Lions Gibraltar F.C. Women

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Lions Gibraltar
Full nameLions Gibraltar Football Club Women
Short nameLions
Founded1999 (earliest known)
2007
2010
2013 (current incarnation)
GroundVictoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue Gibraltar
Capacity5000
PresidentAlexander Grech
ManagerZamara Espinosa
LeagueGibraltar Women's Football League
2023–241st
WebsiteClub website

Lions Gibraltar Football Club Women is an amateur football club in Gibraltar, currently playing in the Gibraltar Women's Football League. The club is affiliated to Lions Gibraltar.[1]

History[edit]

The earliest known incarnation of Lions women competed in the 1999 season of the Gibraltar Women's Football League,[2] although records before then are not known. After an 8 year absence from women's football the team returned, competing in the 2007 Women's League after merging with Tunnel Tigers, during which time they competed as Lions Tunnel Tigers.[3] However, after finishing bottom of the league that season, the team quickly folded. The club returned as an independent entity in 2010, again finishing bottom of the league as Gibraltar United's women's team won the league,[4] however the 2011 merger of the two men's teams also saw the women's teams merging after another hiatus from the league, returning in 2013 under its current incarnation and winning the league on their first attempt.[5] The emergence of Lincoln Red Imps the following season saw Lions' brief control of the league quickly dissipate, until Lincoln's side folded in 2020.

Honours[edit]

Gibraltar Women's Football League
Women's Rock Cup

Current squad[edit]

Correct as of 13 October 2022.[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Gibraltar GIB Rebecca Benggio
2 DF Gibraltar GIB Alexandra Ambrosio
3 MF Gibraltar GIB Isabella Laguea
4 DF Gibraltar GIB Josie Cummings
5 DF Gibraltar GIB Abigail Evans
6 DF Gibraltar GIB Kayleigh Tellez
7 MF Gibraltar GIB Nicole Nash
8 FW Gibraltar GIB Mara Alvez
9 FW Gibraltar GIB Mollie Karp
10 FW Gibraltar GIB Isabella Rodriguez
11 MF Gibraltar GIB Kayleigh Ferro (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Gibraltar GIB Zoe Payas
13 GK Spain ESP Nuria Castillo
14 England ENG Bryony Harper
15 DF Gibraltar GIB Andrya Rowbottom
16 Gibraltar GIB Aimee Risso
17 DF Gibraltar GIB Erin Saxby
18 Russia RUS Betina Kostadinova
19 Spain ESP Úrsula-Jimena Navarro
21 England ENG Nicola Taylor
22 Gibraltar GIB Jenai MacKinnon

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lions Gibraltar FC Ladies Lions Gibraltar. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ Gibraltar (Women) 1999 RSSSF. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ Gibraltar Women's Football League 2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ Gibraltar Women's Football League 2010–11 RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ Gibraltar Women's Football League 2013–14 RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ Europa FC Women vs Lions Gibraltar Women Gibraltar FA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.