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.Roos go own way by Mark Bode on Sunshine Coast Daily, 11 April 2012
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.
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.
Recent season results
Men's Season Division Result No. of teams in division 2011 AFLQ Premier Division 10th 11 2012 SEQAFL Division 1 8th 11 2013 SEQAFL Division 1 8th 12 2014 QFA North 4th 8 2015 QFA North 2nd 7 2016 QFA North 2nd 6 2017 QFA Division 1 Premiers 10 2018 QFA Division 1 Premiers 10 2019 QFA Division 1 2nd 9 2020 QAFL 5th 9 2021 QAFL 2nd 11 2022 QAFL 7th 12 2023 QAFL 8th 12 2024 QAFL 7th 12 2025 QAFL 13
Women's Season Division Result No. of teams in division 2016 QWAFA Premiers 13 2017 QWAFL 6th 7 2018 QWAFL 7th 7 2019 QAFLW 4th 8 2020 QAFLW 4th 8 2021 QAFLW 3rd 8 2022 QAFLW 4th 8 2023 QAFLW 7th 8 2024 QAFLW 7th 8 2025 QAFLW 10
Premiers
Men's Sunshine Coast AFL (11): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989 Brisbane AFL (4): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 QFA Division 1 (2): 2017, 2018
Women's QWAFA (1): 2016
Current squad
AFL players from Maroochydore
AFL Nathan Clarke – Brisbane Lions (2000–2002) Josh Drummond – Brisbane Lions (2005–2012) Noah Cumberland – Richmond (2020–2024) Carter Michael – Brisbane Lions (2022–2024) Ty Gallop - Brisbane Lions (2025-present)
AFLW Shannon Campbell – Brisbane Lions (2017–present) Tahlia Randall – Brisbane Lions (2017–2018), North Melbourne (2019–present) Belle Dawes – Brisbane Lions (2020–present) Lily Postlethwaite – Brisbane Lions (2020–present) Kate Surman – Gold Coast (2020–2022), Port Adelaide (2022), Geelong (2023-present) Jacqueline Dupuy – Gold Coast (2022 S6-2025) Hawthorn (2026-present) Maggie Harmer – Brisbane Lions (2022 S6) Mikayla Pauga – Brisbane Lions (2022 S6–2023), Greater Western Sydney (2024-present) Bella Smith – Brisbane Lions (2022 S6–2023), Geelong (2024-present) Kiara Hillier – Brisbane Lions (2022 S7–2023), Sydney (2024-present) Brianna McFarlane - Western Bulldogs (2023-2024) Sophie Peters - Brisbane Lions (2024-present) Indiana Williams - Brisbane Lions (2024-2025) Lilly Baker - Brisbane Lions (2025-present)
References
External links Official website