2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division


The 2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division season was the fourth since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. This season the league was contested by 9 clubs.

Format

Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner was promoted while the second-placed team entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. Gibraltar Phoenix were forced to forfeit their first two games after being found in breach of this new rule, with their 4-1 win over Hound Dogs on the opening week being overturned.

Teams

and Mons Calpe were promoted from the Second Division last season. After the 2015–16 Premier Division season, Angels and Britannia XI were relegated. Britannia XI decided to not register for this season. With Pegasus and Red Imps also not competing, the league consisted of nine clubs this season.
ClubManagerCaptainSponsorLast season
Angels Lewis Fraser Jorge SerratoEroski CenterPremier Division, 10th
Boca Gibraltar Juan Jose Pomares Garcia Philip HermidaMasbro8th
Bruno's Magpies David Wilson Sam WhelanBruno's Bar / Chesterton's4th
Cannons Christian Olivares Adrian Reina Gonzalez11th
College 1975 Juan Francisco Fernandez Molina David GomezCosmopolitan12th
Gibraltar Phoenix Albert Ferri BorjaGeneral Lifts3rd
Hound Dogs Chris Gomez Shaun De'AthThe Calpe Hounds10th
Leo FC Rogelio Ramagge Fernando SanchezBMI Group7th
Olympique 13 Garry Turner-Bone Anthony ProvalosiVR Solutions5th

League table

Results

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Luis Casas DominguezGibraltar Phoenix24
2 German CortesGibraltar Phoenix15
3 Kofi HallidayFCB Magpies9
4 Daniel VaronaFCB Magpies7
4 Samuel MesuaCannons7
6 Jonathan TomilleroGibraltar Phoenix5
7 Justin SantosOlympique 134
7 Antonio JimenezGibraltar Phoenix4
9 Juan Antonio MoyaLeo3
9 Francisco DiazCannons3
9 Samuel Corona NuñezBoca Gibraltar3
9 Jorge SerratoAngels3
9 Matthew GrechBoca Gibraltar3
9 Manuel RuizLeo3