Maroochydore Football Club Explained

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Fullname:Maroochydore Australian Football Club
Nicknames:Roos
League:QFA Division 1
Ground:Maroochydore Multisports Complex
Capacity:5,000
Clubsong:"Out we come, out we come, out we come to play!"
President:Craig Scrase
Coach:Roger Delaney
Captain:James Page and Dave Hulsman
Season:2018
Position:Premiers
Premierships:Sunshine Coast AFL

1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989
Brisbane AFL: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
QFA Division 1

2017, 2018

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Url:maroochydoreroos.com

Maroochydore Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club based at Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland which competes in AFL Queensland leagues in South East Queensland. Their men's team have been playing in the QAFL since 2020 and their women's team have been playing in the QAFLW since 2017.

History

Origins

The Maroochydore Australian Football Club was formed to compete in the Sunshine Coast Australian Football League. This was an amateur competition that was formed in 1970 and continued until 1992. Other foundation clubs were Noosa and Nambour. In 1993, the clubs from the competition played in the Brisbane Australian Football League, and later split up into various AFL South Queensland Divisions.[1]

Queensland League

In 1998 Maroochydore was elevated to the major state competition in Queensland, in 32 matches Maroochydore won five. At the end of 1999 the Senior club was forced to fold and many players moved to the Northern Eagles.

Merger & demerger

In 2004 Maroochydore had a desire to play in the Pineapple Hotel Cup, to overcome a lack of competitiveness the club opted to merge with the North Shore Jets. Seven years after Maroochydore and Northshore amalgamated for mutual gain in the senior ranks, the former has severed the partnership and gone it alone.[1] The decision to de-amalgamate was reached when Maroochydore held a special general meeting on 29 March. The new entity would be known as the Maroochydore Australian Football Club, or the Roos. That was the name of the club when it folded at the end of the 1999 season, before its rebirth as Maroochy Northshore for the start of the 2005 season. Northshore would be known as the Northshore Jets Australian Football Club.[1]

Recent season results

Men's

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2011AFLQ Premier Division10th11
2012SEQAFL Division 18th11
2013SEQAFL Division 18th12
2014QFA North4th8
2015QFA North2nd7
2016QFA North2nd6
2017QFA Division 1Premiers10
2018QFA Division 1Premiers10
2019QFA Division 12nd9
2020QAFL5th9
2021QAFL2nd11
2022QAFL7th12

Women's

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2016QWAFAPremiers13
2017QWAFL6th7
2018QWAFL7th7
2019QAFLW4th8
2020QAFLW4th8
2021QAFLW3rd8
2022QAFLW4th8

Premiers

Men's

Women's

Current squad

AFL players from Maroochydore

AFL

AFLW

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/04/11/roos-go-own-way-craig-scrase/ Roos go own way