2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar
2020–21 season
Chairman	Rahim Soekasah
Manager	Warren Moon
Stadium	Dolphin Stadium
A-League	3rd
FFA Cup	Cancelled
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC season is the club's 16th season. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[1]

Players

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	AUS	Macklin Freke
3	DF	AUS	Corey Brown
5	DF	SCO	Tom Aldred (captain)
6	DF	ENG	Macaulay Gillesphey
7	FW	NZL	Jai Ingham
8	MF	AUS	Danny Kim
9	FW	JPN	Masato Kudo
10	MF	JPN	Riku Danzaki
11	FW	AUS	Joe Champness (on loan from Newcastle Jets)
12	GK	AUS	Bon Scott (injury replacement)
14	MF	AUS	George Mells
15	MF	AUS	Jesse Daley


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	AUS	Josh Brindell-South
19	DF	AUS	Jack Hingert
21	GK	ENG	Jamie Young
23	FW	AUS	Dylan Wenzel-Halls
25	MF	AUS	Rahmat Akbari
26	MF	IRL	Jay O'Shea
27	DF	AUS	Kai Trewin (scholarship)
28	DF	AUS	Izaack Powell (scholarship)
29	DF	AUS	Jordan Courtney-Perkins
77	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald
—	FW	AUS	Golgol Mebrahtu

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
15	MF	Jesse Daley	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	12 October 2020	^[2]
16	DF	Josh Brindell-South	Lions FC	Free transfer	1 year	13 October 2020	^[3]
11	FW	Joe Champness	Newcastle Jets	Loan	1 year	30 October 2020	^[4]^[5]
8	MF	Danny Kim	Lions FC	Free transfer		10 November 2020	^[6]
10	MF	Riku Danzaki	Consadole Sapporo	Free transfer		19 November 2020	^[7]
9	FW	Masato Kudo	Unattached	Free transfer		10 December 2020	^[8]
12	GK	Bon Scott	Brisbane City	Injury replacement		19 January 2021	^[9]
TBD	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	Unattached	Free transfer		22 January 2021	^[10]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
4	DF	Daniel Bowles	Retired		24 August 2020	^[11]^[12]
22	DF	Jake McGing	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020	^[13]
15	DF	Aaron Reardon	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020	^[13]
12	MF	Matthew Ridenton	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020	^[13]
8	MF	Danny Kim	Lions FC	End of loan	7 September 2020	^[13]
10	MF	Brad Inman	ATK Mohun Bagan	Undisclosed	21 September 2020	^[14]
1	GK	Max Crocombe	Melbourne Victory	Mutual contract termination	1 October 2020	^[15]^[16]
20	FW	Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Unattached	End of contract	9 October 2020	^[17]
2	DF	Scott Neville	East Bengal	Loan	13 October 2020	^[18]
30	FW	Mirza Muratovic	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	9 November 2020	^[19]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
2	Scott Neville	Right-back	2+ years	13 October 2020	^[18]
3	Corey Brown	Left-back	2+ years	14 October 2020	^[20]

Pre-season and friendlies

7 November 2020	Eastern Suburbs	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:30 AEST		Report	O'Shea	Stadium: Heath Park

14 November 2020	Magpies Crusaders United	1–9	Brisbane Roar	Mackay, Australia
18:30 AEST	? ?'	Report	McDonald ?', ?' Wenzel-Halls ?' Jelacic ?'	Stadium: Soliginkin Oval

21 November 2020	Rochedale Rovers	1–6	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:30 AEST	? 87'	Report	Wenzel-Halls 33' Ingham 35' Trewin 69' Parsons 76' Brindell-South ?' Brymora 90'	Stadium: Underwood Park

29 November 2020 Dolphin Community Shield	Peninsula Power	1–7	Brisbane Roar	Redcliffe, Australia
17:00 AEST	McHenery 17'	Report	McDonald 7', 9' Brindell-South 23' Jelacic 29' Wenzel-Halls 65' Brown 77' O'Shea 88' (pen.)	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park

5 December 2020	NPL Queensland All-Stars	2–5	Brisbane Roar	Kippa-Ring, Australia
19:00 AEST	McHenery 50' Gillesphey 55' (o.g.)	Report	Champness 17', 26', 33' McDonald 21', 39'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

12 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Coffs Harbour, Australia
	Topor-Stanley 24'	Report	Parsons 16'	Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium

20 December 2020	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Western United	Gold Coast, Australia
		Report	Calver 73' Majok 85'	Stadium: Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
AFC Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00

Updated to match played 2 January 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Sydney FC	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	47	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series^[a]
3	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	Qualification for finals series^[a]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40
5	Adelaide United	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39
6	Macarthur FC	26	11	6	9	33	36	−3	39

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

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
2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	0	0	1	0	1	−1	1	0	0	3	1	+2

Last updated: 2 January 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result		W					L	W		W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 December 2020 7	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne City	Kippa-Ring
18:00 AEST		Report	Metcalfe 52'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 9,279 Referee: Adam Kersey

2 January 2021 2	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	McManaman 24'	Report	McDonald 16' Gillesphey 60' Wenzel-Halls 79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,304 Referee: Shaun Evans

TBD 1	Brisbane Roar	Postponed	Wellington Phoenix	Kippa-Ring
		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

TBD 3	Brisbane Roar	Postponed	Sydney FC	Kippa-Ring
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

TBD 4	Brisbane Roar	Postponed	Central Coast Mariners	Kippa-Ring
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

20 January 2021 8	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,703

30 January 2021 10	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
20:15 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,747

6 February 2021 17	Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne Victory	Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEST				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

9 February 2021 6	Brisbane Roar	v	Macarthur FC	Kippa-Ring
18:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

14 February 2021 18	Brisbane Roar	v	Newcastle Jets	Kippa-Ring
17:00 AEST				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

20 February 2021 22	Sydney FC	v	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:10 AEDT				Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

24 February 2021 11	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: Bankwest Stadium

26 February 2021 26	Melbourne City	v	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Melbourne

2 March 2021 5	Perth Glory	v	Brisbane Roar	Perth
18:20 AWST				Stadium: HBF Park

TBD 9	Macarthur FC	Postponed	Brisbane Roar	Campbelltown
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

TBC 12	Newcastle Jets	Postponed	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

6 March 2021 13	Brisbane Roar	v	Sydney FC	Kippa-Ring
16:00 AEST				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

10 March 2021 14	Brisbane Roar	v	Perth Glory	Kippa-Ring
18:00 AEST				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

13 March 2021 15	Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

21 March 2021 16	Wellington Phoenix	v	Brisbane Roar	Wollongong
16:00 AEDT				Stadium: WIN Stadium

11 April 2021 19	Brisbane Roar	v	Western United	Kippa-Ring
16:00 AEDT				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

16 April 2021 20	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: Bankwest Stadium

25 April 2021 21	Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne City	Kippa-Ring
14:00 AEST				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

8 May 2021 23	Central Coast Mariners	v	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

16 May 2021 24	Brisbane Roar	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Kippa-Ring
16:00 AEST				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

22 May 2021 25	Western United	v	Brisbane Roar	Ballarat
17:00 AEST				Stadium: Eureka Stadium

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

7 April 2021 Preliminary round	Brisbane Roar	v	Kaya–Iloilo	Kippa-Ring
				Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 20 January 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		AFC Champions League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Macklin Freke	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Corey Brown	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF		Tom Aldred	3	0	0	0	3	0
6	DF		Macaulay Gillesphey	3	1	0	0	3	1
7	FW		Jai Ingham	1(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0
9	FW		Masato Kudo	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0
10	MF		Riku Danzaki	3	1	0	0	3	1
11	FW		Joe Champness	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	FW		Jesse Daley	1(2)	0	0	0	1(2)	0
19	DF		Jack Hingert	3	0	0	0	3	0
21	GK		Jamie Young	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	FW		Dylan Wenzel-Halls	3	2	0	0	3	2
25	MF		Rahmat Akbari	3	0	0	0	3	0
26	MF		Jay O'Shea	3	0	0	0	3	0
27	DF		Kai Trewin	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0
34	MF		Alex Parsons	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0
77	FW		Scott McDonald	2(1)	1	0	0	2(1)	1

Goalscorers

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A-League	Total
1	6	DF	Macaulay Gillesphey	1	1
	23	FW	Dylan Wenzel-Halls	1	1
	77	FW	Scott McDonald	1	1
Totals				3	3

Disciplinary record

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League		AFC Champions League		Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name
1	6	DF		Macaulay Gillesphey	1	0	0	0	1	0
1	19	DF		Jack Hingert	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total					2	0	0	0	2	0

Clean sheets

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	AFC Champions League	Total

References

^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.
^ "Former Young Roar captain Jesse Daley returns home to Brisbane". Brisbane Roar. 12 October 2020.
^ "Roar sign Queenslander Joshua Brindell-South from Lions FC". Brisbane Roar. 13 October 2020.
^ "Rapper Champness' Roar deal hits sour note with Jets". The World Game. SBS. 10 October 2020.
^ Monteverde, Marco (30 October 2020). "A-League: Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar agree on future of Joe Champness". news.com.au.
^ "Danny Kim returns to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 10 November 2020.
^ "Japanese young gun joins Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 19 November 2020.
^ "Roar sign experienced J1 League striker Masato Kudo". Brisbane Roar. 10 December 2020.
^ "Squad Update: Roar sign Bon Scott as injury replacement player". Brisbane Roar. 19 January 2021.
^ "BRFC Squad Update: Golgol Mebrahtu joins Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 22 January 2021.
^ "Daniel Bowles departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 24 August 2020.
^ Monteverde, Marco (26 August 2020). "A-League: Cafe owner and Brisbane defender Daniel Bowles quits at just 28 to focus on business". News.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Brisbane Roar Squad Update". Brisbane Roar. 7 September 2020.
^ "Bradden Inman departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Crocombe departs BRFC". Brisbane Roar. 1 October 2020.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs shot-stopper Max Crocombe". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2020.
^ "Aaron Amadi-Holloway departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 9 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Neville locks in Roar future beyond 2020/21 season". Brisbane Roar. 13 October 2020.
^ "Muratovic departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 9 November 2020.
^ "Corey Brown commits long-term future to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 14 October 2020.

[table_note_res_AFCGS0.77075090853998-21] The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

[1] "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.

[2] "Former Young Roar captain Jesse Daley returns home to Brisbane". Brisbane Roar. 12 October 2020.

[3] "Roar sign Queenslander Joshua Brindell-South from Lions FC". Brisbane Roar. 13 October 2020.

[4] "Rapper Champness' Roar deal hits sour note with Jets". The World Game. SBS. 10 October 2020.

[5] Monteverde, Marco (30 October 2020). "A-League: Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar agree on future of Joe Champness". news.com.au.

[6] "Danny Kim returns to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 10 November 2020.

[7] "Japanese young gun joins Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 19 November 2020.

[8] "Roar sign experienced J1 League striker Masato Kudo". Brisbane Roar. 10 December 2020.

[9] "Squad Update: Roar sign Bon Scott as injury replacement player". Brisbane Roar. 19 January 2021.

[10] "BRFC Squad Update: Golgol Mebrahtu joins Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 22 January 2021.

[11] "Daniel Bowles departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 24 August 2020.

[12] Monteverde, Marco (26 August 2020). "A-League: Cafe owner and Brisbane defender Daniel Bowles quits at just 28 to focus on business". News.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

[7SepBri-13] "Brisbane Roar Squad Update". Brisbane Roar. 7 September 2020.

[14] "Bradden Inman departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[15] "Crocombe departs BRFC". Brisbane Roar. 1 October 2020.

[16] "Melbourne Victory signs shot-stopper Max Crocombe". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2020.

[17] "Aaron Amadi-Holloway departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 9 October 2020.

[NevilleLoanExtension-18] "Neville locks in Roar future beyond 2020/21 season". Brisbane Roar. 13 October 2020.

[19] "Muratovic departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 9 November 2020.

[20] "Corey Brown commits long-term future to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 14 October 2020.

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