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Football Queensland Premier League

The Football Queensland Premier League (known by its abbreviation FQPL) is a men's soccer league contested by clubs in Queensland, Australia that consists of two divisions; FQPL 1 and FQPL 2. It is administered by Football Queensland and runs as the second and third tiers of football in Queensland, operated by a system of promotion and relegation. The league is contested by 12 clubs in each division each season, the team that finishes at the top of the league is crowned premiers and they are promoted to the Queensland National Premier League for Division 1 clubs, whilst the bottom three teams are relegated to Division 2. The teams that finish in the top four qualify for a finals tournament, where the winners of the bracket are crowned FQPL champions.[1]

Football Queensland Premier League
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
First season2018
Country Australia
State Queensland
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams24
  • Division 1: 12
  • Division 2: 12
Level on pyramid3 and 4
Promotion toNational Premier Leagues Queensland
Relegation toFQPL – Darling Downs
FQPL – Metro
FQPL – South Coast
FQPL – Sunshine Coast
Domestic cup(s)Australia Cup
Current championsEastern Suburbs (FQLD 1) (2024)
Magic United (FQLD 2) (2024)
Current premiersSt George Willawong (FQLD 1) (2024)
Holland Park Hawks (FQLD 2) (2024)
Most championships5 teams (1 title each)
Most premierships5 teams (1 title each)
TV partnersFQTV
YouTube
Websitefootballqueensland.com

The FQPL 1 was founded in 2017, with the first season held in 2018. There was previously there was no second-tier statewide competition, instead there was only the Brisbane Premier League and subsequent Capital leagues which were the highest level of football competition in the state. FQPL 2 was founded in 2020, with the first season held in 2021.

The current champions and premiers are Brisbane City, crowning the 2021 season and earning promotion to the 2022 season of the Queensland National Premier League.[2]

History

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In May 2017, Football Queensland confirmed the creation of the new competition and the teams to take part in the 2018 season.[3] Peninsula Power were both premiers and champions of the inaugural Football Queensland Premier league, earning promotion into the 2019 NPL Queensland season along with runner-up team Capalaba.

Following the foundation of the FQPL 1 in 2017, Football Queensland sought to extend and link the footballing pyramid in Queensland to a third tier. At the time, there was only regional leagues across Queensland representing a 'third tier' in Queensland and a 'fourth tier' across Australia. In late 2020, the idea of a third league of Queensland football was proposed and 29 teams expressed interest in joining.[4] In November 2020, 15 teams from South-East Queensland submitted formal FQPL 2 applications and on the 25th of November 2020, Football Queensland announced that eight teams would participate in the inaugural FQPL 2 season beginning 2021.[5] The 8 inaugural members of the new Football Queensland Premier league 2 were:

The inaugural season of the FQPL 2 saw Caboolture Sports clinching the premiership, earning promotion to the 2022 FQPL 1. However, Grange Thistle won the championship from them in a 3–1 win over the premiers. In August 2021, Football Queensland announced that all its competitions would be temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[6] As a result, the inaugural season experienced delays which would not affect the validity competition.

In March 2020 and again in August 2021, Football Queensland announced that all its competitions would be temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.[7][8] In 2021, Football Queensland announced that Albany Creek Excelsior from Football Queensland Metro and Surfers Paradise Apollo from Football Queensland South Coast would join the Football Queensland Premier League 2 for the 2022 season. These teams would join the competition along with Wynnum Wolves, Holland Park Hawks and Souths United, who were the first teams relegated from the Football Queensland Premier League.[9] Additionally, the 2022 season would see an introduction of a form of relegation where the worst performing team would be relegated out of the competition and back into their respective top-flight regional competition in South East Queensland. The regional zones as part of this streamline conference include South Coast, Darling Downs, Metro and Sunshine Coast, with the other zones located too far geographically to be sustainable.[9] The 2022 season would have 12 clubs compete, the teams placed in 11th and 12th would be relegated to their respective FQPL 3 competition, and the teams placed 1st and 2nd would be promoted to the FQPL. The team that would place third would enter a playoff competition with the 10th placed team in the FQPL for a place in the competition for the following season.

In the 2023 season, Broadbeach United set the record for the highest points tally by a team in an FQPL 2 season, amassing 53 points as they won the premiership. The next season,in 2024 Holland Park Hawks also achieved a points total of 53, equaling Broadbeach's record. [10]

Format

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The season consists of a regular season in which all clubs play each other twice, home and away. At the conclusion of the regular season the top of the table club progresses into the National Premier Leagues Queensland for the following season. Additionally, at the conclusion of the regular season the top four clubs play a local finals series. The local finals series consists of two semi-finals and a final. In the local finals series the top of the ladder club plays the fourth place and second place plays third. The winner of these local semi finals play each other in the Football Queensland Premier League Grand Finale.

Current members

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Division 1

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The following 12 clubs are participating in the 2024 season:

Club City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach
Moreton City Excelsior Reserves Moreton Bay Wolter Park 1963 2023 Steve Glockner
Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Perry Park 1994 2022 Daniel Carew
Broadbeach United Gold Coast Nikiforides Family Park 1963 2024 Leighton Speechley-Price
Caboolture Sports Moreton Bay Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1969 2022 Terry Kirkham
Capalaba FC Redlands John Frederick Park 1972 2018 David McEvoy
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane Heath Park 1922 2018 David Booth
Logan Lightning Logan Cornubia Park 2011 2018 James Coutts
Mitchelton Brisbane Teralba Park 1920 2018 Jason Poggi
SWQ Thunder Toowoomba Clive Berghofer Stadium 2012 2020 Sam Gahan
Southside Eagles Brisbane Memorial Park 1968 2018 Vacant
St George Willawong Brisbane St George's Park 2010 2024 Danny Gnjidic
Ipswich FC Ipswich Briggs Rd Sporting Complex 2024 2024 Vacant

Division 2

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Club City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach
Bayside United Lota, Brisbane Don Randall Oval 1974 2024
Grange Thistle Brisbane Lanham Park 1920 2021 Glen Volker
Holland Park Hawks Brisbane Whites Hill Reserve 1977 2022 Gabriel Hawash
Ipswich Knights Ipswich Eric Evans Oval 1998 2023
Magic United Gold Coast Magic FC Park 2006 2021 Adem Poric
Maroochydore FC Sunshine Coast Kunda Park 1968 2022
North Lakes United Moreton Bay Kinsellas Park 2022 2023
North Star Brisbane O'Callaghan Park 1958 2021 Lee Cunningham
Pine Hills Bunya, Brisbane James Drysdale Oval 1984 2024
Samford Rangers Moreton Bay Samford Parklands 1973 2021 Paul Brownlie
Souths United Brisbane Wakerley Park 1961 2022 Vederin Becirbegovic
Taringa Rovers Brisbane Jack Speare Park 1949 2021 Marco Ahlrichs

Honours

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2018–2020

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Season Champions Premiers
2018 Peninsula Power Peninsula Power
2019 Rochedale Rovers Sunshine Coast Wanderers
2020 Logan Lightning Logan Lightning

2021–present

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Awards

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Golden Boot

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Year FQPL 1 FQPL 2
Winner Club Goals Winner Club Goals
2018   Youeil Shol[9] Eastern Suburbs 35 —
2019   Jeremy Stewart[11] Sunshine Coast Wanderers 21
2020   Yuta Hirayama[12] Western Pride 16
2021   Shuto Kuboyama[13] Mitchelton 16   Sean Karambasis[11] Taringa Rovers 19
2022   Marek Madle[14]
  Guilherme Santana 		Rochedale Rovers
Redlands United 		18 Teddy Watson Surfers Paradise Apollo 30

Player of the Year

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Year FQPL 1 FQPL 2
Winner Club Ref. Winner Club Ref.
2018   Youeil Shol Eastern Suburbs [9] —
  Ryo Ono Capalaba FC
2019   Jeremy Stewart Sunshine Coast Wanderers [11]
2020   Matthew Green Logan Lightning [12]
2021   Scott Halliday Brisbane City [13]   Tom Baresic Samford Rangers [11]
2022   Mirko Crociati SWQ Thunder [14] Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves

Young Player of the Year

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Year FQPL 1 FQPL 2
Winner Club Ref. Winner Club Ref.
2018   Zander Guy Logan Lightning [9] —
2019   Jed Brown Logan Lightning [11]
2020   Maximilian Mikkola Wynnum Wolves [12]
2021   Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves [13]   Tom Baresic Samford Rangers [11]
2022   Oli Williams Sunshine Coast [14] Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves

Coach of the Year

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Year FQPL 1 FQPL 2
Winner Club Ref. Winner Club Ref.
2018   Aaron Philp Peninsula Power [9] —
2019   Scott MacNicol Rochedale Rovers [11]
2020   Rick Coghlan Logan Lightning [12]
2021   Matt Smith Brisbane City [13]   Terry Kirkham Caboolture Sports [11]
2022   Graham Harvey Redlands United [14] Alex Morrison Surfers Paradise Apollo

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Year Winner Club Ref.
2018   Denver Crickmore Sunshine Coast Wanderers [9]
2019   Chris Parsons Ipswich Knights [11]
2020   Zayne Freiberg Ipswich Knights [12]
2021   Duro Dragicevic Brisbane City [13]
2022   Jerrad Tyson Sunshine Coast [14]

Fair Play Award

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Year FQPL 1 FQPL 2
Winner Ref. Winner Ref.
2018 not awarded [9] —
2019 Southside Eagles [11]
2020 Ipswich Knights [12]
2021 Ipswich Knights [13] Samford Rangers [11]
2022 not awarded [14] Virginia United

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FQPL Men's". Football Queensland. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Logan Lightning complete FQPL double with Grand Final victory". Football Queensland. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ Smith, Erin (29 May 2017). "Football Queensland reveals new state competition and 16 new teams". Quest Community Newspapers. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "2020 FQPL 2 licence applications update". Football Queensland. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Football Queensland announces successful FQPL 2 licence applicants". Football Queensland. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ "FQ update on suspension of football activity in SEQ and Cairns". Football Queensland. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ "FQ statement on the suspension of football activity". Football Queensland. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "FQ update on suspension of football activity in SEQ and Cairns". Football Queensland. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "FQ Declaration of Leagues in the 2022 SEQ Conference". Football Queensland. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ https://footballqueensland.com.au/fqpl-2/
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2019's best recognised at inaugural Football in Queensland Awards Night". Football Queensland. 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Cite error: The named reference ":1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Football in Queensland Awards Week 2020". Football Queensland. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "2021 Football in Queensland Awards Night winners". Football Queensland. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "State's best celebrated at the 2022 Football in Queensland Awards Night". Football Queensland. 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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