Gibraltar Women's Football League

The Gibraltar Women's Football League is the top level amateur women's football championship of Gibraltar.

Gibraltar Women's Football League
Country Gibraltar
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams3
Domestic cup(s)Women's Rock Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsLincoln Red Imps F.C.
(2019)
WebsiteOfficial website
2020 Gibraltar Women's Football League

Since the 2014–15 season the UEFA Women's Champions League is open to Gibraltar teams. 2014 champions Manchester though were not able to enter as the league was played with only nine players per side. From 2016-17 onwards, the league will be played with 11-a-side teams, thus making teams eligible to enter the Women's Champions League.

Format

With only few teams in the league, four in 2013–14, the teams play an each other several times.

2020 Teams

The 2020 season is played by the following three teams. All matches are played on Pitch No.2 at the Victoria Stadium. In 2020 it was announced that Europa Point intend to enter the league for the 2020-21 season, subject to ratification by the GFA.[1]

List of champions

Senior champions of the last year. The years before only school championships or five-a-side tournaments were held.[2] The list of champions

SeasonChampionNotes
2007St. Joseph's
2007–08Manchester United[3]
2010–11Gibraltar United FC[4]
2011–12
2012–13College Cosmos[5]
2013–14Manchester 629-a-side
2014–15Lions Gibraltar9-a-side[6]
2015–16Manchester 629-a-side[7]
2016–17Lincoln Red Imps F.C.[8]
2017–18Lincoln Red Imps F.C.
2018–19Lincoln Red Imps F.C.
2019–20Lincoln Red Imps F.C.

Note: 2013–14 season was played as a nine-a-side league to encourage more clubs to register a team.[9] 2014–15 and 2015–16 were nine-a-side as well.

Women's Rock Cup

Apart from the league, there is also a cup competition.

SeasonChampionResultRunner-upNotes
2015Manchester 62 Ladies1–0Lions Gibraltar Ladies9-a-side[10][11]
2016Lincoln Red Imps F.C.1–0Lions Gibraltar Ladies[12]

References
  1. Europa Point make public intention to register women's team next season Gibraltar Chronicle. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "Gibraltar - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. http://sportgibraltar.blogspot.de/2008/12/ladies-football-juan-chipol-5-aside.html
  4. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gib-wom2011.html
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Women's Football League 2015 Results". GFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  7. https://twitter.com/Man62FC/status/736595663006355456
  8. "CHAMPIONS". lincolnredimpsfc.com. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Women's Rock Cup 2015 Results". GFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  11. "Women's Rock Cup 2015 Final - Match Report". GFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  12. "Lincoln win Rock Cup as Tiffany Viagas sinks Lions". footballgibraltar.com. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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