2020–21 Gibraltar Intermediate League Explained

Competition:Gibraltar Intermediate League
Season:2020–21
League Topscorer: Dylan Borge
Alessandro Borghi
(8 goals)
Best Goalkeeper: Peter Cabezutto
(3 clean sheets)
Biggest Home Win:
(15 May 2021)
Biggest Away Win:
(4 April 2021)

(24 April 2021)
Highest Scoring:
(24 April 2021)
Longest Wins:5 matches
Europa Intermediate
Lincoln Red Imps Intermediate
Longest Unbeaten:5 matches
Europa Intermediate
Lincoln Red Imps Intermediate
Longest Winless:6 matches
Mons Calpe Intermediate
Longest Losses:6 matches
Mons Calpe Intermediate
Matches:30
Total Goals:166
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22
Updated:17 May 2021

The 2020–21 Gibraltar Intermediate League is the third season of under-23 football in Gibraltar, after reforms to reserve team football in June 2018.[1] The league will be contested by 10 teams - nine under-23 sides plus Hound Dogs and began on 8 December 2020. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions. The league was suspended from 17 December 2020 to 4 April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, when the league resumed play, the format of the league changed so that they would only play each other once.

Format

The Gibraltar Intermediate League was established by the Gibraltar Football Association in June 2018 as a merger of the pre-existing Reserves Division and Under 18 Division, in order to aid player development on the territory. Competing clubs are required to register a reserve squad of 18 players, of which 13 must be Gibraltarian.[2]

Teams

Following the early end to the previous season, Manchester 62 opted not to field an Intermediate team this season, with St Joseph's returning to the league. Boca Gibraltar were initially set to enter the league for the first time, but the revocation of their domestic license in November 2020 meant that the side did not enter. Due to the lack of resources necessary to compete in the new Gibraltar National League, Hound Dogs were granted special permission by the Gibraltar FA to participate as a senior side in the Intermediate League.

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

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League table

Results

Note: Glacis United Intermediate vs College 1975 Intermediate originally finished 5–1, before the result was overturned by the GFA. The same happened in the game against Lynx Intermediate, which originally finished 8–3 to Glacis. The match between Bruno's Magpies Intermediate and Glacis United Intermediate, scheduled for 6 May 2021, did not go ahead. Bruno's Magpies Intermediate were awarded a 3–0 win. The match between St Joseph's Intermediate and Lions Gibraltar Intermediate on 14 May was awarded to Lions.

Season statistics

Scoring

[3]

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alessandro BorghiGlacis United Intermediate8
Dylan BorgeEuropa Intermediate
3 Kaylan FrancoCollege 1975 Intermediate7
Luke BautistaEuropa Intermediate
5 Ashton WahnonLincoln Red Imps Intermediate6
6 Christian MasonBruno's Magpies Intermediate5
Mitch GibsonEuropa Intermediate
Anthony HernandezLincoln Red Imps Intermediate
José Manuel GómezLions Gibraltar Intermediate
Michael RuizLynx Intermediate

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
4 7–1 (H)
5–0 (A)
4 11–0 (A)
11–0 (A)
6–3 (H)
4 5–1 (H)
6 12–1 (A)
4 12–1 (A)
6–1 (H)
7–0 (H)
8–0 (H)

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Peter CabezuttoEuropa Intermediate3
2 Christian Lopez2
3 Mark WarwickCollege 1975 Intermediate1
Ivan MorenoGlacis United Intermediate
Marcos Zappacosta
Juan Carcaño BlancoHound Dogs
Elijah RoblesLincoln Red Imps Intermediate

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Changes to Domestic Football - to be implemented in season 2018/19 . GFA . 27 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180716074528/https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/05-06-2018/changes-to-domestic-football-to-be-implemented-in-season-201819 . 16 July 2018 . dead .
  2. http://footballgibraltar.com/2018/06/gfa-rule-changes-pave-the-way-for-more-locals-to-play-in-the-leagues/ GFA RULE CHANGES PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE LOCALS TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUES
  3. Web site: Top Scorers .