2025–26 Lincoln Red Imps F.C. season

Lincoln Red Imps
2025–26 season
OwnerDylan Viagas
ManagerJuanjo Bezares
Gibraltar Football League3rd
Pepe Reyes CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Conference LeagueLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tjay De Barr
(8 goals)
All:
Tjay De Barr
(13 goals)

During the 2025–26 season, Lincoln Red Imps are competing in the Gibraltar Football League, Rock Cup, and UEFA Conference League.

Season summary

This season marks the Red Imps' second appearance in the group stage or league phase of a major UEFA competition, following their qualification for the UEFA Conference League after previously reaching the same stage in the 2021–22 season.[1][2]

On 17 August 2025, the Red Imps defeated Magpies 3–0 to win their 13th Pepe Reyes Cup, and their first since 2022.[3]

On 23 October, the Red Imps beat Polish side Lech Poznań 2–1 to secure their first ever win in a group stage or league phase of a UEFA competition.[4]

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2025[5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Nauzet Santana
2 DF  ESP Jesús Toscano
3 DF  ESP Christian Rutjens
4 MF  GIB Nicholas Pozo
5 DF  GHA Ibrahim Ayew
6 DF  GIB Bernardo Lopes (captain)
7 FW  GIB Lee Casciaro
8 MF  ESP Mandi
9 FW  PHI Kike Gómez
10 FW  GIB Tjay De Barr
11 MF  ESP Juanje
13 GK  GIB Jaylan Hankins
15 DF  ESP Rafa Muñoz
16 DF  GIB Tayler Carrington
18 FW  ESP Toni García
19 MF  GIB Kyle Clinton
20 DF  GIB Ethan Britto
21 DF  ESP Nano
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  GIB Graeme Torrilla
23 MF  ESP Joe
25 GK  GIB Ryan Smith
27 GK  ESP Curro Fernández
28 DF  GIB Ryan Azopardi
29 MF  GIB Lee Chipolina
31 FW  GIB Jonathan Sciortino
35 MF  GIB Jayvan Garro
36 DF  GIB Alex Collado
69 DF  GIB Julian Laguea
70 FW  ESP Víctor Villacañas
71 DF  GIB Javan Peacock
77 FW  GIB Anthony Avellano
80 FW  SEN Boubacar Sidik Dabo
— MF  ESP Borja Fernández
— MF  GIB Liam Jessop (on loan from Chesterfield)
— FW  EGY Ayman El Ghobashy
— FW  CRO Toni Kolega


Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Gibraltar Football League 14 September 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 7 7 0 0 32 4 +28 100.00
Rock Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Pepe Reyes Cup 17 August 2025 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
UEFA Champions League 8 July 2025 25 July 2025 First qualifying round phase Second qualifying round 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 050.00
UEFA Europa League 7 August 2025 28 August 2025 Third qualifying round Play-off round 4 0 2 2 2 10 −8 000.00
UEFA Conference League 6 October 2025 TBD League phase TBD 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 033.33
Total 19 11 3 5 45 29 +16 057.89

Last updated: 6 November 2025
Source: Soccerway

Gibraltar Football League

Main article: 2025–26 Gibraltar Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 St Joseph's 14 12 1 1 60 8 +52 37 Qualification for the GFL Championship Group.
2 Lincoln Red Imps 11 10 1 0 46 6 +40 31
3 Mons Calpe 15 10 0 5 41 18 +23 30
4 Europa 14 10 0 4 23 11 +12 30
5 Lions Gibraltar 14 8 1 5 26 23 +3 25
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Fair Play
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the top six teams advance to the GFL Championship Group.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on TBD 2026. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
7 7 0 0 32 4  +28 21 4 0 0 21 2  +19 3 0 0 11 2  +9

Last updated: 1 November 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHA
ResultWWWWWWW
Position8653443
Points36912151821
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2025. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 1 Lincoln Red Imps 4–0 Lions Gibraltar Europa Sports Park
15:30 (14:30 UTC+1)
  • García 13'
  • De Barr 37' (pen.)
  • Villacañas 49'
  • Pozo 90'
 Soccerway
Red Imps
20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) 2 Lynx 2–5 Lincoln Red Imps Europa Sports Park
15:30 (14:30 UTC+1)
  • Farisato
  • De Souza
Soccerway
Red Imps
24 September 2025 (2025-09-24) 3 Lincoln Red Imps 7–0 Magpies Europa Sports Park
20:00 (19:00 UTC+1)
Soccerway
Red Imps		 Referee: Jose Antonio Diaz Lorente
28 September 2025 (2025-09-28) 4 Lincoln Red Imps 7–0 Europa Point Victoria Stadium
18:30 (17:30 UTC+1)
Soccerway
Red Imps

Rock Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Rock Cup

Pepe Reyes Cup

17 August 2025 (2025-08-17) Final Lincoln Red Imps 3–0 Magpies Europa Sports Park
20:00 (19:00 UTC+1)
Report

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025.

8 July 2025 (2025-07-08) First leg Víkingur Gøta 2–3 Lincoln Red Imps Við Djúpumýrar, Klaksvík[note 1]
20:00 (19:00 UTC+1)
Report[7]
Attendance: 740[6]
Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)
15 July 2025 (2025-07-15) Second leg Lincoln Red Imps 1–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Víkingur Gøta Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 2]
17:30
Report[10] Attendance: 758[9]
Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025.

22 July 2025 (2025-07-22) First leg Lincoln Red Imps 0–1 Red Star Belgrade Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 2]
18:00 Report[12]
Attendance: 622[11]
Referee: Damian Kos (Poland)
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Second leg Red Star Belgrade 5–1
(6–1 agg.)		 Lincoln Red Imps Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00
Report[14]
Attendance: 31,241[13]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 July 2025.

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) First leg Lincoln Red Imps 1–1 Noah Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 3]
18:00
Report[17]
Attendance: 728[16]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
14 August 2025 (2025-08-14) Second leg Noah 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(5–6 p)		 Lincoln Red Imps Abovyan City Stadium, Abovyan
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4) Report[19] Attendance: 3,100[18]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Penalties

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025.

21 August 2025 (2025-08-21) First leg Lincoln Red Imps 0–4 Braga Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal[note 4]
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1) Report[21]
Attendance: 1,988[20]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
28 August 2025 (2025-08-28) Second leg Braga 5–1
(9–1 agg.)		 Lincoln Red Imps Estádio Municipal, Braga
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)
Report[22]
  • Gómez 89'
 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
24 Sigma Olomouc 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
25 Universitatea Craiova 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
26 Lincoln Red Imps 6 2 1 3 7 15 −8 7
27 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
28 Legia Warsaw 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6
Source: UEFA[23]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round123456
GroundAHHAHA
ResultLWDL
Position36212226
Points0344
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 October 2025 (2025-10-02) 1 Zrinjski Mostar 5–0 Lincoln Red Imps Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, Mostar
18:45
Report[24] Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)
23 October 2025 (2025-10-23) 2 Lincoln Red Imps 2–1 Lech Poznań Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 2]
21:00
Report[25]
Attendance: 1,208
Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)
6 November 2025 (2025-11-06) 3 Lincoln Red Imps 1–1 Rijeka Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 2]
21:00
  • K. Gómez 83'
 Report[26]
Attendance: 1,194
Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
27 November 2025 (2025-11-27) 4 Hamrun Spartans 3–1 Lincoln Red Imps National Stadium, Ta' Qali[note 5]
18:45
  • El Fanis 65'
  • Smailagić 74'
  • Ćorić 90+2'
 Report[27]
Referee: Jovan Kochevski (North Macedonia)
11 December 2025 (2025-12-11) 5 Lincoln Red Imps v Sigma Olomouc Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 2]
21:00 Report[28]
18 December 2025 (2025-12-18) 6 Legia Warsaw v Lincoln Red Imps Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
21:00 Report[29]

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Pos. Player Football League Rock Cup Pepe Reyes Cup Champions League Europa League Conference League Total
1 FW Tjay De Barr 8 0 1 3 1 0 13
2 FW Kike 3 0 1 0 1 2 7
3 FW Toni García 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
4 DF Bernardo Lopes 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
5 FW Boubacar Sidik Dabo 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 MF Juanje 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
MF Nicholas Pozo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
MF Víctor Villacañas 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
9 MF Mandi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MF Liam Jessop 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MF Lee Chipolina 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
DF Jesús Toscano 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DF Christian Rutjens 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 0 3 5 2 3 45

Last updated: 6 November 2025.
Source:

Notes

  1. ^ Víkingur Gøta played their home match at Við Djúpumýrar in Klaksvík, instead of their regular stadium, Sarpugerði, in Norðragøta, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  2. ^ a b c d e Lincoln Red Imps played their home matches at Europa Sports Park, instead of the Victoria Stadium, due to renovation works.[8]
  3. ^ Lincoln Red Imps played their third qualifying round home match at Europa Sports Park, instead of their regular stagium, Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar, due to renovation works.[15]
  4. ^ Lincoln Red Imps played their play-off round home match at the Estádio Algarve in Faro/Loulé, Portugal, instead of their regular stadium, Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar, due to renovation works.
  5. ^ Hamrun Spartans will play their home matches at National Stadium, Ta' Qali, instead of their regular stadium, Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References

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  2. ^ "Lincoln Red Imps not quite the minnows". Gibraltar Chronicle. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Lincoln Red Imps 3 – 0 FCB Magpies". Lincoln Red Imps. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ "LINCOLN RED IMPS 2 – 1 LECH POZNAN". Lincoln Red Imps. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ^ First Team Archived 21 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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  24. ^ "Zrinjski vs. L. Red Imps". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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