2019–20 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar
2019–20 season
ChairmanRahim Soekasah
ManagerRobbie Fowler
(to 29 June 2020)
Darren Davies & Warren Moon (caretakers)
(from 29 June 2020 to 16 July 2020)
Warren Moon
(from 16 July 2020)
StadiumSuncorp Stadium
A-League4th
A-League FinalsElimination-finals
FFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott McDonald (7)
All: Roy O'Donovan, Scott McDonald (7)
Highest home attendance12,859 vs. Melbourne Victory
(25 October 2019)
Lowest home attendance1,035 vs. Adelaide United
(19 July 2020)
Average home league attendance8,628

The 2019–20 season is Brisbane Roar's 15th participating in the A-League and in the FFA Cup for the 6th time. Brisbane also announced they would split home A-League games between Suncorp Stadium and Dolphin Oval in Redcliffe.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand,[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK New Zealand NZL Max Crocombe
2 DF Australia AUS Scott Neville
3 DF Australia AUS Corey Brown
4 DF Australia AUS Daniel Bowles
5 DF Scotland SCO Tom Aldred (Captain)
6 DF England ENG Macaulay Gillesphey
7 FW New Zealand NZL Jai Ingham
8 MF Australia AUS Danny Kim (on loan from Lions FC)
10 MF Australia AUS Brad Inman
12 MF New Zealand NZL Matthew Ridenton
14 MF Australia AUS George Mells
15 DF Australia AUS Aaron Reardon
19 DF Australia AUS Jack Hingert
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Wales WAL Aaron Amadi-Holloway
21 GK England ENG Jamie Young
22 DF Australia AUS Jake McGing
23 FW Australia AUS Dylan Wenzel-Halls
25 MF Australia AUS Rahmat Akbari
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jay O'Shea
27 DF Australia AUS Kai Trewin (Scholarship)
28 DF Australia AUS Izaack Powell (Scholarship)
29 DF Australia AUS Jordan Courtney-Perkins (Scholarship)
30 FW Australia AUS Mirza Muratovic (Scholarship)
31 GK Australia AUS Macklin Freke (Scholarship)
77 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
25 MF Rahmat Akbari Melbourne Victory Free transfer 4 June 2019 [3][a]
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Unattached Free transfer 2 years 24 June 2019 [5]
5 DF Scotland Tom Aldred Unattached Free transfer 1 year 25 June 2019 [6]
20 FW Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway England Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed 1 year 25 June 2019 [6]
6 DF England Macaulay Gillesphey Unattached Free transfer 2 years 25 June 2019 [6]
22 DF Jake McGing Unattached Free transfer 1 year 26 June 2019 [7]
14 MF George Mells Unattached Free transfer 2 years 26 June 2019 [7]
10 MF Brad Inman Unattached Free transfer 1 year 27 June 2019 [8]
12 MF Aiden O'Neill England Burnley Loan 1 year 27 June 2019 [9]
26 MF Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Unattached Free transfer 1 year 28 June 2019 [10]
2 DF Scott Neville Unattached Free transfer 1 year 30 June 2019 [11]
1 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe England Salford City Free transfer 1 year 18 July 2019 [12][13]
7 FW New Zealand Jai Ingham Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 1 year 1 August 2019 [14]
3 DF Corey Brown Melbourne Victory Free transfer 0.5 years 17 January 2020 [15]
77 FW Scott McDonald Western United Free transfer 1.5 years 17 January 2020 [16]
8 MF Danny Kim Australia Lions FC Loan 2 months 16 July 2020 [17]
12 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Unattached Free transfer 2 months 16 July 2020 [18]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
17 MF Matt McKay Retired 17 April 2019 [19]
33 FW Brazil Henrique Unattached Undisclosed 21 April 2019 [20]
7 MF Denmark Thomas Kristensen Unattached Free transfer 27 April 2019 [21]
3 DF Luke DeVere Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
10 FW Brett Holman Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
11 MF France Éric Bauthéac Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
14 MF Spain Álex López Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
22 MF Denmark Tobias Mikkelsen Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
18 MF Joe Caletti Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
92 FW Eli Babalj Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
16 FW Charles Lokolingoy Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
15 DF Stefan Nigro Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
12 DF Ruon Tongyik Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
1 GK Brendan White Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2019 [22]
35 MF Jay Barnett Melbourne Victory Free transfer 4 June 2019 [3]
36 FW Daniel Leck Australia Pascoe Vale Free transfer 6 June 2019 [23]
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino Perth Glory Mutual contract termination 24 June 2019 [24]
2 DF New Zealand Dane Ingham Perth Glory Mutual contract termination 25 June 2019 [25]
24 DF Connor O'Toole Newcastle Jets Free transfer 27 January 2020 [26]
13 MF Stefan Mauk Adelaide United Free transfer 30 January 2020 [27]
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Newcastle Jets Free transfer 31 January 2020 [28]
8 MF Jacob Pepper Indonesia Madura United Mutual contract termination 7 March 2020 [29][30]
12 MF Aiden O'Neill England Burnley End of loan 7 July 2020 [31]

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
25 MF Australia Rahmat Akbari 19 2 year senior contract[32]
27 DF Australia Kai Trewin 18 1 year scholarship contract[33]
29 DF Australia Jordan Courtney-Perkins 16 1 year scholarship contract[33]
31 GK Australia Macklin Freke 20 1 year scholarship contract[33]
30 FW Australia Mirza Muratovic 20 1.5 year scholarship contract[34]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
8 Jacob Pepper Defensive midfielder 1 year 27 June 2019 [8]
21 England Jamie Young Goalkeeper 2 years 2 January 2020 [35]
27 Kai Trewin Defender 1 year
(scholarship contract)
23 January 2020 [34]
28 Izaack Powell Left-back 1 year
(scholarship contract)
23 January 2020 [34]
19 Jack Hingert Right-back 2+ years 23 January 2020 [36]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Australia Warren Moon[37]
Assistant coach Wales Darren Davies
Goalkeeping coach Australia Jason Kearton
Strength and conditioning Scott Smith
Head of high performance Craig Duncan
Kit manager Ant Sartori
Head physiotherapist Canada Jasraj Sidhu
Assistant physiotherapist Alex Downie
Performance analyst George Apostolidis

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 20 March 2020
No. Pos. Player A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe 6 0 0 0 6 0
2 DF Australia Scott Neville 21 2 2 0 23 0
3 DF Australia Corey Brown 10 1 0 0 10 1
4 DF Australia Daniel Bowles 8+3 0 0 0 11 0
5 DF Scotland Tom Aldred 21 1 2 0 23 1
6 DF England Macaulay Gillesphey 22 1 2 0 24 1
7 FW New Zealand Jai Ingham 0+7 0 0+2 0 9 0
8 MF Australia Jacob Pepper 12 0 0+1 0 13 0
10 MF Australia Brad Inman 18+3 4 2 1 23 5
12 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 14+3 0 0+1 0 18 0
14 MF Australia George Mells 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
15 DF Australia Aaron Reardon 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Jack Hingert 13 0 0 0 13 0
20 FW Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway 5+13 1 0 0 18 1
21 GK England Jamie Young 16 0 2 0 18 0
22 DF Australia Jake McGing 6+2 0 2 0 10 0
23 FW Australia Dylan Wenzel-Halls 8+8 1 0 0 16 1
25 MF Australia Rahmat Akbari 2+3 0 2 0 7 0
26 MF Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea 22 1 2 0 24 1
27 DF Australia Kai Trewin 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
28 DF Australia Izaack Powell 0+4 0 0 0 4 0
29 DF Australia Jordan Courtney-Perkins 4+1 0 2 0 7 0
30 FW Australia Mirza Muratovic 7+5 2 0 0 12 2
31 GK Australia Macklin Freke 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Australia Scott McDonald 8+1 4 0 0 9 4
Players no longer at the club
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 9+3 6 2 1 14 7
13 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 9+1 1 2 1 12 2
24 DF Australia Connor O'Toole 2 0 0+2 0 4 0

Disciplinary record

As of 20 March 2020
Rank Position Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 DF Scotland Tom Aldred 6 0 1 0 7 0
DF Australia Scott Neville 6 0 1 0 7 0
3 DF Australia Jack Hingert 4 0 0 0 4 0
MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 4 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Australia Daniel Bowles 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW Australia Scott McDonald 3 0 0 0 3 0
MF Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea 3 0 0 0 3 0
8 DF Australia Corey Brown 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Australia Jake McGing 1 0 1 0 2 0
FW Australia Dylan Wenzel-Halls 2 0 0 0 2 0
11 FW Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Macaulay Gillesphey 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Australia Brad Inman 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK England Jamie Young 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 37 0 4 0 41 0

Pre-season

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 July 2019 Brisbane Roar Australia 3–0 Australia Redlands United Logan, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Logan Metro Sports Park
Attendance: 2,122
27 July 2019 Gladstone Select XI Australia 0–11 Australia Brisbane Roar Gladstone, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Marley Brown Oval
22 August 2019 Brisbane Roar Australia 5–1 Australia Coomera Colts Logan, Australia
Report Stadium: Logan Metro Sports Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
11 July 2020 EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup Brisbane Roar Australia Postponed England Crystal Palace Townsville, Australia
18:30 AEST Postponement Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium
15 July 2020 EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup Brisbane Roar Australia Postponed England West Ham United Gold Coast, Australia
19:30 AEST Postponement Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 042.31
FFA Cup 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 28 12 8 8 33 30 +3 042.86

Updated to match played 29 July 2020
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup

7 August 2019 Round of 32 Sydney FC New South Wales 0–2 Queensland Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 2,350
Referee: Katie Patterson

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[b][38][c]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[b][c]
3 Wellington Phoenix[d] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[c]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[b][c]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[c]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Akbari returned to Brisbane Roar's youth squad, and was later promoted to the senior contract following a trial.[4]
  2. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  4. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 11 7 8 29 28  +1 40 7 3 3 18 13  +5 4 4 5 11 15  −4

Last updated: 29 July 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

Result by round

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GroundABHAAHAHAHBAAHHAAHAHAHHAHBHAH
ResultDLDLWLWLLDWDWWLWWDLWWWDWDL
Position461099786991010987776666544
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

13 October 2019 1 Perth Glory 1–1 Brisbane Roar Perth
18:00 AWST Ikonomidis 34' Report O'Donovan 90+5' Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 9,829
Referee: Shaun Evans
25 October 2019 3 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:30 AEST Report Nabbout 19' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,859
Referee: Kurt Ams
10 November 2019 5 Adelaide United 1–0 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
17:30 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,428
Referee: Alireza Faghani
17 November 2019 6 Brisbane Roar 4–3 Melbourne City Redcliffe
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 9,387
Referee: Alex King
23 November 2019 7 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Brisbane Roar Wellington
19:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,790
Referee: Adam Kersey
7 December 2019 9 Sydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Alireza Faghani
13 December 2019 10 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Western United Brisbane
18:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,582
Referee: Chris Beath
28 December 2019 12 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,449
Referee: Alireza Faghani
1 January 2020 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 11,482
Referee: Alex King
11 January 2020 14 Brisbane Roar 2–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,659
Referee: Daniel Elder
18 January 2020 15 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,987
Referee: Alex King
25 January 2020 16 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Brisbane Roar Gosford
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,539
Referee: Adam Fielding
31 January 2020 17 Sydney FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 10,724
Referee: Chris Beath
8 February 2020 18 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Adelaide United Brisbane
18:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,945
Referee: Adam Fielding
16 February 2020 19 Western United 0–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Mars Stadium
Attendance: 2,973
Referee: Alireza Faghani
23 February 2020 20 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Perth Glory Redcliffe
15:00 AEST Gillesphey 85' Report Fornaroli 33' Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 9,224
1 March 2020 21 Melbourne City 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
18:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Shaun Evans
6 March 2020 22 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,349
Referee: Chris Beath
20 March 2020 27 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Referee: Adam Kersey
19 July 2020 29 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Adelaide United Gold Coast
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Cbus Stadium
Attendance: 1,035
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 July 2020 24 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alex King
10 August 2020 25 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stephen Lucas

Finals series

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