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| Full name | Queen of the South Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Doonhamers, Queens, QOS | ||
| Founded | March 1919 | ||
| Ground | Palmerston Park, Dumfries | ||
| Capacity | 8,690[1] | ||
| Chairman | Billy Hewitson | ||
| Manager | Peter Murphy | ||
| League | Scottish League One | ||
| 2023–24 | Scottish League One, 7th of 10 | ||
| Website | http://www.qosfc.com | ||
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Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club formed in 1919 in Dumfries. The club plays in Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. They are traditionally nicknamed the Doonhamers but are more usually referred to as Queens or QOS.[2][3] Their home ground is Palmerston Park.
The club won the Division B Championship in 1950–51, the Second Division Championship in 2001–02 and 2012–13, and the Scottish Challenge Cup in 2002–03 and 2012–13. Queens led Scotland's top division until New Year in the 1953–54 season: their highest finish in Scotland's top division was fourth in 1933–34. The club reached their first major cup final in 2008 when they reached the final of the Scottish Cup, where they were runners-up to Rangers. The club's current manager is Peter Murphy.[4]
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- ^ "QosFC: Burnsy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "QosFC: Eva Mendes – the latest Queen of the South". Qosfc.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "QosFC: New Manager Appointed".