Lynx FC is a football club from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Football League. The club colours are yellow and black.

Lynx FC
Full nameLynx Football Club
Nickname(s)The Yellows
Founded2007
GroundVictoria Stadium
Capacity2,000
PresidentJack Noble
ManagerYiyi Pérez
LeagueGibraltar Football League
2023–247th
Websitehttps://www.lynxfc.net/

History

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The club was formed in 2007 and has been managed by Albert Parody for the majority of its history, making him the country's longest serving manager. After winning the Gibraltar Second Division in 2012, thus earning promotion to the Gibraltar Premier Division, the club have established themselves as a top flight team. Lynx recorded an impressive 4th place in the 2013–14 season, Gibraltar's first season with an 8 team league as members of UEFA. Since then, the club have settled into mid-table.

In 2015 they appointed former national team coach Allen Bula as a sporting director, as well as becoming a feeder club to Slovakian side MFK Košice, for whom Bula was an academy coach before managing Gibraltar. Another mid-table finish followed, however, squad changes over the summer left them struggling in the bottom of the table for the first half of the 2016-17 season leaving question marks over Albert Parody's future at the club. Changes in January 2017 saw the signing of key players including goalkeeper Dany Fernandes and defender Charlie Mitchell, and an upturn in form saw a comfortable 6th-place finish at the end of the season. On 2 June Albert Parody, the longest serving manager in the Gibraltar Premier Division, resigned and was replaced by Allen Bula. However, after 4 games and 4 defeats without any goals scored, it was reported that Bula had parted ways with the club on 27 October.

Domestic history

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Season League Rock Cup Other League top goalscorer
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
2012–13 Premier 15 4 2 9 18 42 14 4th Second round
2013–14 Premier 14 9 2 3 36 18 29 3rd Quarter-final Gibraltar Premier Cup Semi-finals Sergio Ginés 14
2014–15 Premier 21 10 8 3 36 18 38 3rd Runners-Up Gibraltar Premier Cup Group stage Raducio King 10
2015–16 Premier 27 11 2 14 37 40 35 5th Second round Agustin Doxagarat 7
2016–17 Premier 27 8 4 15 34 45 28 6th Quarter-final Raúl Segura 9
2017–18 Premier 27 6 4 17 22 48 22 9th Second round Franco Gargiulo 6
2018–19 Premier 27 8 7 12 29 45 31 7th Second round Alberto Valdivia 6
2019–20 National 17 9 2 6 37 30 29 4th[a] First round Alberto Valdivia 7
2020–21 National 20 8 2 10 36 40 26 5th Quarter–final Aritz Hernández 11
2021–22 National 18 6 1 11 25 38 19 9th First round 4 players 2
2022–23 GFL 20 10 3 7 33 29 33 4th Quarter-finals Aldair Ruiz 12
2023–24 GFL 20 8 3 9 29 31 27 7th Quarter-finals Connor Flynn-Gillespie 14

Players

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Current squad

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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 Robert Rae
2 DF   GIB Jean-Carlos Garcia
3 DF   SOM Ahmed Isse
5 DF   ESP Francisco Gómez
6 MF   ENG Souleymane Diallo
7 FW   GIB Michael Ruiz (co-captain)
8 MF   GIB Omar Salah (co-captain)
9 FW   VEN Marco Farisato
10 MF   SEN Fallou Fall
11 FW   GIB Kyle Casciaro
14 MF   GIB Scott Ballantine
17 MF   UKR Yevhen Troyanovskyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ESP Dani Gallardo
20 FW   ESP Denis Cabeza
23 DF   ESP Olmo
30 DF   BRA André dos Santos
33 MF   GIB Richard Felipes
39 FW   ARG Pibe (co-captain)
66 MF   GIB Jesse Victory
88 DF   IRL Kyle Degelman
99 GK   GIB Bradley Avellano
GK   GIB Jamie Robba
MF   GIB Kaylan Barcelo

Club staff

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Position Name
Club Management
Head coach   Yiyi Pérez
Assistant Coach   R. Cabrera
U23 Coach   José Navas
Coach   Francisco Morales
Physical Trainer   Adan Guerrero
Board
President   Jack Noble
Chief Executive Officer   Albert Parody
General Manager   Deidre Rae
Director   Sergio Revelli
Youth Co-ordinator   Jeky Buhagiar

Notes

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  1. ^ Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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