Queen's University Belfast A.F.C.

Queen's University Association Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Queen's University Belfast

Full name	Queen's University Belfast Association Football Club
Founded	1910
Ground	Upper Malone
Manager	James Lavery
League	NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2023–24	NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 5th of 14
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The club, founded in 1910,^[1] a founder member of the Irish League B Division, is affiliated to Queen's University Belfast, and plays home matches at the newly built Arena at the Queen's University sports grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast - also known as "the Dub".

From 2003 to 2011, the club played its home matches at Newforge Lane, the home of PSNI F.C., while the new stadium at the Dub was being constructed.^[2]

The team play in white shirts and black shorts/socks. The away kit is all blue.

The university allows for a 25% non association with regards to playing staff whilst the other 75% are required to have studied, or be studying, at Queen's University Belfast.

On the 4 January 2020, Queens University recorded their greatest win in their history by defeating Linfield by two goals to one in the Irish Cup. Shayne Lavery cancelled out Marc McKenna's opener for Queen's and Jonah Mitchell scored the winner halfway through the second half.^[3]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Neil Shields — GK  NIR Andrew Gawne — GK  NIR Conan Doherty — DF  NIR Jack Ovens (On loan from Portadown) — DF  NIR Adam Calvert — DF  NIR Adam Robinson — DF  NIR Joshua Corry — DF  NIR Matthew McManus — MF  NIR Adam Green — MF  NIR Ben Mulgrew — MF  NIR Eoin Brown — MF  NIR James Clarke

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NIR Charlie Chapman (On loan from Linfield) — MF  NIR Matthew Hughes — MF  NIR Ronan Young — FW  NIR Angus Youngson — FW  NIR Chris Middleton — FW  NIR Ciaran O'Hare — FW  NIR Leon Bonnes — FW  NIR Lorcan McIlroy — FW  NIR Marc McKenna

Honours

Intermediate honours

• NIFL Premier Intermediate League: 1
  • 2018–19
• Intermediate Cup: 1
  • 2017–18

Junior honours

• Collingwood Cup: 13+
  • 1920, 1947, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985 ^{See Note 1 [4]}

• ^1 The records for the 1920s and 1930s Collingwood Cup are a bit vague so the exact number of wins for QUB is uncertain.

References

1. Queen's University Football Club History Archived November 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
2. The Park, p.5, Belfast Telegraph, 14 November 2011
3. "In pictures: Linfield ousted from Irish Cup as Queen's University cause huge shock at The Dub". Belfast Telegraph. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
4. "Irish Third Level Football - Irish Universities Football Union - Competitions - Collingwood Cup - History And Winners". thirdlevelfootball.ie. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

External links

• Queens University Football Club
• Championship 2 Fixtures / Results / Table etc