Surfers Paradise Apollo
Full nameSurfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Surfers
Founded1978 (1978)
GroundLex Bell Oval
ChairmanKirk Brebner
ManagerAlex Morrison
LeagueFQLD 4 – South Coast
20231st of 12 (Premiers) FQPL (withdraw)
WebsiteClub website

Surfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The club currently plays in the Football Queensland Premier League, the second flight of men's soccer in Queensland and the third flight of Australian soccer. Since the club was formed in 1978, Surfers Paradise Apollo have won 3 premierships, 3 championships and one president's cup within the top-flight Gold Coast regional competition, as well as a variety of second tier honours.

History

Greek-Australian Bert Voutos founded the Apollo Soccer Club in 1978 after failed attempts to convince the Gold Coast Greek Committee to buy/lease grounds and form a soccer club.[1] The team was initially based at Sir Bruce Small Park in Benowa and shared tenancy with the Surfers Paradise Demons Australian rules football club. The Apollo club relocated to the TAFE Ashmore campus before eventually settling on the Isle of Capri and established facilities at Lex Bell Oval. The club was then renamed the Surfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club as their new facilities were based in the suburb of Surfers Paradise.

The club won their first honours after winning the Gold Coast Premier League president's cup in 2000. This title was then followed up with a premiership and championship in 2002.

In 2016, Surfers Paradise Apollo qualified the FFA Cup for the first time.[2] They defeated Gold Coast Knights, Magic United, Gold Coast City, South West Queensland Thunder and Sunshine Coast to reach the round of 32, where they were defeated by Canberra Olympic 1−0 away at the Deakin Stadium in Canberra.[3]

Following restructuring within Football Queensland competitions, the regional pyramids would be connected directly together to form a variety of streamline state conferences beginning in the 2022 season.[4] As the 2021 Gold Coast Premier League premiers, the club defeated Sunshine Coast premiers Nambour Yandina United 4−1 and Brisbane Premier League premiers Bayside United 8−2 in the Football Queensland Premier League 2 play-offs to earn promotion into the competition.[5]

List of seasons

Season League FFA Cup / Australia Cup
Division (tier) Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Finals Series
2009 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 22 7 4 11 52 39 13 25 7th DNQ
2010 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 22 7 1 14 32 54 −22 22 9th DNQ
2011 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 22 0 1 21 11 103 −92 1 12th ↓ DNQ
2012 Men's Coast League 1 (2) 18 8 3 7 49 45 4 27 5th DNQ
2013 Men's Coast League 1 (2) 21 16 1 4 60 24 36 49 1st ↑ Champions
2014 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 21 7 5 9 41 47 −6 26 6th DNQ DNQ
2015 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 21 9 6 6 53 39 14 33 3rd Preliminary final Second round
2016 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 21 11 7 3 46 25 21 40 2nd Champions Round of 32
2017 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 21 14 2 5 51 25 26 44 3rd Semi-final Fourth round
2018 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 18 9 4 5 38 18 20 31 4th Runner-up Third round
2019 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 21 14 2 5 80 27 53 44 2nd Runner-up Seventh round
2020 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 14 10 4 0 56 16 40 34 1st Champions Third round[lower-alpha 1]
2021 Gold Coast Premier League (1) 18 13 3 2 80 14 66 42 1st ↑ Semi-finals Sixth round
2022 Football Queensland Premier League 2 (3) 22 17 4 1 85 33 52 55 1st ↑ Champions Fourth round
Key: Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ / Qualified Relegated ↓

The tiers in the above table is the level according to the Football Queensland South Coast zone system, Sources:[6][7]

Honours

Football Queensland

Football Queensland South Coast

  • FQPL 4 − South Coast / Men's Coast League 1 / Division 1 (second tier)
    • Premiership
      • Winners (1): 2013
    • Championship
      • Winners (1): 2013

Notes

  1. ↑ 2020 FFA Cup edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

References

  1. ↑ Club History
  2. ↑ "Queensland entrants confirmed". 12 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Canberra Olympic vs Surfers Paradise Apollo, FFA Cup, Round of 32, 3rd Aug 2016". FFA Cup. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "FQ Declaration of Leagues in the 2022 SEQ Conference". Football Queensland. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bayside United face Surfers Paradise Apollo in FQPL 2 Play-Off Final". Football Queensland. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Queensland - Past Seasons Final Tables and Results". Socceraust.
  7. ↑ "Surfers Paradise Apollo FC". Queensland Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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