2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division Explained

Competition:Premier Division
Season:2015–16
Winners:Lincoln Red Imps
Relegated:Angels
Britannia XI
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Lincoln Red Imps
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Europa FC
League Topscorer:Pedro Carrión Padial
(29 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(30 April 2016)
Biggest Away Win:
(7 May 2016)
Highest Scoring:
(7 May 2016)
Matches:135
Total Goals:509
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17
Updated:16 May 2016

The 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was 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 was 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, Lincoln Red Imps was allocated a spot in Champions League qualification, and as they won the Rock Cup a spot in the Europa League was given to the runners-up Europa FC.[2]

Lincoln Red Imps were 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, 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

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]

Clubdata-sort-type="number"Finishing position 2014–15
2nd in Second division (Promoted)
7th
2nd
1st in Second division (Promoted)
6th
1st (champions)
8th
3rd
5th
4th
Notes

League table

Results

Matches 1–18

Teams play each other twice.

Matches 19–27

Teams play each other once.

Top goalscorers

[5]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Pedro Carrión PadialEuropa FC29
2 George CabreraLincoln Red Imps24
3 Guido AbayiánLincoln Red Imps20
4 Sergio GinesLions Gibraltar19
5 Kyle CasciaroLincoln Red Imps17
Lee CasciaroLincoln Red Imps
7 Joseph ChipolinaLincoln Red Imps16
Cristian ToncheffManchester 62
Juan Pablo Pereira SastrieLynx/Glacis United
10 Robert MontovioGibraltar United15

Promotion/relegation play-off

At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division, Britannia XI, entered a play-off with Mons Calpe, the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division. [2] Mons Calpe are promoted to the 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Season review: Gibraltar . UEFA . 3 July 2015 . 5 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Premier Division 2015/2016: Season rules . Scoresway . 27 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151125224806/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=11685&view=rules . 25 November 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: Premier Division Fixtures 2015-16 . GibFootballTalk . 29 August 2015.
  4. Web site: 2nd Division Fixtures 2015-16 . GibFootballTalk . 29 August 2015.
  5. Web site: Gibraltar Premier League-Top Scorers .