Queenstown AFC is an amateur association football club in Queenstown, New Zealand, they are currently playing in the ODT Southern Men's Premier League.
Full name | Queenstown Association Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Rovers | |
Founded | 1983[1] | |
Ground | Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown | |
Coach | Danniel Bocatios | |
League | FootballSouth Premier League | |
2023 | FootballSouth Premier League, 9th of 10 | |
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Their home games are played at the Frankton Events Centre.
Queenstown are five-times winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup, the premier tournament in football in Southland, New Zealand.
Club history
editThe team gained notoriety in May 2007 when a brawl erupted during a Chatham Cup match between Queenstown and Invercargill club Queens Park which was fierce enough for local police to become involved.[2]
In 2020 the club won the Football South Championship.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Club Info". Queenstown Football Association. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Queenstown: Top Stories – Soccer shocker Archived 18 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Honours Board". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 July 2021.