The 2016

Football Queensland Football Queensland is recognised by both the State and Federal Governments and Football Australia as the governing body for association football and futsal in Queensland, Australia. Tracing its history back to the establishment of the Ang ...

season was the fourth season since NPL Queensland commenced as the top tier of Queensland men’s football. Below NPL Queensland is a regional structure of ten zones with their own leagues. The strongest of the zones is

Football Brisbane Football Queensland Metro is a Football Queensland administrative zone encompassing the greater Brisbane area in Queensland, Australia, with surrounding areas including Caboolture, Ipswich, Redland City and Logan City. The premier men's footba ...

with its senior men’s competition consisting of five divisions. The NPL Queensland premiers qualified for the

National Premier Leagues The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is a national association football competition in Australia which acts as the second tier of the sport in the country below the A-League. The NPL consists of the highest level state league in each state-based ...

finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.

Men's League Tables

2016 National Premier League Queensland

The National Premier League Queensland 2016 season was played over 22 matches, with the regular season concluding on 21 August, semi-finals on 27 August, and the Grand Final on 3 September.

Finals

2016 Brisbane Premier League

The 2016 Brisbane Premier League was the 34th edition of the

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which has been a second level domestic

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competition in

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since the Queensland State League was formed in 2008. After 22 rounds, the Promotion and Relegation system was based on the Club Championship, and included points from First Grade, Reserve Grade, U18 and U16 teams.

Finals

2016 Capital League 1

The 2016 Capital League 1 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 1 as the third level domestic

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competition in

. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Finals

2016 Capital League 2

The 2016 Capital League 2 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 2 as the fourth level domestic

competition in

. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Finals

2016 Capital League 3

The 2016 Capital League 3 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 3 as the fifth level domestic

competition in

. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Finals

2016 Capital League 4

The 2016 Capital League 4 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 4 as the sixth level domestic

competition in

. 13 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 24 matches.

Finals

Women's League Tables

2016 Women's NPL Queensland

The 2016 Women's NPL Queensland season was the second edition of the Women's NPL Queensland as the top level domestic

of women's competition in

. 11 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 20 matches, with the regular season concluding on 22 August, semi-finals on 28 August, and the Grand Final on 4 September.

Finals

Cup Competitions

2016 Canale Travel Cup

Brisbane-based soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the

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. Clubs entered from the

, the Capital League 1, Capital League 2 and Capital League 3. The early rounds of the competition were also linked to the qualifying competition for the 2016 FFA Cup, where the 10 Brisbane-based winners from the

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qualified to the fifth round of the Canale Cup competition. This knockout competition was won by

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FFA Cup Qualifiers

Queensland-based soccer clubs competed in 2016 in the preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. The four winners of

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qualified for the final rounds of the FFA Cup;

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(representing North Queensland), Surfers Paradise Apollo (representing South Queensland), with

Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season and was one of tw ...

and

Redlands United Redlands United Football Club is an association football club based in Cleveland, Brisbane, Queensland. The club, formed in 1918, is one of the oldest soccer clubs in Queensland. It re-entered the top tier, Brisbane Premier League (BPL), in 20 ...

representing Brisbane. In addition,

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club

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

qualified for the final rounds, entering at the

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