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Early Year
Gank warriors was founded by Sticho Sölker, Lars Anderson, and Robert Taylo in March of 2023. At first the club didn't have financial capacities to build a stadium and play in a league. Hence why the Team constantly played drop in matches with other struggling clubs. Eventually when Billionaire Russ DeLeon noticed the promising trio. He was willing to invest into the youngsters.

Building up
With the money from Russ DeLeon Gank warriors where able to build a stadium, sign players and hire coaches, some notable signings were, Chimera Bák, Patrick De Vries, And Uladzmir Kazlow. With these players they registered to play in the Gibraltar Intermediate League and within just 3 seasons they were promoted to the top tier of the Gibraltar Football League.

Jordan Intervention
Since gaining promotion to the 1st division Gank warriors had a lot of sponsors interested. The sponsor that stuck out was Air Jordan. Giving Gank Warriors a lot of money to sign Key players, such as Devon Redwood. Now Gank warriors in looking to head for its next step. Going to a European competition.

European competitions
Since getting recognized as a great team by winning the Gibraltar Football League and the Gibraltar Premier Cup. They were granted a spot in the Annual Low League Playoffs (ALLP). This is a playoff for teams that play in leagues with worse teams than leagues such as the big five. There first ever time being in the competition resulted with them finishing with 7-8. This was a very impressive statistic as many good teams were in the playoffs. Gank warriors beat teams such as Ferencvárosi TC and FC Sheriff Tiraspol in the playoffs and with doing so well they got invited to play in the Playoffs in the second season but didn't do so well finishing 4-11. Mainly due to the fact that Erik tang was on the verge of retiring at the age of 51 and wasn't a very good goalkeeper.

Rebuilding
After Gank warriors weren't invited back into the ALLP they needed to rebuild and purchase some key players such as Sp3cial Education, and Nikita Langley. The current season started off strong and they are currently fighting for the top spot in the league.

Top goal scorers
''As of 15 Dec 2023

2022-2023
Bronze Division Title x3

Silver Division Title x7

2023-2024
Playoff Record 7-8

Playoff Record 4-11
Playoff Record 8-7

Overview
Gank warriors from the start have been a club that is known for their captivating and exiting style of play. Most of the time the wingers gain possession of the ball and run down the wing looking for a cross to the central striker to score a goal.

Corners
Gank warriors' corner specialist is Robert Taylo who has perfected the art of corners. Robert Talyo and Sticho Sölker have the highest corner conversion rate in UEFA's history (42%). The early days of the corner Sticho Sölker would stand on the corner of the 6-yard box and go for a chip header over the goalkeeper. But since the new coach came in, they changed the style with Sticho Sölker standing in between the penalty spot and the 6-yard box.

Penalties/Free Kicks
The decision of who takes the penalty/free kick is determined by who won it.

4-3-3 Defensive
This is the most common formation that Gank warriors play in. An average game consists of 2 wingers playing and a striker. The 4-3-3 Defensive is a good formation that helps Gank Warriors play most of their games consistently with good results.

4-3-3 Attacking
This is the formation that Gank warriors uses when all of their wingers are available to play and one of them plays CAM. This formation has been used in many promotions matches as it is very good in transition.

Pitchfork Formation (3-4-3)
This formation is the secret to Gank Warriors success. This formation is activated when Gank warriors is losing and needs to make a comeback. Many on the team used to believe it was a placebo effect but later changed their minds as it really did work. This formation has an iconic Chant that goes Duh-Duh-Duh-Duh-Pitchfork-Formation-Duh-Duh-Duh-Duh.

Erik Tang
Erik Tang was the greatest goalkeeper in Gank warriors' history with over 900 appearances and 322 clean sheets. Retiring after scoring a penalty and playing the final 15 APPL matches. Which ended with the record 4-11 mainly due to his low fitness level at the time being aged 51. Erik Tang is now the Goalkeeping Coach of Gank warriors. His son Erik Tang Jr. now plays at the club, but he is not Nealy as remarkable or talented as his father was.

Chimera Bák
She was the greatest defender in Gank warriors' history. With over 800 games played and many clean sheets. She was also a threat in the air scoring many goals. She retired after her final game and getting saluted. She now spends her days starting children soccer camps in Poland to develop their game.