10-670: The National Premier League Queensland , run by Football Queensland , is the top tier state-level soccer competition in Queensland . The conference is a sub division of the National Premier Leagues . The inaugural season kicked off in March 2013 and consisted of 12 teams. 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. Each club has been granted
20-489: 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
30-607: The Anglo-Queensland Football Association , in 1884, Football Queensland now has more than 250,000 participants and 308 clubs across the state. Football Queensland is the sole governing body for football in Queensland with nine regional offices throughout the state: These regional offices were established in 2021 as part of the Future of Football 2020+ Reforms to better reflect the geography and strategic direction of
40-617: The National Premier Leagues Queensland (NPL), which acts as the top tier of football in the state. The Football Queensland Premier League (FQPL) sits below the NPL and connects the entire state via three conferences: the SEQ Conference, Central Conference and Northern Conference. The NPL Queensland Men sits within the SEQ Conference. The NPL Queensland Women sits within the SEQ Conference. The Central Conference includes
50-632: The FQPL Wide Bay and FQPL Central Coast and is connected to the rest of the state via the FQPL framework. From 2022, the top teams from each competition will play off against one another in a Champions League-style competition throughout each season to determine the Central Conference winner. The Northern Conference includes the FQPL Whitsunday Coast, FQPL Northern and FQPL Far North & Gulf and
60-529: The NPL Qld Grand Final. This article about an Australian football competition is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Football Queensland Football Queensland is recognised by both the State and Federal Governments and Football Australia as the governing body for soccer , futsal and beach soccer in Queensland, Australia . Tracing its history back to the establishment of
70-490: The National Premier League. 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. 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
80-562: 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
90-504: The regions throughout Queensland. During the reform journey, the local football community was invited to engage in a six-month state-wide consultation process based on improving four key areas of the game: Governance, Administration, Competitions and Affordability. Each regional office has a local administrator and committee members which are elected by clubs to meet quarterly to discuss functional and geographical matters. Football Queensland organises men’s and women’s competitions including
100-545: 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. The season consists of a regular season in which all clubs play each other twice, home and away. At
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