| Organising body | Football Queensland Football Australia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Country |  Australia |
| State |  Queensland |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Relegation to | Football Queensland Premier League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Australia Cup |
| Current champions | Gold Coast Knights (2023) |
| Current premiers | Gold Coast Knights (2023) |
| Most premierships | Lions FC (3 titles) |
| TV partners | NPL.Tv YouTube |
| Website | footballqld.com.au |
| Current: 2024 in Queensland soccer | |
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[1] and consisted of 12 teams.[2] 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.[3]
Each club has been granted 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 the National Premier League.[4]
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.
- ^ "Fury earns spot in Australian Premier League | Townsville Bulletin Sport". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Football Queensland: The Home of Football in Queensland".
- ^ "Brisbane City, Brisbane Strikers and Moreton Bay United granted APL licences | The Courier-Mail". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014.
- ^ "PS4 NPL Queensland set for expansion, promotion-relegation in 2018". 12 December 2016.