The Gibraltar Premier Cup, also known as the Gibraltar Senior Cup, was an association football league cup in Gibraltar established in 1955 and later established again in 2013 for the 8 teams that compose the Gibraltar Premier Division. It was created to coincide with the new league structure and the Gibraltar Football Association's admittance to UEFA in May 2013. With the Premier League expanding to ten teams in 2015, future Premier Cups will consist of ten teams.
Competition Structure In the first two years of its existence, the first round of the competition saw the 8 Premier Division teams divided into 2 groups of four, where each side played each other once. The top two sides from each group progressed to the semi-finals where the winners of each group faced the runners-up of the other, before the two winners met in the final.
With the expansion of the Premier League in 2015, the Premier Cup was expected to be changed to knockout format in order to reduce the number of games played by each team. However, the 2015–16 version of the tournament was not played.
Tournament finals YearWinnerScoreRunner-up Senior Cup / First Division Cup1955–56St Joseph's – –1957–1975 not known (not Lincoln FC, St Joseph's FC or Manchester United FC)1975–76Manchester United FC – –1976–77Manchester United FC – –1987–1980 not known (not Lincoln FC, St Joseph's FC or Manchester United FC)1980–81Manchester United FC – –1981–1984 not known (not Lincoln FC, St Joseph's FC or Manchester United FC)1984–85Manchester United FC – –1985–86Manchester United FC – –1986–87Lincoln FC – –1987–88Lincoln FC – –1988–89Lincoln FC – –1989–90Lincoln FC – –1990–91Lincoln FC3–1 (a.e.t.)St Theresa's1991–92Lincoln FC – –1992–93Lincoln FC – –1993–1994 not known (not Lincoln FC, St Joseph's FC or Manchester United FC)1994–95Manchester United FC – –1995–1998 not known (not Lincoln FC, St Joseph's FC or Manchester United FC)1998–99Manchester United FC – –1999–2000Lincoln FC – –2000–2001 not known (not Lincoln FC, St Joseph's FC or Manchester United FC)2001–02Lincoln FC – –2002–03Newcastle FC – –2003–04Newcastle FC3–0Manchester United FC2004–05Newcastle FCwinGlacis United FC2005–06Newcastle FC3–1 (a.e.t.)Manchester United FC2006–07Newcastle FC4–0St Joseph's2007–08Lincoln FC4–0Manchester United FC Gibraltar Premier Cup2008–09PwC Laguna3–2Lincoln FC Division One Cup2009–10 not known (final St Joseph's FC vs Glacis United FC)2010–11Lincoln FC – –2011–12Lincoln FC – –2012–13 not known (not Lincoln FC) Gibraltar Premier Cup2013–14 Lincoln Red Imps3–0Manchester 622014–15College Europa2–1 (a.e.t.)St Joseph's
Titles by team TeamWinsRunners-upYears wonLincoln Red Imps1811986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14Manchester United FC741975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1998–99St Joseph's121955–56PwC Laguna1–2008–09College Europa1–2014–15St Theresa's–1–Glacis United FC–1–
See also Gibraltar Football League Gibraltar Premier Division Rock Cup Pepe Reyes Cup
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External links Gibraltar Football Association Cup at soccerway.com