F.C. Hound Dogs

Association football club in Gibraltar

Football club

FC Hound Dogs

Founded

2012

Ground

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Capacity

2000

Manager

Chris Gomez

League

Gibraltar Intermediate League

2022–23

11th

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 Futsal 1st 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
Assistant Manager	Jordan Duo

Current football squad

As of 4 September 2024.^[1]

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	GIB	Aian Celecia
2	DF	GIB	Ismael Garcia
3	DF	GIB	Gillan Kenny
4	DF	GIB	Chris Parkinson
5	MF	ENG	Matthew Draper
6	FW	GIB	Julian Lopez
7	FW	GIB	Ivan Borg
8	DF	GIB	Jarvis Bautista (captain)
9	MF	GIB	Sean Calderon
10	FW	GIB	Anthony Celecia
14	MF	GIB	Sean De Soto
15	DF	GIB	Anthony Mendoza
16	MF	ENG	Ashley Harrison


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GIB	Steven Hall
19	FW	GIB	Ernest Tomsett
20		GIB	Bertie Faller
21	DF	GIB	Jesse Ballester
22	MF	GIB	Kris Torres
23	FW	ESP	Sergio De La Torre
24	MF	GIB	Ethan Lopez
25	MF	ESP	Alejandro Postigo
29	DF	ENG	Sean Harrison
30	FW	GIB	Shaun De'Ath
31	GK	GIB	Zack Zammit
32		GIB	Floyd Swift