| Competition: | Gibraltar National League |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Dates: | 16 October 2020 – 16 May 2021 |
| Pixels: | 330 |
| Winners: | Lincoln Red Imps 1st National League title 25th Gibraltar title |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Lincoln Red Imps |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup3: | Europa Conference League |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Europa St Joseph's Mons Calpe |
| League Topscorer: | Kike Gómez (24 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Christian Lopez (11 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (12 December 2020) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (25 October 2020) (13 December 2020) |
| Highest Scoring: | (12 December 2020) |
| Longest Wins: | 7 matches Europa |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 10 matches Europa |
| Longest Winless: | 10 matches College 1975 |
| Longest Losses: | 10 matches College 1975 |
| Matches: | 104 |
| Total Goals: | 418 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
| Updated: | 20 March 2021 |
The 2020–21 Gibraltar National League season is the second season of the new Gibraltar National League in Gibraltar, and the 122nd season of football on the territory overall. There are no reigning champions this season, as the previous season was declared abandoned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The league is due to kick off on 16 October 2020. Instead of qualifying for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, teams placed 2nd, 3rd and the 2021 Rock Cup winners will qualify for the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.
The structure of the league will follow that of the previous season.[2] Teams will play one round of games as a single league, before splitting into two groups: the Championship Group contested by the top 6 sides, and the Challenge Group between the bottom 6 sides. The winners of the Challenge Group will receive the GFA Challenge Trophy and receive a bye to the second round of the next season's Rock Cup. The league paused after the game on 20 December between Bruno's Magpies and St Joseph's, but resumed on 22 February 2021 with Lions Gibraltar defeating College 1975 3-2.[3]
The following 12 teams began the 2020–21 Gibraltar National League. League positions from the previous season represent where teams stood when the season was abandoned.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Club sponsor | 2019–20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joma | GVC Holdings Chestertons | 5th | ||||
| Joma | 12th | |||||
| 1st | ||||||
| 8th | ||||||
 |  | 11th | ||||
| 3rd | ||||||
| 6th | ||||||
| 4th | ||||||
| Manchester 62 | Joma | CEPSA GIB | 9th | |||
| FanPlay 365 | 7th | |||||
| 2nd |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Red Imps | Mutual consent | 20 May 2020 | Pre-season | 28 May 2020[4] | ||
| Bruno's Magpies | 31 May 2020 | 23 July 2020 | ||||
| Boca Gibraltar | Moved to U23 Manager | 1 June 2020 | 1 June 2020[5] | |||
| Boca Gibraltar | Denied license by GFA | 9 August 2020 | 9 August 2020 | |||
| Glacis United | Promoted to Director of Football | 1 September 2020 | 1 September 2020 | |||
| Mons Calpe | Mutual consent | 16 September 2020 | 16 September 2020 | |||
| Europa Point | 1 October 2020 | 1 October 2020 | ||||
| Lincoln Red Imps | 5 October 2020 | 5 October 2020 | ||||
| Glacis United | Signed by Nigeria Football Federation | 23 October 2020 | 7th | 25 October 2020 | ||
| Europa Point | Mutual consent | 2 November 2020 | 11th | 2 November 2020 | ||
| Sacked | 19 March 2021 | 12th | 19 March 2021 |
The season suffered early controversy when several teams were forced to forfeit games for violations of the Home Grown Player rule, due to confusion over the new rules regarding time limits for changes if a Home Grown Player is sent off.[6] Below are the games that have been forfeited for rule breaches.
| Date | Original score | GFA decision |
|---|---|---|
| 3-0 win to Bruno's Magpies | ||
| 3-0 win to Lynx | ||
| 3-0 win to Glacis United | ||
| 3-0 win to Europa Point | ||
Additionally, Boca Gibraltar failed to field a team on 5 December 2020 against Mons Calpe, subsequently forfeiting the tie.[7] After doing so again on 9 December, they were expelled from the league.[8]
After 11 games (reduced to 10 after Boca Gibraltar were expelled) the league splits into two groups: the top 6 into the Championship Group, and the bottom 6 (later reduced to 5) into the Challenge Group. The Championship Group will compete for the league title and European qualification places, while the Challenge Group will compete for the GFA Challenge Trophy.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kike Gómez | Lincoln Red Imps | 24 |
| 2 | Juanfri | St Joseph's | 22 |
| 3 | Rubo Blanco | Bruno's Magpies | 19 |
| 4 | Adrián Gallardo | Europa | 14 |
| 5 | Boro | St Joseph's | 13 |
| 6 |  Dylan Borge | Europa | 11 |
| Aritz Hernández | Lynx | ||
| Diego Díaz | Mons Calpe | ||
| 9 | Luisma Gallardo | College 1975 | 9 |
| Liam Walker | Europa | ||
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8–0 (A) | ||||
| | 3–0 (H) | ||||
| | 9–0 (A) | ||||
| 6–1 (H) | |||||
| | 5–0 (H) | ||||
| 4 | 6–0 (A) | ||||
| 4 | 11–0 (H) | ||||
| 4 | 13–1 (H) | ||||
| | 13–1 (H) | ||||
| 4 | 9–0 (A) | ||||
 4 | 4–2 (A) | ||||
| | 4–0 (H) | ||||
 | 4–1 (H) | ||||
| | 8–1 (A) | ||||
 | 4–0 (A) | ||||
| 4 | 6–0 (A) | ||||
| 4 | 5–0 (A) | ||||
| 4 | 7–0 (H) | ||||
| | 3–0 (A) |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Lopez | Europa | 11 |
| 2 | Jamie Robba | St Joseph's | 9 |
| 3 | Kyle Goldwin | Lincoln Red Imps | 8 |
| 4 | Christian Fraiz | Mons Calpe | 7 |
| 5 | Bradley Banda | Lynx | 6 |
| 6 | Borja Valadés | Lions Gibraltar | 5 |
| 7 | Alan Martin | Bruno's Magpies | 4 |
| Marcos Zappacosta | Glacis United | ||
| 9 | Jordan Perez | Bruno's Magpies | 3 |
| Manuel Soler | Lincoln Red Imps | ||
| Ayden Viñales | Manchester 62 | ||
| Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kike Gómez | Lincoln Red Imps | [9] | |
| 2 | Dylan Peacock | Boca Gibraltar | [10] | |
| 3 | Borja Valadés | Lions Gibraltar | [11] | |
| 4 | Not awarded | |||
| 5 | Kieren Proctor | Boca Gibraltar | [12] | |
| 6 | Boro | St Joseph's | [13] | |
| 7 | Dylan Borge | Europa | [14] | |
| 8 | Bauti | Lynx | [15] | |
| 9 | Nano | St Joseph's | [16] | |
| 10 | Iván Ruiz | Lions Gibraltar | [17] | |
| 11 | Carra | Lincoln Red Imps | [18] | |
| 12 |  Mustapha Yahaya | Lincoln Red Imps | [19] |
| Month | Player of the Month | Manager of the Month | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| October | Albert Ferri | Lions Gibraltar | Kike Gómez | Lincoln Red Imps | [20] |
| November | Juanfri | St Joseph's | Rafa Escobar | Europa | [21] |
| December | League paused 20 December–22 February | ||||
| January | |||||
| February | |||||
| March | |||||