Europa Point FC - a progressive club from Gibraltar
WE LOSE AND WIN IN FOOTBALL TOGETHER, WE WORK HARD AND BELIeVE TOGETHER”
PÄR MAGNUS ROOS – HEAD OF FOOTBALL
Our Vision
Our vision is to be the most modern, happy and progressive club on Gibraltar.
Our history
The club was founded in 2014 by John Gontier amidst the growing interest in association football on the territory of Gibraltar. The club held trials specifically aimed at bringing in youth team players that had been released by professional sides in England and Spain with the goal of getting them back into competitive football, with club founder John Gontier having formerly worked with such players while working for League Football Education. Before their maiden season, the club also announced a partnership with Chesterfield in League One, where the English side has first option on any Europa Point player. After a strong season the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the GIbraltar Premier division despite having the best goalscoring record in the league. Despite this, the club did end the season with silverwear after beating the already promoted side Angles 5-3 in the Gibraltar Division 2 cup final.
In the 2015/16 season Europa Point were crowned champions of the Gibraltar Second Division after an unbeaten league campaign (W17 D5 L0) and completed the double by retaining the Gibraltar Division 2 cup final. Despite the success in the previous season and the signing of many new players including ex-Norwich city players George Jermy and Tom Walters, Europa Point were relegated back to division 2.
In 2017, it was announced that an American consortium headed by Peter Grieve and Corey Woolfolk had purchased a controlling stake in Europa Point. Woolfolk took over as chairman of the club, while John Gontier moved to CEO. As part of the takeover, Europa Point became a partner club to Bantu Rovers in Zimbabwe. Gontier negotiated to re-take control of the club in early 2019, helping the club to a second-place finish in the league.
In the inaugural season newly formed Gibraltar National League, Europa Point started poorly under former Gibraltar national football team manager Allen Bula. However, the appointment of ex-Leyton Orient boss Ian Hendon in late November 2019 saw a significant upturn in results, only for the season to be voided by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In July 2020, Andrew Pritchard purchased a majority stake in the club, while John Gontier stayed on as minority shareholder. Following the end of the 2020–21 season, Gontier sold his remaining stake in the club to focus on Gibraltar Women's Football League side Gibraltar Wave. In November 2021, former Charlton Athletic player and Kemi City chairman Mark Tivey was announced as the club's new co-owner and technical director. However, this ownership was short lived and in July 2022, a Swedish consortium led by Pär Magnus Roos took over the club.
In 2023 backed by Pär Magnus Roos and a Swedish consurtium of investment the club saw increased investment and hired new staff, players and adopted modern tech solutions. They also established a youth team for the club through Calpe City FC. After a first season building the squad and staff the club have seen an upturn in results and performances for the 2023/24 season going on a five game unbeaten run after a difficult start.
| Ranking | Name | Apps |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antony Moulds | 63 |
| 2 | Daniel Tudela | 45 |
| 3 | Omar El Yettefti | 40 |
| 4 | Gerardo Lopez | 37 |
| 5 | Kivan Castle | 36 |
Player statistics
Most appearances
Club top goalscorers
| Ranking | Name | Apps | Goals per Game | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julian Lopez | 11 | 1.45 | 16 |
| 2 | Christian Núñez | 18 | 0.89 | 16 |
| 3 | Hugo Jesslén | 22 | 0.68 | 15 |
| 4 | Alexis Sánchez | 26 | 0.50 | 13 |
| 5 | Sebastien Osei-Obengo | 5 | 2.00 | 10 |
Results by Season
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Rock Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Second | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 124 | 20 | 63 | 3rd | Quarter final |
| 2015-16 | Second | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 79 | 56 | 1st (P) | First round |
| 2016-17 | Premier | 27 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 120 | 8 | 10th (R) | Quarter final |
| 2017-18 | Second | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 24 | 4th | Second round |
| 2018-19 | Second | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 26 | 39 | 2nd (P) | Second round |
| 2019-20 (a) | National | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 38 | 25 | 8th | Quarter final |
| 2020-21 | National | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 73 | 3 | 11th | First round |
| 2021-22 | National | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 65 | 14 | 10th | Quarter final |
| 2022-23 | GFL | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 65 | 7 | 11th | First round |
| 2023-24 * | GFL | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 29 | First round |
* Season still in progress
(a) Season abadonend due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
(P) Promoted from the second division to the first division
(R) Relegated from the first division to the second division
Premier, National, and GFL are all the top division of Gibraltar football but have been rebranded
