Maroochydore Football Club

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.

Maroochydore Roos
Names
Full name	Maroochydore Australian Football Club
Nickname(s)	Roos
Club song	"Out we come, out we come, out we come to play!"
2024 season
Club details
Founded	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Colours
Competition	QAFL
President	Matt Bury
Coach	Steve Wildschut (QAFL) Leigh Redpath (QAFLW)
Captain(s)	Josh Govan (QAFL) Ellen Hopkins (QAFLW)
Premierships	Men's 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 Women's QWAFA: 2016
Ground(s)	Maroochydore Multisports Complex (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
Home Away
Other information
Official website	maroochydoreroos.com

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

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

Maroochydore Roos

Senior list						New Players		Coaching staff
1 Sam McKenzie  2 Jake Warren  3 Benjamin Thomas  4 Fraser Cole  5 Mitchell Habgood  6 Jack Taylor  7 Lachlan Robinson  8 Jordan Daniel  9 Jackson Bury 10 Mitchel Scholard 12 Joshua Govan (c) 13 Thomas Holt 15 Hamish Govan 17 Lochie Laing 18 Lukas Kangur 19 Zac Stone		20 Mark Nielsen 21 Brodi Finn 22 Alex Jacobs 23 Sam McLachlan 24 Tom O'Leary 28 Lochie O'Toole 29 Jack Powell 30 Daniel Fleming 31 Ben Kethro 32 Corey Bakes 34 Hayden Smoothy 37 Jy Bennett 38 Bailey Hahn 41 Caleb Silva 44 Jesse Malthouse 45 Brent Pearson		49 Bradley Williams 51 Damon Eastwell 52 Riley Matheson 54 Hunter Moore 55 Sam Butler 57 James Puschmann 64 Harrison Drew		-- Josh Wagner -- Jack Lang -- Ben Sloane -- Liam Jacka -- Darren Tanti -- Isaac Carroll -- Max McDonald -- Ty Gallop -- Riley McMillan -- Harrison Kerr		Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

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–present)
• Maggie Harmer – Brisbane Lions (2022)
• Mikayla Pauga – Brisbane Lions (2022–2023), Greater Western Sydney (2024-present)
• Bella Smith – Brisbane Lions (2022–2023), Geelong (2024-present)
• Kiara Hillier – Brisbane Lions (2022–2023), Sydney (2024-present)
• Brianna McFarlane - Western Bulldogs (2023-2024)
• Sophie Peters - Brisbane Lions (2024-present)
• Indiana Williams - Brisbane Lions (2024-present)
• Lilly Baker - Brisbane Lions (2025-present)