Lincoln Red Imps F.C.

Lincoln Red Imps FC
Full name Lincoln Red Imps Football Club
Short name Lincoln
Founded 1976
Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar
Ground Capacity 5,000
Chairman Derek Alman
Manager Julio César Ribas
League Gibraltar Premier Division
2016–17 2nd
Website Club website

Lincoln Red Imps Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Premier Division, and share the Victoria Stadium with all other clubs in the territory.[1] They are the country's record champion with 22 league titles, the last 14 of which have been consecutive, and in 2014 were the first team to represent Gibraltar in the UEFA Champions League.

History

The football club was first formed in 1976 by Charles Polson and Charles Head, the latter managing the team. A group of players associated to the old Police youth team called the "Blue Batons" and complemented by players that had been released by Glacis United and St Jago's joined forces to form the first Lincoln team that played in the Gibraltar fourth division as a youth team. When this Lincoln team became old enough to play Senior Football, it was decided to enter this young team into the GFA second division. The team started to climb to the top in the second division in the season 1981–82 winning the league, the division cup and gaining promotion to the GFA’s first division after only one season. The next year Lincoln finished in mid table in the first division. In 1983–84 Lincoln won the league and promotion to the Gibraltar Premier Division.[2]

In 1984–85 Lincoln played their first season in the Gibraltar Premier Division in which they were joint champions with Glacis United – the first of seven league titles which were won between 1984 and 1994.

Lincoln won 14 Gibraltar Premier Division titles in a row from 2003 to 2016, bettering the previous record of nine in a row held by Glacis United in the 1960s. They also won the national treble of League, Rock Cup and Senior Cup in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011.

2014

In 2014, after Gibraltar had joined UEFA as the 54th member, Lincoln became the first Gibraltarian team to play in the UEFA Champions League. After claiming a 1–1 draw in the home match, they lost 5–2 at Faroese team HB and were eliminated in the first qualifying round.[3]

2015

Lincoln won both the 2015 Rock Cup with a 4–1 victory over Lynx F.C.[4] and the 2014–15 Gibraltar Premier Division championship by 16 points,[5] again qualifying for UEFA Champions League qualification with their second straight double.[6] In the First Qualifying Round Lincoln were drawn against FC Santa Coloma of Andorra.[7] After a scoreless draw in the first leg in Gibraltar,[8] the club earned a 2–1 victory at the Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella to advance to the Second Qualifying Round with goals coming from Anthony Bardon and Lee Casciaro.[9] With the victory, Lincoln became the first club from Gibraltar to reach the second round of UEFA Champions League qualification, setting up an encounter with 2015 Danish champions FC Midtjylland,[10] which Lincoln Red Imps lost on aggregate 0–3.

2016

In 2016 Lincoln pulled off a surprise victory against Scottish Premiership champions Celtic, with a 1–0 victory at home after a 48th-minute strike from Lee Casciaro in the club's second round match of the UEFA Champions League qualifying stage. The match was Brendan Rodgers first competitive fixture as manager of Celtic.[11] The Glasgow side still comfortably qualified thanks to an easy 3-0 victory in the return leg at Celtic Park.

Honours

1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14

European record

Lincoln's first qualifying round match of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League marked the first match played by a Gibraltarian club in UEFA competition. After converting a penalty, a second half goal was conceded and the game ended in a draw.[15]

Overall

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 10 3 2 5 9 15 –6
UEFA Europa League 2 0 1 1 1 6 -5

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1Q Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 1–1 2–5 3–6
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 1Q Andorra FC Santa Coloma 0–0 2–1 2–1
2Q Denmark FC Midtjylland 0–2 0–1 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 1Q Estonia FC Flora Tallinn 2–0 1–2 3–2
2Q Scotland Celtic 1–0 0–3 1–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1–1 0–5 1–6
Notes

Stadium

Like all other Gibraltarian clubs, Lincoln shares the 5,000-seat Victoria Stadium.

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Raúl Navas
2 Gibraltar DF Jean-Carlos Garcia
3 Gibraltar DF Joseph Chipolina
4 Gibraltar MF Anthony Bardon
5 Gibraltar DF Ryan Casciaro
6 Portugal DF Bernardo Lopes
7 Gibraltar FW Lee Casciaro
8 Gibraltar DF Kenneth Chipolina
9 Spain FW Falu Aranda
10 Gibraltar FW Kyle Casciaro
11 Gibraltar FW George Cabrera
12 Gibraltar MF Dean Torrilla
13 Spain GK Manuel Soler
14 Gibraltar DF Roy Chipolina (captain)
17 Gibraltar MF Leon Clinton
18 Gibraltar MF Anthony Hernandez
19 Spain MF Antonio Calderón
21 Gibraltar MF Michael Chipolina
No. Position Player
22 Gibraltar DF Alain Pons
24 Gibraltar MF Michael Ruiz
26 Gibraltar DF Leon Payas
27 Gibraltar GK Jaylan Hankins
28 Gibraltar MF Tjay De Barr
29 Spain FW Adrian Golpe
30 Gibraltar FW Julian Valarino
31 Gibraltar MF Ethan Dobinson
32 Gibraltar DF Ethan Thorne-Llambias
34 Gibraltar DF Jason Pusey
38 Spain MF Félix López
41 Gibraltar FW Brendan Reyes
54 Spain DF Cristian Castells
89 Spain MF Dieguito
Canada GK Will Sykes
Gibraltar DF Ethan Britto
Gibraltar MF Jaron Vinet

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
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References

  1. ↑ UEFA Profile
  2. ↑ "Club history". lincolnredimps.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Five-goal HB hold off Lincoln comeback". UEFA. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "2015 Rock Cup Final Match Report". Gibraltar FA. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "201/15 Gibraltar Premier Division". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Gonzalez, Ryan. "Gibraltar double for Rock Cup winners Lincoln". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Qualifying round draws start road to Milan". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Red Imps vs. FC Santa Coloma Match Report 1". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lincoln Red Imps vs. FC Santa Coloma Match Report 2". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Lincoln Make History!". 5point4sports.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lincoln Red Imps 1 Celtic 0". BBC Sport. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Gibraltar – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Gibraltar – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "History – Senior Cup TITLES". Lincoln Red Imps FC. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  15. ↑ "Hanssen leveller denies Lincoln dream start". uefa.com. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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