Moreton City Excelsior FC

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Moreton City Excelsior
Moreton City Excelsior FC new logo.png
Full nameMoreton City Excelsior Football Club
NicknamesExcelsior, Jets
Founded1963;62 years ago (1963) as Albany Creek Excelsior FC
2012;13 years ago (2012) as Moreton Bay United FC
2023;2 years ago (2023) as Moreton City Excelsior FC
GroundWolter Park, Albany Creek
Perry Park (Championship)
Capacity2,000
5,000 (Championship)
ManagerCameron Millar
League NPL Queensland
2025 1st of 12 (premiers)
Website https://www.moretoncityexcelsiorfc.com/
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Moreton City Excelsior FC (formerly Moreton Bay United FC) is an Australian soccer club located in the northern Brisbane suburb of Albany Creek and representing the City of Moreton Bay of Queensland.

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The club resulted from a merger in 2023 between Moreton Bay United (formed in 2012) and Albany Creek Excelsior FC (formed in 1963), and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland. [1] the former Albany Creek team is now being considered the Moreton City Excelsior 'Reserves' side, competing in the Brisbane Premier League).

History

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Former club crest (2012–2023)

Moreton Bay United FC was established in 2012 with the aim of joining the new National Premier Leagues Queensland. [2] The club was among the 12 successful applicants selected to compete in the inaugural 2013 season of NPL Queensland. [3]

The club has always been associated with the Albany Creek Excelsior club, with the two clubs share a home ground at Wolter Park, Albany Creek. In its initial season of competition, Albany Creek players supplied between 50% and 80% of the players in Moreton Bay United's junior teams. [4]

Moreton Bay United's most successful season to date has been the 2015 season when the club narrowly finished top of the NPL Queensland ladder, winning the premiership on goal difference ahead of Brisbane Strikers in a title race that went down to the last day of the season. [5] Moreton Bay United went on to beat Brisbane Strikers 2–1 in the grand final to become champions. [6] The club qualified for the 2015 National Premier Leagues finals, beating Edgeworth Eagles 3–1 in the quarter-finals before losing 2–1 to eventual champions Blacktown City in the semi-finals.

In 2017, Moreton Bay United reached the Round of 32 stage of the FFA Cup for the first time after a 4–2 win over Olympic FC in the final preliminary round. [7] The club went on to defeat Broadmeadow Magic 4–2 in extra time in the Round of 32, [8] but were then knocked out 1–0 in extra time by Gold Coast City in the Round of 16. [9] In the 2017 NPL Queensland season Moreton Bay United scraped into the final four on the last day of the regular season, then won their semi-final 3–1 against premiers Brisbane Strikers, but narrowly lost the grand final 2–1 to Western Pride after conceding a goal in the 90th minute. [10]

In 2025 they will compete in the inaugural Australian Championship, after becoming Queensland Premiers in the regular season.

Players

Current squad

As of 8 October 2025 [11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nathan Foster
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS James Murphy
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jack McInally
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dylan Meinicke
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Harry Arnison
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Damin Anderson
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Andrew Pengelly
10 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Seita Murai
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joseph Scott
12 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kent Vega
13 FW Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Luka Jankovic
14 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keitatsu Kojima
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Christopher Maher
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Edward Ince
18 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kenshin Takagishi
19 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS D'Arcy Satharasinghe
20 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jamie Waddington
21 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Riley Stent
22 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Sayers
24 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Declan Smith
25 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Courtney-Perkins
28 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Trent Millard
30 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kyan Ryder

Seasons

SeasonAs Moreton Bay United FC
Division (tier) LeaguePldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionQueensland Finals NPL Finals FFA Cup
2013 NPL Queensland (2)2211383944−5366thDNQDNQNot yet founded
2014 NPL Queensland (2)241248785325405thDNQDNQ Preliminary Round 4
2015 NPL Queensland (2)221453542529471stChampions Semi-final Preliminary Round 6
2016 NPL Queensland (2)2211383944−5367thDNQDNQ Preliminary Round 6
2017 NPL Queensland (2)221255492722414thRunner-upDNQ Round of 16
2023 NPL Queensland 221156452719382ndRunner-up
As Moreton City Excelsior FC
2024 NPL Queensland221543602634492ndRunner-up
2025 221453482325471st
2025 Australian Championship

Source: [12]

Key:Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

Honours

NPL Queensland

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HISTORY OF MCE FC". Moreton City Excelsior FC official website. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "History of the club". Moreton Bay United FC website. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Brisbane City, Brisbane Strikers and Moreton Bay United granted APL licences". North-West News, Quest Newspapers . 3 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Meet our club associates". Moreton Bay United FC website. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Roar legend says NPL Queensland title race between Moreton Bay United and Brisbane Strikers may be decided by pressure test". The Courier-Mail . 28 August 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Queensland National Premier League 2015 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jets Down Olympic To Progress To Round Of 32". Football Brisbane website. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Marco Monteverde (2 August 2017). "FFA Cup: Moreton Bay United beat Broadmeadow Magic in extra-time". The Courier-Mail .
  9. ↑ Marco Monteverde (23 August 2017). "Gold Coast City knocks fellow NPL club Moreton Bay United out of FFA Cup". The Courier-Mail .
  10. ↑ Blake Birt (3 September 2017). "Pride Seal First Silverware After Late Late Winner". sportstg.com.
  11. ↑ "Inaugural Australian Championship squads announced". Australian Championship . Football Australia. 8 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Moreton Bay United FC". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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