Full name Europa Football Club Ground Capacity 2,800 Manager Juan Jose Gallardo Location Gibraltar Headquarters Gibraltar | Nickname(s) The Green Machine Chairman Peter Cabezutto Arena/Stadium Victoria Stadium Founded 1925 | |
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Ground Victoria Stadium,
Winston Churchill Avenue,
Gibraltar. League Gibraltar Premier Division | ||
Europa FC are a football club from Gibraltar who play in the Gibraltar Premier Division. As with all other clubs in the territory, Europa FC currently share the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue.
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History
The club was founded in 1925. It was continuously active up to 1970. The club merged with College in the 1980s, going by College Cosmos until 2013, and in 2014 split again from College, changing from College Europa back to Europa FC, while College 1975 entered the Gibraltar Second Division. The name change was cleared by UEFA and the Gibraltar Football Association has granted back the honours the club lost when it folded initially.
In 2014 they were the first team from Gibraltar to play the UEFA Europa League after they finished runners-up in the Rock Cup. They lost the first match 0–3 against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein. In the second leg they lost 1–0 at home, resulting in a 4–0 aggregate defeat. In 2015 the club had Gibraltar's first player to appear at a major international tournament, with Charly representing Equatorial Guinea at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
In 2015 the club was renamed to their original name Europa FC. The side entered the UEFA Europa League once again, without a manager as Dimas Carrasco had not yet been appointed. The side lost 9–0 on aggregate to SK Slovan Bratislava with a new look side that received criticism from fans due to the lack of Gibraltarian players and large number of Spanish signings. Another season in 2nd place followed, although July 2016 did see Europa win their first continental cup tie, winning 3–2 on aggregate against FC Pyunik in the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League.
Notable managers
The following manager(s) at least one major accomplishment while in charge of Europa:
Honours
European record
Current squad
As of 4th February 2017 (List includes players registered and eligible to play in the Gibraltar Premier Division and in the Gibraltar Reserves League.)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.