2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division

Premier Division
Season	2015–16
Matches played	125
Goals scored	444 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Cabrera (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Lincoln Red Imps 13–1 Angels (30 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Angels 0–13 Lincoln Red Imps (22 January 2016)
Highest scoring	Lincoln Red Imps 13–1 Angels (30 April 2016)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 1 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) will be the 117th season of the national amateur and semi-professional football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league will be contested by ten clubs, expanded from eight clubs in the last two seasons, including all clubs from last season and two promoted clubs from 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division.^[1] The winner of the Gibraltar Premier Division will be allocated a spot in Champions League qualification, and the winner of the Rock Cup will be allocated a spot in the Europa League.^[2]

Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, sealing a record 21st title last season. The Gibraltar football season kicked off with the Pepe Reyes Cup between Lincoln and Europa FC, which Lincoln won 3-2 after extra time The season proper kicked off on the following Friday, in September 25, with St Joseph's facing Lions.

Format

Each of the ten Premier Division teams will play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.^[3] It is expected that the tenth-placed team will be relegated while the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division.^[4]

Teams

Victoria Stadium

Location of the stadium where all teams play

After the 2014–15 season no teams were relegated, and both Gibraltar United and Angels were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division, when the league expands to ten teams this season.^[1]

Club	Finishing position 2014–15
Angels	122nd in Second division (Promoted)
Britannia XI	7th
Europa FC^{[note 1]}	2nd
Gibraltar United	111st in Second division (Promoted)
Glacis United	6th
Lincoln Red Imps	1st (Champions)
Lions Gibraltar	8th
Lynx	3rd
Manchester 62	5th
St Joseph's	4th

Notes

↑ Club changed name from College Europa FC to Europa FC starting this season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln Red Imps (C, Q)	25	23	1	1	116	9	+107	70	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Europa FC (Q)	25	20	2	3	66	16	+50	62	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	St Joseph's^{[lower-alpha 2]}	25	13	2	10	44	33	+11	41
4	Lions Gibraltar	25	12	3	10	44	43	+1	39
5	Lynx	25	11	2	12	34	32	+2	35
6	Manchester 62^{[lower-alpha 2]}	25	9	4	12	39	43	−4	31
7	Glacis United	25	9	1	15	32	64	−32	28
8	Britannia XI	25	8	2	15	34	58	−24	26
9	Gibraltar United	25	8	1	16	19	54	−35	25	Qualification to play-off
10	Angels (R)	25	3	0	22	18	94	−76	9	Relegation to Gibraltar Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[7]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Since both finalists of the 2016 Rock Cup (Europa FC and Lincoln Red Imps) will finish in top two of the league, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) will be given to the league runners-up.
1 2 The Manchester 62 v St Joseph's match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Manchester 62 after St Joseph's fielded an ineligible player.^[5]^[6] The match originally ended as a 2–1 win for St Joseph's.

Results

Matches 1–18

Teams play each other twice.

Home ╲ Away	Angels !ANG	Britannia XI !BRI	Europa FC !EUR	Gibraltar United !GIB	Glacis United !GLA	Lincoln !LIN	Lions Gibraltar !LGI	Lynx !LYN	Manchester 62 !MAN	St Joseph's !SJO
Angels !Angels		0–3	2–3	1–2	0–3	0–13	0–3	1–2	1–5	0–3
Britannia XI !Britannia XI	3–1		1–4	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–4	0–1	0–2	4–3
Europa FC !Europa FC	3–0	10–1		2–0	6–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0
Gibraltar United !Gibraltar United	1–2	1–3	0–2		1–0	0–6	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–2
Glacis United !Glacis United	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–2		1–6	6–0	0–2	1–1	3–5
Lincoln !Lincoln	5–0	3–2	2–0	7–0	11–0		4–0	4–0	4–0	4–0
Lions Gibraltar !Lions Gibraltar	2–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	5–0	0–2		1–1	0–1	3–1
Lynx !Lynx	6–0	0–3	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–2		2–2	1–0
Manchester 62 !Manchester 62	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–4	2–3	1–2		0–1
St Joseph's !St Joseph's	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0

Updated to games played on 22 February 2016.
Source: uefa.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27

Teams play each other once.

Home ╲ Away	Angels !ANG	Britannia XI !BRI	Europa FC !EUR	Gibraltar United !GIB	Glacis United !GLA	Lincoln !LIN	Lions Gibraltar !LGI	Lynx !LYN	Manchester 62 !MAN	St Joseph's !SJO
Angels !Angels			0–3				0–1	1–2	1–6
Britannia XI !Britannia XI	4–3			0–2			1–4	0–2
Europa FC !Europa FC					0–1	2–0			5–0	2–1
Gibraltar United !Gibraltar United			1–3		0–2					1–3
Glacis United !Glacis United		1–0				1–4		2–1
Lincoln !Lincoln	13–1			4–0				4–0
Lions Gibraltar !Lions Gibraltar				1–3	6–3	1–7
Lynx !Lynx			0–1	0–1					2–0
Manchester 62 !Manchester 62		6–0			1–3		2–2			3–0
St Joseph's !St Joseph's	0–1	4–0				0–3	2–1

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
Source: uefa.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 18 April 2016^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	George Cabrera	Lincoln Red Imps	18
2	Pedro Carrión Padial	Europa FC	17
3	Guido Abayián	Lincoln Red Imps	16
3	Cristian Toncheff	Manchester 62	16
5	Kyle Casciaro	Lincoln Red Imps	14
	Lee Casciaro	Lincoln Red Imps
	Sergio Gines	Lions Gibraltar
8	Joseph Chipolina	Lincoln Red Imps	13
8	Juan Pablo Pereira Sastrie	Lynx/Glacis United	13
10	Robert Montovio	Gibraltar United	11

Promotion/Relegation play-off

At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a play-off with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division. ^[2]

References

1 2 "Season review: Gibraltar". UEFA. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
1 2 "Premier Division 2015/2016: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ "Premier Division Fixtures 2015-16". GibFootballTalk. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
↑ "2nd Division Fixtures 2015-16". GibFootballTalk. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
↑ "MAN 62 awarded 3pts after saints fielded ineligible player". GibFootballTalk. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
↑ "Manchester 62 FC vs St.Joseph's FC Match Report - Gibraltar Football Association". Gibraltar Football Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
↑ "Premier Division 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Gibraltar Premier League-Top Scorers".

External links

Season at soccerway.com
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