UEFA president Michel Platini handed a trophy on Saturday to the cup winners in Gibraltar, whose admission as European football's newest international contender has angered neighbouring world champions Spain.

Platini handed the silver cup to Lincoln Red Imps captain and Gibraltar international Daniel Duarte after his amateur side beat College Europa 1-0 in the final of the Rock Cup on the tiny British-governed territory.

Gibraltar, which lies on the southern tip of Spain and has a population of around 30,000, became the 54th member of European football's governing body UEFA in May 2013.

That annoyed world and European champions Spain, whose government lays claim to the territory, under British rule since 1713.

The French UEFA president met with local football officials and Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo during his visit on Saturday.

Picardo's defiant stance on sovereignty has also irritated Spain.

Jose Ignacio Landaluce, mayor of the nearby Spanish city of Algeciras and vice chair of the Spanish parliament's foreign affairs committee, lashed out against Platini's visit.

"It could be converted into another argument for the sovereign pretensions of Fabian Picardo's government," he said in a statement ahead of the visit.

He expressed his "unease at the treatment being given by UEFA to Gibraltar, to which it has attributed the same status and importance as the rest of the member states, including Spain, when Gibraltar is just a colony".

Gibraltar currently plays its international matches in Faro, Portugal, because its existing Victoria Stadium was built in the 1940s and does not meet UEFA norms.

The Gibraltar Football Association has unveiled plans for a new 8,000-seat stadium so the new UEFA minnows can play international games at home.

In its first Euro championship campaign, Gibraltar is in a tough qualifying group with Germany, Poland, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Georgia.

In their first international match after joining UEFA, Gibraltar held Slovakia to a goalless draw in Faro in November.

In Saturday's cup final, it took a 92nd-minute goal by Liam Clarke to seal the Imps' 14th league and cup double.