Football Queensland Premier League 2

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Football Queensland Premier League 2
Organising body Football Queensland
Founded2020;4 years ago (2020)
First season 2021
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
StateFlag of Queensland.svg  Queensland
Confederation AFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to Football Queensland Premier League
Relegation to FQPL 3 − South Coast
FQPL 3 − Metro
FQPL 3 − Sunshine Coast
FQPL 3 − Darling Downs
Domestic cup(s) Australia Cup
Current champions Magic United (2023)
Current premiers Broadbeach United (2023)
Most championships Grange Thistle
Surfers Paradise Apollo
Magic United (1 title)
Most premierships Caboolture Sports
Surfers Paradise Apollo
Broadbeach United (1 title)
TV partners YouTube
Website footballqueensland.com

The Football Queensland Premier League 2, or the FQPL 2, is a football competition contested by clubs in South East Queensland, Australia. It is administered by Football Queensland and is the third tier of Football in Queensland, behind the Football Queensland Premier League, from which the top team from each season are promoted. The FQPL 2 was founded in 2020, with the first season held in 2021. The league has 4 teams from Brisbane, 2 from Gold Coast and 2 from Moreton Bay.

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The current premiers and champions of the 2021 season are Caboolture Sports and Grange Thistle respectively.

History

Following the foundation of the Football Queensland Premier League in 2017, Football Queensland sought to extend and link the footballing pyramid in Queensland to a third tier. At the time, there was only regional leagues across Queensland representing a 'third tier' in Queensland and a 'fourth tier' across Australia. In late 2020, the idea of a third league of Queensland football was proposed and 29 teams expressed interest in joining. [1] In November 2020, 15 teams from South-East Queensland submitted formal FQPL 2 applications and on the 25th of November 2020, Football Queensland announced that eight teams would participate in the inaugural FQPL 2 season beginning 2021. [2] The 8 inaugural members of the new Football Queensland Premier league 2 were:

The inaugural season of the FQPL 2 saw Caboolture Sports clinching the premiership, earning promotion to the 2022 Football Queensland Premier League. However, Grange Thistle won the championship from them in a 3–1 win over the premiers. In August 2021, Football Queensland announced that all its competitions would be temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. [3] As a result, the inaugural season experienced delays which would not affect the validity competition.

In 2021, Football Queensland announced that Albany Creek Excelsior from Football Queensland Metro and Surfers Paradise Apollo from Football Queensland South Coast would join the Football Queensland Premier League 2 for the 2022 season. These teams would join the competition along with Wynnum Wolves, Holland Park Hawks and Souths United, who were the first teams relegated from the Football Queensland Premier League. [4] Additionally, the 2022 season would see an introduction of a form of relegation where the worst performing team would be relegated out of the competition and back into their respective top-flight regional competition in South East Queensland. The regional zones as part of this streamline conference include South Coast, Darling Downs, Metro and Sunshine Coast, with the other zones located too far geographically to be sustainable. [4] The 2022 season would have 12 clubs compete, the teams placed in 11th and 12th would be relegated to their respective FQPL 3 competition, and the teams placed 1st and 2nd would be promoted to the FQPL. The team that would place third would enter a playoff competition with the 10th placed team in the FQPL for a place in the competition for the following season.

Clubs

2024 season

Twelve clubs compete in the 2024 Football Queensland Premier League 2 season.

ClubCityStadiumFoundedJoinedHead Coach
Bayside United Lota, Brisbane Don Randall Oval19742024
Grange Thistle Brisbane Lanham Park19202021Glen Volker
Holland Park Hawks Brisbane Whites Hill Reserve19772022
Ipswich Knights Ipswich Eric Evans Oval19982023
Magic United Gold Coast Magic FC Park20062021Adem Poric
Maroochydore FC Sunshine Coast Kunda Park19682022
North Lakes United Moreton Bay Kinsellas Park20222023
North Star Brisbane O'Callaghan Park19582021Lee Cunningham
Pine Hills Bunya, Brisbane James Drysdale Oval19842024
Samford Rangers Moreton Bay Samford Parklands19732021Paul Brownlie
Souths United Brisbane Wakerley Park19612022Vederin Becirbegovic
Taringa Rovers Brisbane Jack Speare Park19492021Marco Ahlrichs

Honours

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

By season

YearChampionsPremiersTop scorersGoals
2021 Grange Thistle Caboolture Sports Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sean Karambasis (Taringa Rovers) [5] 19
2022 Surfers Paradise Apollo Surfers Paradise Apollo Teddy Watson (Surfers Paradise Apollo)30

By team

ClubPremiershipsChampionshipsYears PremiersYears Champions
Caboolture Sports 1 2021
Surfers Paradise Apollo 11 2022 2022
Grange Thistle 1 2021

Awards

Player of the Year

YearWInnerClubRef.
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashvin Tharumanathan Taringa Rovers [5]
2022Teddy Watson Surfers Paradise Apollo

Young Player of the Year

YearWInnerClubRef.
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Baresic Samford Rangers [5]
2022Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves

Goalkeeper of the Year

YearWInnerClubRef.
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ethan Reed Caboolture Sports [5]
2022Harvey RIvers Surfers Paradise Apollo

Coach of the Year

YearWInnerClubRef.
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Kirkham Caboolture Sports [5]
2022Alex Morrison Surfers Paradise Apollo

Fair Play Award

YearWInnerRef.
2021 Samford Rangers [5]
Virginia United

See also

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