Queensland Australian Football League

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General Information

Founded	1903, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous names	Queensland Football League (QFL) (1903–1927) Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL) (1927–1964) Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) (1964–1996; 2009 -) Queensland State Football League (QSFL) (1997–1999) AFL Queensland State League (AFLQSL) (2000–2008)
Current clubs	Aspley Aspley Australian Football Club Aspley Hornets Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Queensland State League competition.-Overview:A strong club financially and in terms of playing numbers, the Aspley Hornets were admitted to the Division One competition in 2009 following the collapse of fellow... Broadbeach Labrador Morningside Morningside Australian Football Club Morningside Australian Football Club, also known as Morningside AFC or the Panthers, is an Australian Rules football club based at Jack Esplen Oval in the suburb of Hawthorne in Brisbane... Mount Gravatt Northern Territory Northern Territory Football Club Northern Territory Football Club, nicknamed The Thunder, is a Northern Territory-based Australian rules football club competing in the NEAFL Australian Rules Football competition.-History:... Redland Redland Australian Football Club Redland Australian Football Club is a Redland City-based Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Queensland State League competition.-History:... Southport Suncoast Lions Suncoast Lions Football Club The Suncoast Lions Football Club is the former name of the reserve team of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club which competes in the Queensland State League Australian rules football competition... Western Magpies Western Magpies Australian Football Club The Western Magpies Australian Football Club is the senior Australian rules football club of the western suburbs of Brisbane which competes in Division One of the AFLQ State League. The club is based at 41 Chelmer st, Chelmer, at the same grounds as the Sherwood Junior Australian Football Club and...
Defunct clubs	Coorparoo Coorparoo Australian Football Club Coorparoo Football Club were an Australian rules football club based in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo. Their club colours were navy blue and white and they were nicknamed the Roos.-History:... South Brisbane South Brisbane Football Club South Brisbane Football Club was an Australian rules club which competed in the Queensland Football League. They joined the league in 1910 and played in it until 1940 with the exception of the 1925 season which they sat out. Notable players include Brian O'Connor, Harry Pegg and Donald... Locomotives Locomotives Recreation Club Locomotives Recreation Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Queensland Football League from 1905 to 1909. They wore blue and black club colours.... Valley Valley Australian Football Club Valley Australian Football Club were an Australian rules club which played in the Queensland Football League and QANFL from 1905 to 1927. They competed at Albion Park in Brisbane and had dark blue club colours. Nicknamed the Valleys, the club merged with Brisbane Football Club in 1928.... Zillmere Eagles Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football clubs which once competed in the AFL Queensland State League competition. The club is based in the suburb of Zillmere in the northern suburbs of Brisbane...
Current Stadiums	N/A
2008 Season
Premiers	Southport
Minor Premiers	Mount Gravatt
Wooden spoon	Redland Redland Australian Football Club Redland Australian Football Club is a Redland City-based Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Queensland State League competition.-History:...
Grogan Medal Grogan Medal The Grogan Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the best and fairest player in home and away rounds of each season's QAFL/Queensland State League competition. It was first awarded in 1946, previously the league's best player won the De Little Medal.-Winners:-External links:*... list	Nathan Kinch, Morningside Morningside Australian Football Club Morningside Australian Football Club, also known as Morningside AFC or the Panthers, is an Australian Rules football club based at Jack Esplen Oval in the suburb of Hawthorne in Brisbane...
Total attendance	N/A
Average match attendance	N/A

The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

competition for clubs from South East Queensland

South East Queensland

South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...

.

Up until 2010, the QAFL was the premier semi-professional

Semi-professional

A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...

competition in Queensland, with salary cap

Salary cap

In professional sports, a salary cap is a cartel agreement between teams that places a limit on the amount of money that can be spent on player salaries. The limit exists as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster, or both...

rules and regulations in place.

It was previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL), Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) and AFL Queensland State League (AFLQSL).

In November 2010 the league's Premier Division merged with AFL Canberra

AFL Canberra

AFL Canberra is the governing body for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory.In November 2010 the five AFL Canberra Premier Division clubs merged with the Premier Division clubs of the Queensland Australian Football League to form the North East Australian Football League...

to form the North East Australian Football League

North East Australian Football League

The North East Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia...

, featuring all its previous teams as well as the Gold Coast Football Club reserve team in the Northern Conference of the league. The lower division clubs will continue to play as a local competition.

Salary Cap

The QAFL is classed as a semi-professional competition as it has a salary cap for each division. For 2008, the top level QAFL Division 1 had a salary cap upper limit of $120,000.

League revenue is primarily derived from sponsors, supporter memberships and grants.

Expansion

It was originally announced that the Gold Coast Football Club would field a side in the QAFL as preparation for a 2011 AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

debut, however it was later announced that an underage team would be fielded in the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

instead. The AFL has since announced that the QAFL will nonetheless be slightly remodeled from the 2009 season onwards. Towards the end of the 2008 season, it was announced that a Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

representative side will compete in the QAFL Division One from 2009, with the team to be based out of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

or Alice Springs.

Completing the new look competition will be two teams promoted from the current QAFL Division Two, the Aspley Hornets

Aspley Australian Football Club

Aspley Hornets Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Queensland State League competition.-Overview:A strong club financially and in terms of playing numbers, the Aspley Hornets were admitted to the Division One competition in 2009 following the collapse of fellow...

and the Western Magpies

Western Magpies Australian Football Club

The Western Magpies Australian Football Club is the senior Australian rules football club of the western suburbs of Brisbane which competes in Division One of the AFLQ State League. The club is based at 41 Chelmer st, Chelmer, at the same grounds as the Sherwood Junior Australian Football Club and...

. Aspley

Aspley Australian Football Club

will move up to the highest division of the competition in order to replace Zillmere

Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club

Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football clubs which once competed in the AFL Queensland State League competition. The club is based in the suburb of Zillmere in the northern suburbs of Brisbane...

as the northern representative in the competition after Zillmere

Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club

were unable to obtain a license to compete due to financial difficulties. The Magpies

Western Magpies Australian Football Club

are re-entering Division One after being demoted to the second division after the completion of the 2004 season, and proving themselves strong and capable of competing in the QAFL Division One with three consecutive senior grand final appearances for two premierships, four consecutive reserves grand finals for three premierships and solid off-field development.