Gibraltar national under-21 football team explained

Gibraltar Under-21
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Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Vacant
Asst Manager:TBD
Captain:Dylan Borge
Most Caps:Dylan Borge (24)
Top Scorer:Dylan Borge (2)
Home Stadium:Victoria Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:GIB
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First Game: 3–0
(Ritzing, Austria; 8 June 2017)
Largest Win: 1–0
(Faro/Loulé, Portugal; 10 October 2017)
1–2
(Chișinău, Moldova; 21 November 2023)
Largest Loss: 10–0
(Zhodzina, Belarus; 8 June 2019)
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Uefau21champ First:0
Uefau21champ Best:Never Qualified

The Gibraltar national under-21 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-21 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-21 Championship beginning with the 2015 edition of the tournament, although they did not participate until 2017, in qualification for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

UEFA Acceptance

Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have not formed under-21 team, until announcement in December 2016. The Gibraltar Football Association announced that Gibraltar will be participating in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship for the first time as from 2017 with qualifying games for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, that will take place in Italy. The draw for the qualifiers was in Switzerland on 26 January 2017 and Gibraltar will play in Group 7.[1]

They played their first ever international on 8 June 2017, against Austria, losing 3–0.[2] After losing their next 4 games without scoring, the Gibraltar U21 team secured a historic 1–0 win over Macedonia on 10 October 2017, with a goal from captain Graeme Torrilla meaning that Gibraltar earned their first competitive win at any level since joining UEFA.

Competition history

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Qualification record
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1978 to 2013Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
2015Did not enterDid not enter
2017
2019Did not qualify10 1 0 9 2 36
20218 0 0 8 0 37
202310 0 1 9 1 41
2025In progress10 1 0 9 3 31
Total0/240000003821356145

Record of matches

The following table shows Gibraltar under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 9 September 2024. Only official matches are included.

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2025 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

See main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C.

Matches

2024

Players

Current squad

For the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible.

The following players were called up for the following 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification games:[3]

Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

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

Gibraltar under-21 managers

Up to date as of 9 September 2024[4]

ManagerNationGibraltar u-21 careerPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAWin %
2017–2019
2019–2024
(caretaker)2020, 2023

Note: Michael Felice served as caretaker manager in late 2020 while David Ochello was on personal leave, and again in June 2023.

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 20 March 2019[5]

PositionName
Head coach Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Jordan Perez
Physio Chris Shaw
Data Analyst Matthew Langtry

Player records

As of 9 September 2024

Most capped

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1Dylan Borge2019–252
2Evan De Haro2019–190
3Ayoub El Hmidi2019–2022180
4Dylan Peacock2019–2022151
Ethal Llambias2019–2022150
James Parkinson2019–2022150
Bilal Douah2021–150
Shay Jones2021–150
Kyle Clinton2022–150
10Bradley Banda2017–2020130
Jaylan Hankins2019–2022130
Ryan Azopardi2021–130

Most goals

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

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1Dylan Borge2019–252
2Tayler Carrington2023–61
Leon Clinton2017–2020101
Graeme Torrilla2017–2018101
Dylan Peacock2019–2022151

Captains

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1Graeme Torrilla2017–20181010
2Jaylan Hankins2019–2022913
3Dylan Borge2019–725
4Evan De Haro2019–419
5Andrew Hernandez2017–2020312
6Kevagn Ronco2017–202025
7Dylan Peacock2019–2022115
Kyle Clinton2022–114
Jamie Serra2017–2020112
Michael Negrette2017–202018
Jayce Olivero2017–202014

Goalkeepers

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1Bradley Banda2017–202013150
2Jaylan Hankins2019–202213051
3Bradley Avellano2023–8018
4Harry Victor2023–4017
Christian Lopez2021–2022208
6Dayle Coleing2018105

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gibraltar Under 21s to debut in 2017. Gibraltar Football Association. 16 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081651/https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/14-12-2016/gibraltar-under-21s-to-debut-in-2017. 1 December 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Italy to host 2019 Under-21 EURO. UEFA. 16 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Gibraltar U21 National Team. Gibraltar Football Association. 28 August 2024. 28 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Gibraltar Under 21. Soccerway. 8 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Gibraltar Under 21 Head Coach & Assistant Head Coach Announced. Official GFA Website. 31 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170401064734/http://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/31-03-2017/gibraltar-under-21-head-coach-assistant-head-coach-announced. 1 April 2017. dead.

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