History
Holland Park Hawks Football Club was formed in 1976 with its home ground located at Whites Hill Reserve in Camp Hill. [1] The club first entered senior competition in 2008 and achieved promotion by finishing top of the Metro League Division Two table in their first season. [2]
Further promotions occurred in 2010, 2014 and 2015 enabling the club to climb from fifth tier of the Football Brisbane structure to the first tier in just eight seasons. Holland Park Hawks won each of these promotions by topping the league table to become premiers, and were champions three time after grand final victories. [2] The three grand final wins were:
In 2010, Holland Park Hawks also had cup success, winning the Metro Cup competition (also known as the Veto Cup) after beating Souths United 2–1 in the Final. [4] [5]
Holland Park Hawks FC had a successful debut in the 2016 Brisbane Premier League season, finishing in third place on the league table and qualifying for the finals series in which they reached the preliminary final. [6]
To build upon its success, the club applied to be part of the new National Premier Leagues structure which will commence in the 2018 season. [7] In May 2017, Football Queensland announced Holland Park Hawks were among the 14 clubs accepted to form the Football Queensland Premier League for its initial season in 2018. [8]
In their first season in the Football Queensland Premier League 1 (FQPL 1), the Hawks finished 10th out of the 13 teams in the competition. 3 years later though, in the 2021 season, they finished 10th out of 11, relegating them to Football Queensland Premier League 2 (FQPL 2).
In late 2022, club Technical Director, Gabriel Hawash was appointed as the Head Coach for the senior team. In the 2024 season, Hawash's second in charge, Hawks were premiers of FQPL2, winning the league and achieving promotion back to FQPL1. Hawks lost just one league game and amassed a total of 57 points over the season, which was at the time the equal highest ever points tally in a single season in FQPL2, tied with Broadbeach United S.C. who achieved the same points in the previous season. Holland Park's #9 Connor McAuley scored 23 league goals and was awarded the league's golden boot in this season, achieving the third highest individual goal tally ever in a single FQPL 2 season. [9] [10]
Academy
'Hawks' Has long prided itself on its youth academy. The club's most successful academy product is Abrahim Yango who went on to play in the A-League Men with Brisbane Roar FC.The academy has improved further since the academy teams moved away from the Football Brisbane competitions and moved into the Football Queensland Competitions, alongside the senior mens side being moved into FQPL1, in 2017.
Throughout the clubs time in what is now known as the Football Queensland Academy Leagues, the Academy teams have remained in the 2nd tier of Academy football in Queensland, although in years 2023-2026 the club has received rankings of 11th placed academy in Football Queensland, existing at the top of 'League 2'.
Particularly since the Appointment of TD Gabriel Hawash, the academy has gone from strength to strength, with numerous academy products going on to play for the senior mens side and the aforementioned consistency in the Football Queensland Academy club rankings.
The club's academy won its first trophy since moving to Football Queensland competitions in 2025 when the U18s won the U18 Football Queensland Academy League 2 Grand Final. Beating Magic United 2-0. That year's Hawks U18 team was a testemant to the quality of the club's modern academy, comprising of many players who had been at the club for many years and included three players who had scored for the senior mens team that season, one whom, Aiden Sun, was only 15 years old at the time of scoring his first senior goal.
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