The 2020–21

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is the third season of under-23

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, after reforms to reserve team football in June 2018. The league will be contested by 10 teams - nine under-23 sides plus Hound Dogs, and began on 8 December 2020. Lincoln Red Imps are the reigning champions. The league was suspended from 17 December 2020 to 4 April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, when the league resumed play, the format of the league changed so that they would only play each other once.

Format

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Teams

Following the early end to the previous season,

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opted not to field an Intermediate team this season, with St Joseph's returning to the league. Boca Gibraltar were initially set to enter the league for the first time, but the revocation of their domestic license in November 2020 meant that the side did not enter. Due to the lack of resources necessary to compete in the new

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, Hound Dogs were granted special permission by the Gibraltar FA to participate as a senior side in the Intermediate League. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League table

Results

Note: Glacis United Intermediate vs College 1975 Intermediate originally finished 5–1, before the result was overturned by the GFA. The same happened in the game against Lynx Intermediate, which originally finished 8-3 to Glacis. The match between Bruno's Magpies Intermediate and Glacis United Intermediate, scheduled for 6 May 2021, did not go ahead. Bruno's Magpies Intermediate were awarded a 3–0 win. The match between St Joseph's Intermediate and Lions Gibraltar Intermediate on 14 May was awarded to Lions.

Format

Teams

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean Sheets

See also

References