F.C. Hound Dogs

FC Hound Dogs
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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 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 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