2018–19 Brisbane Roar FC season

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Brisbane Roar
2018–19 season
ChairmanRahim Soekasah
ManagerJohn Aloisi
(to 28 December 2018)
Darren Davis (caretaker)
(from 28 December 2018)
StadiumSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
A-League9th
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Taggart (11 goals)
All: Adam Taggart (11 goals)
Highest home attendance15,129 vs Wellington Phoenix
(28 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance6,084 vs Wellington Phoenix
(12 April 2019)
Average home league attendance9,632

The 2018–19 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's 14th season participating in the A-League and in the FFA Cup for the fifth time.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Brendan White
2 FW New Zealand NZL Dane Ingham
3 DF Australia AUS Luke DeVere
4 DF Australia AUS Daniel Bowles
7 MF Denmark DEN Thomas Kristensen
8 MF Australia AUS Jacob Pepper
10 FW Australia AUS Brett Holman
11 FW France FRA Éric Bauthéac
12 DF Australia AUS Ruon Tongyik
13 MF Australia AUS Stefan Mauk
14 MF Spain ESP Álex López
15 DF Australia AUS Stefan Nigro
16 FW Australia AUS Charles Lokolingoy
17 MF Australia AUS Matt McKay (Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Australia AUS Joe Caletti
19 DF Australia AUS Jack Hingert
21 GK England ENG Jamie Young
22 MF Denmark DEN Tobias Mikkelsen
23 FW Australia AUS Dylan Wenzel-Halls
24 DF Australia AUS Connor O'Toole
26 FW Australia AUS Nicholas D'Agostino
33 FW Brazil BRA Henrique
34 DF Australia AUS Aaron Reardon
35 MF Australia AUS Jay Barnett (Scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Bryce Bafford (Scholarship)
38 FW Australia AUS Izaack Powell (Scholarship)
92 FW Australia AUS Eli Babalj (Injury replacement loan)

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
9 FW Adam Taggart Perth Glory Free transfer 2 years 1 May 2018 [1]
23 FW Dylan Wenzel-Halls Australia Western Pride Free transfer 1 year 4 May 2018 [2]
13 MF Stefan Mauk Netherlands N.E.C. €150,000[3] 4 years 28 May 2018 [4]
22 FW Denmark Tobias Mikkelsen Denmark Nordsjaelland Free transfer 1 year 5 June 2018 [5]
15 DF Stefan Nigro Free transfer 1 year 11 July 2018 [6]
14 MF Spain Álex López Free transfer 1 year 28 September 2018 [7]
16 FW Charles Lokolingoy Free transfer 6 months 6 February 2019 [8]
12 DF Ruon Tongyik Free transfer 6 months 6 February 2019 [8]
92 FW Eli Babalj Free transfer 5 months 6 March 2019 [9]

Transfers out[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
14 MF Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah Retired 20 April 2018 [10]
9 FW Italy Massimo Maccarone End of contract 24 April 2018 [11]
13 DF Jade North End of contract 26 April 2018 [12]
5 DF Corey Brown End of contract 27 April 2018 [13]
11 FW Corey Gameiro End of contract 3 May 2018 [14]
16 MF Mitchell Oxborrow End of contract 3 May 2018 [14]
77 DF Ivan Franjic End of contract 28 May 2018 [4]
25 MF Rahmat Akbari Melbourne Victory Loan 19 October 2018 [15][16]
6 DF Greece Avraam Papadopoulos Greece Olympiacos Mutual contract termination 28 January 2019 [17]
9 FW Adam Taggart South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings Undisclosed 14 February 2019 [18]
20 FW Shannon Brady Australia Gold Coast Knights Free transfer 11 March 2019 [19]

From youth squad[edit]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
34 DF Australia Aaron Reardon 19 Multi-year contract[20]
38 DF Australia Izaack Powell 17 1 year scholarship contract[21]

Contract extensions[edit]

No. Position Name Duration Date Notes
24 DF Connor O'Toole 3 years 24 April 2018 [22]
17 MF Matt McKay 1 year 27 April 2018 [23]
19 DF Jack Hingert 2 years 27 April 2018 [23]
4 DF Daniel Bowles 1 year 4 May 2018 [24]
8 MF Jacob Pepper 1 year 4 May 2018 [24]
1 GK Brendan White 1 year 4 May 2018 [24]
33 FW Brazil Henrique 1 year 4 May 2018 [24]
10 FW Brett Holman 1 year 17 May 2018 [25]
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino 1 year 17 May 2018 [25]
23 FW Dylan Wenzel-Halls 2 years 14 February 2019 [26]

Technical staff[edit]

Position Name
Manager Wales Darren Davies
Assistant Manager
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Jason Kearton

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Brendan White 4 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 FW New Zealand Dane Ingham 13 0 2 1 0 10+3 0 2 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Luke DeVere 5 1 2 0 0 5+0 1 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Daniel Bowles 15 0 9 0 1 12+2 0 8 0 1 1+0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Denmark Thomas Kristensen 18 0 1 0 0 16+1 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Australia Jacob Pepper 22 0 9 0 0 20+1 0 9 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Australia Brett Holman 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW France Éric Bauthéac 25 7 10 2 0 24+0 7 10 2 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Australia Ruon Tongyik 7 0 0 0 0 7+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 6 0 1 0 1 4+1 0 1 0 1 1+0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Spain Álex López 25 3 5 0 0 25+0 3 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Australia Stefan Nigro 9 0 1 0 0 6+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Australia Charles Lokolingoy 5 0 2 0 0 0+5 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Matt McKay 25 1 5 0 0 23+1 1 5 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Australia Joe Caletti 13 0 0 0 0 6+6 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Jack Hingert 17 0 4 0 0 16+0 0 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
21 GK England Jamie Young 25 0 1 0 0 24+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Denmark Tobias Mikkelsen 19 3 0 0 0 10+8 3 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Australia Dylan Wenzel-Halls 20 5 1 0 0 11+9 5 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Australia Connor O'Toole 16 0 1 0 0 15+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Australia Nicholas D'Agostino 17 1 2 0 0 6+11 1 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Australia Adam Sawyer 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Australia Macklin Freke 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Australia Zachary Duncan 4 1 1 0 0 3+1 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Brazil Henrique 25 3 0 0 0 11+13 3 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Australia Aaron Reardon 4 0 1 0 0 1+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Australia Jay Barnett 3 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Australia Daniel Leck 9 0 0 0 0 6+2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
37 FW Australia Bryce Bafford 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Australia Izaack Powell 6 0 2 0 0 4+2 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
92 FW Australia Eli Babalj 4 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club
6 DF Greece Avraam Papadopoulos 9 0 4 0 0 9+0 0 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Australia Adam Taggart 19 11 1 0 0 17+1 11 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
20 FW Australia Shannon Brady 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies[edit]

27 June 2018 Logan Lightning Australia 0–4 Australia Brisbane Roar Logan
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Logan Metro Sports Park
15 August 2018 Brisbane Roar Australia 1–1 Australia Sydney FC Gold Coast
Report Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Alex King
4 October 2018 Brisbane Roar Australia 1–1 Australia Australia U20 Logan
12:00 AEST Report Stadium: Logan Metro Sports Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 9th 21 October 2018 25 April 2019
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 7 August 2018 7 August 2018

A-League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 −12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 −33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 −39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 4 6 17 38 71  −33 18 3 3 7 19 36  −17 1 3 10 19 35  −16

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAAHAAHAAHAAAHHAHAAHAHAHHH
ResultDDLDWLLLLLLDLDLDLWLWLLLLWLL
Position478866999999999999999999999
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 October 2018 1 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 14,859
Referee: Chris Beath
28 October 2018 2 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,129
Referee: Alex King
3 November 2018 3 Perth Glory 2–1 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Taggart 84' (pen.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,446
Referee: Daniel Elder
10 November 2018 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Brisbane Roar Mudgee
17:35
Report
Stadium: Glen Willow Sporting Field
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
24 November 2018 5 Brisbane Roar 2–0 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,925
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
30 November 2018 6 Adelaide United 2–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,005
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 December 2018 7 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,719
Referee: Kurt Ams
14 December 2018 8 Brisbane Roar 2–4 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,289
Referee: Adam Fielding
22 December 2018 9 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Brisbane Roar Wellington
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,841
Referee: Kurt Ams
29 December 2018 10 Sydney FC 2–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 12,216
Referee: Alex King
2 January 2019 12 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,519
Referee: Shaun Evans
6 January 2019 11 Brisbane Roar 2–4 Perth Glory Brisbane
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,429
Referee: Adam Kersey
11 January 2019 13 Melbourne City 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,348
Referee: Stephen Lucas
15 January 2019 15 Brisbane Roar 0–5 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:50 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
20 January 2019 14 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Brisbane Roar Gosford
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,873
Referee: Matthew Conger
25 January 2019 16 Brisbane Roar 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,053
Referee: Adam Fielding
2 February 2019 17 Adelaide United 4–3 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,071
Referee: Alex King
8 February 2019 18 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Sydney FC Brisbane
18:50 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,356
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
16 February 2019 19 Perth Glory 4–0 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:00 AWST
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 10,831
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 February 2019 20 Central Coast Mariners 3–5 Brisbane Roar Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Referee: Stephan Lucas
8 March 2019 21 Brisbane Roar 1–4 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:50 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,130
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 March 2019 22 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 16,357
Referee: Chris Beath
29 March 2019 23 Brisbane Roar 1–3 Sydney FC Brisbane
18:50 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,059
Referee: Stephan Lucas
5 April 2019 24 Melbourne City 4–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Adam Kersey
12 April 2019 25 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,084
Referee: Peter Green
20 April 2019 26 Brisbane Roar 1–6 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
17:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,985
Referee: Alex King
25 April 2019 27 Brisbane Roar 3–5 Adelaide United Brisbane
14:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,790
Referee: Shaun Evans

FFA Cup[edit]

7 August 2018 Round of 32 Brisbane Roar Queensland 0–1 Victoria (state) Melbourne City Brisbane
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Attendance: 6,151
Referee: Casey Reibelt

References[edit]

  1. ^ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2018). "Brisbane Roar sign former A-League Golden Boot winner Adam Taggart". The Courier-Mail.
  2. ^ Monteverde, Marco (4 May 2018). "Brisbane Roar part ways with striker Corey Gameiro, bring in local goal machine". The Courier-Mail.
  3. ^ "Brisbane Roar 2018/19 season preview". 8 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b Monteverde, Marco (28 May 2018). "A-League: Stefan Mauk signing bolsters Brisbane Roar midfield". The Courier-Mail.
  5. ^ Radbourne-Pugh, Lucas (5 June 2018). "Roar sign Danish international winger". FourFourTwo.
  6. ^ Monteverde, Marco (11 July 2018). "Sacked Roar coach Mike Mulvey returns to A-League with revenge on his mind". Courier Mail.
  7. ^ Adno, Carly (28 September 2018). "Alex Lopez will add some Spanish flair to Brisbane Roar this season". Fox Sports.
  8. ^ a b "Talented young duo join BRFC". Brisbane Roar. 6 February 2019.
  9. ^ Warren, Adrian (6 March 2019). "Brisbane Roar sign striker Eli Babalj". The Recorder.
  10. ^ "Fahid Ben Khalfallah announces retirement after Roar's final loss". Fox Sports. 20 April 2018.
  11. ^ Monteverde, Marco (24 April 2018). "Marquee striker Massimo Maccarone not offered a new deal by Brisbane Roar". The Courier-Mail.
  12. ^ "Brisbane Roar announce Jade North exit". Fox Sports. 26 April 2018.
  13. ^ Radbourne-Pugh, Lucas (27 April 2018). "Brisbane lose star defender". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Brisbane Roar part ways with fringe pair". A-League. 3 May 2018.
  15. ^ Rugari, Vince (19 October 2018). "Victory sign exciting teen Akbari in time for A-League kick-off". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  16. ^ "Signing news: Victory secure exciting teenager Barnett". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 4 June 2019. Rahmat Akbari was on loan at Victory from Roar for the 2018/19 Season
  17. ^ "Papadopoulos departs BRFC". Brisbane Roar. 28 January 2019.
  18. ^ Jackson, Ed (14 January 2019). "Taggart leaves Roar in Asian switch". The Courier.
  19. ^ Unwin, Dominic (11 March 2019). "Roar confirm Brady departure". A-League.
  20. ^ "BRFC Academy graduate Aaron Reardon signs on". Brisbane Roar. 27 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Izaack Powell signs on". Brisbane Roar. 4 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Young defender locks away long-term future". Brisbane Roar. 24 April 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Experienced duo sign-on". Brisbane Roar. 27 April 2018.
  24. ^ a b c d "Slippery Fish one of our four to sign-on". Brisbane Roar. 4 May 2018.
  25. ^ a b "Attacking duo sign-on". Brisbane Roar. 17 May 2018.
  26. ^ "Dylan Wenzel-Halls commits to BRFC". Brisbane Roar. 14 February 2019.

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