Please note – as of 20th April 2023, we have NO vacancies in any of our Junior age groups.
Registrations for next season (2024) will be open in JANUARY 2024.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL SEASON:
The Junior Football season starts with registration in January, and training begins in late February/early March. The fixture season starts in April, and concludes in mid-September.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
All players are required to self-register online with Football Australia (FA) – the registration system will be open from Monday 9 January 2023. Details of the registration process are below (scroll down to the foot of the page).
AGE GROUPS:
There are two levels of football played at Lions – Advanced Junior Leagues (Football Queensland Academy) and Community Football teams.
All teams in the Advanced Junior FQA Leagues have been selected, and there are no vacancies at present.
At the Community Football level, junior players are divided into three age groups:
- KICKOFF 3 to 5 years
- MINIROOS 5 to 12 years
- METRO DIVISIONAL 13 to 18 years
- Information on the Kickoff program will be available in March 2023 – this training-only program will start in late April/early May (two separate programs, one in Term 2 and one in Term 3).
- Registration for Miniroos age group teams will be accepted from January 2023 until teams are full.
- For Metro Divisional teams (Div 1, Div 2 etc) – our allocations for 2023 in the Metro South divisions are yet to be confirmed by Football Queensland. Trials for our divisional teams will be run at the start of training in 2023; players will be allocated when training starts (mid-February, dates to be confirmed on registration)
TRAINING/GAMES:
- Kickoff players (training only program) train on Saturday mornings – no games
- Under 6 to Under 9 Miniroos club teams train one evening per week; games on Saturday mornings
- Under 10 to Under 12 Miniroos club teams train two evenings per week; games on Saturday mornings
- Under 13 to Under 18 Metro Divisional teams train two evenings per week; games usually on Sundays.
Training days/times will be confirmed in early 2023.
2023 FEES:
Registration Fees for the 2023 season will be as follows:
- Kickoff (3 to 5 yrs) TO BE ADVISED
- MiniRoos (5 to 13 yrs) $650 (includes $100 Volunteer Levy)
- Metro Divisional Teams (14 to 18 yrs) $750 (includes $100 Volunteer Levy)
Registration Fees for Miniroos & Metro Divisional teams include the following:
- A suitably qualified coach
- All Referee/Match Fees
- Training kit (Shirt, Shorts, Socks)
- Club Shirt
- Boot bag
- Water bottle
- Ball (used during the season by coaches/teams, distributed to players at the end of the season)
- Presentation Day (including trophies and team photo)
- Sports Medicine personnel at all home games
- Player Insurance (FQ)
- Affiliation Fees to Associations (FA/FQ)
- Field Maintenance, Electricity/Water etc.
- Membership to Licensed Club for parents.
- Volunteer Levy of $100 (refunded at the end of the season if 4 hours of time is volunteered)
2023 REGISTRATION PROCESS:
Please follow these instructions to register as a player for the 2023 season.
Create a Football Account/Log in to your Football Account:
- Go to Football Australia’s website: https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/football-account
- Click on “Create an account now or log in”
- Login using your Email Address and Password:
Email address is the same email address used when you Created your Football Account
Registering to Lions Football Club Ltd:
After logging into your own Football account, go to www.playfootball.com.au
- Click on “Where can I Play?”
- Select the age group the Participant fits (Miniroos Club or Youth Football)
- Search for a suburb, postcode or a club (4077 to locate our club)
- Select the club name (LIONS FOOTBALL CLUB LTD)
- Club Details and Programs are available for Participants
- Select “Register Now”
- Welcome to Play Football Online Registration, click on “Get Started”
- Select participant you are Registering (myself, Linked Person or New Person) and Continue
- Select Product – example: Lions U6; products named “FQ Academy Leagues” are for preselected players ONLY.
- Product details- add/change, and then click “Continue”
- Update the Player’s personal and contact details, and then click “Continue”
- Profile Photo “Select Profile Image”, Browse from your device, add a photo, and then click “Continue”
- International Transfer Clearance – Answer question accordingly to proceed
- Review your order, if you need to modify your product selection or details, select ’Modify’ in the appropriate section to do so
Acknowledging Terms and Conditions
- Click on the ‘Check box’ Read and Acknowledge all Terms and Conditions by selecting Accept All T&C’s displayed and then click “Continue”
Payment Options Screen
- Choose either “Pay Online”, or “Pay Offline”, to complete the payment for your registration. You will receive an invoice to the email address listed on the registrants Registration
- Confirmation message, select “finished” or “Perform another Registration”
