{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football club | ground = Raymond Park | capacity = | season = 2023 | nickname = KPR, Pineapple Rovers, The Piney Boys, The Piney Girls | clubname = Kangaroo Point Rovers | image = | image_size = 275px | fullname = Kangaroo Point Rovers Football Club | founded = {{Start date and age|1886}}, as ''Pineapple Rovers''<ref name="HOAFIBQ">History of association football in Brisbane, Queensland</ref><br/>{{Start date and years ago|1996|df=yes}} as ''Pineapple Rovers Soccer FC'' | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = Sean Grady | league = Football Queensland Premier League 5 − Metro | website = https://www.kangaroopointrovers.com.au/ | chairman = Steve Silvester | chrtitle = Club President | position = 4th (GF Champions) | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _black | leftarm1 = FFF033 | body1 = FFEC00 | rightarm1 = FFF033 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 6CBB3C | body2 = 6CBB3C | rightarm2 = 6CBB3C | shorts2 = | socks2 = 6CBB3C }} thumb|Pineapple Rovers Soccer Club excursion on the river, ca. 1918 '''Kangaroo Point Rovers FC''' is an Australian soccer club from Brisbane, Queensland. It was formed in 1996 and currently competes in Division 5 of the Football Queensland Premier League - Metro.<ref name="KPRFCH">{{cite web | url=http://www.kangaroopointrovers.com.au/about| title=About Us | work=Kangaroo Point Rovers FC official website | access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref>
==History== The club was formed as '''Pineapple Rovers Soccer Football Club''' in 1996.<ref name="KPRFCH" /> The club is a reincarnation of the original Pineapple Rovers, which was one of the earliest soccer clubs in Queensland. This earlier Pineapple Rovers club won Brisbane Division 1 premierships in 1919, 1924, and 1925 before merging with Shafston Rovers in 1938 to form Eastern Suburbs FC.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://old.thegapchessclub.org.au/qbst/9_current_clubs/eastern_suburbs.htm#pineapple_rovers| title=Pineapple Rovers| work=Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables| access-date=26 May 2018}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38722464 |title=SOCCER CLUBS AMALGAMATE |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=1618 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 November 1938 |access-date=16 August 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The current club first entered Football Queensland Metro competition in 2001 in Division 2, then the fourth tier of Brisbane's football system. The following season, the club won its first honours, defeating Clairvaux FC 2–1 in the Division 3 Grand Final.<ref name="KPRFC">{{cite web | url=http://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/9_current_clubs/kangaroo_point_rovers.htm| title=Kangaroo Point Rovers FC | work=Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables | access-date=10 August 2018}}</ref>
In 2005 the club was renamed '''Kangaroo Point Rovers FC''' after relocating to its current ground at Raymond Park in Kangaroo Point.<ref name="KPRFCH" /> The newly renamed club won the Metropolitan League Division 1 Grand Final in 2006 and promotion to Premier Division 2. Kangaroo Point Rovers remained in this division for six seasons until finishing last in 2012 and being relegated to Capital League 3.<ref name="KPRFC" />
The club bounced back immediately, finishing atop Capital League 3 in 2013 and winning the Grand Final 2–1 over Redcliffe PCYC.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2013/QLD/Div3/fixtures.html| title=Brisbane Capital League Division Three 2013 Fixtures/Results | work=socceraust.co.uk website | access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref> KPR then had its best-ever cup run in the 2014 Canale Cup (which doubled as the 2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds), winning through four consecutive rounds until losing to Peninsula Power in the fifth round.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2014/QLD/Cup/fixtures.html| title= Brisbane Canale Cup 2014 Fixtures/Results | work=socceraust.co.uk website | access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref>
The club's cup form was not replicated in 2014 Capital League 2 and it was relegated after finishing in 10th place. A further relegation in 2015 sent Kangaroo Point Rovers FC compete to Capital League 4.<ref name="KPRFC" />
thumb|1st team pose for a photo in heritage kit before taking the field to face Bardon Latrobe. August 2018
thumb|The Capital 4 Grand Final winning squad.
==Honours== *Brisbane Division 3 **Champions: 2002 *Brisbane Metro League 1 **Champions: 2006 *Capital League 2/Football Queensland Premier League 5 − Metro **Champions: 2023 *Capital League 3 **Premiers: 2013 **Champions: 2013 *Capital League 4 **Champions: 2017
==Recent seasons== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;width:95%; text-align:center" ! rowspan=2 width=3%|Season ! rowspan=1 colspan=11 width=28%|League ! rowspan=2 width=6%|FFA Cup |- ! width=9%|Division (tier) ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals scored}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|GD|Goals difference}} ! width=2%|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! width=2%|Position ! width=5%|Finals Series |- |2008||Premier Division 2 (5) ||22||7||3||12||29||44||-15||'''24'''||'''9th'''||DNQ||rowspan=6|''Not yet founded'' |- |2009||Premier Division 2 (5) ||22||6||8||8||48||54||-6||'''26'''||'''9th'''|| DNQ |- |2010||Premier Division 2 (5) ||22||6||2||14||33||66||-33||'''20'''||'''9th'''|| DNQ |- |2011||Premier Division 2 (5) ||26||7||3||16||26||56||-30||'''24'''||'''12th'''|| DNQ |- |2012||Premier Division 2 (5) ||22||2||2||18||29||84||-55||'''8'''||bgcolor=pink|'''12th ↓'''|| DNQ |- |2013 |Capital League 3 (6) ||20||16||1||3||92||23||69||'''49'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st ↑'''|| bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |2014 |Capital League 2 (5) ||22||4||2||16||26||68||-42||'''14'''||bgcolor=pink|'''10th ↓'''||DNQ||Preliminary Round 4 |- |2015 |Capital League 3 (6) ||22||5||0||17||29||64||-35||'''15'''||bgcolor=pink|'''11th ↓'''||DNQ||Preliminary Round 2 |-
|2016 |Capital League 4 (7) ||24||9||2||13||43||65||-22||'''29'''||'''8th'''||DNQ||Preliminary Round 2 |- |2017 |Capital League 4 (7) |16 |12 |1 |3 |39 |13 |26 |'''37''' |'''3rd''' |bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |Preliminary Round 2 |- |2018 |Capital League 2 (6) |20 |7 |3 |10 |37 |51 | -14 |'''24''' |'''8th''' |DNQ |Preliminary Round 2 |- |2019 |Capital League 2 (6) |22 |11 |6 |5 |38 |35 |3 |39 |'''4th''' |Preliminary Final |Preliminary Round 3 |} <small>Source:<ref name="KPRFC" /></small>
{| class="wikitable" |- | style="background:Silver;"|<small>'''Key:'''</small> | style="background:Gold;"|<small>Premiers / Champions</small> | style="background:PaleGreen;"|<small>Promoted ↑</small> | style="background:Pink;"|<small>Relegated ↓</small> |}
''The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website| http://www.kangaroopointrovers.com.au/}}
{{Football Queensland Premier League – Metro}} {{AUS fb state Qld}} {{AUS fb state Qld Brisbane}}
Category:Soccer clubs in Brisbane Category:Men's soccer clubs in Australia Category:Football Queensland Premier League – Metro Category:Association football clubs established in 2005 Category:2005 establishments in Australia Category:Kangaroo Point, Queensland