History

Queen’s Football Club was founded in 1910, two years after Queen’s College Belfast became Queen’s University Belfast.

Queen’s, UCD, Trinity College Dublin and University College Galway contested the first Collingwood Cup competition in Dublin in 1914. In the semi-finals, Queen’s defeated Galway 3-1 and UCD overcame Trinity by 5-2. In the final, UCD prevailed by 3 goals to 1 against Queen’s.

The Northern Amateur Football League was founded in 1923 and Queen’s were one of the 16 founder member Clubs.

Queen’s gained a place in the fledgling Irish League “B” division in the early 1950s and they competed in this League until 1996.

There then followed seven seasons in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League before the Club achieved a place in the Irish League second division in the 2003/04 season. Since then Queen’s have progressed to the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) Premier Intermediate League which they won in 2018, thus gaining promotion to the NIFL Championship and Senior football for the first time in the Club’s history.

Other notable achievements in recent years have included reaching the semi-final of the Irish Cup in 2014 and winning the IFA Intermediate Cup in 2018. In January 2020 came an amazing day when Queen’s defeated Linfield in the fifth round of the Irish Cup.

Over the years Queen’s have fielded a number of teams in addition to the first team. In the 1960s and 70s, Queen’s had 5 teams playing in various leagues. That number has reduced in recent years but the Seconds still play in the Northern Amateur Football League.