2020 in Queensland soccer

The 2020 Football Queensland season was the eight season since NPL Queensland commenced as the top tier of Queensland men’s football. This season was also the third season of the Football Queensland Premier League which occupied the second tier in Queensland men’s football in 2020.

Football Queensland
Season2020
ChampionsPeninsula Power (Premiers)
2019
2021

Below NPL Queensland and the FQPL was a regional structure of ten zones with their own leagues. The strongest of the zones was Football Brisbane with its senior men’s competition consisting of four divisions.

The COVID-19 pandemic halted the season for a short period of time in all competitions, however all competitions in Queensland were completed.

League Tables

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2020 National Premier Leagues Queensland

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The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the 2020 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled in July.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Peninsula Power 24 19 1 4 54 25 +29 58 2020 Queensland Finals
2 Olympic FC 24 16 5 3 54 21 +33 53
3 Gold Coast Knights 24 15 6 3 57 27 +30 51
4 Lions FC (C) 24 14 4 6 64 26 +38 46
5 Moreton Bay United 24 9 5 10 46 55 −9 32
6 Brisbane Strikers 24 7 7 10 33 42 −9 28
7 Eastern Suburbs 24 7 8 9 46 50 −4 29
8 Brisbane Roar Youth 24 9 3 12 42 41 +1 30
9 Sunshine Coast Wanderers 24 7 4 13 41 55 −14 25
10 Redlands United 24 7 2 15 32 64 −32 23
11 Gold Coast United 24 5 8 11 37 47 −10 23
12 Capalaba 24 6 2 16 35 72 −37 20
13 Brisbane City (R) 24 5 5 14 37 53 −16 20 Relegation to the 2021 Queensland Premier League
14 Magpies Crusaders United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[b]
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Games against Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United now counted as byes.
  2. ^ Withdrew during the season hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[2]

Finals

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Semi-finals Grand Final
      
2 Olympic FC 2
3 Gold Coast Knights 1
Olympic FC 0
Lions FC 1
1 Peninsula Power 1
4 Lions FC 4

2020 Football Queensland Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Logan Lightning (C) 20 15 3 2 58 19 +39 48 Promotion to the 2021 NPL Queensland
2 SWQ Thunder 20 15 1 4 61 27 +34 46
3 Mitchelton FC 20 10 6 4 41 34 +7 36
4 Wolves FC 20 11 1 8 53 36 +17 34
5 Rochedale Rovers 20 10 4 6 37 26 +11 34
6 Ipswich Knights 20 9 3 8 41 34 +7 30
7 Western Pride FC 20 9 1 10 42 46 −4 28
8 Sunshine Coast FC 20 6 4 10 31 49 −18 22
9 Holland Park Hawks 20 3 4 13 24 45 −21 13
10 Souths United 20 3 3 14 30 65 −35 12
11 Southside Eagles 20 2 4 14 22 59 −37 10
Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

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Semi-finals Grand Final
      
2 SWQ Thunder 2
3 Mitchelton FC 0
SWQ Thunder 1
Logan Lightning 2
1 Logan Lightning 3
4 Wolves FC 1

2020 Brisbane Premier League

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The 2020 Brisbane Premier League was the 38th edition of the Brisbane Premier League (the third level domestic association football competition in Queensland).[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 St George Willawong 16 15 1 0 46 20 +26 46
2 Albany Creek Excelsior 16 12 1 3 51 21 +30 37
3 Toowong 16 9 3 4 33 17 +16 30
4 Grange Thistle 16 9 2 5 40 24 +16 29
5 Taringa Rovers 16 8 2 6 38 31 +7 26
6 Centenary Stormers 16 5 2 9 25 33 −8 17
7 Acacia Ridge 16 7 0 9 26 36 −10 21
8 Bayside United 16 5 4 7 31 23 +8 19
9 Brisbane Knights 16 6 0 10 30 41 −11 18
10 Caboolture Sports 16 4 1 11 22 52 −30 13
11 The Gap 16 3 2 11 24 45 −21 11
12 North Star 16 3 2 11 21 44 −23 11
Source: Mygameday (Premier group) Mygameday (Plate group)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams were split into two groups (Premier and Plate) after each played 11 matches in the first Stage.

Cup Competitions

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FFA Cup Qualifiers

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Queensland-based soccer clubs commenced the 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in February, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the pandemic.[4] At the time of suspension, only the first few rounds had been played or partially played. The competition was cancelled on 3 July.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 NPL MEN'S, NPL WOMEN'S AND FQPL SENIOR COMPETITION STRUCTURES CONFIRMED". footballqueensland.com.au. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Brisbane Premier League Tables 1983 to 2020". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.