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FC Hound Dogs is a football and futsal club from Gibraltar. They play their football in the Gibraltar Intermediate League and the Rock Cup; their Futsal team compete in the Gibraltar Third Division.

FC Hound Dogs

Founded	2012
Ground	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Capacity	2000
Chairman	Sean Harrison
Manager	Chris Gomez
League	Gibraltar Intermediate League
2021–22	10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Hound Dogs offers young footballers in Gibraltar the platform and opportunity to play football and futsal. The club operates a strict rotation policy where the focus is on giving everyone game time.

History

Formation

The club was founded in the summer of 2012 by Chris Gomez, Carl Bradford, David Bradford and Ercan Mehmet. The four of them set up the club from scratch, and later added Tyrone Smith to the backroom staff for the 2013–14 season. Chris and Tyrone had both been involved in coaching youth football for many years in Gibraltar, and as a result, had a group of young players interested in signing for them.

The vast majority of this group of players had been involved with Chris and Tyrone at Lions Gibraltar F.C., and later SJ Corinthians where they played alongside Ercan during the 2011–12 season and gained invaluable experience playing in the Gibraltar Premier Division. When SJ Corinthians folded at the end of the 2011–12 season, these young players had no club to play for, and as a result FC Hound Dogs was born.

After raising money via the players and founder members they were able to register and enter a football team into Gibraltar Second Division for the 2012–13 season; sponsorship was later secured via the Calpe Hounds Public House. The club started positively in their first season, finishing 4th.

After UEFA membership

The ascension of the Gibraltar Football Association to membership of UEFA led to a lot more money coming into football on the Rock, and as such, results began to decline for Hound Dogs with lower end of season finishes following in the coming seasons, although the club did provide a platform for young players such as Nick Castle, Etien Victory, Jamie Fortuna and Alan Wszeberowski to move to bigger clubs. Co-founder Ercan "Urge" Mehmet left the club in 2017, with a testimonial played in June that year.

However, results and finances continued to lag behind the rest of the pack, and in 2019 Hound Dogs withdrew from the newly formed Gibraltar National League, earning special dispensation to play in the Gibraltar Intermediate League along with U23 sides from other clubs in Gibraltar.

Current staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Chris Gomez
Player-Assistant Manager	Sean Harrison

Current football 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  ESP Juan Carcaño 2 DF  GIB Karl Baldachino 3 MF  GIB Jonathan Smith 4 MF  GIB Jose Mari Ruiz 5 DF  GIB Steven Vassallo 6 DF  GIB Jordan Duo 7 MF  GIB Josh Lombard 8 MF  GIB Jaygan Chipol 9 DF  GIB Leon Thick 10 FW  GIB Anthony Celecia 12 MF  GIB Sean De Soto 13 MF  ENG Matthew Draper

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GIB Sean Calderon 15 MF  GIB Jian Tavares 16 MF  ENG Ashley Harrison 18 FW  GIB Zane Holgado 19 FW  GIB Ernest Tomsett 20 MF  GIB Jerome Compson 21 DF  GIB Karl Parody 22 MF  GIB Steven Hall 23 FW  GIB Tyler De Soto 24 MF  GIB Cian Green 25 FW  GIB Karim Vatvani 99 MF  GIB Ivan Borg (captain)

Retired numbers

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 DF  GIB Carl Bradford (posthumous honour)

References

External links

• Official Website
• F.C. Hound Dogs on Twitter
• F.C. Hound Dogs on Facebook

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