diff --git a/club/api.py b/club/api.py
index 2e59d3e5..9bf7bcad 100644
--- a/club/api.py
+++ b/club/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Annotated
-
-from annotated_types import MinLen
 from django.db.models import Prefetch
+from ninja import Query
 from ninja.security import SessionAuth
 from ninja_extra import ControllerBase, api_controller, paginate, route
 from ninja_extra.pagination import PageNumberPaginationExtra
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ from ninja_extra.schemas import PaginatedResponseSchema
 from api.auth import ApiKeyAuth
 from api.permissions import CanAccessLookup, HasPerm
 from club.models import Club, Membership
-from club.schemas import ClubSchema, SimpleClubSchema
+from club.schemas import ClubSchema, ClubSearchFilterSchema, SimpleClubSchema
 
 
 @api_controller("/club")
@@ -23,8 +21,8 @@ class ClubController(ControllerBase):
         url_name="search_club",
     )
     @paginate(PageNumberPaginationExtra, page_size=50)
-    def search_club(self, search: Annotated[str, MinLen(1)]):
-        return Club.objects.filter(name__icontains=search).values()
+    def search_club(self, filters: Query[ClubSearchFilterSchema]):
+        return filters.filter(Club.objects.all())
 
     @route.get(
         "/{int:club_id}",
diff --git a/club/schemas.py b/club/schemas.py
index b0601af8..5a7ccccb 100644
--- a/club/schemas.py
+++ b/club/schemas.py
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
-from ninja import ModelSchema
+from typing import Annotated
+
+from annotated_types import MinLen
+from django.db.models import Q
+from ninja import Field, FilterSchema, ModelSchema
 
 from club.models import Club, Membership
 from core.schemas import SimpleUserSchema
 
 
+class ClubSearchFilterSchema(FilterSchema):
+    search: Annotated[str, MinLen(1)] | None = Field(None, q="name__icontains")
+    is_active: bool | None = None
+    parent_id: int | None = None
+    parent_name: str | None = Field(None, q="parent__name__icontains")
+    exclude_ids: set[int] | None = None
+
+    def filter_exclude_ids(self, value: set[int] | None):
+        if value is None:
+            return Q()
+        return ~Q(id__in=value)
+
+
 class SimpleClubSchema(ModelSchema):
     class Meta:
         model = Club
diff --git a/club/tests/test_club_controller.py b/club/tests/test_club_controller.py
index 18a3aef1..500dbe6a 100644
--- a/club/tests/test_club_controller.py
+++ b/club/tests/test_club_controller.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 
 import pytest
-from django.test import Client
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+from django.test import Client, TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
 from model_bakery import baker
 from model_bakery.recipe import Recipe
@@ -9,6 +10,54 @@ from pytest_django.asserts import assertNumQueries
 
 from club.models import Club, Membership
 from core.baker_recipes import subscriber_user
+from core.models import Group, Page, User
+
+
+class TestClubSearch(TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        cls.url = reverse("api:search_club")
+        cls.user = baker.make(
+            User, user_permissions=[Permission.objects.get(codename="access_lookup")]
+        )
+        # delete existing clubs to avoid side effect
+        groups = list(
+            Group.objects.exclude(club=None, club_board=None).values_list(
+                "id", flat=True
+            )
+        )
+        Page.objects.exclude(club=None).delete()
+        Club.objects.all().delete()
+        Group.objects.filter(id__in=groups).delete()
+
+        cls.clubs = baker.make(
+            Club,
+            _quantity=5,
+            name=iter(["AE", "ae 1", "Troll", "Dev AE", "pdf"]),
+            is_active=True,
+        )
+
+    def test_inactive_club(self):
+        self.client.force_login(self.user)
+        inactive_ids = {self.clubs[0].id, self.clubs[2].id}
+        Club.objects.filter(id__in=inactive_ids).update(is_active=False)
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, {"is_active": False})
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert {d["id"] for d in response.json()["results"]} == inactive_ids
+
+    def test_excluded_id(self):
+        self.client.force_login(self.user)
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, {"exclude_ids": [self.clubs[1].id]})
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        ids = {d["id"] for d in response.json()["results"]}
+        assert ids == {c.id for c in [self.clubs[0], *self.clubs[2:]]}
+
+    def test_club_search(self):
+        self.client.force_login(self.user)
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, {"search": "AE"})
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        ids = {d["id"] for d in response.json()["results"]}
+        assert ids == {c.id for c in [self.clubs[0], self.clubs[1], self.clubs[3]]}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db