Rock Cup
Founded1895
RegionGibraltar
Number of teams12 (2022–23)
Qualifier forUEFA Europa Conference League
Current championsBruno's Magpies (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Lincoln Red Imps (19 titles)
2023–24 Rock Cup

The Rock Cup is Gibraltar's premier cup football competition, and is organized annually by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA).

From 1894/95 Gibraltar's Cup Competition was known as "The Senior Merchant's Cup". In 1935 a new trophy was presented, to the Gibraltar Football Association by the Merchants, Traders and Hotels of Gibraltar and thus the Rock Cup, as it is known today, was born.

The winner of the 2014 Rock Cup was to be the first one to participate in the Europa League,[1] but as Lincoln Red Imps had already been titled league champion, thus qualifying for 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the losing finalist College Europa qualified for the first qualifying round.

Due to a sponsorship with Gibtelecom, the cup was known as the Gibtelecom Rock Cup from 2018 to 2021.

Format

The Rock Cup is open to all Gibraltar Football Association club members and is played on a straight knock-out basis.

In 2014, then UEFA president Michel Platini presented the trophy to the winners.[2]

List of winners

The Rock Cup trophy.
1894-95 - 1935: The Senior Merchant's Cup


1935 Onwards - The Rock Cup:

Performance by club

Daniel Duarte lifting the Rock Cup as captain of the Lincoln Red Imps in 2014. Lincoln are the most successful club in the competition with 19 tournament wins.
Team Titles Last Title
Lincoln Red Imps 19 2021–22
Europa FC 11 2019
Gibraltar United 10 2000–01
St Joseph's 8 2013
Britannia XI 6 1961–62
Prince of Wales 6 1959–60
Glacis United 5 1997–98
Manchester 62 3 2002–03
Exiles 2 1901–02
Jubilee 2 1897–98
Bruno's Magpies 1 2022–23
St Theresa's 1 1994–95
Royal Air Force Gibraltar 1 1987–88
St Jago's 1 1978–79
2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets 1 1975–76
Manchester United Reserve 1 1973–74
4th Battalion Royal Scots 1 1943–44
Royal Air Force New Camp 1 1942–43
Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Artillery 1 1941–42
2nd Battalion The King's Regiment 1 1938–39
HMS Hood 1 1935–36
Electricity Department Football Team 1 1933–34
Athletic 1 1904–05
Albion 1 1898–99
Gibraltar 1 1894–95

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Europa League includes 18 debutants". uefa.com. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Platini jets into Gibraltar and sticks to football". chronicle.gi. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ^ "1933-34 Merchant's Cup". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

External links

Rock Cup seasons
Football in Gibraltar
UEFA members national football cups
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