Ireland Larne 0–0 1–0 1–0
2Q Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–4 0–7 0–11
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 Gibraltar Chronicle. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. St Joseph's – Squad UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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