Europa F.C.
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| Full name | Europa Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Green Machine | |||
| Founded | 1925 (reformed 2014) | |||
| Ground | Victoria Stadium, Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar. | |||
| Capacity | 2,800 | |||
| Chairman | Peter Cabezutto | |||
| Manager | Dimas Carrasco | |||
| League | Premier Division | |||
| 2014–15 | Premier Division, 2nd | |||
| Website | http://www.europafc.gi | |||
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Europa FC are a football club from Gibraltar who play in the Gibraltar Premier Division. As with all other clubs in the territory, Europa FC currently share the Victoria Stadium on Winston Churchill Avenue.
History
The club was founded in 1925. It was continuously active up to 1970. The club merged with College in the 1980s and in 2014 split again from College. The name change was cleared by UEFA and the Gibraltar Football Association has granted back the honours the club lost when it folded initially.
In 2014 they were the first team from Gibraltar to play the UEFA Europa League after they finished runners-up in the Rock Cup. They lost the first match 0-3 against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein. In the second leg they lost 1-0 at home, resulting in a 4-0 aggregate defeat. [1] In 2015 the club had Gibraltar's first player to appear at a major international tournament, with Charly representing Equatorial Guinea at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
In 2015 the club was renamed to their original name Europa FC.[2] The side entered the UEFA Europa League once again, without a manager as Dimas Carrasco had not yet been appointed. The side lost 9-0 on aggregate to SK Slovan Bratislava with a new look side that received criticism from fans due to the lack of Gibraltarian players and large number of Spanish signings.
Notable managers
The following manager(s) at least one major accomplishment while in charge of Europa:
| Name | Period | Achievements |
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 Jose Requena
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2014 | Europa League qualification |
 Bruno Akrapović
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2014-15 | Gibraltar Premier Cup, Europa League qualification |
Honours
- Winners (6): 1928-29, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1951-52
- Winners: 2012–13
- Winners: 2014–15
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  FC Vaduz
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0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  SK Slovan Bratislava
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0–6 | 0–3 | 0–9 |
- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
Current squad
- As of 27 July 2015[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2015/matches/round=2000583/match=2014644/postmatch/index.html
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/europa.fcgibraltar/posts/839350246132397
- ^ "Season review: Gibraltar". UEFA. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Europa FC vs Slovan Bratislava". http://www.uefa.com/. UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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