St Joseph's F.C.

Formed in 1912, St Joseph's are Gibraltar's oldest still existing football club, with the next oldest, Manchester 62, formed 50 years later. They have consistently competed in the Gibraltar Premier Division in that time. However, they have only won the title once: in the 1995–96 season. They have seen considerably better fortunes in the Rock Cup, however, with 10 titles in their history, including a league and cup double in 1996. Their last Rock Cup triumph came in 2013. In 2013, they established links as a feeder club to Real Balompédica Linense.

Since Gibraltar became a member of UEFA, the Saints initially endured more mixed fortunes, including narrowly avoiding relegation in the 2013–14 season, ending up in the relegation play-off and narrowly beating Mons Calpe to retain their Premier Division status. Since that near miss, they have consistently finished in the top half of the league, and in 2017 qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time with a 3rd-place finish, after Gibraltar had been given an additional spot in the competition. However, their maiden campaign would be short-lived as they suffered a resounding 10-0 aggregate defeat to AEL Limassol of Cyprus. In August, the club were hit when two players, club captain Esteban Montes and Alberto Montaño, were imposed with five and three year bans from football in Gibraltar, respectively, for breaching rules on betting. Both players were immediately released from the club.^[6]

The club quickly established themselves at one of the "Big Three" of Gibraltarian football in the UEFA era before running into financial difficulties in early 2022. As a result of this, in June that year, former Burnley owner and chairman Mike Garlick purchased the club, with Weymouth owner Mark Palmer also joining the board.^[7]

Accurate as of match played 31 July 2025

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	AEL Limassol	0–4	0–6	0–10
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	PR	B36 Tórshavn	1–1	1–1	2–2, 2–4 (p)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	PR	Prishtina	2–0	1–1	3–1
		1Q	Rangers	0–4	0–6	0–10
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	PR	B36 Tórshavn	1–2	—N/a	—N/a
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	FCI Levadia	1–1	1–3	2–4
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Larne	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2Q	Slavia Prague	0–4	0–7	0–11
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Shelbourne	1–1	1–2	2–3
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Cliftonville	2–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)	5–4
		2Q	Shamrock Rovers	0–4	0–0	0–4

Notes

• PR: Preliminary round
• 1Q: First qualifying round

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