2005–06 Queensland Roar FC season

Queensland Roar FC
2005–06 season
Chairman John Ribot
Manager Miron Bleiberg
A-League 6th
Pre-Season Cup Group Stage
World Club Qualifiers Round 1
Top goalscorer Alex Brosque – 8 Goals
Highest home attendance 23,142 v Sydney FC
Lowest home attendance 8,607 v New Zealand Knights
Average home league attendance 14,785
Home colours
Away colours

The 2005–06 Queensland Roar season would mark the first season for both the Queensland Roar and the Hyundai A-League. The Roar were accepted by the Football Federation Australia to take part as the sole representative for Queensland, beating other nominee Brisbane Strikers, who took part in the defunct NSL. The Queensland Roar were however a club before the nomination process, playing in the Brisbane Premier League under the alias Queensland Lions.

2005–06 season

The Queensland Roar made their A-League debut against the now-defunct New Zealand Knights, in a 2–0 win in front of over twenty thousand fans at their home ground of Suncorp Stadium. Unfortunately, the Roar were mediocre in the next rounds and after a series of draws and losses would not record their next win until Round 6 against the Newcastle Jets. The rest of the 2005–06 season would follow in a similar fashion as after 21 rounds of the regular season the Roar finished with seven wins, seven draws and seven losses, placing them sixth on the ladder from eight teams. It has been said the Roars first season in the inaugural A-League was more successful off-field than on.

The club was the first to have 100,000 spectators pass through the gates and overall had the second highest attendance for the season (148,609) and despite failing to qualify for the finals, the club's home attendance was the second highest in the opening season (average 14,860 a game). Despite the clubs average win-loss record the club had a number of highlights throughout the year, notably the season's equal highest scoring win (5–0 over the Newcastle Jets in Round 20) and striker Alex Brosque being one of four A-League players awarded the Reebok Golden Boot Award for Top Scorer of the Year with 8 goals.

Inaugural A-League squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Tom Willis
2 Australia DF Karl Dodd
3 Switzerland DF Remo Buess
4 Australia DF Chad Gibson (captain)
5 Australia DF Josh McCloughan
6 Australia MF Todd Gava
7 South Korea MF Tae-Yong Shin
8 Australia MF Massimo Murdocca
9 Australia FW Michael Baird
10 Australia FW Royce Brownlie
11 Australia MF Jonathan Richter
12 Australia MF Jordan Simpson
No. Position Player
13 Australia DF Tyler Simpson
14 Australia MF David Williams
15 Australia MF Matt McKay
16 South Korea MF Hyuk-Su Seo
17 Australia FW Reece Tollenaere
18 Australia MF Warren Moon
19 Australia FW Alex Brosque
20 Australia GK Scott Higgins
21 Australia MF Spase Dilevski
22 Uruguay MF Osvaldo Carro
23 Australia DF Stuart McLaren
24 Brazil FW Reinaldo

Season 2005–06 results

Round 1

Queensland Roar 2–0 New Zealand Knights
Brosque  80'
Baird  86'		 (Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 20,725

Round 2

Adelaide United 0–0 Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 11,029
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3

Perth Glory 2–1 Queensland Roar
Despotovski  54', 72' (Report)
(Summary)		 Moon  76'
Attendance: 8,509
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 4

Queensland Roar 1–1 Melbourne Victory
Baird  62'
McKay Red card 40'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Allsopp  88'
Attendance: 15,444
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

Queensland Roar 1–3 Sydney FC
Timpano  50' (og) (Report)
(Summary)		 Corica  5',  67'
McFlynn  68'
Attendance: 23,142

Round 6

Newcastle Jets 0–1 Queensland Roar
Carle Red card 31' (Report)
(Summary)		 Moon  68'
McKay Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 59', 80'
Attendance: 7,436

Round 7

Queensland Roar 1–1 Central Coast Mariners
Seo  57' (Report)
(Summary)		 Spencer  41'
Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 8

New Zealand Knights 0–2 Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 Seo  8'
Baird  57'
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 9

Queensland Roar 1–2 Adelaide United
Brownlie  76' (Report)
(Summary)		 Fernando  59'
Pantelis  89'
Attendance: 15,181
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10

Queensland Roar 0–0 Perth Glory
(Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 13,685
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11

Melbourne Victory 0–1 Queensland Roar
Claeys Red card 86'
Muscat Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 58', 61'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 McKay  15'
Attendance: 13,239
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 12

Sydney FC 1–0 Queensland Roar
Zdrillic  54' (Summary)
Attendance: 13,030
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 13

Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets
(Summary) Thompson  34'
Attendance: 13,004
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 14

Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Queensland Roar
Heffernan  89'
Osman  56'		 (Summary) Brosque  7'  78'
Baird Red card 75'
Attendance: 5,194

Round 15

Queensland Roar 1–1 New Zealand Knights
Brownlie  28' (Summary) Yeo  44'
Attendance: 8,607
Referee: James Lewis

Round 16

Adelaide United 4–2 Queensland Roar
Rech  40'  63'
Qu  30'
Veart  29'		 (Summary) Baird  83'
Brosque  11'
Attendance: 8,426

Round 17

Perth Glory 0–2 Queensland Roar
(Summary) Baird  80'
Reinaldo  10'
Attendance: 11,087
Referee: Peter Green

Round 18

Queensland Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory
(Summary) Thompson  56'
Attendance: 12,710
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 19

Queensland Roar 2–1 Sydney FC
Brosque  60'  70' (Summary) Petrovski  85'
Attendance: 13,302
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 20

Newcastle Jets 0–5 Queensland Roar
(Summary) Murdocca  90'
McKay  83'
Brosque  52'
Richter  44'
Reinaldo  10'
Attendance: 10,271
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 21

Queensland Roar 2–2 Central Coast Mariners
Baird  60'
Brosque  3'		 (Summary) O'Sullivan  81'
Petrie  33'
Attendance: 13,641
Referee: Ben Williams

Season 2005–06 ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 2006 A-League Finals Series[lower-alpha 2]
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[lower-alpha 3] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2006. Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
    Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
  2. ↑ First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
  3. ↑ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Notes and references

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