Football Queensland Premier League

The Football Queensland Premier League (known by its abbreviation FQPL) is a men's football competition contested by clubs in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by Football Queensland and is the second tier of football in Queensland, operated by a system of promotion and relegation. The league is contested by 11 clubs 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, whilst the bottom three teams are relegated to the Football Queensland Premier League 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 QLD
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toNational Premier Leagues Queensland
Relegation toFootball Queensland Premier League 2
Domestic cup(s)Australia Cup
Current championsWynnum Wolves (2023)
Current premiersSurfers Paradise Apollo (2023)
Most championships5 teams (1 title each)
Most premierships5 teams (1 title each)
TV partnersNPL.TV YouTube
Websitefootballqueensland.com
Current: FQPL 2021

The Football Queensland Premier League 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.

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 edit

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.

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.[4][5]

Format edit

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.

Clubs edit

2024 season edit

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
Western Pride Ipswich Briggs Rd Sporting Complex 2012 2020 Vacant

Honours edit

By season edit

Seasons in bold indicate doubles with both the respective premiership and championship in a single season.

Year Champions Premiers Golden Boot Goals
2018 Peninsula Power Peninsula Power   Youeil Shol (Eastern Suburbs)[6] 35
2019 Rochedale Rovers Sunshine Coast Wanderers   Jeremy Stewart (Sunshine Coast Wanderers)[7] 21
2020 Logan Lightning Logan Lightning   Yuta Hirayama (Western Pride FC)[8] 16
2021 Brisbane City Brisbane City   Shuto Kuboyama (Mitchelton)[9] 16
2022 Redlands United Redlands United   Marek Madle (Rochedale Rovers)[10]
  Guilherme Santana (Redlands United)
18

By team edit

Club Premierships Championships Years Premiers Years Champions
Peninsula Power 1 1 2018 2018
Logan Lightning 1 1 2020 2020
Brisbane City 1 1 2021 2021
Redlands United 1 1 2022 2022
Sunshine Coast Wanderers 1 0 2019
Rochedale Rovers 0 1 2019

Awards edit

Player of the Year edit

Year Winner Club Ref.
2018   Youeil Shol Eastern Suburbs [6]
  Ryo Ono Capalaba FC
2019   Jeremy Stewart Sunshine Coast Wanderers [7]
2020   Matthew Green Logan Lightning [8]
2021   Scott Halliday Brisbane City [9]
2022   Mirko Crociati SWQ Thunder [10]

Young Player of the Year edit

Year Winner Club Ref.
2018   Zander Guy Logan Lightning [6]
2019   Jed Brown Logan Lightning [7]
2020   Maximilian Mikkola Wynnum Wolves [8]
2021   Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves [9]
2022   Oli Williams Sunshine Coast [10]

Coach of the Year edit

Year Winner Club Ref.
2018   Aaron Philp Peninsula Power [6]
2019   Scott MacNicol Rochedale Rovers [7]
2020   Rick Coghlan Logan Lightning [8]
2021   Matt Smith Brisbane City [9]
2022   Graham Harvey Redlands United [10]

Goalkeeper of the Year edit

Year Winner Club Ref.
2018   Denver Crickmore Sunshine Coast Wanderers [6]
2019   Chris Parsons Ipswich Knights [7]
2020   Zayne Freiberg Ipswich Knights [8]
2021   Duro Dragicevic Brisbane City [9]
2022   Jerrad Tyson Sunshine Coast [10]

Fair Play Award edit

Year Winner Ref.
2018 not awarded [6]
2019 Southside Eagles [7]
2020 Ipswich Knights [8]
2021 Ipswich Knights [9]
2022 not awarded [10]

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "FQ statement on the suspension of football activity". Football Queensland. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "FQ update on suspension of football activity in SEQ and Cairns". Football Queensland. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "2018's best recognised at NPL, NPLW and FQPL Awards". Football Queensland. 28 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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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