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| Full name | Moreton City Excelsior Football Club |
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| Nicknames | Excelsior, Jets |
| Founded | 1963 (1963) as Albany Creek Excelsior FC 2012 (2012) as Moreton Bay United FC 2023 (2023) as Moreton City Excelsior FC |
| Ground | Wolter Park, Albany Creek Perry Park (Championship) |
| Capacity | 2,000 5,000 (Championship) |
| Manager | Cameron Millar |
| League | NPL Queensland |
| 2025 | 1st of 12 (premiers) |
| Website | https://www.moretoncityexcelsiorfc.com/ |
Moreton City Excelsior FC (formerly Moreton Bay United FC) is an Australian soccer club located in the northern Brisbane suburb of Albany Creek and representing the City of Moreton Bay of Queensland.
The club resulted from a merger in 2023 between Moreton Bay United (formed in 2012) and Albany Creek Excelsior FC (formed in 1963), and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland.[1] the former Albany Creek team is now being considered the Moreton City Excelsior 'Reserves' side, competing in the Brisbane Premier League.
History
Moreton Bay United FC was established in 2012 with the aim of joining the new National Premier Leagues Queensland.[2] The club was among the 12 successful applicants selected to compete in the inaugural 2013 season of NPL Queensland.[3]
The club has always been associated with the Albany Creek Excelsior club, with the two clubs share a home ground at Wolter Park, Albany Creek. In its initial season of competition, Albany Creek players supplied between 50% and 80% of the players in Moreton Bay United's junior teams.[4]
Moreton Bay United's most successful season to date has been the 2015 season when the club narrowly finished top of the NPL Queensland ladder, winning the premiership on goal difference ahead of Brisbane Strikers in a title race that went down to the last day of the season.[5] Moreton Bay United went on to beat Brisbane Strikers 2–1 in the grand final to become champions.[6] The club qualified for the 2015 National Premier Leagues finals, beating Edgeworth Eagles 3–1 in the quarter-finals before losing 2–1 to eventual champions Blacktown City in the semi-finals.
In 2017, Moreton Bay United reached the Round of 32 stage of the FFA Cup for the first time after a 4–2 win over Olympic FC in the final preliminary round.[7] The club went on to defeat Broadmeadow Magic 4–2 in extra time in the Round of 32,[8] but were then knocked out 1–0 in extra time by Gold Coast City in the Round of 16.[9] In the 2017 NPL Queensland season Moreton Bay United scraped into the final four on the last day of the regular season, then won their semi-final 3–1 against premiers Brisbane Strikers, but narrowly lost the grand final 2–1 to Western Pride after conceding a goal in the 90th minute.[10]
In 2025 they will compete in the inaugural Australian Championship, after becoming Queensland Premiers in the regular season.
Players
Current squad
- As of 8 October 2025[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Seasons
| Season | As Moreton Bay United FC | |||||||||||||
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| Division (tier) League | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Queensland Finals | NPL Finals | FFA Cup | ||
| 2013 | NPL Queensland (2) | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 36 | 6th | DNQ | DNQ | Not yet founded | |
| 2014 | NPL Queensland (2) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 53 | 25 | 40 | 5th | DNQ | DNQ | Preliminary Round 4 | |
| 2015 | NPL Queensland (2) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 29 | 47 | 1st | Champions | Semi-final | Preliminary Round 6 | |
| 2016 | NPL Queensland (2) | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 36 | 7th | DNQ | DNQ | Preliminary Round 6 | |
| 2017 | NPL Queensland (2) | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 41 | 4th | Runner-up | DNQ | Round of 16 | |
| 2023 | NPL Queensland | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 19 | 38 | 2nd | Runner-up | |||
| As Moreton City Excelsior FC | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | NPL Queensland | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 26 | 34 | 49 | 2nd | Runner-up | |||
| 2025 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 23 | 25 | 47 | 1st | |||||
| 2025 | Australian Championship | |||||||||||||
Source:[12]
| Key: | Premiers / Champions | Promoted ↑ | Relegated ↓ |
The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system
Honours
- Premiers: 2015, 2025
- Champions: 2015
See also
References
- ^ "HISTORY OF MCE FC". Moreton City Excelsior FC official website. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "History of the club". Moreton Bay United FC website. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Brisbane City, Brisbane Strikers and Moreton Bay United granted APL licences". North-West News, Quest Newspapers. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Meet our club associates". Moreton Bay United FC website. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Roar legend says NPL Queensland title race between Moreton Bay United and Brisbane Strikers may be decided by pressure test". The Courier-Mail. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Queensland National Premier League 2015 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Jets Down Olympic To Progress To Round Of 32". Football Brisbane website. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ Marco Monteverde (2 August 2017). "FFA Cup: Moreton Bay United beat Broadmeadow Magic in extra-time". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ Marco Monteverde (23 August 2017). "Gold Coast City knocks fellow NPL club Moreton Bay United out of FFA Cup". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ Blake Birt (3 September 2017). "Pride Seal First Silverware After Late Late Winner". sportstg.com.
- ^ "Inaugural Australian Championship squads announced". Australian Championship. Football Australia. 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Moreton Bay United FC". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
External links
- Official website
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