The Gibraltar national under-19 football team represents

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in football competitions at under-19 level and is controlled by the

Gibraltar Football Association The Gibraltar Football Association or also Gibraltar FA (GFA) is the governing body for Gibraltarian football and futsal. It was formed as the ''Gibraltar Civilian Football Association'' in 1895, changing to its current name in later years. It i ...

. It is a full member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to enter any FIFA-sanctioned tournaments. Gibraltar applied for full UEFA membership and was accepted by the

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in May 2013 and can therefore compete in the

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beginning with the 2014 edition of the tournament.

UEFA Acceptance

Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have played three competitive matches for the qualifying round of the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. They were drawn into Group 1 with

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and

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. Czech Republic were the hosts of the group and all three games were played in the Městský stadion in

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. They played their first competitive match on 17 October 2013 against Croatia which ended in a thumping 7-0 victory for the Croats. Two days later they played the Czech Republic which resulted in a 3-0 defeat for the Gibraltarians before being thumped 7-0 yet again although this time by Cyprus. The team went 3 years without scoring a goal from 2016, until 2019 when they played in an under-19 tournament hosted by Chinese Taipei. In the first game on 28 September 2019, a Julian Del Rio hat-trick saw Gibraltar under-19s achieve their first ever victory, against

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Players

Current squad

For the

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qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible. Players in bold have caps for the under-21 side. The following players were called up for the following qualification matches:https://twitter.com/GibraltarFA/status/1710322074739220957 U19 Squad] Gibraltar FA. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023. * Match date: 11, 14 and 17 October 2023 * Opposition: , and * Caps and goals correct as of: 17 October 2023, after the game against .

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible. ^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury
^PRE Preliminary squad
^WD Withdrew for other reasons

Managerial history

* Terrence Jolley (2013–2016) * Jansen Moreno (2016–2017) * Stephen Head (2017–2018) * Steve Cummings (2018–2020) * Malcolm Martin (2020–)

Top Goalscorers

''As of 17 October 2023'' Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

Notes

References

External links

Official site of the Gibraltar Football AssociationUnofficial website about Gibraltarian football, futsal and national team
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