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Football Queensland Premier League 2

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Football Queensland Premier League 2
Organising bodyFootball Queensland
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
First season2021
Country Australia
State Queensland
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toFootball Queensland Premier League
Relegation toFQPL 3 − South Coast
FQPL 3 − Metro
FQPL 3 − Sunshine Coast
FQPL 3 − Darling Downs
Domestic cup(s)Australia Cup
Current championsMagic United (2023)
Current premiersHolland Park Hawks FC (2024)
Most championshipsGrange Thistle
Surfers Paradise Apollo
Magic United (1 title)
Most premiershipsCaboolture Sports
Surfers Paradise Apollo
Broadbeach United
Holland Park Hawks FC(1 title)
TV partnersYouTube
Websitefootballqueensland.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.

The current premiers of the 2024 season is Holland Park Hawks FC

History

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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.

In the 2023 season, Broadbeach United set the record for the highest points tally by a team in an FQPL 2 season, amassing 53 points as they won the premiership. The next season,in 2024 Holland Park Hawks also achieved a points total of 53, equaling Broadbeach's record. [5]

Clubs

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2024 season

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

Club City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach
Bayside United Lota, Brisbane Don Randall Oval 1974 2024
Grange Thistle Brisbane Lanham Park 1920 2021 Glen Volker
Holland Park Hawks Brisbane Whites Hill Reserve 1977 2022 Gabriel Hawash
Ipswich Knights Ipswich Eric Evans Oval 1998 2023
Magic United Gold Coast Magic FC Park 2006 2021 Adem Poric
Maroochydore FC Sunshine Coast Kunda Park 1968 2022
North Lakes United Moreton Bay Kinsellas Park 2022 2023
North Star Brisbane O'Callaghan Park 1958 2021 Lee Cunningham
Pine Hills Bunya, Brisbane James Drysdale Oval 1984 2024
Samford Rangers Moreton Bay Samford Parklands 1973 2021 Paul Brownlie
Souths United Brisbane Wakerley Park 1961 2022 Vederin Becirbegovic
Taringa Rovers Brisbane Jack Speare Park 1949 2021 Marco Ahlrichs

Honours

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

By season

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Year Champions Premiers Top scorers Goals
2021 Grange Thistle Caboolture Sports Australia Sean Karambasis (Taringa Rovers)[6] 19
2022 Surfers Paradise Apollo Surfers Paradise Apollo Teddy Watson (Surfers Paradise Apollo) 30
2024 Magic United Holland Park Hawks Connor McAuley (Holland Park Hawks) 23

By team

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Club Premierships Championships Years Premiers Years Champions
Caboolture Sports 1 2021
Surfers Paradise Apollo 1 1 2022 2022
Grange Thistle 1 2021
Holland Park Hawks 1 2024

Awards

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Player of the Year

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Year WInner Club Ref.
2021 Australia Ashvin Tharumanathan Taringa Rovers [6]
2022 Teddy Watson Surfers Paradise Apollo

Young Player of the Year

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Year WInner Club Ref.
2021 Australia Tom Baresic Samford Rangers [6]
2022 Jacob Krayem Wynnum Wolves

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Year WInner Club Ref.
2021 Australia Ethan Reed Caboolture Sports [6]
2022 Harvey RIvers Surfers Paradise Apollo

Coach of the Year

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Year WInner Club Ref.
2021 Australia Terry Kirkham Caboolture Sports [6]
2022 Alex Morrison Surfers Paradise Apollo

Fair Play Award

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Year WInner Ref.
2021 Samford Rangers [6]
Virginia United

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 FQPL 2 licence applications update". Football Queensland. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. ^ "Football Queensland announces successful FQPL 2 licence applicants". Football Queensland. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ "FQ update on suspension of football activity in SEQ and Cairns". Football Queensland. 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  4. ^ a b "FQ Declaration of Leagues in the 2022 SEQ Conference". Football Queensland. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ^ https://footballqueensland.com.au/fqpl-2/
  6. ^ a b c d e f "2021 Football in Queensland Awards Night winners". Football Queensland. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-28.