The 2025–26 Gibraltar Football League season is the seventh season of the Gibraltar Football League in Gibraltar (and fourth under its current name), and the 127th season of football on the territory overall. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions, winning their fourth successive title on the final weekend of the season to beat competition from title rivals St Joseph's on their head-to-head record. Due to the league's fall down the UEFA coefficient rankings, this season only 2 teams qualified for the UEFA Conference League. For the first time since the 2020–21 season, 12 teams will contest the league.
The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and Rock Cup winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.
Format The 2025–26 season is set to continue with the same format used the previous season. Instead of playing one round of fixtures before splitting, teams will instead play each other twice for a total of 22 games this season. After the second round of games, the top 6 enter the GFL Championship Group, where each team plays each other once to decide the league champion. However, the Challenge Group has been scrapped.
Due to the continued reconstruction of Victoria Stadium, games will continue to be played at the Europa Sports Park this season.
Teams
FCB Magpies merged with youth side Calpe City on 1 June 2025, becoming Calpe City Magpies - however, due to delays in registering the new entity, they will remain as FC Magpies for one more season. After six years playing in the Gibraltar Intermediate League, GFL founding members Hound Dogs announced they would play in the GFL for the first time on 12 May 2025. That same day, the Gibraltar FA released the licensing awards for the 2025–26 season.Club Licenses issued for 2025/26 Gibraltar FA. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Receiving the UEFA Club Licence were Lincoln Red Imps, St Joseph's, FCB Magpies and Lions Gibraltar. The GFA Gold Licence was awarded to College 1975, Europa Point, Glacis United, Manchester 62, Lynx, Europa and Mons Calpe. Hound Dogs were given the GFA Silver Licence.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Club sponsor Nike 8th Europa Kappa 3rd Custimoo Mobill 11th Meyba 7th Joma GIL, 9th Givova Bet365 1st VX3 GibSams 6th Lynx Givova 9th 5th Joma 4th Givova FanPlay 365 10th Macron 2nd
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing manager departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentHound Dogs Resigned 15 May 2025 15 May 2025Lincoln Red Imps Interim spell made permanent 16 May 2025 16 May 2025Europa Point Appointed Head of Youth 21 May 2025 12 June 2025Glacis United End of contract 1 July 2025 1 July 2025FC Magpies End of interim spell Lions Gibraltar 25 July 2025 25 July 2025Manchester 62 Interim spell made permanent 1 August 2025 1 August 2025Europa Point Resigned End of interim spell 21 August 2025 12th 21 August 2025Glacis United Moved to assistant coach 23 August 2025 10th 29 August 2025 End of interim spell 12 September 2025 7th 12 September 2025Lynx Mutual consent 16 September 2025 3rd 16 September 2025Glacis United End of interim spell 6 November 2025 12th 6 November 2025Lynx 14 November 2025 6th 14 November 2025Manchester 62 Resigned 15 November 2025 7th 15 November 2025 End of interim spell 26 November 2025 8th 26 November 2025St Joseph's Signed by Antequera 30 November 2025 1st 2 December 2025CLUB STATEMENT: ALBERTO CIFUENTES APPOINTED NEW MANAGER St Joseph's FC. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.Manchester 62 End of interim spell 20 December 2025 9th 10 January 2026
Regular season During the regular season, each team faced each other twice before the league is split into two (with only the top six teams advancing to the GFL Championship Group).
League table
Results
GFL Championship Group The top six teams from the regular season contest the GFL Championship Group to decide the league champion. Results from the regular season were carried over into this round.
Season statistics Scoring
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Manu ToledanoMons Calpe302 Pablo RodríguezSt Joseph's213 Mikael NdjoliLions Gibraltar204 Javi ForjánSt Joseph's175 Kike GómezLincoln Red Imps166 Lucas RebagliatiLions Gibraltar147 Nuno MiguelEuropa Point11 Tjay De BarrLincoln Red Imps Toni GarcíaLincoln Red Imps10 Nicholas PozoLincoln Red Imps10
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Lions Gibraltar Manchester 62 4–2 (A) Mons Calpe Lynx 5–2 (H) 4 Mons Calpe Europa Point 5–1 (A) College 1975 Manchester 62 4–3 (A) 4 Europa Point Hound Dogs 7–0 (A) St Joseph's Manchester 62 10–0 (H) Lions Gibraltar Manchester 62 7–0 (H) Lions Gibraltar Manchester 62 7–0 (H) Mons Calpe Lions Gibraltar 3–0 (A) Lincoln Red Imps Manchester 62 10–0 (A) St Joseph's Europa Point 7–0 (A) St Joseph's Lions Gibraltar 3–3 (H)
Clean sheets RankPlayerClub1 Bradley BandaSt Joseph's142 Christian LopezEuropa8 Nauzet SantanaLincoln Red Imps4 Jaylan HankinsLincoln Red Imps7 Victor HuartLynx Marcos ZappacostaFC Magpies7 Iván VillanuevaMons Calpe68 Camillo De LucaEuropa49 Borja ValadésCollege 19753 Tom ChakravertyEuropa Point Konrad SkuzaLions Gibraltar Sergio FúnezFC Magpies Christian FraizMons Calpe
See also 2025–26 Peninsula Rock Cup
References
External links GFL Website Gibraltar Football Association