Queen of the South F.C.
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| Full name | Queen of the South Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Doonhamers, Queens, QoS |
| Founded | March 1919 |
| Ground | Palmerston Park, Dumfries, Scotland |
| Capacity | 8,690 |
| Chairman | Billy Hewitson |
| Manager | Gary Naysmith |
| League | Scottish Championship |
| 2015–16 | Scottish Championship, 7th |
| Website | www |
Queen of the South Football Club are a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish Championship, in the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers but are usually referred to as Queens or QoS. Their home ground since their formation has been Palmerston Park.
The club's national honours include winning the Division B Championship in season 1950–51, the Second Division Championship in season 2001–02 and in season 2012–13 and also the Scottish Challenge Cup in season 2002–03 and in season 2012–13. Queens led Scotland's top division up until New Year in season 1953–54 and the club's highest finish in Scotland's top division was fourth in season 1933–34. The club reached their first major cup final in 2008 when they reached the final of the Scottish Cup, where they were runners-up to Rangers. Gary Naysmith is the current club manager, having been appointed on 1 December 2016 and John Rankin is the current club captain, having been appointed on 7 January 2017.
Robbie Neilson, the current manager of MK Dons, said about Queens from his loan period at the club in 2002: "It's a well-run club and a real family club with a good spirit about the place."
Marc Horne wrote in The Scotsman following Queens' appearance in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final: "In the Palmerston Park club's songbook, it is clear there is no room for songs which feature religion, violent vendettas or centuries-old battles that took place in other lands."
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