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| Full name | St Joseph's Football Club Gibraltar | ||
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| Nickname | The Saints | ||
| Founded | 20 January 1912; 113 years ago (20 January 1912) | ||
| Ground | Victoria Stadium, Winston Churchill Avenue,Gibraltar | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Owner | Mike Garlick | ||
| Head coach | Abraham Paz | ||
| League | Gibraltar Football League | ||
| 2024–25 | GFL, 2nd | ||
| Website | http://www.stjosephsfcgib.co.uk | ||
St Joseph's Football Club is a professionalfootball club based inGibraltar. Founded in 1912, it currently plays in theGibraltar Football League. The club also has twofutsal teams and more than 10 youth teams.
Formed in 1912, St Joseph's are Gibraltar's oldest still existing football club, with the next oldest,Manchester 62, formed 50 years later. They have consistently competed in theGibraltar Premier Division in that time. However, they have only won the title once: in the 1995–96 season. They have seen considerably better fortunes in theRock Cup, however, with 10 titles in their history, including a league and cup double in 1996. Their last Rock Cup triumph came in 2013. In 2013, they established links as a feeder club toReal Balompédica Linense.
Since Gibraltar became a member ofUEFA, the Saints initially endured more mixed fortunes, including narrowly avoiding relegation in the2013–14 season, ending up in the relegation play-off and narrowly beatingMons Calpe to retain their Premier Division status. Since that near miss, they have consistently finished in the top half of the league, and in 2017 qualified for theUEFA Europa League for the first time with a 3rd-place finish, after Gibraltar had been given an additional spot in the competition. However, their maiden campaign would be short-lived as they suffered a resounding 10-0 aggregate defeat toAEL Limassol ofCyprus. In August, the club were hit when two players, club captain Esteban Montes and Alberto Montaño, were imposed with five and three year bans from football in Gibraltar, respectively, for breaching rules on betting. Both players were immediately released from the club.[1]
The club quickly established themselves at one of the "Big Three" of Gibraltarian football in the UEFA era before running into financial difficulties in early 2022. As a result of this, in June that year, formerBurnley owner and chairman Mike Garlick purchased the club, withWeymouth owner Mark Palmer also joining the board.[2]
| Season | Division | League record | Rock Cup | Pepe Reyes Cup | European competitions | Top league scorer(s) | |||||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Competition | Result | Player | Goals | ||||
| 2013–14 | Premier Division | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 7th | Second round | Winners | — | — | Nathan Santos | 6 |
| 2014–15 | Premier Division | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 18 | 38 | 4th | Semi-final | Runners-up | — | — | José Luis Romero | 11 |
| 2015–16 | Premier Division | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 45 | 3rd | Second round | — | — | — | José Verdejo | 9 |
| 2016–17 | Premier Division | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 18 | 54 | 3rd | Semi-final | — | — | — | John-Paul Duarte | 15 |
| 2017–18 | Premier Division | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 30 | 54 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Boro | 9 |
| 2018–19 | Premier Division | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 29 | 55 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa League | Preliminary round | Boro | 21 |
| 2019–20 | National League | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 15 | 44 | 2nd[a] | — | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Juanfri | 24 | |
| 2020–21 | National League | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 20 | 45 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa League | Preliminary round | Juanfri | 22 |
| 2021–22 | National League | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 27 | 35 | 3rd | Quarter-final | — | UEFA Europa Conference League | First qualifying round | Juanfri | 14 |
| 2022–23 | Football League | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 32 | 5th | Semi-final | — | UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qualifying round | Boro | 8 |
| 2023–24 | Football League | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 62 | 16 | 63 | 2nd | Semi-final | — | — | — | Pablo Rodríguez | 15 |
| 2024–25 | Football League | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 15 | 66 | 2nd | Quarter-final | Winners | UEFA Conference League | First qualifying round | Pablo Rodríguez | 10 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Club Management | |
| Manager |  Abraham Paz |
| Assistant coach | Eloy Bolaños |
| Fitness coach | Juan Carlos Galindo |
| Goalkeeping coach | Félix Romero |
| Head physio | Jaime Rojas Boy |
| Head Analyst Coach | Fernando Rosado |
| Kit manager |  Christian Hook |
| Board | |
| Chairman |  Mike Garlick |
| President | Stuart Rodriguez |
| Technical Director | John Paul Hendrick |
| Secretary | David O'Flaherty |
| Head of Youth |  Kane Forster Chisum Sanchez |
| Youth co-ordinator | Christopher Gonzalez |
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 011.11 |
| UEFA Conference League | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 008.33 |
| Total | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 51 | −36 | 009.52 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  AEL Limassol | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–10 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | PR |  B36 Tórshavn | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2, 2–4 (p) |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | PR |  Prishtina | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 1Q |  Rangers | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–10 | ||
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | PR | B36 Tórshavn | 1–2 | — | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q |  FCI Levadia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q |  Larne | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2Q |  Slavia Prague | 0–4 | 0–7 | 0–11 | ||
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | Shelbourne | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | Cliftonville | 2–2 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | 5–4 |
| 2Q | Shamrock Rovers | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
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| Defunct competitions | |
| Futsal | |
