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 coachSteven Cummings
CaptainDylan Peacock
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
14 November 2018 (2018-11-14) 2019 UEFA U-19 QualificationGreece 4–0 GibraltarStara Zagora, Bulgaria
13:30 (14:30 EET)
Report Stadium: Trace Arena
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 2019 UEFA U-19 QualificationBulgaria 6–0 GibraltarSliven, Bulgaria
13:30 (14:30 EET)
  • Mitkov  8', 26'
  • Borukov  12', 20', 22'
  • Lichev  52'
 Report Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) 2019 UEFA U-19 QualificationGibraltar 0–8 RomaniaStara Zagora, Bulgaria
13:30 (14:30 EET) Report
  • Sefer  4', 22'
  • Petrila  18'
  • Manolache  38'
  • Mihăilă  45+1' (pen.), 49' (pen.), 56'
  • Stoica  76'
 Stadium: Trace Arena
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) Friendly U-19 TournamentGibraltar 3–2 Hong KongKaohsiung, Taiwan
16:00 (UTC+08:00) Del Rio  42', 49', 78' Report Yu  52', 62' Stadium: National Stadium (Kaohsiung)
Attendance: 98
30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) Friendly U-19 TournamentMyanmar 2–1 GibraltarKaohsiung, Taiwan
16:00 (UTC+08:00) Report Stadium: National Stadium (Kaohsiung)
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) Friendly U-19 TournamentChinese Taipei 3–2 GibraltarKaohsiung, Taiwan
19:00 (UTC+08:00) Report Del Rio
Ronan 		Stadium: National Stadium (Kaohsiung)
14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 2020 UEFA U-19 QualificationAustria 14–0 GibraltarStraßwalchen, Austria
13:00 [note 1]
  • Prass  20' (p)
  • Velimirovic  22'
  • Seidl  24'
  • Mustpha  37', 43'
  • Koller  39'
  • Abdijanovic  51', 72'
  • Ballo  59'
  • Monsberger  60', 75', 77', 84'
  • Adamu  81'
 Report Stadium: Nevoga-Arena Straßwalchen
Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)
16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 2020 UEFA U-19 QualificationRepublic of Ireland 13–0 GibraltarStraßwalchen, Austria
13:00
  • Wright  6', 47', 54', 88'
  • Lewis Richards  15'
  • Omobamidele  23'
  • Bowden  25', 73'
  • McGuinness  55'
  • Tierney  61'
  • Cannon  62'
  • Jones  87' (o.g.)
  • Cassidy  90+3'
 Report Stadium: Nevoga-Arena Straßwalchen
Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)
19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 2020 UEFA U-19 QualificationGibraltar 1–16  SwitzerlandStraßwalchen, Austria
14:30 Galliano  35' (p) Report
Stadium: Nevoga-Arena Straßwalchen
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 after the game against   Switzerland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK John-Paul Hernandez (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 5 0 Lions Gibraltar
13 1GK Bradley Avellano (2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 1 0 Lincoln Red Imps
5 2DF Isaac Vinet (2001-04-20) 20 April 2001 6 0 Free agent
6 2DF Louis Parral (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 6 0 Lions Gibraltar
3 2DF Jesse Picardo-Peralta (2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 5 0 Europa
16 2DF Shaylon Hanglin (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 5 0 Lynx
2 2DF Craig Bossano-Anes (2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 3 0 Lions Gibraltar
4 2DF Sean Montovio (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 2 0 Free agent
7 3MF Shay Jones (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 8 0 Lincoln Red Imps
11 3MF Luke Bautista (2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 8 0 Europa
15 3MF Evan De Haro (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 5 0 Algeciras
14 3MF Jemar Matto (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 4 0 College 1975
19 3MF Craig Galliano (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 3 1 Lincoln Red Imps
12 3MF Omar El Yettefti (2002-11-23) 23 November 2002 3 0 Europa Point
20 3MF Davan Martin (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 3 0 Lincoln Red Imps
18 3MF Dylan De Los Santos (2002-06-27) 27 June 2002 2 0 Manchester 62
10 4FW Julian Del Rio (captain) (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 6 4 Lincoln Red Imps
9 4FW Brendan Ramagge (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 6 0 Lions Gibraltar
17 4FW Adam Gracia (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 6 0 Europa

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Christian Lopez (2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 4 0 Europa vs.  Chinese Taipei, 1 October 2019
DF Leeroy Marquez (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 6 0 Lincoln Red Imps vs.  Chinese Taipei, 1 October 2019
DF Kian Ronan (2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 5 1 Manchester 62 vs.  Chinese Taipei, 1 October 2019
DF Zac Olivero (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 1 0 College 1975 vs.  Chinese Taipei, 1 October 2019
MF Jamie Muir (2001-04-08) 8 April 2001 5 0 Glacis United vs.  Chinese Taipei, 1 October 2019
FW Dylan Peacock (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 9 0 Bruno's Magppies vs.  Chinese Taipei, 1 October 2019

INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury
PRE Preliminary squad
U21 Called up to U21 side
WD Withdrew for other reasons

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head Coach Steven Cummings
Assistant Coach David Ochello
Team Doctor Freddy Arana
Physio David Mitchell

Managerial history
  • Terrence Jolley (2013–2016)
  • Jansen Moreno (2016–2017)
  • Stephen Head (2017–2018)
  • Steven Cummings (2018–)

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
  1. The match, originally to be played on 13 November at 14:30, was postponed to 14 November at 13:00 due to snow.[2]

References
  1. "Gibraltar Under-19 Matches". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. "U19: EM-Quali-Auftakt muss verschoben werden". ÖFB. 13 November 2019.
  3. Under-19 Squad Announcement Gibraltar FA. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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