Gibraltar national under-19 football team


The Gibraltar national under-19 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-19 level and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. It is a full member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to enter any FIFA-sanctioned tournaments. Gibraltar applied for full UEFA membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013 and can therefore compete in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship beginning with the 2014 edition of the tournament.

UEFA Acceptance

Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have played three competitive matches for the qualifying round of the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. They were drawn into Group 1 with Czech Republic, Cyprus and Croatia. Czech Republic were the hosts of the group and all three games were played in the Městský stadion in Ostrava.
They played their first competitive match on 17 October 2013 against Croatia which ended in a thumping 7-0 victory for the Croats. Two days later they played the Czech Republic which resulted in a 3-0 defeat for the Gibraltarians before being thumped 7-0 yet again although this time by Cyprus. The team went 3 years without scoring a goal from 2016, until 2019 when they played in an under-19 tournament hosted by Chinese Taipei. In the first game on 28 September 2019, a Julian Del Rio hat-trick saw Gibraltar under-19s achieve their first ever victory, against Hong Kong.

Recent results and fixtures

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 after the game against.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury
PRE Preliminary squad
U21 Called up to U21 side
WD Withdrew for other reasons

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Top Goalscorers

As of 19 November 2019
Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.
#NameCareerGoalsCapsAverage
1Julian Del Rio2019–46
2Craig Galliano2019–13
2Anthony Hernandez201314
2Kian Ronan2017–201915
2Leon Clinton2015–201616
2Jayce Consigliero2014–201516
2Jamie Coombes2013–201416
2Scott Ballantine2013–201417