Europa FC

Europa FC
Full name Europa Football Club
Nickname(s) The Green Machine
Founded 1925 (reformed 2014)
Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue,
Gibraltar.
Ground Capacity 2,800
Chairman Peter Cabezutto
Manager Dimas Carrasco
League Premier Division
2014–15 Premier Division, 2nd
Website Club home page

Europa FC are a football club from Gibraltar who play in the Gibraltar Premier Division. As with all other clubs in the territory, Europa FC currently share the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue.

History

The club was founded in 1925. It was continuously active up to 1970. The club merged with College in the 1980s and in 2014 split again from College. The name change was cleared by UEFA and the Gibraltar Football Association has granted back the honours the club lost when it folded initially.

In 2014 they were the first team from Gibraltar to play the UEFA Europa League after they finished runners-up in the Rock Cup. They lost the first match 0-3 against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein. In the second leg they lost 1-0 at home, resulting in a 4-0 aggregate defeat. [1] In 2015 the club had Gibraltar's first player to appear at a major international tournament, with Charly representing Equatorial Guinea at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

In 2015 the club was renamed to their original name Europa FC.[2] The side entered the UEFA Europa League once again, without a manager as Dimas Carrasco had not yet been appointed. The side lost 9-0 on aggregate to SK Slovan Bratislava with a new look side that received criticism from fans due to the lack of Gibraltarian players and large number of Spanish signings.

Notable managers

The following manager(s) at least one major accomplishment while in charge of Europa:

Name Period Achievements
Spain Jose Requena 2014 Europa League qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bruno Akrapović 2014-15 Gibraltar Premier Cup, Europa League qualification

Honours

Europa FC squad on 25 June 2015
Winners (6): 1928-29, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1951-52
Winners: 2012–13
Winners (5): 1938, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952
Runners-up: 2014[3]
Winners: 2014–15

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–1 0–3 0–4
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia SK Slovan Bratislava 0–6 0–3 0–9
Notes

Current squad

As of 27 July 2015[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Javi Muñoz
2 Spain DF Chuchi
3 Gibraltar DF Lance Cabezutto
4 Spain DF Paco Sanchez
5 Russia MF Kirill Trofimenko
6 Spain MF Ivan Moya
7 Spain DF Toni Garcia
8 Spain MF Adrian Pavón
9 Spain FW Pedro Carrión
10 Spain MF Javi Martinez
11 Spain MF Javi Fernandez
12 Gibraltar GK Jake Victor
13 England GK Matt Cafer
No. Position Player
14 Spain DF Toscano
15 Spain DF Morales
17 Spain MF Guille Roldán
18 Spain MF Álex Quillo
19 Spain FW Joselinho
20 Spain MF Joaquin
21 Spain DF Alex Vázquez
22 Argentina MF Martín Belforti
23 Romania FW Lucian Burdujan
27 Gibraltar FW Kelvin Morgan
40 Spain DF Alberto Merino
41 Gibraltar MF Chad Gillingwater
- Gibraltar DF Ethan Santos


Out on Loan Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
24 Spain MF Juan José Bezares

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2015/matches/round=2000583/match=2014644/postmatch/index.html
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/europa.fcgibraltar/posts/839350246132397
  3. ↑ "Season review: Gibraltar". UEFA. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Europa FC vs Slovan Bratislava". http://www.uefa.com/. UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)

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