Football Queensland Premier League

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Football Queensland Premier League
FQPL Logo.png
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
First season 2018
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
StateFlag of Queensland.svg  QLD
Confederation AFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to National Premier Leagues Queensland
Relegation to Football Queensland Premier League 2
Domestic cup(s) Australia Cup
Current champions Wynnum Wolves (2023)
Current premiers Surfers Paradise Apollo (2023)
Most championships5 teams (1 title each)
Most premierships5 teams (1 title each)
TV partners NPL.TV YouTube
Website footballqueensland.com
Current: FQPL 2021

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]

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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

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

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

2024 season

The following 12 clubs are participating in the 2024 season:

ClubCityStadiumFoundedJoinedHead Coach
Moreton City Excelsior Reserves Moreton Bay Wolter Park19632023Steve Glockner
Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Perry Park 19942022 Jade North
Broadbeach United Gold Coast Nikiforides Family Park19632024Leighton Speechley-Price
Caboolture Sports Moreton Bay Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex19692022Terry Kirkham
Capalaba FC Redlands John Frederick Park19722018David McEvoy
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane Heath Park 19222018David Booth
Logan Lightning Logan Cornubia Park20112018 James Coutts
Mitchelton Brisbane Teralba Park19202018Jason Poggi
SWQ Thunder Toowoomba Clive Berghofer Stadium 20122020Sam Gahan
Southside Eagles Brisbane Memorial Park 19682018Vacant
St George Willawong Brisbane St George's Park20102024Danny Gnjidic
Western Pride Ipswich Briggs Rd Sporting Complex 20122020Vacant

Honours

By season

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

YearChampionsPremiersGolden BootGoals
2018 Peninsula Power Peninsula Power Flag of Australia (converted).svg Youeil Shol (Eastern Suburbs) [6] 35
2019 Rochedale Rovers Sunshine Coast Wanderers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeremy Stewart (Sunshine Coast Wanderers) [7] 21
2020 Logan Lightning Logan Lightning Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Hirayama (Western Pride FC) [8] 16
2021 Brisbane City Brisbane City Flag of Japan.svg Shuto Kuboyama (Mitchelton) [9] 16
2022 Redlands United Redlands United Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Madle (Rochedale Rovers) [10]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Guilherme Santana (Redlands United)
18

By team

ClubPremiershipsChampionshipsYears PremiersYears Champions
Peninsula Power 11 2018 2018
Logan Lightning 11 2020 2020
Brisbane City 11 2021 2021
Redlands United 11 2022 2022
Sunshine Coast Wanderers 10 2019
Rochedale Rovers 01 2019

Awards

Player of the Year

YearWinnerClubRef.
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Youeil Shol Eastern Suburbs [6]
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ono Capalaba FC
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeremy Stewart Sunshine Coast Wanderers [7]
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Green Logan Lightning [8]
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Halliday Brisbane City [9]
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Crociati SWQ Thunder [10]

Young Player of the Year

YearWinnerClubRef.
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zander Guy Logan Lightning [6]
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jed Brown Logan Lightning [7]
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maximilian Mikkola Wynnum Wolves [8]
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves [9]
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oli Williams Sunshine Coast [10]

Coach of the Year

YearWinnerClubRef.
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Philp Peninsula Power [6]
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott MacNicol Rochedale Rovers [7]
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Coghlan Logan Lightning [8]
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Smith Brisbane City [9]
2022 Flag of England.svg Graham Harvey Redlands United [10]

Goalkeeper of the Year

YearWinnerClubRef.
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Denver Crickmore Sunshine Coast Wanderers [6]
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Parsons Ipswich Knights [7]
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zayne Freiberg Ipswich Knights [8]
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Duro Dragicevic Brisbane City [9]
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jerrad Tyson Sunshine Coast [10]

Fair Play Award

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

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