Gibraltar national under-21 football team

Gibraltar Under-21
Association	Gibraltar Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	David Ochello
Captain	Kevagn Ronco
Most caps	Bradley Banda (11)
Top scorer	Graeme Torrilla, Leon Clinton (1)
Home stadium	Victoria Stadium
FIFA code	GIB
First international
	Austria 3–0 Gibraltar ; (Ritzing, Austria; 8 June 2017)
Biggest win
	Gibraltar 1–0 North Macedonia ; (Faro/Loulé, Portugal; 10 October 2017)
Biggest defeat
	Belarus 10–0 Gibraltar ; (Zhodzina, Belarus; 8 June 2019)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	0 (first in 0)
Best result	Never Qualified

The Gibraltar national under-21 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-21 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-21 Championship beginning with the 2015 edition of the tournament, although they did not participate until 2017, in qualification for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

UEFA Acceptance

Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have not formed under-21 team, until announcement in December 2016. The Gibraltar Football Association announced that Gibraltar will be participating in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship for the first time as from 2017 with qualifying games for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, that will take place in Italy. The draw for the qualifiers was in Switzerland on 26 January 2017 and Gibraltar will play in Group 7.[1]

They played their first ever international on 8 June 2017, against Austria, losing 3–0.[2] After losing their next 4 games without scoring, the Gibraltar U21 team secured a historic 1–0 win over Macedonia on 10 October 2017, with a goal from captain Graeme Torrilla meaning that Gibraltar earned their first competitive win at any level since joining UEFA.

Competition history

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA Euro U-21 Record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978 to 2013	Not a UEFA member							Not a UEFA member
2015	Did Not Enter							Did Not Enter
2017	Did Not Enter							Did Not Enter
2019	Did Not Qualify							10	1	0	9	2	36
2021	To be determined							1	0	0	1	0	1
Total	0/23	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	10	2	37

Record of matches

The following table shows Gibraltar under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 20 March 2019. Only official matches are included.

Opponents	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	First	Last
Armenia	2	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00	2017	2017
Austria	2	0	2	0	8	−8	000.00	2017	2018
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	2019	2019
North Macedonia	2	1	1	2	6	−4	050.00	2017	2018
Russia	2	0	2	0	8	−8	000.00	2017	2018
Serbia	2	0	2	0	10	−10	000.00	2017	2018
Total	11	1	10	2	37	−35	009.09	2017	2018

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	19	3	+16	12	Final tournament	—	4–2	TBD	8 Sep	5–1	8 Oct
2	Portugal	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	9	Final tournament if best runners-up (Play-offs otherwise)	TBD	—	8 Sep	9 Oct	TBD	4–0
3	Belarus	5	2	2	1	14	4	+10	8		4 Sep	0–2	—	1–1	9 Oct	10–0
4	Norway	5	2	1	2	7	10	−3	7		0–4	2–3	13 Oct	—	2–1	4 Sep
5	Cyprus	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	4		13 Oct	4 Sep	1–1	1–2	—	1–0
6	Gibraltar	5	0	0	5	0	23	−23	0		0–6	13 Oct	0–2	TBD	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2019. Source: UEFA

Matches

20 March 2019 (2019-03-20) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Cyprus	1–0	Gibraltar	Larnaca
15:30 (16:30 EET)	Roles 62'	Report		Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Belarus	10–0	Gibraltar	Zhodzina
13:00 (14:00 FET)	Shkurdyuk 31' Bakhar 45+2', 74', 84' Podstrelov 55' Klenyo 67', 78', 90' Alshanik 72' Pyatrenka 80'	Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Referee: Yigal Frid (Iceland)

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Portugal	4–0	Gibraltar	Alverca do Ribatejo
21:45 (20:45 WEST)	Francisco 8' Mota Carvalho 13', 60' Diogo Queirós 66'	Report		Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Gibraltar	0–6	Netherlands	Gibraltar
19:00		Report	Gakpo 16', 63' de Wit 38', 66', 76' Redan 89'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Greece)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Gibraltar	0–2	Belarus	Gibraltar
20:00		Report	Sedko 25' (p) Shkurin 59'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Referee: Bram van Dreissche (Belgium)

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Gibraltar	Postponed	Norway	Gibraltar
				Stadium: Victoria Stadium

31 March 2020 (2020-03-31) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Gibraltar	Postponed	Cyprus	Gibraltar
				Stadium: Victoria Stadium

4 September 2020 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification

Norway

v

Gibraltar

TBA

8 October 2020 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification

Netherlands

v

Gibraltar

TBA

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2021 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Gibraltar	v	Portugal	Gibraltar
				Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Players

Current squad

For the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible.[3]

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Netherlands and Belarus on 14 and 19 November 2019.[4]

Caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2019 after the match against Belarus. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jaylan Hankins	(2000-11-17) 17 November 2000	3	0	Las Palmas Atlético
13	1GK	Christian Lopez	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001	0	0	Europa

2	2DF	Jamie Serra	(1998-10-30) 30 October 1998	11	0	St Joseph's
6	2DF	Kian Ronan	(2001-03-09) 9 March 2001	6	0	Manchester 62
4	2DF	Ethan Santos	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998	4	0	Mons Calpe
5	2DF	Ethan Thorne-Llambias	(2000-11-23) 23 November 2000	4	0	Lincoln Red Imps
3	2DF	Stefan Ramirez	(1998-11-18) 18 November 1998	3	0	Manchester 62
12	2DF	Jayce Olivero (captain)	(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998	3	0	Europa
20	2DF	James Parkinson	(2000-05-21) 21 May 2000	3	0	Lions Gibraltar
22	2DF	Ryan Dean	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998	0	0	Manchester 62

8	3MF	Andrew Hernandez	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999	9	0	St Joseph's
14	3MF	Shaun De Los Santos	(1998-01-26) 26 January 1998	9	0	Manchester 62
11	3MF	Jack Breed	(1999-06-18) 18 June 1999	8	0	Fareham Town
7	3MF	Jaydan Parody	(1998-05-08) 8 May 1998	5	0	Lynx
16	3MF	Kieron Garcia	(1998-08-04) 4 August 1998	2	0	Manchester 62
15	3MF	Jaydon Drakes	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001	0	0	Europa

9	4FW	Leon Clinton	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998	9	1	St Joseph's
10	4FW	Ayoub El Hmidi	(2000-09-30) 30 September 2000	5	0	Mons Calpe
17	4FW	Dylan Peacock	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001	3	0	Boca Gibraltar
19	4FW	Michael Ruiz	(2000-12-07) 7 December 2000	1	0	Lynx

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	Bradley Banda	(1998-01-20) 20 January 1998	11	0	Lynx	v. Portugal, 5 September 2019

DF	Liam Crisp	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999	7	0	Brymbo	v. Portugal, 5 September 2019
DF	Kevagn Ronco	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998	3	0	Mons Calpe	v. Portugal, 5 September 2019
DF	Phillip Gillingwater-Pedersen	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999	1	0	Europa	v. Portugal, 5 September 2019

MF	Michael Negrette	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998	6	0	Manchester 62	v. Netherlands, 14 November 2019
MF	Evan De Haro	(2002-09-28) 28 September 2002	2	0	Algeciras	v. Netherlands, 14 November 2019
MF	Max Cottrell	(1999-09-15) 15 September 1999	4	0	Brymbo	v. Portugal, 5 September 2019

FW	Dylan Borge	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003	0	0	Lincoln Red Imps	v. Netherlands, 14 November 2019
FW	Julian Del Rio	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002	0	0	Lincoln Red Imps	v. Portugal, 5 September 2019
^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury ^PRE Preliminary squad ^WD Withdrew for other reasons

Gibraltar under-21 managers

Up to date as of 5 September 2019[5]

Manager	Nation	Gibraltar u-21 career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Aaron Asquez		2017–2019	10	1	0	9	2	36	010.00
David Ochello		2019–	3	0	0	3	0	15	000.00

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 20 March 2019[6]

Position	Name
Head Coach	David Ochello
Assistant Coach	Michael Felice
Goalkeeping Coach	Christian Wink
Physio	Chris Shaw
Data Analyst	Matthew Langtry

References

"Gibraltar Under 21s to debut in 2017". Gibraltar Football Association. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
"Italy to host 2019 Under-21 EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
"2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
"U21 Squad Announcement". Gibraltar FA. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
"Gibraltar Under 21". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
"Gibraltar Under 21 Head Coach & Assistant Head Coach Announced". Official GFA Website. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

External links

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[1] "Gibraltar Under 21s to debut in 2017". Gibraltar Football Association. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[2] "Italy to host 2019 Under-21 EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[2019_regulations-3] "2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[Gibraltar_squad_announcement-4] "U21 Squad Announcement". Gibraltar FA. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.

[5] "Gibraltar Under 21". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[Under_21-6] "Gibraltar Under 21 Head Coach & Assistant Head Coach Announced". Official GFA Website. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

Gibraltar national football team
General	Gibraltar Football Association Records Players Captains Managers
Results	Official results 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Unofficial matches
Matches	Gibraltar 0–0 Slovakia (2013)
Venues	Victoria Stadium Estádio Algarve
Other GFA teams	Women's Under-21 Under-19 Under-17 Futsal

Football in Gibraltar
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League system	Gibraltar National League Women's League Gibraltar Intermediate League
Domestic cups	Rock Cup ~~Gibraltar Premier Cup~~ Pepe Reyes Cup Gibraltar Division 2 Cup Gibraltar Intermediate Cup Women's Rock Cup
Futsal	First Division Second Division ~~Third Division~~ ~~Fourth Division~~ Cups Futsal Rock Cup Lousito Bonavia Trophy Women's League
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