2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division

Premier Division
Season	2016–17
Matches played	43
Goals scored	140 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Enrique Gomez Bernal (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Lincoln Red Imps 7–0 Glacis United (16 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Lynx 0–7 Europa FC (18 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Lincoln Red Imps 7–0 Glacis United (16 October 2016) Lynx 0–7 Europa FC (18 November 2016)
← 2015–16 All statistics correct as of 3 December 2016.

The 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 118th season of the national amateur and semi-professional football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league will be contested by ten clubs, the top eight clubs from last season and two promoted clubs from 2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, sealing a record 22nd title last season. The season began on 21 September 2016 and will end in May 2017.

Format

As with the previous season, each of the ten Premier Division teams will play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.^[1] The tenth-placed team will be relegated while the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2017–18 Premier Division.^[1]

Starting from this season, Gibraltar are granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.^[2] The season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HGP) rule, forcing clubs in both of Gibraltar's divisions to have at least 3 Gibraltarian players in their matchday squads, with at least one on the field of play at all times.

Teams

Victoria Stadium

Location of the stadium where all teams play

After the previous season, Angels and Britannia XI were both relegated to the Second Division; Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted in their places.

Club	Finishing position 2015–16
Europa FC	2nd
Europa Point	111st in Second division (Promoted)
Gibraltar United	8th
Glacis United	7th
Lincoln Red Imps	1st (Champions)
Lions Gibraltar	4th
Lynx	5th
Manchester 62	6th
Mons Calpe	122nd in Second division (Promoted via play-off)
St Joseph's	3rd

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln Red Imps	9	8	0	1	34	5	+29	24	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Europa FC	8	7	1	0	23	3	+20	22	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	St Joseph's	9	5	2	2	16	7	+9	17
4	Glacis United	8	5	2	1	13	10	+3	17
5	Mons Calpe	8	5	0	3	17	12	+5	15
6	Gibraltar United	9	2	2	5	7	13	−6	8
7	Manchester 62	9	1	2	6	11	22	−11	5
8	Lynx	9	1	2	6	6	25	−19	5
9	Lions Gibraltar	8	0	4	4	6	17	−11	4	Qualification to play-off
10	Europa Point	9	1	1	7	7	26	−19	4	Relegation to Gibraltar Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[3]

Results

Matches 1–18

Teams play each other twice.

Home ╲ Away	Europa FC !EFC	Europa Point !EPO	Gibraltar United !GIB	Glacis United !GLA	Lincoln !LIN	Lions Gibraltar !LGI	Lynx !LYN	Manchester 62 !MAN	Mons Calpe !MCA	St Joseph's !SJO
Europa FC !Europa FC		2–1	3–0		1–0	2–1				1–1
Europa Point !Europa Point				1–3		1–1	1–2	2–1	1–4
Gibraltar United !Gibraltar United		3–0		0–2	0–2					0–1
Glacis United !Glacis United							2–0	1–0	3–0
Lincoln !Lincoln		4–0		7–0		4–1	5–0		4–1
Lions Gibraltar !Lions Gibraltar			0–0	1–1			1–1			0–3
Lynx !Lynx	0–7		0–1					2–2	0–4
Manchester 62 !Manchester 62	0–4		2–2		1–6	5–1				0–1
Mons Calpe !Mons Calpe	0–3		3–1					3–0		2–0
St Joseph's !St Joseph's		6–0		1–1	1–2		2–1

Updated to games played on 3 December 2016.
Source: uefa.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27

Teams play each other once.

Home ╲ Away	Europa FC !EFC	Europa Point !EPO	Gibraltar United !GIB	Glacis United !GLA	Lincoln !LIN	Lions Gibraltar !LGI	Lynx !LYN	Manchester 62 !MAN	Mons Calpe !MCA	St Joseph's !SJO
Europa FC !Europa FC
Europa Point !Europa Point
Gibraltar United !Gibraltar United
Glacis United !Glacis United
Lincoln !Lincoln
Lions Gibraltar !Lions Gibraltar
Lynx !Lynx
Manchester 62 !Manchester 62
Mons Calpe !Mons Calpe
St Joseph's !St Joseph's

Source: uefa.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 2 December 2016^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Enrique Gomez Bernal	Europa FC	11
2	Joseph Chipolina	Lincoln Red Imps	8
3	Lee Casciaro	Lincoln Red Imps	7
4	Juan Pablo Pereira Sastrie	Mons Calpe	6
5	George Cabrera	Lincoln Red Imps	5
	Michele Di Piedi	Mons Calpe
	Salvador Carrasco Lopez	Glacis United
	Jose Luis Verdejo	St. Joseph's
9	Cristian Toncheff	Manchester 62	4
	Jean-Carlos Garcia	Lincoln Red Imps
	Liam Walker	Europa FC

Promotion/Relegation play-off

At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a play-off with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2017–18 Premier Division.^[1]

TBD v TBD

2017

TBD	v	TBD

References

1 2 3 "Premier Division: Season Rules". scoresway. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
↑ "Gibraltar gains an additional spot in the Europa League". Gibraltar Football Association. 20 September 2016.
↑ "Premier Division 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
↑ "Gibraltar Premier League-Top Scorers".

External links

Season at soccerway.com
Gibraltar Football Association

2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division

Europa FC Europa Point Gibraltar United Glacis Lincoln Lions Lynx Manchester Mons Calpe St Joseph's

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