The 2017-18 Gibraltar Second Division was the fifth season of the second tier football in Gibraltar since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. Like the previous season, this year the league was contested by 9 clubs. The season began on 26 September 2017, and is expected to end in May 2018, with a mid-season break anticipated for the Chesterton's Cup.
Gibraltar Phoenix are the current champions, having won the league for the first time the previous season and earning promotion to the Premier Division.
Video 2017-18 Gibraltar Second Division
Format
Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner iss promoted while the second-placed team enters a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season sees the continuation of the Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. On 1 October, FC Olympique were awarded a 3-0 win over College 1975 after College fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 2-1 to Olympique.
Maps 2017-18 Gibraltar Second Division
Teams
Gibraltar Phoenix were promoted to the 2017-18 Gibraltar Premier Division as champions last season. Bruno's Magpies lost their promotion playoff, so remain in the division. Europa Pegasus had applied to join the division for the coming season after their expulsion at the end of the 2015-16 season, but the Gibraltar Football Association turned down their request, citing new rules now forbidding feeder clubs from joining the Gibraltar football pyramid.
Managerial Changes
League table
Results
Updated to games played on 2 December 2017.
Source: GFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Scoring
- As of 3 December 2017
Top Scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
See also
- 2017-18 Gibraltar Premier Division
References
External links
- Gibraltar Football Association
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