| Soccer in Queensland | |
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| Governing body | Football Queensland |
| Representative team | Queensland |
| Nickname(s) | soccer, football |
| First played | 1867 in Brisbane |
| Registered players | 217,749 (adult) 124,168 (child)[1] |
Audience records | |
| Single match | 51,153 (2014) Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney Wanderers Suncorp Stadium 2014 A-League Grand Final (Lang Park, Brisbane)[2] |
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Soccer was first played in Queensland on a regular basis in Brisbane, in 1884. It is the most participated team sport in the state with 341,917 players in 2024 just under a third of which are female.[1] The game in Queensland is administered by the peak body, Football Queensland, together with several subordinate zone councils, each representing regions of Queensland.[3]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
participation 2024was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bilton, Dean (5 May 2014). "Brisbane Roar win third A-League championship with thrilling 2-1 extra-time win over Western Sydney Wanderers". ABC News.
- ^ "Football Queensland: The Home of Football in Queensland". Football Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2017.