The Gibraltar Second Division was the second tier of

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in the

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, run by the

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(GFA). The league was founded in 1909 after the expansion of the

Gibraltar Premier Division The Gibraltar Premier Division was a football league established by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) in 1905, and the top tier of football in Gibraltar. It originally contained eight member clubs, but it has grown over the years. In 19 ...

and as of the 2016-17 season contains 10 clubs. All of the sides competing are amateur. Teams in this division, along with the Gibraltar U-15 national team, enter the

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in the first round except for 3 clubs who receive byes to the second round. Promotion was not regular until 2007-08 due to the prevalence of reserve teams in the division. As of the 2016-17 season, league champions are automatically promoted, and the runners up enter a play-off with the second-from-bottom team in the

. However, in the 2014-15 season, the top two teams were automatically promoted with no relegation, due to the Premier Division expanding to 10 teams for the 2015-16 season onward. Until 2008, a Third Division also operated in which teams were regularly promoted and relegated between the two divisions. In 2019 the league merged with the

to form the

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, ending 110 years of second division football on the Rock.

Second Division 2018-19

List of champions

All results from RSSSF archives.List of seasons/champions in Gibraltar
Archived fro

Bold indicates the team was promoted. Records before 1998 are unknown.

References

External links

Gibraltar FA
{{Football in Gibraltar 2 Defunct second level football leagues in Europe 1909 establishments in Gibraltar Sports leagues established in 1909 2019 disestablishments in Gibraltar Sports leagues disestablished in 2019