Europa F.C.

Europa FC
Full name Europa Football Club
Nickname(s) The Green Machine
Founded 1925 (reformed 2014)
Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue,
Gibraltar.
Ground Capacity 2,800
Chairman Peter Cabezutto
Manager Juan Jose Gallardo
League Premier Division
2015–16 Premier Division, 2nd
Website Club home page

Europa FC are a football club from Gibraltar who play in the Gibraltar Premier Division. As with all other clubs in the territory, Europa FC currently share the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue.

History

The club was founded in 1925. It was continuously active up to 1970. The club merged with College in the 1980s and in 2014 split again from College. The name change was cleared by UEFA and the Gibraltar Football Association has granted back the honours the club lost when it folded initially.

In 2014 they were the first team from Gibraltar to play the UEFA Europa League after they finished runners-up in the Rock Cup. They lost the first match 0–3 against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein. In the second leg they lost 1–0 at home, resulting in a 4–0 aggregate defeat. [1] In 2015 the club had Gibraltar's first player to appear at a major international tournament, with Charly representing Equatorial Guinea at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

In 2015 the club was renamed to their original name Europa FC.[2] The side entered the UEFA Europa League once again, without a manager as Dimas Carrasco had not yet been appointed. The side lost 9–0 on aggregate to SK Slovan Bratislava with a new look side that received criticism from fans due to the lack of Gibraltarian players and large number of Spanish signings. Another season in 2nd place followed, although July 2016 did see Europa win their first continental cup tie, winning 3–2 on aggregate against FC Pyunik in the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League.

Notable managers

The following manager(s) at least one major accomplishment while in charge of Europa:

Name Period Achievements
Spain Jose Requena 2014 Europa League qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bruno Akrapović 2014–15 Gibraltar Premier Cup, Europa League qualification
Spain Dimas Carrasco 2015–16 Europa League qualification

Honours

Europa FC squad on 25 June 2015
Winners (6): 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1937–38, 1951–52
Winners: 2012–13
Winners (5): 1938, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952
Winners: 2014–15
Winners: 2016–17

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–1 0–3 0–4
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia SK Slovan Bratislava 0–6 0–3 0–9
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Armenia FC Pyunik 2–0 1–2 3–2
2Q Sweden AIK 0–1 0–1 0–2
Notes

Current squad

As of 15 September 2016[3] (List includes players registered and eligible to play in the Gibraltar Premier Division and in the Gibraltar Reserves League.)

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

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Javi Muñoz
2 Spain DF Karim Piñero
3 Gibraltar DF Ethan Santos
4 Gibraltar DF Lance Cabezutto
5 Russia MF Kirill Trofimenko
6 Spain MF Iván Moya
7 Gibraltar MF Sykes Garro
8 Spain MF Álex Quillo
9 Spain FW Kike
10 Gibraltar MF Liam Walker
12 Gibraltar GK Jake Victor
13 England GK Matthew Cafer
14 Spain DF Jesús Toscano
15 Spain MF Ruben
16 Spain MF Josema
17 Spain FW Guillermo Roldán
18 Spain FW Yeray Romero
19 Spain FW Joselinho
No. Position Player
20 Ghana MF Mustafa Yahaya
21 Spain MF Javi Pecas
22 Argentina MF Martin Belfortti
23 Gibraltar DF Stefan Oliva
24 Spain DF Jaime Campoy
25 Spain MF Jonathan Rodriguez
26 Spain MF Fran Gomez
27 Gibraltar DF Colin Machin
28 Gibraltar MF Steven Gilbert
29 Gibraltar FW Kyan Prescott
30 Gibraltar MF Sean Gilbert
31 Spain GK Alberto Parragues
32 Gibraltar MF Kiaran Benyunes
33 Gibraltar FW Aidan Casey
34 Gibraltar MF Kieron Bosano
35 France FW James Adams
36 Spain FW Francisco Salas
41 Spain DF Alberto Merino

References

External links

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