Albany Creek Excelsior FC
Full nameAlbany Creek Excelsior Football Club
Founded1963
GroundWolter Park, Albany Creek
ManagerSteve Glockner
LeagueFQPL
20236th of 12
WebsiteClub website

Albany Creek Excelsior Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club from Albany Creek, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club was formed in 1963, and currently play in Brisbane Premier League.[1]

History

Albany Creek Excelsior was founded in 1963 by Hec Wolter, the headmaster of Albany Creek Primary School. The early years of the club focussed on providing teams for Brisbane's junior soccer competitions, with an emphasis on the development of local junior players.[1]

The club is first recorded as competing in senior competition in 1977 when it played in Brisbane's Division Seven.[2] The club slowly rose up the ranks and was promoted to Division Two after winning the 1995 Division Three Grand Final against Capalaba. For the next 14 seasons from 1996 to 2009, Albany Creek Excelsior remained at the second tier of Brisbane competition, just one level below the Brisbane Premier League.[2]

In 2007, Albany Creek Excelsior was the largest football club on Brisbane's northside with 63 junior teams, 5 senior squads and over 760 male and female players spanning the junior and senior ranks.[1]

After relegation in 2009, a season when the club failed to win a game,[3] Albany Creek Excelsior bounced back and narrowly missed promotion in 2010 Premier League Two,[4] and achieved the best cup run in their history by reaching the semi-finals of the 2010 Brisbane Premier Cup before being knocked out by Rochedale Rovers.[5][6]

Between 2007 and 2011, the club was able to invest heavily in infrastructure at Wolter Park and the South Pine Sports Complex, thanks to generous donations from supporters of the club together with government financial support. These investments contributed to the club being promoted to the Brisbane Premier League for the first time in 2013, and its associated club Moreton Bay United FC being selected into the National Premier Leagues Queensland.[1]

Albany Creek secured their first Brisbane Premier League Premiership in 2018.[7] They would fall short of the Championship to Grange Thistle losing 5–1 in the grand final.[7] In 2019, Albany Creek would complete the double winning both the Brisbane Premier League Premiership with 52 points and the Championship beating Toowong FC 2–0 in the grand final.[7] In 2022, Albany Creek were promoted to FQPL 2 after winning the 2021 FQPL 3 - Metro Premiership.

Current squad

As of 14 June 2022[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Harrison Royley
2 DF Australia AUS Jay Brindell-South
3 DF Australia AUS Louis Irish
4 DF Australia AUS Sean Lewis
5 MF Japan JPN Yuya Ono
6 MF Australia AUS Steven Snaith
7 MF Australia AUS Ryan Shaughnessy
8 MF Australia AUS Joshua Masters
9 FW Australia AUS Alistair Russell
10 FW Australia AUS Carter Glockner
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Australia AUS Liam Brown
12 MF Australia AUS Dylan Moore
14 MF Australia AUS Matthew Fox
15 MF Australia AUS Nicholas Clark
16 MF Australia AUS Jarod Lancaster
19 MF Australia AUS Ben Hering
21 FW Australia AUS Matthew Sanchez
21 DF Australia AUS Caleb Patterson

Youth

Players from the U23s who have been featured in a first-team matchday squad for ACE in a competitive match

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Australia AUS Kel Neil
- DF Australia AUS Charlie Coster
No. Pos. Nation Player
- FW Australia AUS Santiago Castro Marin
- MF Australia AUS Liam Jordan

Recent Seasons

Season League FFA Cup
Division (tier) Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Finals Series
2008Premier Division 1 (4)2232172067-471112thDNQNot yet founded
2009Premier Division 1 (4)2202201373-60212th ↓DNQ
2010Premier Division 2 (5)221426613328443rdRunners-up
2011Premier Division 2 (5)261457723240472nd ↑Champions
2012Premier Division 1 (4)261745744826551st ↑Semi-Finalist
2013 Brisbane Premier League (3)2270153267-35219thDNQ
2014 Brisbane Premier League (3)2271143556-21228thDNQPreliminary Round 3
2015 Brisbane Premier League (3)2295842348326thDNQPreliminary Round 5
2016 Brisbane Premier League (3)2295844377328thDNQPreliminary Round 4
2017 Brisbane Premier League (3)2295842384325thDNQPreliminary Round 5
2018 Brisbane Premier League (4)221561532330511stRunners-upPreliminary Round 4
2019 Brisbane Premier League (4)221642632043521stChampionsPreliminary Round 4
2020* Brisbane Premier League* (4)161213512130372ndNo Finals Series*Suspended*
2021 FQPL 3 - Metro (4)2219301021984601stRunners-upPreliminary Round 4

Source:[2]

Key: Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

* Shortened season due to COVID-19 pandemic
The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

Honours

  • FQPL 3 − Metro / Brisbane Premier League [9]
    • Premiership
    • Championship
  • Brisbane Premier Division 1 [9]
    • Premiership
      • Winners (1): 2012
  • Brisbane Premier Division 2 [9]
    • Championship
      • Winners (1): 2011
  • Brisbane Division 1 North [9]
    • Championship
      • Winners (1): 1998
  • Brisbane Division 3 [9]
    • Championship
      • Winners (1): 1995
  • Brisbane Division 4 [9]
    • Premiership
      • Winners (1): 1990

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "History of Albany Creek Excelsior FC". Albany Creek Excelsior FC official website. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Albany Creek FC". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Football Brisbane, Season 2009 - Final Tables". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Football Brisbane, Season 2010 - Final Tables". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brisbane Cup Competitions 1921-2016". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane Premier Cup 2010 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Brisbane Premier League Tables 1983 to 2021".
  8. ↑ "Fqpl2 Mens Squad List". Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Albany Creek FC - Queensland Football (Soccer) Tables".

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