Queen's University Association Football Club, referred to simply as Queen's is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. Queen's AFC is associated with Queen's University Belfast.

Queen's University also have an affiliated football team known as Queen's Grads F.C. They were founded in 1973. Queen's Grads have teams registered in the Northern Amateur Football League and the Down Area Winter Football League. QUB AFC also registered a reserves team in the NAFL.

History

The club, founded in 1910, a founder member of the Irish League B Division, is affiliated to Queen's University Belfast, and plays home matches at the newly built Arena at the Queen's University sports grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast - also known as "the Dub".

From 2003 to 2011, the club played its home matches at Newforge Lane, the home of PSNI F.C., while the new stadium at the Dub was being constructed.

The team play in white shirts and black shorts/socks. The away kit is all blue.

The university allows for a 25% non association with regards to playing staff whilst the other 75% are required to have studied, or be studying, at Queen's University Belfast.

On the 4 January 2020, Queens University recorded their greatest win in their history by defeating Linfield by two goals to one in the Irish Cup. Shayne Lavery cancelled out Marc McKenna's opener for Queen's and Jonah Mitchell scored the winner halfway through the second half.

Current squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK NIR Neil Shields 2 DF NIR Jack Ovens (on loan from Portadown) 3 DF NIR Adam Robinson 4 MF NIR Adam Green 5 DF NIR Matthew McManus 6 FW NIR Marc McKenna 7 FW NIR Chris Middleton 8 MF NIR Ben Mulgrew 9 MF NIR Matthew Hughes 10 MF NIR Ronan YoungNo. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF NIR James Clarke 12 FW NIR Angus Youngson 13 MF NIR Eoin Brown 14 FW NIR Lorcan McIlroy 15 DF NIR Adam Calvert 16 FW NIR Leon Bonnes 17 FW NIR Ciaran O'Hare 28 GK NIR Conan Doherty 36 GK NIR Andrew Gawne 49 FW NIR Charlie Chapman (on loan from Linfield)
1GKNIRNeil Shields
2DFNIRJack Ovens (on loan from Portadown)
3DFNIRAdam Robinson
4MFNIRAdam Green
5DFNIRMatthew McManus
6FWNIRMarc McKenna
7FWNIRChris Middleton
8MFNIRBen Mulgrew
9MFNIRMatthew Hughes
10MFNIRRonan Young
No.Pos.NationPlayer
11MFNIRJames Clarke
12FWNIRAngus Youngson
13MFNIREoin Brown
14FWNIRLorcan McIlroy
15DFNIRAdam Calvert
16FWNIRLeon Bonnes
17FWNIRCiaran O'Hare
28GKNIRConan Doherty
36GKNIRAndrew Gawne
49FWNIRCharlie Chapman (on loan from Linfield)

Honours

Intermediate honours

Junior honours

  • Collingwood Cup: 13+ 1920, 1947, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985 See Note 1
  • ^1 The records for the 1920s and 1930s Collingwood Cup are a bit vague so the exact number of wins for QUB is uncertain.

Queens Grads FC honours

Northern Amateur Football League

  • Division 3C 2003/4
  • Division 3D 1995/6
  • Division 2B 2008/9
  • Cochrane Corry Cup 1995/6

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