Gibraltar national under-17 football team

Gibraltar Under-17
Association Gibraltar Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach England Steven Cummings
Captain Shay Jones
Most caps Andrew Hernandez (9)
Top scorer George Wink (2)
Home stadium Victoria Stadium
FIFA code GIB
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Republic of Ireland 4–1 Gibraltar 
(Yerevan, Armenia; 24 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 11–0 Gibraltar 
(Kakanj, Bosnia; 13 October 2018)
European Championship
Appearances None
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances None

The Gibraltar national under-17 football team is the youth football team of Gibraltar, run by the Gibraltar Football Association. The team is based mostly on the young players from the region's domestic leagues, the Gibraltar Premier Division and Gibraltar Second Division, and competes every year to qualify for the European Under-17 Football Championship. As of October 2018, the team is coached by Englishman Steven Cummings.

History

The team played its first match on 24 October 2013 against the Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team,[1] the year when Gibraltar became a member of UEFA.[2] George Wink, then of the Juvenil team of the Spanish club Club Atlético Zabal, scored the first goal, in the history of the national under-17 team on October 28, 2013 against the Armenia national under-17 football team.[3]

The side would finish bottom of the group on every campaign since, scoring only 5 goals in response, with George Wink becoming the record goalscorer at any level of football in Gibraltar until Jake Gosling and Lee Casciaro equalled the record for the seniors in 2015. In May 2017, a re-organization of management throughout the Gibraltar Football Association saw coach Stephen Head step up to manage the U19 team, with David Ochello appointed as his replacement. The following campaign saw Gibraltar suffer a record 10-0 defeat to Norway on the 4th anniversary of their debut in the competition.

Match record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup recordQualification record
Era Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Under-161985 to 1989 Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member
Under-171991 to 2015
India 2017 Could not enter—
Peru 2019 To be determined  — — — — — —
Total — 0/18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship recordQualification record
Era Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Under-161982 to 2001 Not a UEFA memberNot a UEFA member
Under-172002 to 2013
Malta 2014 Did not qualify 3003214
Bulgaria 2015 Did not qualify 301209
Azerbaijan 2016 Did not qualify 3003216
Croatia 2017 Did not qualify 300317
England 2018 Did not qualify 3003023
Republic of Ireland 2019 In Progress 2002019
Estonia 2020 To be determined  — — — — — —
Total — 0/38 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 16 5 88

Squad

Current squad

The following players have been called for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification games in October 2018.[4] Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate.

  • Caps and goals are correct as of 13 October 2018 after the match against  Ukraine.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
13 1GK John-Paul Hernandez (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 2 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar
1 1GK Bradley Avellano 1 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
12 2DF Zac Olivero (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 4 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar
16 2DF Craig Bossano-Anes 4 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar
14 2DF Liam Asquez 4 0 Gibraltar Manchester 62
4 2DF Louis Parral (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 2 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar
5 2DF Leeroy Marquez (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 2 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
2 2DF Sam Yeo 1 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
6 3MF Evan De Haro (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 6 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
8 3MF Shay Jones (captain) (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 4 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
11 3MF Craig Galliano (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 4 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
17 3MF Omar El Yettefti 4 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
3 3MF Davan Martin 2 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
7 3MF Jerome Duarte-Chipol (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 2 0 Gibraltar Europa
15 3MF Stefan Thorne (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 2 0 Gibraltar Manchester 62
10 4FW Julian Del Rio (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 7 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
9 4FW Jamie Marrache (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 4 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
18 4FW Brendan Ramagge 4 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar

Recent callups

The following players were called up in the past 12 months and are still eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Louis Adrian 1 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018
DF Shaylon Hanglin 2 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018
DF Haytam Acharki (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 2 0 Gibraltar Europa vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018
DF Jermain Sodi (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 2 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018
DF Sam Hall (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 3 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps vs.  Norway, 24 October 2017
MF Dylan De Los Santos (2002-06-27) 27 June 2002 2 0 Gibraltar Lions Gibraltar vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018
FW Haim Bitan 1 0 Gibraltar Maccabi Gibraltar vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018
FW Jacy Perera (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 0 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps vs.  Wales, 30 May 2018

Managerial history

  • Gibraltar Stephen Head (2013–2014, 2016–2017)
  • Gibraltar David Ochello (2014–2016, 2017–2018)
  • England Jeff Wood (2018)
  • England Steven Cummings (2018–)

Top Goalscorers

As of 30 May 2018

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

# Name Career Goals Caps Average
1 George Wink 2013 2 3 0.667
2 Julian Valarino 2015–2016 1 5 0.2
Ethan Britto 2014–2016 1 7 0.143
Byron Espinosa 2013–2015 1 7 0.143

Notes

  1. ↑ Gibraltar drawn with Republic of Ireland, England and Armenia in Under 17’s
  2. ↑ FOOTBALL: Season 2013/14 to kick –off
  3. ↑ Wink lässt Gibraltar träumen - UEFA.com
  4. ↑ - Squad announcement Gibraltar FA on Twitter.
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