Football Queensland Premier League 2

Football Queensland Premier League 2
Organising body	Grange Thistle; Surfers Paradise Apollo; Magic United (1 title)
Most premierships	Caboolture Sports; Surfers Paradise Apollo; Broadbeach United (1 title)
TV partners	Australia: ; FQTV; Internacional:; Youtube [1]
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.

The current premiers and champions of the

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

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

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.

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
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	1962	2022	Mark Dytman
Taringa Rovers	Brisbane	Jack Speare Park	1949	2021	Marco Ahlrichs

Honours

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

By season

Year	Champions	Premiers	Top scorers	Goals
2021	Grange Thistle	Caboolture Sports	Sean Karambasis (Taringa Rovers)^[5]	19
2022	Surfers Paradise Apollo	Surfers Paradise Apollo	Teddy Watson (Surfers Paradise Apollo)	30

By team

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

Awards

Player of the Year


Year	WInner	Club	Ref.
2021	Ashvin Tharumanathan	Taringa Rovers	^[5]
2022	Teddy Watson	Surfers Paradise Apollo

Young Player of the Year


Year	WInner	Club	Ref.
2021	Tom Baresic	Samford Rangers	^[5]
2022	Jacob Krayem	Wynnum Wolves

Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	WInner	Club	Ref.
2021	Ethan Reed	Caboolture Sports	^[5]
2022	Harvey RIvers	Surfers Paradise Apollo

Coach of the Year


Year	WInner	Club	Ref.
2021	Terry Kirkham	Caboolture Sports	^[5]
2022	Alex Morrison	Surfers Paradise Apollo

Fair Play Award


Year	WInner	Ref.
2021	Samford Rangers	^[5]
2021	Virginia United	^[5]

References

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

[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.

[:0-4] "FQ Declaration of Leagues in the 2022 SEQ Conference". Football Queensland. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2021 Football in Queensland Awards Night winners". Football Queensland. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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