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Football league season
The
2017?18
Gibraltar Premier Division
was the 119th season of the top-tier national
football
league in
Gibraltar
, as well as the fifth season since the
Gibraltar Football Association
joined
UEFA
in 2013. The league was contested by ten clubs. It began on 26 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018.
Europa
were the defending champions, having ended a fourteen-year winning streak for
Lincoln Red Imps
.
[1]
This season also saw three clubs from Gibraltar competing in European competition for the first time. Lincoln won their 23rd title on 19 May 2018 with two games to spare, after a 7?1 victory over
Lions Gibraltar
.
Format
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The ten Premier Division clubs played each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.
[2]
The tenth-placed team in the league would be relegated and the ninth-placed team in the league would enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the
Second Division
for a place in the 2018?19 Premier Division.
[2]
The champions earned a place in the
preliminary round
of the 2018?19 Champions League, and the second?placed club earned a place in the
preliminary round
of the 2018?19 Europa League.
[3]
This season, the league entered a winter break from December to February while renovations took place on
Victoria Stadium
.
Teams
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Location of the stadium where all teams play
At the conclusion of the
previous season
,
Europa Point
was relegated.
[4]
As the champions of the
Second Division
,
Gibraltar Phoenix
earned promotion to the league this season.
[5]
Manchester 62
earned the right to stay in the Premier Division by winning a playoff at the end of the previous season.
[6]
Personnel and kits
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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
FIFA
eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial Changes
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League table
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Source:
UEFA
,
Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
[7]
(C)
Champions;
(O)
Play-off winners;
(R)
Relegated
Results
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Matches 1?18
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Matches 19?27
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Promotion/relegation play-off
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The ninth-placed team from the Premier Division played a play-off match with the second-placed
Second Division
club for a place in the 2018?19 Premier Division.
[2]
Season statistics
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Scoring
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- As of 3 June 2018
[8]
Top scorers
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Rank
|
Player
|
Club
|
Goals
|
1
|
Enrique Carreno
|
Europa
|
19
|
2
|
German Cortes
|
Gibraltar Phoenix
|
15
|
Kike Gomez
|
Europa
|
Rubo Blanco
|
Mons Calpe
|
Pibe
|
Mons Calpe
|
6
|
Falu Aranda
|
Lincoln Red Imps
|
12
|
7
|
Ayman Elghobashy
|
Gibraltar United
|
11
|
8
|
Boro
|
St Joseph's
|
9
|
Antonio Cerezo
|
Glacis United
|
10
|
Dani Ponce
|
Gibraltar United
|
7
|
Anthony Hernandez
|
Lincoln Red Imps
|
Domingo Ferrer
|
St Joseph's
|
Hat-tricks
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Clean sheets
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Rank
|
Player
|
Club
|
Clean sheets
|
1
|
Manuel Soler
|
Lincoln Red Imps
|
16
|
2
|
Javi Munoz
|
Europa
|
12
|
3
|
Kyle Goldwin
|
Gibraltar United
|
9
|
4
|
Borja Gonzalez
|
Glacis United
|
7
|
5
|
Mateo Grasso
|
Mons Calpe
|
6
|
Jamie Robba
|
St Joseph's
|
7
|
Edu Oliva
|
Lions Gibraltar
|
4
|
8
|
Goito
|
Gibraltar Phoenix
|
3
|
Jose Miguel Gonzalez
|
Lions Gibraltar
|
Joaquin Ketlun
|
Lynx
|
Felix Romero
|
St Joseph's
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See also
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References
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External links
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