The Gibraltar national under-21 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-21 level and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. It is a full member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to enter any FIFA-sanctioned tournaments. Gibraltar applied for full UEFA membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013 and can therefore compete in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship beginning with the 2015 edition of the tournament, although they did not participate until 2017, in qualification for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

UEFA Acceptance Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have not formed under-21 team, until announcement in December 2016. The Gibraltar Football Association announced that Gibraltar will be participating in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship for the first time as from 2017 with qualifying games for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, that will take place in Italy. The draw for the qualifiers was in Switzerland on 26 January 2017 and Gibraltar will play in Group 7.

They played their first ever international on 8 June 2017, against Austria, losing 3–0. After losing their next 4 games without scoring, the Gibraltar U21 team secured a historic 1–0 win over Macedonia on 10 October 2017, with a goal from captain Graeme Torrilla meaning that Gibraltar earned their first competitive win at any level since joining UEFA.

Competition history

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship UEFA Euro U-21 Record Qualification recordYearRound1978to2013Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member2015Did not enterDid not enter20172019Did not qualify 10 1 0 9 2 36 2021 8 0 0 8 0 372023 10 0 1 9 1 412025 10 1 0 9 3 312027 8 0 0 8 1 37 Total 0/25 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 2 1 35 6 145

Record of matches The following table shows Gibraltar under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 6 October 2026. Only official matches are included.

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope=col|Opponents !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=30| !scope=col width=40| !scope=col width=40| |- !scope=row|

|2017 || 2017 |- !scope=row|

|2017 || 2018 |- !scope=row|

|2025 || 2026 |- !scope=row|

|2019 || 2019 |- !scope=row|

|2021 || 2026 |- !scope=row|

|2019 || 2019 |- !scope=row|

|2025 || 2026 |- !scope=row|

|2023 || 2024 |- !scope=row|

|2023 || 2023 |- !scope=row|

|2025 || 2025 |- !scope=row|

|2021 || 2023 |- !scope=row|

|2019 || 2023 |- !scope=row|

|2017 || 2024 |- !scope=row|

|2020 || 2020 |- !scope=row|

|2019 || 2026 |- !scope=row|

|2017 || 2018 |- !scope=row|

|2024 || 2024 |- !scope=row|

|2025 || 2025 |- !scope=row|

|2017 || 2018 |- !scope=row|

|2023 || 2024 |- !scope=row|

|2021 || 2021 |- !scope=row|

|2023 || 2023 |- !scope=row|

|2021 || 2022 |- class="sortbottom" !scope=row|Total

!2017 !! 2026

2027 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Matches 2025

2026

Players

Current squad For the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible.

The following players were called up for the following 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification games: Match date: 30 September and 6 October 2026 Opposition: Portugal and Azerbaijan Caps and goals correct as of: 6 October 2026, after the match against Azerbaijan.

Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Recent call-ups The following players have been called up within the past twelve months of the last match, or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.

INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury PRE Preliminary squad WD Withdrew for other reasons

Gibraltar under-21 managers Up to date as of 6 October 2026 ManagerNationGibraltar u-21 careerPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAWin %2017–20192019–present (caretaker)2020, 2023

Note: Michael Felice served as caretaker manager in late 2020 while David Ochello was on personal leave, and again in June 2023.

Personnel

Current technical staff As of 20 March 2019

PositionNameHead coach David OchelloAssistant coach Michael FeliceGoalkeeping coach Jordan PerezPhysio Chris ShawData Analyst Matthew Langtry

Player records As of 6 October 2026

Most capped

#NameCareerCapsGoals1Dylan Borge2019–20242522Julian Britto2021–2403Kyle Clinton2022–2314James Caetano2021–2215Evan De Haro2019–20241906Tayler Carrington2023–181Ayoub El Hmidi2019–2022180Han Stevens2023–180Bilal Douah2021–202418010Dylan Peacock2019–2022151Ethal Llambias2019–2022150James Parkinson2019–2022150Shay Jones2021–2024150

Most goals

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

#NameCareerCapsGoalsAverage1Dylan Borge2019–20242522Leon Clinton2017–2020101Graeme Torrilla2017–2018101Tayler Carrington2023–181Dylan Peacock2019–2022151James Caetano2021–221Kyle Clinton2022–231

Captains

#PlayerCareerCaptain CapsTotal Caps1Graeme Torrilla2017–201810102Jaylan Hankins2019–2022913Kyle Clinton2022–9234Dylan Borge2019–20247255Evan De Haro2019–20244196Andrew Hernandez2017–20203127Kevagn Ronco2017–2020258Julian Britto2021–124Han Stevens2023–118James Caetano2021–122Dylan Peacock2019–2022115Jamie Serra2017–2020112Michael Negrette2017–202018Jayce Olivero2017–202014

Goalkeepers #PlayerCareerGamesWinsGAGAA 1Bradley Banda 2017–2020 13 1 50 2Jaylan Hankins 2019–2022 13 0 51 3Harry Victor 2023– 14 0 60 4Bradley Avellano 2023–2024 10 0 24 5Christian Lopez 2021–2022 2 0 8 Thomas Recagno 2025– 2 0 3 7Victor Huart 2025– 1 0 1 Dayle Coleing 2018 1 0 5

Players in bold are still actively competing and are available for selection

See also Football in Gibraltar Gibraltar Football Association

References

External links Official site of the Gibraltar Football Association Unofficial website about Gibraltarian football, futsal and national team