Rock Cup

Rock Cup
Founded	1895
Region	Gibraltar
Number of teams	12 (2022–23)
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Lincoln Red Imps (20th title)
Most successful club(s)	Lincoln Red Imps (20 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

1894-95 - 1935: The Senior Merchant's Cup

1894–95 Gibraltar
1896-97 Jubilee
1897-98 Jubilee
1898-99 Albion
1899-1900 Exiles
1900-01 Prince of Wales F.C.
1901-02 Exiles
1902-03 Prince of Wales F.C.
1903-04 Prince of Wales F.C.
1904-05 Athletic
1905-06 Prince of Wales F.C.
1907 til 1933 not played'
1933-34 Electricity Department Football Team^[3]
1934-35 not played

1935 Onwards - The Rock Cup:

1935–36 HMS Hood
1936–37 Britannia XI
1937–38 Britannia XI
1938–39 2nd Battalion The King's Regiment
1939–40 Europa
1940–41 Not held
1941–42 Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Artillery
1942–43 Royal Air Force New Camp
1943–44 4th Battalion Royal Scott
1945–46 Europa
1946–47 Gibraltar United
1947–48 Britannia XI
1948–49 Prince of Wales F.C.
1949–50 Europa
1950–51 Europa
1951–52 Europa
1953–54 Gibraltar United
1954–55 Britannia XI
1955–56 Europa
1956–57 Britannia XI
1957–58 Europa
1958–59 Gibraltar United
1959–60 Prince of Wales F.C.
1960–61 Europa
1961–62 Britannia XI
1962–63 Gibraltar United
1963–64 Gibraltar United
1964–65 Gibraltar United
1965–66 Gibraltar United
1966–73 Not Held
1973–74 Manchester United Reserve
1974–75 Glacis United
1975–76 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets
1976–77 Manchester United
1977–78 Not Held
1978–79 St Jago's
1979–80 Manchester United
1980–81 Glacis United
1981–82 Glacis United
1982–83 St Joseph's
1983–84 St Joseph's
1984–85 St Joseph's
1985–86 Lincoln
1986–87 St Joseph's
1987–88 Royal Air Force Gibraltar
1988–89 Lincoln Reliance
1989–90 Lincoln
1990–91 Not Held
1991–92 St Joseph's
1992–93 Lincoln
1993–94 Lincoln
1994–95 St Theresa's
1995–96 St Joseph's
1996–97 Manchester 62
1997–98 Glacis United
1998–99 Gibraltar United
1999–2000 Gibraltar United
2000–01 Gibraltar United
2001–02 Lincoln
2002–03 Manchester 62
2003–04 Lincoln
2004–05 Lincoln
2005–06 Lincoln
2006–07 Lincoln
2007–08 Lincoln
2008–09 Lincoln
2009–10 Lincoln
2010–11 Lincoln
2011–12 St Joseph's
2013 St Joseph's
2014 Lincoln
2015 Lincoln
2016 Lincoln
2017 Europa
2017–18 Europa
2019 Europa
2020 Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Lincoln
2021–22 Lincoln
2022–23 Bruno's Magpies

Performance by club

Team	Titles	Last Title
Lincoln Red Imps	20	2023–24
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

^ "UEFA Europa League includes 18 debutants". uefa.com. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ "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.
^ "1933-34 Merchant's Cup". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.