2015–16 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar
2015–16 season
Chairman	Chris Fong ; (until 9 November 2015) ; Rahim Soekasah ; (from 9 November 2015)
Manager	John Aloisi
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
A-League	3rd
A-League Finals Series	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Maclaren (18 goals); All: Jamie Maclaren (20 goals)
Highest home attendance	17,696 vs Perth Glory; (2 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance	5,162 vs Wellington Phoenix; (12 December 2015)
Average home league attendance	12,850

The 2015–16 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's eleventh season since its establishment in 2005. The club participated in the A-League for the eleventh time and the FFA Cup for the second time.

Players

Squad information

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No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Michael Theo
3	DF	Shane Stefanutto (Vice Captain)
5	DF	Corey Brown
6	DF	Jérome Polenz
7	MF	Corona
8	MF	Steven Lustica
9	FW	Jamie Maclaren
10	FW	Henrique
11	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano
13	DF	Jade North
14	DF	Daniel Bowles
15	DF	James Donachie

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Devante Clut
17	MF	Matt McKay (Captain)
18	MF	Javier Hervás
19	DF	Jack Hingert
20	FW	Shannon Brady
21	GK	Jamie Young
22	MF	Thomas Broich
23	FW	Dimitri Petratos
24	MF	Tommy Oar
28	FW	Brandon Borrello (FT Youth)
29	MF	Joe Caletti
33	DF	Luke DeVere

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes

Transfers in

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW	Jamie Maclaren	21	Perth Glory	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	^[1]
32	MF	George Lambadaridis	23		Injury Replacement	Pre-season	2015	Free	^[2]
7	MF	Corona	34		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[3]
18	MF	Javier Hervás	26		Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	^[4]
29	MF	Joe Caletti	17	FFA Centre of Excellence	Transfer	Round 17		Free	^[5]
24	MF	Tommy Oar	24		Transfer	Round 22	2018	Free	^[6]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
20	FW	Kofi Danning	24	Oakleigh Cannons	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[7]
4	MF	Adam Sarota	26	Utrecht	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[8]
6	MF	George Lambadaridis	23		Released	Pre-season		^[8]
27	MF	Ben Litfin	20		Released	Pre-season		^[8]
9	FW	Andrija Kaluđerović	27		Released	Pre-season		^[9]
26	DF	Lachlan Jackson	20	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season		^[10]
18	MF	Luke Brattan	25		Released	Pre-season		^[11]
37	MF	Abraham Yango	19	Avondale FC	Transfer	Mid-season		^[12]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	John Aloisi
Assistant Manager	Ross Aloisi
Goalkeeping Coach	Jason Kearton
Youth Coach	Josh McCloughan
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Karl Dodd
Physiotherapist	Tony Ganter

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Michael Theo	9	0	2	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Shane Stefanutto	17	0	5	0	0	15+1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Corey Brown	15	1	3	0	0	13+2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Jérome Polenz	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Corona	29	2	3	0	0	29	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Steven Lustica	22	1	1	0	0	6+16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Jamie Maclaren	26	20	1	0	0	25	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Henrique	24	8	1	0	0	7+17	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Jean Carlos Solórzano	7	0	0	0	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Jade North	30	3	8	0	0	29	3	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Daniel Bowles	22	1	7	0	0	21+1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		James Donachie	11	0	1	0	0	9+1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Devante Clut	9	0	1	0	0	0+8	0	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Matt McKay	27	2	5	0	0	26	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Javier Hervás	17	0	0	0	0	2+15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Jack Hingert	29	0	3	1	0	28	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Jamie Young	21	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Thomas Broich	30	2	0	0	0	28+1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Dimitri Petratos	30	7	4	0	0	25+4	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Tommy Oar	6	0	1	0	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Nicholas D'Agostino	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Brandon Borrello	23	5	2	0	0	21+1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Joe Caletti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Patrick Theodore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Luke DeVere	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Shannon Brady	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK		Andre Jannese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Luke Pavlou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
18	MF		Luke Brattan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
32	MF		George Lambadaridis	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Abraham Yango	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 April 2016
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

17 July 2015	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Liverpool	Brisbane, Australia
18:45 (AEST)	D. Petratos 17'	Report	Lallana 28' Milner 75'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

19 August 2015 SE Queensland Tour	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Southport, Australia
19:00 (AEST)		Report	Geria 71'	Stadium: Fankhauser Reserve Referee: Alan Milliner

30 August 2015 SE Queensland Tour	Gold Coast All-Stars	0–10	Brisbane Roar	Ashmore, Australia
15:00 (AEST)		Report	Maclaren 11' (pen.), 13', 21', 23', 57', 64', 73', 87' Borrello 72' Yango 83'	Stadium: Ashmore Village Park

12 September 2015 SE Queensland Tour	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Redland City, Australia
14:00 (AEST)		Report		Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Jarred Gillett

19 September 2015 SE Queensland Tour	Brisbane Roar	8–0	NPL Queensland U23 All-Stars	Brisbane, Australia
16:30 (AEST)	Solórzano 5' Lustica 6' (pen.), 14', 39' Borrello 21' Polenz 61' D. Petratos 76' Hingert 79'	Report		Stadium: QSAC Referee: Chris Beath

26 September 2015 SE Queensland Tour	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Central Coast Mariners	Kawana Waters, Australia
19:00 (AEST)	Brown 51' D. Petratos 59' Borrello 83'	Report	Fitzgerald 13'	Stadium: Sunshine Coast Stadium Referee: Chris Beath

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	3rd	8 October 2015	9 April 2016
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	15 April 2016	24 April 2016
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	11 August 2015	11 August 2015

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United (C)	27	14	7	6	45	28	+17	49	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	14	6	7	44	33	+11	48
3	Brisbane Roar	27	14	6	7	49	40	+9	48	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4	Melbourne City	27	13	5	9	63	44	+19	44	Qualification to Finals series
5	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	49	42	+7	43
6	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	40	33	+7	41
7	Sydney FC	27	8	10	9	36	36	0	34
8	Newcastle Jets	27	8	6	13	28	41	−13	30
9	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	7	4	16	34	54	−20	25
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	33	70	−37	13

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 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
27	14	6	7	49	40	+9	48	10	2	1	32	15	+17	4	4	6	17	25	−8

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	3	2	1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2015 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Parramatta
Thursday 20:00 AEDT	Nichols 13'	Report	Maclaren 9', 34' Bowles 23'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,122 Referee: Jarred Gillett

18 October 2015 2	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Borrello 14', 60'	Report	Bingham 88'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,471 Referee: Ben Williams

24 October 2015 3	Wellington Phoenix	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
Saturday 19:15 NZDT	McGlinchey 35' Krishna 49' Powell 78'	Report	D. Petratos 26' North 60'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,103 Referee: Jarred Gillett

31 October 2015 4	Brisbane Roar	3–0	Adelaide United	Brisbane
Saturday 18:30 AEST	Borrello 9', 90+2' Maclaren 79'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,707 Referee: Chris Beath

6 November 2015 5	Sydney FC	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
Friday 19:40 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 12,857 Referee: Strebre Delovski

15 November 2015 6	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Perth Glory	Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Henrique 74'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,748 Referee: Shaun Evans

20 November 2015 7	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Melbourne City	Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST	Henrique 70'	Report	Novillo 47'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,812 Referee: Chris Beath

28 November 2015 8	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
Saturday 17:15 AEDT	Kantarovski 71'	Report	Maclaren 52'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,155 Referee: Peter Green

5 December 2015 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Paramatta
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Bridge 29' Nichols 79'	Report	Maclaren 36'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadiuk Attendance: 9,860 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

12 December 2015 10	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Cairns
Saturday 16:15 AEST	Lustica 71' Maclaren 86'	Report	Krishna 45+1'	Stadium: Cazaly's Stadium Attendance: 5,162 Referee: Jarred Gillett

20 December 2015 11	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT		Report	D. Petratos 85'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Chris Beath

27 December 2015 12	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Melbourne City	Brisbane
Sunday 18:00 AEST	Kisnorbo 31' (o.g.) Borrello 40' Henrique 90+4'	Report	Fornaroli 49'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,435 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 January 2016 13	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Perth Glory	Brisbane
Saturday 16:15 AEST	Maclaren 52' Henrique 61'	Report	Gligor 70'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,696 Referee: Chris Beath

10 January 2016 14	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,774 Referee: Stephen Lucas

15 January 2016 15	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT	Ben Khalfallah 5' Barbarouses 11', 30' Berisha 52'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 23,207 Referee: Shaun Evans

22 January 2016 16	Brisbane Roar	1–4	Adelaide United	Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST	Henrique 50' (pen.)	Report	C. Brown 19' (o.g.) Djite 56' (pen.), 67' Carrusca 90+2'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,923 Referee: Jarred Gillett

30 January 2016 17	Sydney FC	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Corona 52' (o.g.)	Report	Maclaren 8', 76' McKay 67'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 12,548 Referee: Peter Green

6 February 2016 18	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
Saturday 16:15 AEST	North 20' Maclaren 36' Corona 59' Henrique 72' (pen.)	Report	Ascroft 71'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,788 Referee: Matthew Conger

12 February 2016 19	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST	Maclaren 6' Alivodić 69' (o.g.)	Report	Cooper 15' Trifunović 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,382 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

20 February 2016 20	Perth Glory	6–3	Brisbane Roar	Perth
Saturday 18:40 AWST	Keogh 5' Harold 32' Marinković 38' Lowry 41' Castro 49' (pen.) R. Garcia 86'	Report	Maclaren 17' D. Petratos 28' North 36'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 12,156 Referee: Strebre Delovski

27 February 2016 21	Adelaide United	3–0	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
Saturday 16:45 ACDT	Kamau 38' Djite 50' Sánchez 81'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,712 Referee: Shaun Evans

4 March 2016 22	Brisbane Roar	3–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST	Maclaren 5', 81' D. Petratos 84'	Report	Andreu 74' (pen.) Castelen 78'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 13,157 Referee: Ben Williams

12 March 2016 23	Brisbane Roar	5–0	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
Saturday 18:30 AEST	Maclaren 18', 22', 87' Brown 55' Corona 76'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,892 Referee: Jarred Gillett

18 March 2016 24	Melbourne City	3–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT	Mooy 54' (pen.) Cáceres 81' Fitzgerald 84'	Report	Petratos 22' Hingert 45+1', 54'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,658 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

26 March 2016 25	Brisbane Roar	3–2	Sydney FC	Brisbane
Saturday 18:30 AEST	D. Petratos 32' Maclaren 36' Henrique 88'	Report	Hološko 24', 87'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Shaun Evans

3 April 2016 26	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
Sunday 17:00 AEST	Henrique 67' (pen.) Broich 74'	Report	Leonardo 50' (pen.) Boogaard 66'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee: Strebre Delovski

9 April 2016 27	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,012 Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

15 April 2016 Elimination-finals	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
19:30 AEST	McKay 88' Broich 90+3'	Report	Geria 83' Berisha 86'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,157 Referee: Jarred Gillett

24 April 2016 Semi-finals	Western Sydney Wanderers	5–4	Brisbane Roar	Parramatta
16:30 AEST	Castelen 26', 53', 59' Šantalab 39' Vidošić 102'	Report	D. Petratos 16' (pen.) Andreu 20' (o.g.) Maclaren 23', 81'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 20,084 Referee: Peter Green

FFA Cup

11 August 2015 Round of 32	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Mebrahtu 69'	Report		Stadium: Penrith Stadium Attendance: 6,028 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

References

↑ "Roar sign Olyroo striker Maclaren". FourFourTwo. 5 July 2015.
↑ "Lambadaridis grateful for new Roar opportunity". Brisbane Roar. 23 September 2015.
↑ "Spanish signing is major boost for Aloisi's Roar". Brisbane Roar. 30 September 2015.
↑ "Roar welcomes second Spanish midfielder". Brisbane Roar. 7 October 2015.
↑ "Roar sign Joeys Captain Caletti". Brisbane Roar. 28 January 2016.
↑ "Oar signs with Roar". Brisbane Roar. 29 February 2016.
↑ Mark Gojszyk (26 May 2015). "Trio of former A-League players join Oakleigh". CornerFlag.com.au.
1 2 3 "Roar wishes youngsters well for the future". Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2015.
↑ "Kaluderovic's Roar stay over". FourFourTwo. 30 May 2015.
↑ "SIGNING: Lachlan Jackson Jets In". Newcastle Jets. 13 July 2015.
↑ "Brattan leaves Brisbane after failure to pay super". SBS. 28 August 2015.
↑ "Yango and Symeoy sign with Avondale". MFootball. 3 February 2016.

External links

Official Website

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[table_note_WEL0.5645358304328-13] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] "Roar sign Olyroo striker Maclaren". FourFourTwo. 5 July 2015.

[2] "Lambadaridis grateful for new Roar opportunity". Brisbane Roar. 23 September 2015.

[3] "Spanish signing is major boost for Aloisi's Roar". Brisbane Roar. 30 September 2015.

[4] "Roar welcomes second Spanish midfielder". Brisbane Roar. 7 October 2015.

[5] "Roar sign Joeys Captain Caletti". Brisbane Roar. 28 January 2016.

[6] "Oar signs with Roar". Brisbane Roar. 29 February 2016.

[7] Mark Gojszyk (26 May 2015). "Trio of former A-League players join Oakleigh". CornerFlag.com.au.

[youngsters-8] 1 2 3 "Roar wishes youngsters well for the future". Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2015.

[9] "Kaluderovic's Roar stay over". FourFourTwo. 30 May 2015.

[10] "SIGNING: Lachlan Jackson Jets In". Newcastle Jets. 13 July 2015.

[11] "Brattan leaves Brisbane after failure to pay super". SBS. 28 August 2015.

[12] "Yango and Symeoy sign with Avondale". MFootball. 3 February 2016.

Brisbane Roar FC
Players Managers Seasons Records Awards Captains Youth W-League Current season
Club	History
Home stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Seasons (14)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018-19
Managers	Miron Bleiberg (2005–06) Frank Farina (2006–09) Ange Postecoglou (2009–2012) Rado Vidošić (2012) Mike Mulvey (2012–2014) Frans Thijssen (2014–2015) John Aloisi (2015–)
Captains	Chad Gibson (2005–07) Craig Moore (2007–09) Matt McKay (2009–2011) Matt Smith (2011–2014) Matt McKay (2014–)
Rivalries	Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC