Brisbane Women's Premier League

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Brisbane Women's Premier League (BPL)
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Number of teams 8
Current championsNone (no 2020 finals series)
Current premiersIpswich City
Website www.FootballBrisbane.com.au

The Brisbane Women's Premier League, BWPL, is the first tier of women's senior Football (Association Football) in Brisbane, Queensland and third overall in Australia.

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The league saw changes in the 2016 Season with a new sponsor, being known as the Mt. Franklin Women's Premier League, and the introduction of a reserve league. Due to the late changes to the league it will exist with 12 clubs in 2016 and 4 clubs will be relegated and 2 promoted from the newly created Women's Capital League 1.

Current clubs

The teams for 2021 Season are shown in the table below.

TeamHome GroundLocation
AnnerleyElder OvalGreenslopes
UQFCUniversity of QueenslandSt Lucia
The LakesKinsellas ParkNorth Lakes
CarinaBrisbane Abruzzo ClubCarina
GrangeLanham ParkGrange
RobinaRobina CommonRobina
BroadbeachNikiforides Family ParkBroadbeach
Kangaroo Point RoversRaymond ParkKangaroo Point

Previous seasons

The teams for 2020 Season are shown in the table below.

TeamHome GroundLocation
Ipswich City BullsSutton ParkBrassall
Peninsula PowerA.J. Kelly ParkRedcliffe
AnnerleyElder OvalGreenslopes
UQFCUniversity of QueenslandSt Lucia
The LakesKinsellas ParkNorth Lakes
VirginiaAlbert Bishop Park
CarinaBrisbane Abruzzo ClubCarina
GrangeLanham ParkGrange
RobinaRobina CommonRobina
BroadbeachNikiforides Family ParkBroadbeach
CoomeraViney ParkCoomera

Honours

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References

Women's Competition Winners 2015

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