Queenstown AFC is an amateur

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club in

Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown ( mi, Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has an urban population of The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by ...

, they are currently playing in the ODT Southern Men's Premier League. Their home games are played at the Frankton Events Centre. Queenstown are five-times winners of the

Donald Gray Memorial Cup The Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the premier men's football competition in Southland, New Zealand. It sits below the FootballSouth Premier League and above Southland Division 1. Current clubs ''As of 2022 season.'' :(2) — Denotes club's se ...

, the premier tournament in football in

Southland, New Zealand Southland ( mi, Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region. It consists mainly of the southwestern portion of the South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura. It includes Southland District, Gore District and the city of Invercargill. The r ...

Club history

The team gained notoriety in May 2007 when a brawl erupted during a Chatham Cup match between Queenstown and

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

club Queens Park which was fierce enough for local police to become involved. In 2020 the club won the Football South Championship.

References

External links

club website
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