National Premier Leagues Queensland

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National Premier Leagues Queensland
Organising bodyFootball Queensland
Football Australia
Founded2012; 9 years ago (2012)
Country Australia
StateQueensland QLD
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid2
Relegation toFootball Queensland Premier League
League cup(s)FFA Cup
Current championsLions FC (2020)
Current premiersPeninsula Power (2021)
Most premiershipsBrisbane Strikers; Lions FC (2 titles)
TV partnersNPL.Tv
YouTube
Websitefootballqld.com.au
Current: 2021 NPL Season

The National Premier League Queensland, run by Football Queensland, is the top tier state-level football (soccer) competition in Queensland. The conference is a sub division of the National Premier Leagues. The inaugural season kicked off in March 2013[1] and consisted of 12 teams.[2] Each team will be expected to field a senior team, five junior men's teams from under-12 to under-20 starting in 2013 and women's junior teams in under-13, under-15, and under-17 starting in 2014.[3]

Each club has been granted a 5-year licence and there is no promotion or relegation from the league during this period. It was announced on 16 December 2016 that there would be promotion and relegation to the Football Queensland Premier League (FQPL) as of the 2018 season and that the league would be expanded to 14 teams. This announcement came with the addition of the Football Queensland Premier League, a new tier immediately below the National Premier League.[4]

Peninsula Power and Eastern Suburbs were the first two teams promoted to the NPL from the FQPL for the 2019 season. No teams were relegated in 2018.

History[]

The league directly replaced the existing Queensland State League, as part of the wider introduction of the National Premier Leagues into several states in 2013.

The league commenced with 12 teams in its inaugural 2013 season. This was increased to 14 teams in the 2014 season with the inclusion of Harimau Muda A, Southwestern Queensland and the replacement of the QAS team with the Brisbane Roar National Youth League side. However, the teams were controversially reduced to 13 mid-season, due to CQFC Energy's failure to meet licensing conditions.[5][6]

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 onto the NPL National Finals Series to play against the champions from other NPL subdivisions. Also 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 NPL Qld Grand Final.

Clubs[]

Current clubs (2021)[]

Team City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach
Brisbane Roar Youth Moreton Bay A.J. Kelly Park 2008 2014 Chris Grossman
Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Perry Park 1994 2013 John Kosmina
Capalaba FC Redlands John Frederick Park 1972 2020 David McEvoy
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane Heath Park 1922 2019 Graham Ross
Gold Coast Knights Gold Coast Croatian Sports Centre 1978 2019 Adem Poric
Gold Coast United Gold Coast Coplick Sports Complex 2017 2018 Grae Piddick
Lions FC Brisbane Lions Stadium 1957 2018 Darren Sime
Logan Lightning Logan Cornubia Park 2011 2021 Rick Coghlan
Magpies Crusaders United Mackay Sologinkin Oval 2017 2018 Tom Ballantyne
Moreton Bay United Moreton Bay Wolter Park 2012 2013 Royce Brownlie
Olympic FC Brisbane Goodwin Park 1967 2013 Ben Cahn
Peninsula Power Redcliffe A.J. Kelly Park 2000 2019 Aaron Philp
Redlands United Redlands Compass Grounds 1918 2013 Richard Greer
Sunshine Coast Wanderers Sunshine Coast Ballinger Park 2017 2020 Paul Arnison

Former clubs[]

Team City Stadium Founded Joined Departed
Cairns FC (formerly FNQ Heat) Cairns Barlow Park 2009 2013 2018
CQFC Energy Rockhampton Rugby Park 2012 2013 2014
Harimau Muda A Malaysia Home of opposition team 2014 2014 2014
North Queensland United (formerly Northern Fury) Townsville Townsville Sports Reserve / Brolga Park 2008 2013 2018
Queensland Academy of Sport Brisbane Meakin Park 1991 2013 2013
Sunshine Coast Fire Sunshine Coast Kawana Western Fields 2007 2013 2019

Honours[]

Year Premiership Champions NPL Finals Representation
2013 Olympic FC Olympic FC Olympic FC – Semi Finalist
2014 Palm Beach Sharks Palm Beach Sharks Palm Beach Sharks – Semi Finalist
2015 Moreton Bay United Moreton Bay United Moreton Bay United – Semi Finalist
2016 Brisbane Strikers Redlands United FC Brisbane Strikers – Semi Finalist
2017 Brisbane Strikers Western Pride Brisbane Strikers – Runners Up
2018 Lions FC Lions FC Lions FC – Runners Up
2019 Lions FC Gold Coast Knights Lions FC – Runners Up
2020 Peninsula Power Lions FC none1
2021 Peninsula Power Lions FC none2

Notes:

1 NPL finals series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[7]
2 NPL finals series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Football Queensland: The Home of Football in Queensland".
  3. ^ http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/north/brisbane-city-mitchelton-north-star-albany-creek-brisbane-strikers-confident-ahead-of-apl-announcement/story-fn8odvfn-1226486753394[bare URL]
  4. ^ "PS4 NPL Queensland set for expansion, promotion-relegation in 2018". 12 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Gladstone on radar after CQFC Energy lose APL licence". gladstoneobserver.com.au. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Player power kicks in ... to get Energy back for CQ". themorningbulletin.com.au. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.


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