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For the English football club, see Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln Red Imps FC
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Full name Lincoln Red Imps Football Club
Short name Lincoln
Founded 1976
Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue Gibraltar
Ground Capacity 2249
Chairman Derek Alman
Manager Raúl Procopio
League Gibraltar Premier Division
2014–15 1st
Website Club home page

Lincoln Red Imps Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Premier Division, and share the Victoria Stadium with all other clubs in the territory.[1] They are the country's record champion with 21 league titles, the last 13 of which have been consecutive, and in 2014 were the first team to represent Gibraltar in the UEFA Champions League.

History

This football club was first formed in 1976 by Charles Polson and Charles Head the latter managing the team. A group of players associated to the old Police youth team called the "Blue Batons" and complemented by players that had been released by Glacis United and St Jago's joined forces to form the first Lincoln team that played in the Gibraltar fourth division as a youth team. When this Lincoln team became old enough to play Senior Football, it was decided to enter this young team into the GFA second division. The team started to climb to the top in the second division in the season 1981–82 winning the league, the division cup and gaining promotion to the GFA’s first division after only one season. The next year Lincoln finished in mid table in the first division. The season 1983–84 Lincoln won the league and promotion to the Gibraltar Premier Division.[2]

In 1984–85 Lincoln played their first season in the Gibraltar Premier Division in which they were joint champions with Glacis United – the first of seven league titles which were won between 1984 and 1994.

Lincoln won 12 Gibraltar Premier Division titles in a row from 2003 to 2014, bettering the previous record of nine in a row held by Glacis United in the 1960s. They also won the national treble of League, Rock Cup and Senior Cup in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011.

2014

In 2014, after Gibraltar had joined UEFA as 54th member, Lincoln became the first team of Gibraltar to play in the UEFA Champions League. After claiming a 1–1 draw in the home match, they lost 5–2 at Faroese team HB and were eliminated in the first qualifying round.[3]

  • Lincoln Red Imps squad, May 2014.jpg

    Lincoln Red Imps squad in May 2014

  • Michel Platini with Lincoln Red Imps, 2014.jpg

    UEFA President Michel Platini at the 2014 Rock Cup presentation

  • Lincoln Red Imps Captain Lifting 2014 Rock Cup from Michel Platini.jpg

    Lincoln Red Imps Captain Lifting 2014 Rock Cup from Platini

  • Lincoln Red Imps players with trophies, 2014.jpg

    Lincoln Red Imps players with 2014 silverware

  • Joseph Chipolina holding plaque, 2014.jpg

    Joseph Chipolina holding plaque commemorating club's Rock Cup victory

2015

Lincoln won both the 2015 Rock Cup with a 4–1 victory over Lynx F.C.[4] and the 2014–15 Gibraltar Premier Division championship by 16 points,[5] again qualifying for UEFA Champions League qualification with their second straight double.[6] In the First Qualifying Round Lincoln were drawn against FC Santa Coloma of Andorra.[7] After a scoreless draw in the first leg in Gibraltar,[8] the club earned a 2–1 victory at the Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella to advance to the Second Qualifying Round with goals coming from Anthony Bardon and Lee Casciaro.[9] With the victory, Lincoln became the first club from Gibraltar to reach the second round of UEFA Champions League qualification, setting up an encounter with 2015 Danish champions FC Midtjylland,[10] which Lincoln Red Imps lost on aggregate 0–3.

Honours

1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000-01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14 , 2015
1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14

European record

Lincoln's first qualifying round match of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League marked the first match played by a Gibraltarian club in UEFA competition. After converting a penalty, a second half goal was conceded and the game ended in a draw.[14]

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1Q Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 1–1 2–5 3–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 1Q Andorra FC Santa Coloma 0–0 2–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
2Q Denmark FC Midtjylland 0–2 0–1 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

Stadium

Like all other Gibraltarian clubs, Lincoln shares the 5,000-seat Victoria Stadium

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    Victoria Stadium

  • Lincoln Red Imps fans, 2014.jpg

    Lincoln Red Imps fans at the Victoria stadium in 2014

Current squad

No. Position Player
2 Argentina MF Nico Chietino
3 Gibraltar DF Joseph Chipolina
4 Gibraltar DF Neal Medina
5 Gibraltar DF Ryan Casciaro
6 Gibraltar DF Ethan Jolley
7 Gibraltar FW Lee Casciaro
8 Gibraltar MF Kyle Casciaro
10 Gibraltar MF Brian Perez
13 Gibraltar GK Dayle Coleing
14 Gibraltar DF Roy Chipolina
17 Gibraltar MF Leon Clinton
18 Gibraltar FW Mikey Yome
19 Spain MF Antonio Calderón
20 Gibraltar MF Liam Clarke
No. Position Player
21 Gibraltar MF Anthony Bardon
22 Gibraltar DF Alain Pons
24 Gibraltar DF Mark Ballester
25 Spain MF Juanse
27 Spain DF Antonio Sambruno
29 Gibraltar DF Tarik Chrayeh
30 Spain GK Raúl Navas
37 Gibraltar DF Jean-Carlos Garcia
55 Gibraltar MF Adolf Anes
71 Gibraltar GK Ayden Vinales
80 Gibraltar MF Alan E Parker
81 Gibraltar DF Kenneth Chipolina
88 Gibraltar MF Liam Walker

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Gibraltar DF Jamie Bosio (at Ashford United)
No. Position Player

References

  1. ↑ UEFA Profile
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External links

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