| Football Queensland Premier League 4 – Metro Capital League 1 | |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Promotion: | Football Queensland Premier League 3 − Metro |
| Relegation: | Football Queensland Premier League 5 − Metro |
| Levels: | 6 |
| Domest Cup: | Canale Cup Australia Cup |
| Champions: | Brisbane Knights FC (2023) |
| Premiers: | Brisbane Knights FC (2023) |
| Website: | Football Brisbane SportsTG Fixtures & Results |
Capital League 1 is the second tier of men's senior football (soccer) in Brisbane, (5th tier Queensland and Level 6 within Australia). It is administered by Football Brisbane. All clubs participating in Capital League 1 must field two teams, one in first grade, and another in the reserves competition. Clubs in the NPL and Brisbane Premier League cannot field their reserves teams in this division.[1]
The first edition of a second tier league in the Brisbane soccer competition to be widely reported was the newly formed Division 2 in 1921. Seven clubs contested the Division 2 championship in 1921: Blackstone Rovers, Queens Park, Kangaroo Rats, Western Suburbs, Toowong, Bulimba Rangers and Kedron United.[2] Blackstone Rovers, an Ipswich-based club, won the Division 2 premiership after beating Queens Park 1–0 in a play-off after the clubs finished level on points at the end of the regular season.[3]
A second division of the Brisbane soccer competition has been contested continuously since 1921 with the exception of the early 1930s when the Ipswich clubs broke away from the Brisbane competition to form their own league, and during World War 2. When the top clubs split away to form the Queensland Soccer Federation in 1962, enough clubs joined the new body to form a Division One under the new State League. The QSF absorbed the former Brisbane & Ipswich District Football Association clubs in 1964 and the top two divisions were renamed back to Division One and Two in 1965. Since the formation of the Brisbane Premier League in 1983, the Brisbane soccer competition structure has been altered several times. Second tier divisions in the Brisbane competition have been:
From 2003 to 2012 the tier below the Brisbane Premier League was known as Premier Division 1. It operated as a twelve team competition from 2004 to 2009, then expanded to fourteen teams for season 2010, to accommodate clubs returning to the BPL from the now defunct Queensland State League.
Since being renamed Capital League 1 in 2013 in which the competition has returned to a 12 team format.
The regular season consists of 22 rounds with teams playing each other twice in a home and away format. The team which finishes first is crowned as the Premiers of the division.
Following the regular season the top four teams on the table play in a finals series using the following format:
The winner of the Grand Final is declared as the Champions of the division.
At the end of the regular season the top two teams are eligible for promotion to Brisbane Premier League.The bottom two teams at the end of the regular season are relegated to Capital League 2.
The clubs for the 2024 season are shown in the table below:[6]
| Team | Home Ground | Location | Founded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Carina | Carina | 1984 | ||
| 1945 | ||||
| Bowman Park | Bardon | 1916 | ||
| 1975 | ||||
| Compton Park | Woodridge | 2012 | ||
| Bellbowrie Sports Club | Moggill | 1974 | ||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1986 | ||||
| Briggs Road Complex | Ripley | 2018 | ||
| The Gap | Walton Bridge Reserve | The Gap | 1944 | |
| Yeronga | ||||
| Goodna | 1974 |
| Season | Competition | Regular season | Finals series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiers | League Runners-Up | Champions | Score | Finalists | |||
| 1962 | QSF Division 1 | Redbank Dinmore | Grand Final result unknown | ||||
| 1963 | QSF Division 1 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1964 | QSF Division 1 | Unknown | Grand Final result unknown | ||||
| 1965 | Division 2 | 2–1 | |||||
| 1966 | Division 2 | Polonia | 3–1 | ||||
| 1967 | Division 2 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1968 | Division 2 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1969 | Division 2 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1970 | Division 2 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1971 | Division 2 | Mitchelton | 5–2 | ||||
| 1972 | Division 2 | Mount Gravatt | – | Unknown | |||
| 1973 | Division 2 | Southside Eagles | Grand Final result unknown | ||||
| 1974 | Division 2 | Southside Eagles / St Helens United top two | 2–1 | ||||
| 1975 | Division 2 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1976 | Division 2 | Wynnum District | Gold Coast United | – | Unknown | ||
| 1977 | Division 2 | – | |||||
| 1978 | Division 2 | Gold Coast United | Gold Coast United | – | Unknown | ||
| 1979 | Division 2 | Darra United | Grand Final result unknown | ||||
| 1980 | Division 2 | Salisbury | – | Unknown | |||
| 1981 | Division 2 | Goodna and District | No finals series | ||||
| 1982 | Division 2 | Bardon Latrobe Juniors | – | Unknown | |||
| 1983 | Division 1 | Newmarket | – | Unknown | |||
| 1984 | Intermediate League | Valley Trident | – | Unknown | |||
| 1985 | Intermediate League | 3–1 | |||||
| 1986 | Intermediate League | – | |||||
| 1987 | Division 2 | – | |||||
| 1988 | Division 2 | – | Unknown | ||||
| 1989 | Division 2 | Ipswich United | Grand Final result unknown | ||||
| 1990 | Division 2 | Nerang | Brisbane Croatia | Nerang | 3–1 | Brisbane Croatia | |
| 1991 | Division 2 | Lutwyche United | Grand Final result unknown | ||||
| 1992 | Division 2 | Acacia Ridge | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | ||||
| 1993 | Division 2 | Willowburn | Wynnum District | Willowburn | – | Unknown | |
| 1994 | Division 2 | – | Unknown | ||||
| 1995 | Division 2 | Nerang / Beenleigh top two | 2–1 | Nerang | |||
| 1996 | Division 2 | Grand Final result unknown | |||||
| 1997 | Semi-Pro Division 1 North | 4–2 | |||||
| Semi-Pro Division 1 South | 2–1 | ||||||
| 1998 | Semi-Pro Division 1 North | Albany Creek | 3–0 | ||||
| Semi-Pro Division 1 South | 2–1 | ||||||
| 1999 | Semi-Pro Division 1 North | 1–0 | |||||
| Semi-Pro Division 1 South | 2–1 | ||||||
| 2000 | Semi-Pro Division 1 North | No finals series | |||||
| Semi-Pro Division 1 South | Souths United | No finals series | |||||
| 2001 | Semi-Pro Division 1 | 2–0 | |||||
| 2002 | Premier Division 1 | 3–2 | |||||
| 2003 | Premier Division 1 | Mitchelton | 2–0 | ||||
| 2004 | Premier Division 1 | 4–3 | |||||
| 2005 | Premier Division 1 | 3–1 | |||||
| 2006 | Premier Division 1 | Peninsula Power | 1–0 | ||||
| 2007 | Premier Division 1 | Brisbane Olympic | 2–0 | Beenleigh | |||
| 2008 | Premier Division 1 | Capalaba | 3–2 | ||||
| 2009 | Premier Division 1 | 2–1 | |||||
| 2010 | Premier Division 1 | University of Queensland | 3–1 | North Pine | |||
| 2011 | Premier Division 1 | North Star | 3–0 | ||||
| 2012 | Premier Division 1 | Pine Rivers United | 3–1 | ||||
| Capital League 1 | Bayside United | 3–2 | Mount Gravatt | ||||
| Capital League 1 | Taringa Rovers | 1–1 4–2 | Bayside United | ||||
| Capital League 1 | North Pine | 3–0 | North Pine | ||||
| Capital League 1 | Grange Thistle | 0–0 3–2 | Southside Eagles | ||||
| Capital League 1 | North Pine | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | North Pine | ||||
| Capital League 1 | Toowong | 0–0 4–2 | Caboolture Sports | ||||
| Capital League 1 | North Star | 3–2 | St. George Willawong | ||||
Matches from Capital League 1 are irregularly filmed by FBTV. Media outlets in Ipswich and Toowoomba in particular follow the fortunes of their local clubs.