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| Full name | Football Club Hound Dogs | ||
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| Founded | 2012; 14 years ago (2012) | ||
| Ground | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | ||
| Capacity | 2,300 | ||
| President | Jordan Duo | ||
| Manager | Ryan McCarthy | ||
| League | Gibraltar Football League | ||
| 2024–25 | Gibraltar Intermediate League, 9th (admitted to professional football) | ||
| Website | Official Website | ||
FC Hound Dogs is a football and futsal club fromGibraltar. They play their football in theGibraltar Football League and theRock Cup; their Futsal team compete in the Futsal 1st Division.
FC Hound Dogs offers young footballers inGibraltar the platform and opportunity to play football and futsal. The club was founded with a strict rotation policy where the focus is on giving everyone game time.
The club was founded in the summer of 2012 by Chris Gomez, Carl Bradford, David Bradford and Ercan Mehmet. The four of them set up the club from scratch, and later added Tyrone Smith to the backroom staff for the 2013–14 season. Chris and Tyrone had both been involved in coaching youth football for many years in Gibraltar, and as a result, had a group of young players interested in signing for them.
The vast majority of this group of players had been involved with Chris and Tyrone atLions Gibraltar F.C., and later SJ Corinthians where they played alongside Ercan during the 2011–12 season and gained invaluable experience playing in theGibraltar Premier Division. When SJ Corinthians folded at the end of the 2011–12 season, these young players had no club to play for, and as a resultFC Hound Dogs was born.
After raising money via the players and founder members they were able to register and enter a football team intoGibraltar Second Division for the 2012–13 season; sponsorship was later secured via the Calpe Hounds Public House. The club started positively in their first season, finishing 4th.
The ascension of theGibraltar Football Association to membership ofUEFA led to a lot more money coming into football on the Rock, and as such, results began to decline for Hound Dogs with lower end of season finishes following in the coming seasons, although the club did provide a platform for young players such as Nick Castle, Etien Victory, Jamie Fortuna and Alan Wszeberowski to move to bigger clubs. Co-founder Ercan "Urge" Mehmet left the club in 2017, with a testimonial played in June that year.
However, results and finances continued to lag behind the rest of the pack, and in 2019 Hound Dogs withdrew from the newly formedGibraltar National League, earning special dispensation to play in theGibraltar Intermediate League along with U23 sides from other clubs in Gibraltar. After six years competing in the Intermediate League, Hound Dogs officially joined the Gibraltar Football League ahead of the 2025–26 season, after obtaining a Silver License.[1] This was followed by the appointment of Ryan McCarthy as head coach, ending Chris Gomez's 13 years in charge of the club.
As of 1 February 2026.[2]
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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| Head Coach |  Ryan McCarthy |
| Assistant Coach |  Ross Gray |
 Paul Francis | |
| Coach | Liam Moreno |
| Goalkeeper Coach |  Raúl Cabrera |
| Physio | Kamyl Hammond |
| Kit man Team Delegate | Sean Calderon |
| Position | Name |
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| Club President | Jordan Duo |
| Vice President | Chris Gomez |
| Club Secretary | Steven Vassallo |
| Committee Member | Ivan Borg |
| Sean Calderon |
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| Defunct competitions | |
| Futsal | |
