2016 in Queensland soccer

The 2016 Football Queensland season was the fourth season since NPL Queensland commenced as the top tier of Queensland men’s football. Below NPL Queensland is a regional structure of ten zones with their own leagues. The strongest of the zones is Football Brisbane with its senior men’s competition consisting of five divisions.

Football Queensland

Season	2016
← 2015 2017 →

The NPL Queensland premiers qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.

Men's League Tables

2016 National Premier League Queensland

NPL Queensland

Season	2016
Champions	Redlands United
Premiers	Brisbane Strikers
Matches played	132
Goals scored	469 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ben Litfin (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Gold Coast City 7–1 SW Qld Thunder (16 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Northern Fury FC 1–6 (twice) vs Olympic FC (4 June 2016), vs Brisbane Strikers (13 August 2016)
Highest scoring	FNQ Heat 4–5 Olympic FC (28 May 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The National Premier League Queensland 2016 season was played over 22 matches, with the regular season concluding on 21 August, semi-finals on 27 August, and the Grand Final on 3 September.^[1][2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Strikers	22	14	5	3	51	19	+32	47	2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Gold Coast City	22	12	7	3	58	29	+29	43	2016 Queensland Finals
3	Far North Queensland	22	13	3	6	42	27	+15	42
4	Redlands United (C)	22	12	1	9	41	36	+5	37
5	Brisbane City	22	9	8	5	35	28	+7	35
6	Olympic FC	22	11	1	10	45	46	−1	34
7	Moreton Bay United	22	7	8	7	36	32	+4	29
8	South West Queensland Thunder	22	8	2	12	38	57	−19	26
9	Brisbane Roar Youth	22	7	4	11	30	38	−8	25
10	Western Pride	22	6	6	10	38	43	−5	24
11	Sunshine Coast	22	7	3	12	32	45	−13	24
12	Northern Fury	22	0	4	18	22	73	−51	4

Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand Final
	1	Brisbane Strikers	1 (2)
	4	Redlands United	1 (4)
						3	Far North Queensland	2
						4	Redlands United	3
	2	Gold Coast City	0
	3	Far North Queensland	1

2016 Brisbane Premier League

Brisbane Premier League

Season	2016
Champions	Lions FC
Premiers	Lions FC
Relegated	UQ FC, North Pine
Matches played	132
Goals scored	502 (3.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahamad Azzawi (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Capalaba 8–0 North Star (22 May 2016)
Biggest away win	North Star 0–5 Mitchelton (22 May 2016) Logan Lightning 0–5 Peninsula Power (30 July 2016) Logan Lightning 0–5 Mitchelton (20 August 2016)
Highest scoring	Capalaba 4–6 Holland Park Hawks (11 June 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Brisbane Premier League was the 34th edition of the Brisbane Premier League which has been a second level domestic association football competition in Queensland since the Queensland State League was formed in 2008.^[3] After 22 rounds, the Promotion and Relegation system was based on the Club Championship, and included points from First Grade, Reserve Grade, U18 and U16 teams.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lions FC (C)	22	16	1	5	53	23	+30	49	2016 Brisbane Premier League Finals
2	Mitchelton	22	13	2	7	46	34	+12	41
3	Holland Park	22	12	3	7	51	34	+17	39
4	Peninsula Power	22	11	5	6	44	29	+15	38
5	Rochedale Rovers	22	11	3	8	42	27	+15	36
6	Capalaba	22	10	3	9	49	42	+7	33
7	Eastern Suburbs	22	9	5	8	43	35	+8	32
8	Albany Creek	22	9	5	8	44	37	+7	32
9	Logan Lightning	22	8	5	9	42	49	−7	29
10	Ipswich Knights	22	6	3	13	38	53	−15	21
11	UQ FC (R)	22	4	3	15	21	55	−34	15	Relegated to 2017 Capital League 1
12	North Pine (R)	22	3	2	17	29	84	−55	11

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Lions FC	3								1	Lions FC	4
	2	Mitchelton	2								2	Mitchelton	0
						2	Mitchelton	3
						3	Holland Park Hawks	0
	3	Holland Park Hawks	2
	4	Peninsula Power	0

2016 Capital League 1

Capital League 1

Season	2016
Champions	Souths United
Promoted	Grange Thistle
Relegated	Centenary Stormers, Pine Rivers United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	510 (3.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harun Omerovic (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Souths United 12–1 Moggill (13 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Pine Rivers United 0–11 Taringa Rovers (13 August 2016)
Highest scoring	Souths United 12–1 Moggill (13 August 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Capital League 1 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 1 as the third level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Souths United (P)	22	14	5	3	66	28	+38	47	Promoted to the 2017 Brisbane Premier League
2	Grange Thistle (C, P)	22	15	1	6	53	30	+23	46
3	North Star	22	14	3	5	48	23	+25	45	2016 Capital League 1 Finals
4	Southside Eagles	22	13	3	6	38	25	+13	42
5	Bayside United	22	12	0	10	44	27	+17	36
6	Taringa Rovers	22	10	1	11	41	28	+13	31
7	Wolves FC	22	9	1	12	41	42	−1	28
8	Brisbane Knights	22	8	4	10	43	49	−6	28
9	Moggill	22	8	3	11	40	63	−23	27
10	Mount Gravatt	22	5	5	12	35	51	−16	20
11	Centenary Stormers (R)	22	4	5	13	38	62	−24	17	Relegated to 2017 Capital League 2
12	Pine Rivers United (R)	22	4	1	17	23	82	−59	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Souths United	0								2	Grange Thistle	0 (3)
	2	Grange Thistle	2								4	Southside Eagles	0 (2)
						1	Souths United	2 (3)
						4	Southside Eagles	2 (5)
	3	North Star	0
	4	Southside Eagles	1

2016 Capital League 2

Capital League 2

Season	2016
Champions	Acacia Ridge
Premiers	The Gap
Promoted	Acacia Ridge
Relegated	Slacks Creek, Redcliffe PCYC
Matches played	132
Goals scored	584 (4.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juan Jaimes (33 goals) Ryuhei Nose (33 goals)
Biggest home win	The Gap 14–0 Park Ridge (2 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Redcliffe PCYC 1–9 Acacia Ridge (16 April 2016)
Highest scoring	The Gap 14–0 Park Ridge (2 April 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Capital League 2 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 2 as the fourth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The Gap (P)	22	18	2	2	92	19	+73	56	Promoted to 2017 Capital League 1
2	Acacia Ridge (C, P)	22	15	3	4	69	18	+51	48
3	Annerley	22	13	4	5	53	29	+24	43	2016 Capital League 2 Finals
4	Brisbane Force	22	13	3	6	49	40	+9	42
5	Western Spirit	22	11	2	9	46	39	+7	35
6	Oxley United	22	9	4	9	39	37	+2	31
7	New Farm United	22	10	1	11	46	56	−10	31
8	Pine Hills	22	6	4	12	40	52	−12	22
9	Park Ridge	22	6	3	13	41	74	−33	21
10	Ipswich City	22	6	1	15	39	73	−34	19
11	Slacks Creek (R)	22	5	3	14	30	51	−21	18	Relegated to 2017 Capital League 3
12	Redcliffe PCYC (R)	22	4	2	16	40	96	−56	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	The Gap	0								1	The Gap	0
	2	Acacia Ridge	1								2	Acacia Ridge	1
						1	The Gap	4
						3	Annerley	1
	3	Annerley	2
	4	Brisbane Force	1

2016 Capital League 3

Capital League 3

Season	2016
Champions	Virginia United
Premiers	Virginia United
Promoted	Toowong
Relegated	Mooroondu, Ridge Hills United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	527 (3.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Geddes (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Toowong 7–0 Bardon Latrobe (23 July 2016)
Biggest away win	Clairvaux 1–7 Virginia United (18 June 2016)
Highest scoring	Clairvaux 3–8 Toowong (19 February 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Capital League 3 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 3 as the fifth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Virginia United (C, P)	22	17	3	2	67	23	+44	54	Promoted to 2017 Capital League 2
2	Toowong (P)	22	17	2	3	63	20	+43	53
3	Tarragindi Tigers	22	16	2	4	58	39	+19	50	2016 Capital League 3 Finals
4	Jimboomba United	22	10	4	8	45	34	+11	34
5	AC Carina	22	10	4	8	41	36	+5	34
6	Newmarket	22	8	4	10	37	38	−1	28
7	Narangba United	22	8	3	11	39	36	+3	27
8	Westside	22	6	8	8	37	40	−3	26
9	Clairvaux	22	8	2	12	41	60	−19	26
10	Bardon Latrobe	22	6	1	15	38	67	−29	19
11	Mooroondu	22	5	1	16	28	59	−31	16	Team withdrew at end of season
12	Ridge Hills United (R)	22	2	4	16	33	75	−42	10	Relegated to 2017 Capital League 4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Virginia United	3 (7)								1	Virginia United	1 (3)
	2	Toowong	3 (8)								2	Toowong	1 (2)
						1	Virginia United	2 (4)
						3	Tarragindi Tigers	2 (3)
	3	Tarragindi Tigers	4
	4	Jimboomba United	0

2016 Capital League 4

Capital League 4

Season	2016
Champions	Caboolture Sports
Premiers	St. George Willawong
Promoted	Caboolture Sports
Matches played	156
Goals scored	883 (5.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dane Forsyth (49 goals)
Biggest home win	Samford Rangers 17–1 Greenbank (9 July 2016)
Biggest away win	Greenbank 0–20 Caboolture (23 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Greenbank 0–20 Caboolture (23 April 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Capital League 4 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 4 as the sixth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 13 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 24 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St. George Willawong (P)	24	22	1	1	136	19	+117	67	Promoted to 2017 Capital League 3
2	Caboolture Sports (C, P)	24	21	2	1	170	21	+149	65
3	Samford Rangers	24	18	3	3	136	33	+103	57	2016 Capital League 4 Finals
4	Bethania Rams	24	15	2	7	75	36	+39	47
5	Deception Bay	24	13	4	7	60	51	+9	43	Team withdrew at end of season
6	North Brisbane	24	12	3	9	51	57	−6	39
7	Logan Metro	24	9	2	13	56	71	−15	29
8	Kangaroo Point Rovers	24	9	2	13	43	65	−22	29
9	Springfield United	24	7	5	12	33	70	−37	26
10	Logan City Kings	24	4	2	18	32	96	−64	14	Team withdrew at end of season
11	Greenbank	24	3	5	16	36	134	−98	14
12	Logan Village	24	2	4	18	21	105	−84	10
13	Brighton Bulldogs	24	2	3	19	34	125	−91	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	St. George Willawong	0								2	Caboolture Sports	2
	2	Caboolture Sports	3								3	Samford Rangers	1
						1	St. George Willawong	1
						3	Samford Rangers	3
	3	Samford Rangers	3
	4	Bethania Rams	1

Women's League Tables

2016 Women's NPL Queensland

Women's NPL Queensland

Season	2016
Champions	The Gap
Premiers	The Gap
Matches played	110
Goals scored	587 (5.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kirsten Jamieson (61 goals)
Biggest home win	Eastern Suburbs 13–0 (twice) vs Peninsula Power (30 May 2016) vs Redlands United (10 June 2016)
Biggest away win	Peninsula Power 1–15 Olympic FC (23 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Peninsula Power 1–15 Olympic FC (23 April 2016)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Women's NPL Queensland season was the second edition of the Women's NPL Queensland as the top level domestic football of women's competition in Queensland. 11 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 20 matches, with the regular season concluding on 22 August, semi-finals on 28 August, and the Grand Final on 4 September.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The Gap (C)	20	20	0	0	95	8	+87	60	2016 Women's NPL Qld Finals
2	Souths United	20	16	1	3	99	18	+81	49
3	Olympic FC	20	15	1	4	109	19	+90	46
4	Eastern Suburbs	20	14	3	3	84	16	+68	45
5	South West Queensland Thunder	20	9	1	10	52	57	−5	28
6	Sunshine Coast	20	9	1	10	42	57	−15	28
7	Gold Coast City	20	6	3	11	39	61	−22	21
8	Western Pride	20	5	2	13	18	48	−30	17
9	UQ FC	20	5	2	13	27	63	−36	17
10	Peninsula Power	20	2	3	15	20	128	−108	9
11	Redlands United	20	0	1	19	2	112	−110	1	Team withdrew at end of season

Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand Final
	1	The Gap	3
	4	Eastern Suburbs	1
						1	The Gap	4
						3	Olympic FC	2
	2	Souths United	0
	3	Olympic FC	2

Cup Competitions

2016 Canale Travel Cup

Brisbane-based soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Canale Cup. Clubs entered from the Brisbane Premier League, the Capital League 1, Capital League 2 and Capital League 3. The early rounds of the competition were also linked to the qualifying competition for the 2016 FFA Cup, where the 10 Brisbane-based winners from the Fourth round qualified to the fifth round of the Canale Cup competition.^[6]

This knockout competition was won by Mitchelton FC.

FFA Cup Qualifiers

Queensland-based soccer clubs competed in 2016 in the preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. The four winners of Seventh Round qualified for the final rounds of the FFA Cup; Far North Queensland FC (representing North Queensland), Surfers Paradise Apollo (representing South Queensland), with Brisbane Strikers and Redlands United representing Brisbane. In addition, A-League club Brisbane Roar qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

Further information: 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

References

1. "Fixtures/results". Soccer Aust. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
2. "PS4 NPL Men - Fixtures". foxsports. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
3. "Brisbane Premier League Tables 1983 to 2017". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
4. "Rules of Competition 2015" (PDF). footballbrisbane.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
5. "PS4 NPL Women - Fixtures". foxsports. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
6. "FFA CUP PRELIMINARY; CANALE CUP; 2016" (PDF). Football Brisbane. Retrieved 10 July 2016.