2017–18 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2017–18 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's thirteenth season participating in the A-League, in the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

Brisbane Roar
2017–18 season
ChairmanRahim Soekasah
ManagerJohn Aloisi
StadiumSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
A-League6th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupRound of 32
AFC Champions LeaguePreliminary round 2
Top goalscorerLeague: Massimo Maccarone (9 goals)
All: Massimo Maccarone (10 goals)
Highest home attendance11,485 vs Central Coast Mariners
(5 November 2017)
Lowest home attendance5,192 vs Wellington Phoenix
(9 December 2017)
Average home league attendance9,093

Players

Squad information

Correct as of 3 April 2018 – players' numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website[1]

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

No. Position Player
3 DF Luke DeVere
4 DF Daniel Bowles
5 DF Corey Brown
6 DF Avraam Papadopoulos
7 MF Thomas Kristensen
8 MF Jacob Pepper
9 FW Massimo Maccarone
10 MF Brett Holman
11 FW Corey Gameiro
12 FW Dane Ingham
13 DF Jade North (Vice-captain)
14 FW Fahid Ben Khalfallah
16 MF Mitchell Oxborrow
17 MF Matt McKay (Captain)
No. Position Player
18 MF Joe Caletti
19 DF Jack Hingert
20 FW Shannon Brady
21 GK Jamie Young
22 MF Éric Bauthéac
24 DF Connor O'Toole
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino
28 MF Emilio Martinez (Scholarship)
31 GK Brendan White (Mature-age rookie)
33 FW Henrique
35 MF Jay Barnett (Scholarship)
37 MF Bryce Bafford (Scholarship)
77 DF Ivan Franjic

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
14FW Fahid Ben Khalfallah Free transfer 1 year 26 May 2017 [2]
11FW Corey Gameiro Free transfer 1 year 4 July 2017 [3]
9FW Massimo Maccarone Free transfer 1 year 17 July 2017 [4]
16MF Mitchell Oxborrow Broadmeadow Magic Free transfer 1 year 4 August 2017 [5]
28MF Emilio Martinez Free transfer 1 year 6 August 2017 [6]
33FW Peter Skapetis Injury replacement 9 August 2017 [6][7]
22MF Éric Bauthéac Free transfer 1 year 9 September 2017 [8]
37MF Bryce Bafford Australian Institute of Sport Free transfer 18 October 2017 [9]
35MF Jay Barnett Australian Institute of Sport Free transfer 18 October 2017 [9]
31GK Brendan White Port Melbourne Free transfer 4 November 2017 [10]
77DF Ivan Franjic Free transfer 1 year 9 November 2017 [11]
33FW Henrique Free transfer 22 February 2018 [12]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
22MF Thomas Broich End of contract 19 April 2017 [13]
28FW Brandon Borrello 1. FC Kaiserslautern $450,000 9 May 2017 [14]
9FW Jamie Maclaren End of contract 16 May 2017 [15]
15MF Manuel Arana FC Goa End of contract 17 May 2017 [16]
16MF Nathan Konstandopoulos End of contract 17 May 2017 [16]
33FW Joey Katebian End of contract 17 May 2017 [16]
46DF Cameron Crestani End of contract 17 May 2017 [16]
11MF Tommy Oar APOEL $515,000 19 June 2017 [17]
25DF Kye Rowles Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 26 June 2017 [18]
33FW Peter Skapetis Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 18 January 2018 [19]
1GK Michael Theo Free transfer 27 March 2018 [20]

Contract extensions
No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
1Michael TheoGoalkeeper1 year22 June 2017[21]
6 Avraam PapadopoulosCentre back1 year22 June 2017[21]
8Jacob PepperCentral midfielder1 year30 June 2017[22]
18Joe CalettiCentral midfielder1 year30 June 2017[22]
12 Dane InghamForward1 year6 July 2017[23]
33Peter SkapetisStriker1 year31 August 2017[24][25]
21 Jamie YoungGoalkeeper2 years23 March 2018[26]

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 TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
3 DF Luke DeVere 9 0 2 0 0 8+102000+000000+000000+00000
4 DF Daniel Bowles 13 0 4 0 0 8+403000+000000+000001+00100
5 DF Corey Brown 13 0 5 0 0 9+205000+100001+000000+00000
6 DF Avraam Papadopoulos 16 4 5 0 1 15+044010+000000+000001+00100
7 MF Thomas Kristensen 19 2 5 0 0 16+125001+000001+000000+00000
8 MF Jacob Pepper 19 1 5 0 0 17+114001+001000+000000+00000
9 FW Massimo Maccarone 30 10 2 0 0 27+091001+000000+100001+01100
10 MF Brett Holman 19 5 1 0 0 13+451000+000001+000001+00000
11 FW Corey Gameiro 18 0 2 0 0 2+1502000+100000+000000+00000
12 FW Dane Ingham 5 0 1 0 0 2+100000+000001+001001+00000
13 DF Jade North 11 0 3 0 0 9+002000+000001+000000+10100
14 FW Fahid Ben Khalfallah 25 1 7 0 0 22+117001+000000+000001+00000
16 MF Mitchell Oxborrow 19 0 5 0 0 4+1204000+100000+100001+00100
17 MF Matt McKay 28 2 3 0 1 25+023011+000001+000001+00000
18 MF Joe Caletti 10 0 1 0 0 8+101000+000001+000000+00000
19 DF Jack Hingert 29 1 5 0 0 24+215001+000001+000001+00000
20 FW Shannon Brady 5 0 0 0 0 0+300000+000001+000000+10000
21 GK Jamie Young 26 0 0 0 0 23+000001+000001+000001+00000
22 MF Éric Bauthéac 22 3 7 0 0 19+125001+001000+000000+11100
24 DF Connor O'Toole 14 0 1 0 0 9+401001+000000+000000+00000
25 FW Rahmat Akbari 6 0 0 0 0 1+500000+000000+000000+00000
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino 9 0 3 0 0 6+202000+000001+001000+00000
27 MF Adam Sawyer 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+000000+00000
28 MF Emilio Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
31 GK Brendan White 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
33 FW Henrique 8 3 0 0 0 2+530001+000000+000000+00000
35 MF Jay Barnett 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
36 MF Daniel Leck 6 0 0 0 0 4+200000+000000+000000+00000
37 MF Bryce Bafford 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
43 GK Tomislav Bilic 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
77 DF Ivan Franjic 17 2 3 0 0 11+422001+000000+000001+00100
Players no longer at the club:
1 GK Michael Theo 4 0 0 0 0 4+000000+000000+000000+00000
33 FW Peter Skapetis 15 1 2 0 0 9+502000+000000+110000+00000

Pre-season and friendlies
25 July 2017 Heritage ShieldQueensland Lions 0–2 Brisbane RoarBrisbane, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Richland Stadium
5 August 2017 Peninsula Power 2–4 Brisbane RoarBrisbane, Australia
15:00 AEST
  • Briggs  2'
  • Strickland  38'
 Report
Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
18 August 2017 Brisbane Roar 0–4 Western Sydney WanderersGold Coast, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
28 August 2017 Brisbane Roar 2–1 China U-23Gold Coast, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Referee: Adam Kersey
1 September 2017 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Brisbane RoarBallarat, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
9 September 2017 Olympic FC 0–3 Brisbane RoarBrisbane, Australia
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Goodwin Park
16 September 2017 Sydney FC 0–2 Brisbane RoarSydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Macquarie University

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — 6th 6 October 2017 14 April 2018
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 20 April 2018 20 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 9 August 2017 9 August 2017
AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Preliminary round 2 23 January 2018 23 January 2018

A-League
Main article: 2017–18 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification to Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 −6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 −14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 10 5 12 33 40  −7 35 4 2 8 13 19  −6 6 3 4 20 21  −1

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHAHAAHHHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAA
ResultLLLDDDWLWDLLWLLLWWLWLWWDWLW
Position9101010910898699899987777877676
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
6 October 2017 1Melbourne City2–0Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,589
Referee: Jarred Gillett
13 October 2017 2Brisbane Roar1–2Adelaide UnitedBrisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,178
Referee: Adam Kersey
22 October 2017 3Brisbane Roar1–2Newcastle JetsBrisbane
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,104
Referee: Matthew Conger
28 October 2017 4Wellington Phoenix3–3Brisbane RoarWellington
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 November 2017 5Brisbane Roar0–0Central Coast MarinersBrisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,485
Referee: Daniel Elder
11 November 2017 6Melbourne Victory1–1Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 18,098
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
17 November 2017 7Brisbane Roar3–1Melbourne CityBrisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,285
Referee: Chris Beath
25 November 2017 8Sydney FC3–1Brisbane RoarSydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,044
Referee: Alex King
2 December 2017 9Western Sydney Wanderers0–2Brisbane RoarSydney
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 8,215
Referee: Adam Fielding
9 December 2017 10Brisbane Roar0–0Wellington PhoenixGold Coast
16:35 AEST Report Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 5,192
Referee: Shaun Evans
17 December 2017 11Brisbane Roar1–2Melbourne VictoryBrisbane
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,225
Referee: Peter Green
21 December 2017 12Brisbane Roar1–2Perth GloryBrisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,031
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 December 2017 13Adelaide United1–2Brisbane RoarAdelaide
17:05 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,875
Referee: Adam Fielding
5 January 2018 14Brisbane Roar0–2Western Sydney WanderersBrisbane
18:50 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,189
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 January 2018 15Brisbane Roar0–3Sydney FCBrisbane
18:50 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,826
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
12 January 2018 16Newcastle Jets1–0Brisbane RoarNewcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 12,137
Referee: Jonathan Borreiro
18 January 2018 17Brisbane Roar3–2Perth GloryBrisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,258
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
27 January 2018 18Central Coast Mariners1–2Brisbane RoarGosford
19:50 AEDT Powell  63' Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,264
Referee: Adam Kersey
4 February 2018 19Brisbane Roar1–2Melbourne CityBrisbane
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
9 February 2018 20Melbourne Victory1–2Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,576
Referee: Chris Beath
24 February 2018 21Brisbane Roar0–1Newcastle JetsBrisbane
16:35 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Stephen Lucas
3 March 2018 22Brisbane Roar1–0Adelaide UnitedBrisbane
18:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Peter Green
17 March 2018 23Sydney FC1–2Brisbane RoarSydney
AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,890
Referee: Kurt Ams
25 March 2018 24Wellington Phoenix2–2Brisbane RoarWellington
17:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,594
Referee: Daniel Elder
31 March 2018 25Brisbane Roar1–0Central Coast MarinersBrisbane
16:35 AEST
  • Henrique  13'
 Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,019
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
7 April 2018 26Western Sydney Wanderers3–0Brisbane RoarSydney
17:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: Kurt Ams
14 April 2018 27Perth Glory2–3Brisbane RoarPerth
22:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,579
Referee: Peter Green

Finals series
20 April 2018 Elimination-finalMelbourne City2–0Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEST
  • Mauk  59'
  • Fitzgerald  90+1'
 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,757
Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup
Main article: 2017 FFA Cup
9 August 2017 Round of 32Brisbane Roar 1–5 Melbourne VictoryBrisbane
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,184
Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs
23 January 2018 Preliminary round 2Brisbane Roar 2–3 Ceres–NegrosBrisbane, Australia
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

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