Gibraltar Phoenix F.C.

Gibraltar Phoenix Football Club was a football club from Gibraltar. Until their dissolution in August 2019, they participated in the Gibraltar Premier Division and the Rock Cup.

Gibraltar Phoenix
Full nameGibraltar Phoenix Football Club
Founded2011
Dissolved2019
GroundVictoria Stadium,
Gibraltar
Capacity2,000
2018–19Gibraltar Premier Division, 5th

History

Gibraltar Phoenix was founded in 2011 by Nicholas Gaiviso and was officially registered as a Gibraltar FA member in 2012.

Phoenix has the distinction of competing in the Gibraltar Premier Division, while failing to score a single point whole season. This happened in the 2013-14 Gibraltar Premier Division season, the first since the GFA's acceptance into UEFA, when they lost all 14 games and got relegated to the Gibraltar Second Division.

One season later, in Gibraltar Second Division, Phoenix finished in 4th place, 14 points behind the 2nd-placed Angels and the promotion spot, which would have secured them promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt.

After a rebrand, Phoenix finished 3rd in the Second Division during the 2015-16 season, six points behind Mons Calpe in second place, who were promoted via the playoff, and further 3 points behind Europa Point, who topped the division.

The side lost their first two games of the 2016-17 season due to forfeits on account of the new Home Grown Player rule in effect in Gibraltar. Their first game, a 4-1 victory against Hound Dogs, was overturned in favour of the losing team, while their second game against title rivals Bruno's Magpies was awarded to Magpies, while the match wasn't played at all. After filling their quota for domestic players, Phoenix saw a turnaround in form, which included a club record 20-1 victory against Angels, sitting joint-top of the Second Division at the turn of the year. Phoenix secured the title on the penultimate week of the season, after an 11-0 victory over College 1975, returning to the top flight after a 3-year absence.

They finally achieved their first ever top flight points on the opening fixture of the new Gibraltar Premier Division season, in a 2-1 win over Mons Calpe.

In August 2019, the club withdrew from senior football, with the club's owners citing heavy losses in recent years and a lack of success in selling the club to potential investors as the main reasons to cease club's operations.[1]

Final squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Francisco Fernández
2 DF  ESP Paquito
6 DF  ESP Francisco Moreno
11 MF  ESP Carlos Sánchez
15 DF  ESP José Antonio Peralta
17 MF  GIB Jeremy Lopez
22 DF  GIB Jayce Consigliero
24 MF  ESP Ñito Jiménez
45 GK  ESP Victor Ayala
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GIB Evan Coleing
— MF  GIB Alan Parker
— MF  ESP Ignacio Pérez
— FW  ESP Israel Castillo
— FW  ESP Germán Cortés
— FW  GIB Tito de Torres
— FW  GIB Byron Espinosa
— FW  ESP José Luis Reyes

Final Intermediate League squad

The following players are registered to play in the Gibraltar Intermediate League. Players in italics are also registered for the first team.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK  GIB Kaylan Borda
27 FW  GIB John Charles Gaivizo
28 DF  GIB Richard Almeida
30 FW  GIB Kayron Smullen
31 MF  GIB Louie Panzavechia
32 MF  GIB Christian Mason
33 DF  GIB Lee Coombes
34 MF  GIB Aydan Colton
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 DF  GIB Thomas Palao
36 MF  GIB Zhane Consigliero
37 MF  GIB Aidon Asquez
39 DF  GIB Francis Picardo Jr
40 MF  GIB Daylian Victor
41 MF  GIB Giovanni Villa
42 FW  ESP Iván Lozano
43 DF  GIB Peter Sardeña (captain)
Logo of Gibraltar Phoenix F.C. (2011–2015)

Club honours
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References
  1. Gibraltar Phoenix withdraw from the National League Football Gibraltar. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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