Lynx F.C.

Lynx FC
Full nameLynx Football Club
Nickname(s)The Yellows
Founded2007
GroundVictoria Stadium
Capacity2,000
PresidentJack Noble
ManagerAlbert Parody
LeagueGibraltar Football League
2023–247th
WebsiteClub website

Lynx FC is a football club from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Football League. The club colours are yellow and black.

History

The club was formed in 2007 and has been managed by Albert Parody for the majority of its history, making him the country's longest serving manager. After winning the Gibraltar Second Division in 2012, thus earning promotion to the Gibraltar Premier Division, the club have established themselves as a top flight team. Lynx recorded an impressive 4th place in the 2013–14 season, Gibraltar's first season with an 8 team league as members of UEFA. Since then, the club have settled into mid-table.

In 2015 they appointed former national team coach Allen Bula as a sporting director, as well as becoming a feeder club to Slovakian side MFK Košice, for whom Bula was an academy coach before managing Gibraltar. Another mid-table finish followed, however, squad changes over the summer left them struggling in the bottom of the table for the first half of the 2016-17 season leaving question marks over Albert Parody's future at the club. Changes in January 2017 saw the signing of key players including goalkeeper Dany Fernandes and defender Charlie Mitchell, and an upturn in form saw a comfortable 6th-place finish at the end of the season. On 2 June Albert Parody, the longest serving manager in the Gibraltar Premier Division, resigned and was replaced by Allen Bula. However, after 4 games and 4 defeats without any goals scored, it was reported that Bula had parted ways with the club on 27 October.

Domestic history

Season League Rock Cup Other League top goalscorer
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
2012–13 Premier 15 4 2 9 18 42 14 4th Second round
2013–14 Premier 14 9 2 3 36 18 29 3rd Quarter-final Gibraltar Premier Cup Semi-finals Sergio Ginés 14
2014–15 Premier 21 10 8 3 36 18 38 3rd Runners-Up Gibraltar Premier Cup Group stage Raducio King 10
2015–16 Premier 27 11 2 14 37 40 35 5th Second round Agustin Doxagarat 7
2016–17 Premier 27 8 4 15 34 45 28 6th Quarter-final Raúl Segura 9
2017–18 Premier 27 6 4 17 22 48 22 9th Second round Franco Gargiulo 6
2018–19 Premier 27 8 7 12 29 45 31 7th Second round Alberto Valdivia 6
2019–20 National 17 9 2 6 37 30 29 4th[a] First round Alberto Valdivia 7
2020–21 National 20 8 2 10 36 40 26 5th Quarter–final Aritz Hernández 11
2021–22 National 18 6 1 11 25 38 19 9th First round 4 players 2
2022–23 GFL 20 10 3 7 33 29 33 4th Quarter-finals Aldair Ruiz 12
2023–24 GFL 20 8 3 9 29 31 27 7th Quarter-finals Connor Flynn-Gillespie 14

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Gibraltar GIB Robert Rae
2 DF Gibraltar GIB Jean-Carlos Garcia
3 DF Spain ESP Dani Gallardo
4 DF Finland FIN Akim Sairinen
6 MF Gibraltar GIB Bilal Douah
7 FW Gibraltar GIB Michael Ruiz
8 MF Spain ESP Willy
9 FW Ghana GHA Ishmael Kofi Antwi
10 MF Gibraltar GIB Michael Negrette
11 FW Sierra Leone SLE TJ Brima
14 FW State of Palestine PLE Karim Bassam El-Khatib
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Netherlands NED Nick Kaaijmolen
18 MF Gibraltar GIB Omar Salah El-Din
20 MF Gibraltar GIB Richard Felipes
22 DF Algeria ALG Adam Hamdi
23 MF Spain ESP Antonio González
30 MF Argentina ARG Maximiliano Mallemaci
33 MF Sweden SWE Nils Berner
66 MF Gibraltar GIB Jesse Victory (captain)
88 FW Scotland SCO Connor Flynn-Gillespie
99 GK Gibraltar GIB Bradley Avellano

Intermediate team

The following players are registered for the Gibraltar Intermediate League. Players from the first team may also appear for this team.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Spain ESP Ignacio Canestro
4 DF Spain ESP Manuel Cereto
5 DF Spain ESP Alejandro Vázquez
7 DF Gibraltar GIB Zakariae Ben Abdel Hanin
10 MF Gibraltar GIB Colin Finlayson
14 DF Gibraltar GIB Johan Mills
17 FW Gibraltar GIB Leonard Noble
20 FW Portugal POR Sergio Nascimento
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Gibraltar GIB Haitham Tarrak
30 MF Gibraltar GIB Johnny Panzavechia
39 MF Gibraltar GIB Aiden Olivares
66 MF Spain ESP Darren Cara Guerrero
88 DF Gibraltar GIB Marouan Akhrif
99 GK Spain ESP Jorge Díaz
22 DF Gibraltar GIB Jayce Perez-Carreras

Club staff

Position Name
Club Management
Head coach Gibraltar Albert Parody
Assistant Coach Gibraltar Henry Cabrera
U23 Coach Gibraltar Bobby Chipolina
Coach Gibraltar Graham Turnbull
Physical Trainer Gibraltar Paul Buttigieg
Physio Gibraltar Jordan Tucker
Board
President England Jack Noble
Chief Executive Officer Gibraltar Albert Parody
General Manager Gibraltar Deidre Rae
Director Gibraltar George Powell

Notes

  1. ^ Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic

External links

  • Team profile at UEFA.com


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