Lynx FC
Full nameLynx Football Club
Nickname(s)The Yellows
Founded2007
GroundVictoria Stadium
Capacity2,000
PresidentJack Noble
ManagerAlbert Parody
LeagueGibraltar Football League
2022–23Championship Group: 4th
Overall: 4th
WebsiteClub website

Lynx FC is a football club from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar Football Association's Premier Division. 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 Premier154291842144th Second round
2013–14 Premier149233618293rd Quarter-finalGibraltar Premier CupSemi-finals Spain Sergio Ginés14
2014–15 Premier2110833618383rd Runners-UpGibraltar Premier CupGroup stage Netherlands Raducio King10
2015–16 Premier27112143740355th Second round Argentina Agustin Doxagarat7
2016–17 Premier2784153445286th Quarter-final Spain Raúl Segura9
2017–18 Premier2764172248229th Second round Argentina Franco Gargiulo6
2018–19 Premier2787122945317th Second round Spain Alberto Valdivia6
2019–20 National179263730294th[lower-alpha 1] First round Spain Alberto Valdivia7
2020–21 National2082103640265th Quarter–final Spain Aritz Hernández11
2021–22 National1861112538199th First round 4 players2
2022–23 GFL2010373329334th Quarter-finals Cuba Aldair Ruiz12

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
5 MF Spain ESP Blas Álvarez
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Sierra Leone SLE TJ Brima
14 FW Denmark DEN Karim Bassam El-Khatib
18 MF Gibraltar GIB Omar Salah El-Din
20 MF Gibraltar GIB Richard Felipes
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
4 DF Spain ESP Manuel Cereto
5 DF Spain ESP Alejandro Vázquez
7 DF Gibraltar GIB Zakariae Ben Abdel Hanin
8 MF Gibraltar GIB Jonathan Molina
9 MF Gibraltar GIB Aiden Olivares
10 MF Gibraltar GIB Colin Finlayson
14 DF Gibraltar GIB Johan Mills
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Gibraltar GIB Leonard Noble
20 FW Portugal POR Sergio Nascimento
22 DF Gibraltar GIB Jayce Perez-Carreras
30 MF Gibraltar GIB Johnny Panzavechia
66 MF Gibraltar GIB Darren Cara Guerrero
99 GK Spain ESP Jorge Díaz

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


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