Mons Calpe S.C.

Mons Calpe S.C. was formed by Kieran Alman, James Read, Phillip Debono, Richard Lavagna and Adrian Ballestero in 2013 after Gibraltar's admittance into UEFA sparked a boom in interest in football on the Rock. After an impressive maiden season in the 2013–14 Gibraltar Second Division, the club finished second in the league. However, the club succumbed to a 2–0 defeat to St Joseph's in the promotion/relegation playoff that year. The following season saw the club struggle to emulate the same form, against much stronger promotion contenders, which saw the club lingering in mid-table for much of the season and eventually finishing 8th.

After a significant rebuild over the summer of 2015, Mons Calpe had a second chance at promotion through the end-of-season playoff against Premier Division side FC Britannia. A victory in that game saw the young club seal their first-ever season in the top-flight of Gibraltarian football.

The summer after gaining promotion, Mons Calpe's football structure went through a total reconstruction to further professionalise the club, highlighted by a majority-share investment by a US-based group led by Jose Alfredo Reygadas. The Calpeans then appointed Brazilian/Portuguese coach William Amaral de Andrade as first team head coach and former Gibraltar U19 Manager Terrence Jolley as his assistant manager for the 2016–17 season. After a bad run of form in winter saw them slip from 3rd to 5th, William was sacked on 16 January and replaced by Jolley on an interim basis. On 17 March, Italian manager Mauro Ardizzone was appointed head coach, with Jolley returning to his role as assistant. Ardizzone eventually saw the Calpeans to a 5th-place finish in their maiden Premier Division season, including a notable 2–2 draw with Lincoln Red Imps in the penultimate round.

At the start of the 2017–18 season, the Calpeans named Albert Ferri as their new manager. However, poor results led to his dismissal in December 2017, and renowned Argentinean manager Luis Manuel Blanco replaced him as first team head coach. After Blanco's arrival, the club won 14 of their next 22 matches in all competitions, finishing with a club-high 44 points in the top-flight and reaching the Rock Cup final, losing 2–1 to Europa.

The 2018–19 season started slowly, but Mons Calpe put together a serious challenge for a European spot, putting together the best season in its short history in the Premier Division. The club ended with its highest point total (49) and best position in the league table (4th), only 6 points behind St. Joe's for the last UEFA Europa League berth, despite beating the Saints twice and drawing once in their 3 regular season match-ups. The Calpeans also made a deep run in the Rock Cup, beating St. Joseph's again 4–1 in the quarterfinal, but falling short of a second consecutive Cup final after losing 1–0 to Gibraltar United in the semifinal. Manager Blanco left his role at the club on 28 May 2019.[2]

In the 2020–21 season, Mons Calpe qualified for European competition for the first time. In 2022, the club also established a farm team in the fourth tier Liga TDP in Mexico, with Mons Calpe S.C. Yucatán entering the league.

In 2023, Mons Calpe entered into an agreement with Gibraltar Wave which would make Gibraltar Wave the affiliate women's team of the Calpeans.

As of match played 15 July 2021

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	FC Santa Coloma	1–1	0–4	1–5

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

As of 21 October 2023

First Team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Christian Fraiz (player-coach) 3 DF  GIB Kenneth Chipolina 6 MF  GIB Max Cottrell 7 FW  ESP Jesús Ayala 8 MF  GIB Sykes Garro 9 FW  ESP Antonio Sánchez 11 FW  GIB Dylan Peacock 12 FW  USA Tyler Francis 13 MF  GIB Nazim Hughes 14 FW  GIB John-Paul Duarte 15 DF  GIB Ethan Llambias 16 MF  ESP Yussef Flalhi Idrissi 17 MF  ESP Christian Pecci

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  GIB Robert Montovio 19 FW  ESP Luisma Gallardo 20 MF  GIB Jeremy Perera 21 DF  ESP Andrés Pérez 22 DF  URU Alex Satriano 25 GK  ESP Daniel Tudela 24 MF  GIB Leon Clinton 31 MF  ESP Fernando Cosano 32 MF  ESP Aarón Acejo 70 FW  ESP Michael Borja 77 MF  GIB Jaron Vinet — DF  ESP Álex Trujillo

Intermediate team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 MF  GIB Elton Victory 4 MF  GIB Shay Jones (on loan from Bruno's Magpies) 5 FW  GIB Ashton Vinent 6 DF  GIB Leon Thick 7 FW  GIB Cameron Botterill 10 MF  USA Greyson Basso 11 DF  GIB Sebastian Gorny Sun

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GIB Haim Bitan 17 FW  GIB Zayne Da Costa 24 MF  GIB Jake Wink 31 FW  GIB Ashton Hancock 70 DF  WAL Tom Farmer — DF  GIB Ryan Dean — MF  GIB Etien Victory

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