The 2017–18
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 1 ...
was the 119th season of the top-tier national
football league in
Gibraltar, as well as the fifth season since 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 ...
joined
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...
in 2013. The league was contested by ten clubs. It began on 26 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018.
Europa were the defending champions, having ended a fourteen-year winning streak for
Lincoln Red Imps
Lincoln Red Imps Football Club is a professional association football club from Gibraltar. They play in the Gibraltar National League, and share Victoria Stadium with all other clubs in the territory. They are the country's record champion with ...
.
This season also saw three clubs from Gibraltar competing in European competition for the first time. Lincoln won their 23rd title on 19 May 2018 with two games to spare, after a 7–1 victory over
Lions Gibraltar.
Format
The ten Premier Division clubs played each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.
The tenth-placed team in the league would be relegated and the ninth-placed team in the league would enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the
Second Division for a place in the 2018–19 Premier Division.
The champions earned a place in the
preliminary round of the 2018–19 Champions League, and the second–placed club earned a place in the
preliminary round of the 2018–19 Europa League.
This season, the league entered a winter break from December to February while renovations took place on
Victoria Stadium.
Teams
At the conclusion of the
previous season,
Europa Point was relegated.
As the champions of the
Second Division,
Gibraltar Phoenix earned promotion to the league this season.
Manchester 62
Manchester 62 F.C. is a football club based in Gibraltar. The club was previously known as Manchester United F.C. in honour of the English club Manchester United, having officially changed from the 2013–14 season. The club's crest was altere ...
earned the right to stay in the Premier Division by winning a playoff at the end of the previous season.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial Changes
League table
Results
Matches 1–18
Matches 19–27
Promotion/relegation play-off
The ninth-placed team from the Premier Division played a play-off match with the second-placed
Second Division club for a place in the 2018–19 Premier Division.
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
See also
*
2017–18 Gibraltar Second Division
References
External links
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Gibraltar Premier Division seasons
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