Gibraltar national under-19 football team

The Gibraltar men's 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 coachMalcolm Martin
CaptainJulian Britto
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 3–1 San Marino 
(Gibraltar; 28 August 2022)
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
10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) 2022 UEFA U-19 Qualification Croatia  7–0  Gibraltar Karlovac, Croatia
12:00
  • Frigan 4', 45+2', 86'
  • Špeljak 20'
  • Stojković 30'
  • Lisica 56'
  • Ivanović 64'
 Report Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 2022 UEFA U-19 Qualification Scotland  3–0  Gibraltar Lučko, Croatia
11:00
Report Stadium: Stadion Lučko
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2022 UEFA U-19 Qualification Gibraltar  0–1  Armenia Lučko, Croatia
12:00 Report
  • Arakelyan 5'
 Stadium: Stadion Lučko
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)
28 August 2022 (2022-08-28) Friendly Gibraltar  3–1  San Marino Gibraltar
  • Gonzalez 27'
  • Jessop 83'
  • Emrani 90'
  • Santi 24' (p)
 Stadium: Victoria Stadium
30 August 2022 (2022-08-30) Friendly Gibraltar  0–4  San Marino Gibraltar
  • M. Gasperoni 13', 18', 29'
  • Santi 80'
 Stadium: Victoria Stadium
21 September 2022 (2022-09-21) 2023 UEFA U-19 Qualification Republic of Ireland  6–0  Gibraltar Denbigh, Wales
18:00 (17:00 BST)
  • O'Mahony 12', 55', 58'
  • Lonergan 75'
  • Fraser 76'
  • Gonzalez 90+1' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Central Park
Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Romania)
24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 2023 UEFA U-19 Qualification Hungary  8–0  Gibraltar Denbigh, Wales
14:00 (13:00 BST)
  • Dragoner 4', 9'
  • Berki 29', 32'
  • Gruber 57'
  • Tuboly 60'
  • Kiss 64'
  • Jurek 88'
 Report Stadium: Central Park
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) 2023 UEFA U-19 Qualification Gibraltar  2–9  Wales Wrexham, Wales
19:00 (18:00 BST)
  • Huart 44'
  • Emrani 58' (pen.)
 Report
  • Hanks 9'
  • Popov 23', 90+4' (pen.)
  • Lloyd 37'
  • Wigley 38'
  • Crole 70'
  • Congreve 79'
  • Williams 84'
  • Colwill 88'
 Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

Players

Current squad

For the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible. Players in bold have caps for the under-21 side.

The following players were called up for the following 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches:

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Harry Victor (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 6 0 Gibraltar Lynx
13 1GK Lee Mifsud (2005-12-14) 14 December 2005 0 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
2 2DF Lee Soiza (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 8 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
4 2DF Julian Britto (captain) (2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 8 0 Gibraltar Glacis United
5 2DF Evan Busto (2005-06-09) 9 June 2005 6 0 Spain Atlético Zabal
18 2DF Jayden Villa (2005-05-12) 12 May 2005 5 0 Gibraltar Manchester 62
17 2DF Ayden Buckley (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 3 0 Gibraltar Lynx
20 2DF Jayron Negron (2005-09-26) 26 September 2005 2 0 Gibraltar Europa
12 3MF Francis Huart (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 7 1 Gibraltar Lynx
3 3MF Kyle Rodriguez (2004-12-19) 19 December 2004 7 0 Gibraltar Europa
8 3MF Sean Perera (2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 7 0 Free agent
11 3MF Kevan Gonzalez (2005-10-19) 19 October 2005 5 1 Gibraltar Manchester 62
6 3MF Han Stevens (2005-04-16) 16 April 2005 5 0 England Boston United
15 3MF Julian Soiza (2005-11-29) 29 November 2005 4 0 Gibraltar Europa
16 3MF Jayme Colton (2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 4 0 Gibraltar Glacis United
14 3MF Jyron Zammitt (2004-11-04) 4 November 2004 2 0 Gibraltar College 1975
10 4FW Rafi Emrani (2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 8 2 Spain Atlético Zabal
9 4FW Finlay Cawthorn (2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 8 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
7 4FW Liam Jessop (2005-08-13) 13 August 2005 5 1 England Anchorsholme
19 4FW James Caetano (2004-09-27) 27 September 2004 5 0 Gibraltar 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
DF Leon Avellano (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 0 0 Gibraltar Europa Point v.  Armenia, 16 November 2021
MF Jesse Gomez (2005-10-11) 11 October 2005 2 0 Spain Algeciras v.  San Marino, 30 August 2022
MF Kaydan Glynn (2005-05-16) 16 May 2005 1 0 Gibraltar St Joseph's v.  San Marino, 30 August 2022
MF Lucas Turrell (2005-05-08) 8 May 2005 1 0 England Boston United v.  San Marino, 30 August 2022
MF Carl de Torres (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 1 0 Gibraltar Manchester 62 v.  San Marino, 30 August 2022
MF Kye Livingstone (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 3 0 Northern Ireland Larne v.  Armenia, 16 November 2021
FW Ashton Wahnon (2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 0 0 Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies v.  San Marino, 30 August 2022
FW Jonathan Sciortino (2005-12-29) 29 December 2005 0 0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps v.  San Marino, 30 August 2022

INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury
PRE Preliminary squad
WD Withdrew for other reasons

Managerial history
  • Gibraltar Terrence Jolley (2013–2016)
  • Gibraltar Jansen Moreno (2016–2017)
  • Gibraltar Stephen Head (2017–2018)
  • Gibraltar Steve Cummings (2018–2020)
  • Gibraltar Malcolm Martin (2020–)

Top Goalscorers

As of 27 September 2022

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 Rafi Emrani 2021– 2 8 0.25
3 Craig Galliano 2019 1 3 0.333
Anthony Hernandez 2013 1 4 0.25
Liam Jessop 2022– 1 5 0.2
Kevan Gonzalez 2022– 1 5 0.2
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
Francis Huart 2021–2022 1 7 0.143
Scott Ballantine 2013–2014 1 7 0.143

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Gibraltar Under-19 Matches". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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