2016 Rock Cup

2016 Rock Cup
Country Gibraltar
Teams 22
Champions Lincoln Red Imps
Runners-up Europa FC
Matches played 21
Goals scored 80 (3.81 per match)

The first match of the 2016 Rock Cup was played 10 January 2016. The competition will be a single-leg knockout tournament. The first round will be contested between second division teams, with premier division teams joining in the second round. [1]

The winner of this competition qualifies for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and would be able to enter the tournament in the first qualifying round. If the 2016 Rock Cup winner also wins the 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division, the place reserved for the cup winner will go to the second place team from the league.

First Round

The First Round draw was held 1 December 2015 and the matches were played 10–14 January 2016.[2] All teams in this round are Gibraltar Second Division teams.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Leo 2–0 Boca Juniors
Gibraltar Phoenix 4–0 Hound Dogs
Olympique 13 1–3 Red Imps
Europa Point 1–2 Mons Calpe
Pegasus 2–5 College 1975
Cannons 1–3 Bruno's Magpies

Second Round

The Second Round draw was held 18 January 2016 and the matches were played 10–15 February 2016.[3]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gibraltar United 2–1 Red Imps
Manchester 62 1–0 Lynx
St Joseph's 0–1 Europa FC
Lincoln Red Imps 5–1 Britannia XI
Mons Calpe 1–4 Lions Gibraltar
Gibraltar Phoenix 0–4 Angels
Leo 0–1 College 1975
Glacis United 7–0 Bruno's Magpies

Quarter–finals

The quarter-finals draw was held 18 February 2016 and the matches were played 16–19 March 2016.[4]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
College 1975 0–7 Manchester 62
Lincoln Red Imps 4–0 Glacis United
Lions Gibraltar 1–0 Gibraltar United
Angels 1–4 Europa FC

Semi–finals

The semi-finals draw was held 21 March 2016 and the matches were played 23 April 2016.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lincoln Red Imps 6–2 Manchester 62
Europa FC 1–0 Lions Gibraltar

Final

22 May 2016
18:00
Lincoln Red Imps 2–0[5] Europa FC
J. Chipolina  75'
Liam Walker  85'
Victoria Stadium
Referee: Tim Reoch [6] - replaced by Yaro Borg (70th minute)
Lincoln Red Imps[7]
Europa FC[7]
GK 1 Spain Raúl Navas
DF 2Gibraltar Jean-Carlos Garcia
DF 3 Gibraltar Joseph Chipolina
DF 5 Gibraltar Ryan Casciaro
DF 14Gibraltar Roy Chipolina (c)
MF 10Gibraltar Kyle Casciaro
MF 19Spain Antonio Calderón Vallejo
MF 20Spain Yeray Patiño
MF 86Portugal Fernando Livramento
MF 88Gibraltar Liam Walker
FW 7Gibraltar Lee Casciaro
Substitutes:
GK 13Gibraltar Bradley Banda
DF 6 Portugal Bernardo Lopes
DF 24Gibraltar Ethan Britto
DF 26Gibraltar Leon Payas
MF 12Gibraltar Dean Torrilla
MF 17Gibraltar Leon Clinton
FW 9 Argentina Guido Abayián
MF 6 Spain Ivan Moya
DF 7Spain Antonio García Montero
MF 8 Spain Adrián Pavón
FW 9 Gibraltar Pedro Carrión
GK 13England Matt Cafer
DF 14Spain Toscano
MF 17Spain Guillermo Roldán
MF 18Spain Álex Quillo
FW 19Spain Joselinho
MF 22Argentina Martín Belforti
DF 40Spain Alberto Merino (c)
Substitutes:
DF 2Spain Chuchi
DF 3 Gibraltar Lance Cabezutto
MF 5Russia Kirill Trofimenko
MF 10Spain Javi Martinez
GK 12Gibraltar Jake Victor
DF 21Gibraltar Alex Vázquez
FW 23 Romania Lucian Burdujan

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