FC Britannia XI

Britannia XI

Full name	Football Club Britannia XI
Nickname(s)	Britannia
Founded	1907 (reformed 2009)
Ground	Victoria Stadium, Winston Churchill Avenue Gibraltar
Ground Capacity	5,000
Chairman	James Watson
Manager	Alan Arruda
League	Gibraltar Premier Division
2014–15	7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Old logo

FC Britannia XI are a club side who play their football in the Gibraltar Premier Division. The club, like all others in the territory, play at the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue. The club was previously known as Britannia FC and was previously one of the more dominant sides in Gibraltar, winning several championships in the 1950s, until going into administration and regrouping under its current name in 2009. In 2014 they secured promotion back to the Premier Division after winning the Second Division title.

Stadium

Victoria Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Gibraltar. It is currently used mostly for football matches and holds about 5,000 people. It is located close to the Gibraltar Airport just off Winston Churchill Avenue. It was named after the wife of Gibraltarian philanthropist John Mackintosh.

Honours

• Gibraltar Premier Division – 1907–08, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1936–37, 1940–41, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63.
• Gibraltar Second Division – 2013–14
• Rock Cup – 1937, 1940, 1948.

Kit suppliers

• Adidas (2012–2014)
• Joma (2014–)

Current squad

The following 25 players are registered for the current 2014/15 Gibraltar Premier Division season

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Phillip Reyes 2 MF André Santos 4 MF Renan Bernardes 5 DF Diego Pacheco Exposito 6 DF Karl Parody 7 MF Alen Stepanjan 8 MF Liam Roche (captain) 9 FW Stefan Järv 10 MF Kristian D'Rosario 11 MF Liam Victor 14 MF James Watson

No. Position Player 17 MF Chris Mousdell 18 MF Christian Caetano 19 FW Pichus 20 DF Marius Guei 21 FW Pierre-Marcel Yamfam 22 DF Moussa Dia Niang 23 MF Peter Warren 24 MF Risto Kägo 25 DF Daniel Cameron 30 GK Louie Barnfather 81 DF Alan Arruda

Club staff and officials

See also

• Football in Gibraltar
• Gibraltar Football Association
• List of football clubs in Gibraltar

Results and Fixtures

September 2014

Sat 20 – FC Britannia XI (1) vs (2) St. Josephs

    Cuesta             Ruiz, Berzares

Fri 26 – Lions Gibraltar FC (1) vs (1) FC Britannia XI

    Marquez             Roche	 

October 2014

Sun 5 -FC Britannia XI (0) vs (2) Lincoln Red Imps

                       Walker, L Casciaro  	 

Mon 20 – Manchester 62 FC (5) vs (2) FC Britannia XI

     Morente, Gines x2,      Cuesta x2
     Isola, El Andaloussi

Sat 25 – FC Britannia XI (0) vs (3) Lynx FC

                          Bado Blanco, Ponce, 
                          Funes

November 2014

Sat 1 – FC Britannia XI (0) vs (9) College Europa FC

                          Tonchev x4, Tamayo,
                          Parody o.g., Pegalajar x2,
                          Delgado

Thurs 6 – Glacis FC 20:00 FC Britannia XI

Sat 22 – St. Josephs 18:00 FC Britannia XI

Fri 28 – FC Britannia XI 20:00 Lions Gibraltar FC

Official club sponsors

In August 2014 announced O'Reillys (Gibraltar) & events.gi as their official sponsors

http://www.oreillysgibraltar.com/ or http://www.events.gi/

Notable managers

The following manager(s) won at least one trophy when in charge of Britannia:

Name	Period	Trophies
James Munden	2013–2014	Gibraltar Second Division

External links

• Official site of FC Britannia XI
• Official site of the Gibraltar Football Association