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 and consisted of 12 teams. 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.

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.

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.

History

The league directly replaced the existing Queensland State League, as part of the wider introduction of the National Premier Leagues into several states in 2013.

The league commenced with 12 teams in its inaugural 2013 season. This was increased to 14 teams in the 2014 season with the inclusion of Harimau Muda A, Southwestern Queensland and the replacement of the QAS team with the Brisbane Roar National Youth League side. However, the teams were controversially reduced to 13 mid-season, due to CQFC Energy's failure to meet licensing conditions.

**Australia – NPL Queensland**

NPL Queensland er en semi-profesjonell fotballkonkurranse for klubber i delstaten Queensland, Australia. Ligaen ble etablert i 2008 og består for tiden av 12 lag. Vinneren av NPL Queensland-mesterskapet kvalifiserer seg til National Premier Leagues-finalen, som kårer den beste semi-profesjonelle fotballklubben i Australia.

**Historie**

NPL Queensland ble grunnlagt i 2008 som Queensland State League og var opprinnelig en amatørliga. I 2013 ble ligaen omorganisert til en semi-profesjonell konkurranse og omdøpt til National Premier Leagues Queensland.

**Format**

NPL Queensland spilles som en hjem- og borteliga, der hvert lag møter hverandre to ganger i løpet av sesongen. Ligaen består av 12 lag, og vinneren er det laget som har flest poeng ved sesongslutt.

**Klubber**

De 12 klubbene som deltar i NPL Queensland 2023-sesongen er:

* Brisbane City FC
* Brisbane Strikers FC
* Cairns FC
* Gold Coast Knights FC
* Lions FC
* Magpies Crusaders United FC
* Moreton Bay United FC
* Olympic FC
* Peninsula Power FC
* Redcliffe Dolphins SC
* SWQ Thunder FC
* Western Pride FC

**Utmerkelser**

NPL Queensland kårer en rekke utmerkelser for å anerkjenne prestasjoner innen ligaen. Disse utmerkelsene inkluderer:

* Meisterskapstittel
* Årets spiller
* Toppscorer
* Årets trener