2015–16 Brisbane Roar FC season

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

Brisbane Roar
2015–16 season
ChairmanChris Fong
(until 9 November 2015)
Rahim Soekasah
(from 9 November 2015)
ManagerJohn Aloisi
StadiumSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
A-League3rd
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Maclaren (18 goals)
All: Jamie Maclaren (20 goals)
Highest home attendance17,696 vs Perth Glory
(2 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance5,162 vs Wellington Phoenix
(12 December 2015)
Average home league attendance12,850

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   AUS Michael Theo
3 DF   AUS Shane Stefanutto (Vice Captain)
5 DF   AUS Corey Brown
6 DF   GER Jérome Polenz
7 MF   ESP Corona
8 MF   AUS Steven Lustica
9 FW   AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 FW   BRA Henrique
11 FW   CRC Jean Carlos Solórzano
13 DF   AUS Jade North
14 DF   AUS Daniel Bowles
15 DF   AUS James Donachie
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   AUS Devante Clut
17 MF   AUS Matt McKay (Captain)
18 MF   ESP Javier Hervás
19 DF   AUS Jack Hingert
20 FW   AUS Shannon Brady
21 GK   ENG Jamie Young
22 MF   GER Thomas Broich
23 FW   AUS Dimitri Petratos
24 MF   AUS Tommy Oar
28 FW   AUS Brandon Borrello (FT Youth)
29 MF   AUS Joe Caletti
33 DF   AUS Luke DeVere

From youth squad edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
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 edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
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 edit

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 edit

Squad statistics edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
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

Pre-season and friendlies edit

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)
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

Competitions edit

Overall edit

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 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification for 2017 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 for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification for 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[a] 27 7 4 16 34 54 −20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 −37 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 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 edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHHA
ResultWWLWDWDDLWWWWDLLWWDLLWWLWWD
Position112221134222111322123313213
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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 Parramatta
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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.
  8. ^ a b c "Roar wishes youngsters well for the future". Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Kaluderovic's Roar stay over". FourFourTwo. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 31 August 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. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

External links edit