Brisbane Knights Football Club

After relegation from the Capital League 1 in 2013, the Knights managed immediate promotion in 2014, finishing runners up in the Capital League 2. In 2015, Knights finished fifth in League 1. Brisbane Knights hosted the 41st annual Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament in October 2015. It was the fourth time the Queensland club hosted the tournament, having previously hosted in 1982 (winning the tournament for the first and only time to date), 1989 and 2001. Melbourne Knights FC took out their sixth title at the tournament. After another mid-table finish in 2016, the Knights finished in third place in League 1 in 2017 and were promoted back to the Brisbane Premier League due to a league re-structure, where Football Queensland Premier League became the new state-wide second tier and the BPL became the third state tier. The Knights finished in the lower half of the BPL table in both 2018 and 2019. In January 2020, it was announced that Gold Coast Knights SC had assumed control of Brisbane Knights Football Club. The COVID-19 pandemic saw the Brisbane Knights field one Men’s Brisbane Premier League squad. All matches were played as away fixtures whilst extensive repairs were conducted to the fields of the Brisbane Knights by their sister club the Gold Coast Knights Football Club. In 2021, the Brisbane Knights re-assumed control with the guidance from the Gold Coast Knights Football Club with teams in the Men’s Brisbane Premier League, Masters Competition and Women’s Brisbane City League. Their home continues to be the Croatian Club Brisbane in Rocklea and in February 2021, the main playing field was re-named the Ivan “Johnny” Mesic Memorial Field, named in honour of one the founders of the Club. In 2022, the Brisbane Knights added a second Masters team and Under 6’s team.