Gibraltar national under-19 football team

The Gibraltar national under-19 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-19 level and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. It is a full member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to enter any FIFA-sanctioned tournaments. Gibraltar applied for full UEFA membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013 and can therefore compete in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship beginning with the 2014 edition of the tournament.

Gibraltar Under 19
AssociationGibraltar Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMalcolm Martin
Most capsAndrew Hernandez, Dylan Peacock (9)
Top scorerJulian Del Rio (4)
FIFA codeGIB
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Croatia 7–0 Gibraltar 
(Ostrava, Czech Republic; 17 October 2013)
Biggest win
 Gibraltar 3–2 Hong Kong 
(Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 28 September 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Gibraltar 1–16 Switzerland  
(Straßwalchen, Austria; 19 November 2019)

UEFA Acceptance

Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have played three competitive matches for the qualifying round of the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. They were drawn into Group 1 with Czech Republic, Cyprus and Croatia. Czech Republic were the hosts of the group and all three games were played in the Městský stadion in Ostrava.

They played their first competitive match on 17 October 2013 against Croatia which ended in a thumping 7-0 victory for the Croats. Two days later they played the Czech Republic which resulted in a 3-0 defeat for the Gibraltarians before being thumped 7-0 yet again although this time by Cyprus.[1] The team went 3 years without scoring a goal from 2016, until 2019 when they played in an under-19 tournament hosted by Chinese Taipei. In the first game on 28 September 2019, a Julian Del Rio hat-trick saw Gibraltar under-19s achieve their first ever victory, against Hong Kong.

Recent results and fixtures
24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) 2021 UEFA U-19 Qualification Austria  Cancelled  Gibraltar Gothenburg, Sweden
Report Stadium: Hisingen Arena
27 March 2021 (2021-03-27) 2021 UEFA U-19 Qualification Sweden  Cancelled  Gibraltar Borås, Sweden
Report Stadium: Borås Arena
30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) 2021 UEFA U-19 Qualification Gibraltar  Cancelled  Northern Ireland Gothenburg, Sweden
Report Stadium: Hisingen Arena
10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) 2022 UEFA U-19 Qualification Croatia  7–0  Gibraltar Karlovac, Croatia
12:00
  • Frigan 4', 45+2', 86'
  • Špeljak 20'
  • Stojković 30'
  • Lisica 56'
  • Ivanović 64'
 Report Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 2022 UEFA U-19 Qualification Scotland  3–0  Gibraltar Lučko, Croatia
11:00
Report Stadium: Stadion Lučko
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2022 UEFA U-19 Qualification Gibraltar  0–1  Armenia Lučko, Croatia
12:00 Report
  • Arakelyan 5'
 Stadium: Stadion Lučko
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)

Note: The 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was cancelled in February 2021, with all qualifiers cancelled as a result.[2]

Players

Current squad

For the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible. Players in bold have caps for the under-21 side.

The following players were called up for the following 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifiers:[3]

  • Match date: 10 November, 13 November and 16 November 2021
  • Opposition:  Croatia,  Scotland and  Armenia
  • Caps and goals correct as of: 16 November 2021, after the game against  Armenia.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Harry Victor (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 1 0 St Joseph's
13 1GK Lewis Victor (2003-09-23) 23 September 2003 1 0 Lions Gibraltar
23 1GK Thomas Chakraverty (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 1 0 Lincoln Red Imps
2 2DF Ryan Azopardi (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 3 0 Liverpool John Moores University
4 2DF Stefan Thorne (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 3 0 College 1975
5 2DF Julian Britto (2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 3 0 College 1975
16 2DF Evan Busto (2005-06-09) 9 June 2005 3 0 Rotherham United
11 2DF Julian Laguea (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 2 0 College 1975
18 2DF Leon Avellano (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 0 0 Europa Point
8 3MF Davan Martin (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 6 0 Lions Gibraltar
7 3MF Rafi Emrani (2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 3 0 Real Balompédica Linense
15 3MF Kye Livingstone (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 3 0 Larne
17 3MF Sean Perera (2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 3 0 Lions Gibraltar
20 3MF Lee Soiza (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 3 0 St Joseph's
6 3MF Bilal Douah (2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 2 0 Mons Calpe
10 3MF Kiri McGrail (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 2 0 Liverpool John Moores University
12 3MF Francis Huart (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 2 0 Lynx
9 4FW Finlay Cawthorn (2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 3 0 College 1975
14 4FW Ellis Wilson (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 3 0 Manchester 62
3 4FW Kyle Rodriguez (2004-12-19) 19 December 2004 2 0 Europa

Managerial history
  • Terrence Jolley (2013–2016)
  • Jansen Moreno (2016–2017)
  • Stephen Head (2017–2018)
  • Steve Cummings (2018–2020)
  • Malcolm Martin (2020–)

Top Goalscorers

As of 19 November 2019

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

# Name Career Goals Caps Average
1 Julian Del Rio 2019 4 6 0.667
2 Craig Galliano 2019 1 3 0.333
Anthony Hernandez 2013 1 4 0.25
Kian Ronan 2017–2019 1 5 0.2
Leon Clinton 2015–2016 1 6 0.167
Jayce Consigliero 2014–2015 1 6 0.167
Jamie Coombes 2013–2014 1 6 0.167
Scott Ballantine 2013–2014 1 7 0.143

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Gibraltar Under-19 Matches". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
    2. 2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled UEFA.com. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
    3. Under-19 Squad Announcement Gibraltar FA. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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