| Season: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Football Queensland 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 with its senior men’s competition consisting of five divisions.
The NPL Queensland premiers qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.
| Competition: | NPL Queensland |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Redlands United |
| Premiers: | Brisbane Strikers |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 469 |
| League Topscorer: | Ben Litfin (19 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Gold Coast City 7–1 SW Qld Thunder (16 April 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Northern Fury FC 1–6 (twice) vs Olympic FC (4 June 2016), vs Brisbane Strikers (13 August 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | FNQ Heat 4–5 Olympic FC (28 May 2016) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
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.[1] [2]
| Competition: | Brisbane Premier League |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Lions FC |
| Relegated: | UQ FC, North Pine |
| League Topscorer: | Ahamad Azzawi (22 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Capalaba 8–0 North Star (22 May 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | North Star 0–5 Mitchelton (22 May 2016) Logan Lightning 0–5 Peninsula Power (30 July 2016) Logan Lightning 0–5 Mitchelton (20 August 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | Capalaba 4–6 Holland Park Hawks (11 June 2016) |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 502 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Brisbane Premier League was the 34th edition of the Brisbane Premier League which has been a second level domestic association football competition in Queensland since the Queensland State League was formed in 2008.[3] 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.[4]
| Competition: | Capital League 1 |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Souths United |
| Promoted: | Grange Thistle |
| Relegated: | Centenary Stormers, Pine Rivers United |
| League Topscorer: | Harun Omerovic (23 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Souths United 12–1 Moggill (13 August 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Pine Rivers United 0–11 Taringa Rovers (13 August 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | Souths United 12–1 Moggill (13 August 2016) |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 510 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Capital League 1 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 1 as the third level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.
| Competition: | Capital League 2 |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Acacia Ridge |
| Premiers: | The Gap |
| Promoted: | Acacia Ridge |
| Relegated: | Slacks Creek, Redcliffe PCYC |
| League Topscorer: | Juan Jaimes (33 goals) Ryuhei Nose (33 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | The Gap 14–0 Park Ridge (2 April 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Redcliffe PCYC 1–9 Acacia Ridge (16 April 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | The Gap 14–0 Park Ridge (2 April 2016) |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 584 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Capital League 2 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 2 as the fourth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.
| Competition: | Capital League 3 |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Virginia United |
| Premiers: | Virginia United |
| Promoted: | Toowong |
| Relegated: | Mooroondu, Ridge Hills United |
| League Topscorer: | Michael Geddes (22 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Toowong 7–0 Bardon Latrobe (23 July 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Clairvaux 1–7 Virginia United (18 June 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | Clairvaux 3–8 Toowong (19 February 2016) |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 527 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Capital League 3 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 3 as the fifth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.
| Competition: | Capital League 4 |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Caboolture Sports |
| Premiers: | St. George Willawong |
| Promoted: | Caboolture Sports |
| League Topscorer: | Dane Forsyth (49 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Samford Rangers 17–1 Greenbank (9 July 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Greenbank 0–20 Caboolture (23 April 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | Greenbank 0–20 Caboolture (23 April 2016) |
| Matches: | 156 |
| Total Goals: | 883 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Capital League 4 season was the fourth edition of the Capital League 4 as the sixth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 13 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 24 matches.
| Competition: | Women's NPL Queensland |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | The Gap |
| Premiers: | The Gap |
| Matches: | 110 |
| Total Goals: | 587 |
| League Topscorer: | Kirsten Jamieson (61 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Eastern Suburbs 13–0 (twice) vs Peninsula Power (30 May 2016) vs Redlands United (10 June 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Peninsula Power 1–15 Olympic FC (23 April 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | Peninsula Power 1–15 Olympic FC (23 April 2016) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Women's NPL Queensland season was the second edition of the Women's NPL Queensland as the top level domestic football of women's competition in Queensland. 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.[5]
Brisbane-based soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Canale Cup. Clubs entered from the Brisbane Premier League, 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 Fourth round qualified to the fifth round of the Canale Cup competition.[6]
This knockout competition was won by Mitchelton FC.
Queensland-based soccer clubs competed in 2016 in the preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. The four winners of Seventh Round qualified for the final rounds of the FFA Cup; Far North Queensland FC (representing North Queensland), Surfers Paradise Apollo (representing South Queensland), with Brisbane Strikers and Redlands United representing Brisbane. In addition, A-League club Brisbane Roar qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.