Brisbane Roar

Full name	Brisbane Roar Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Roar
Founded	1957, as Hollandia Inala Soccer Club, 2005 as Queensland Roar
Ground	Suncorp Stadium (capacity: 52,500)
Owner	Bakrie Group
Chairman	Dali Tahir
Manager	Mike Mulvey
League	A-League
2011–12	2nd (League) 1st (Champions)
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Brisbane Roar Football Club (formerly Queensland Roar Football Club^[1]) is a professional football (soccer) club from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia competing in the Hyundai A-League national competition, playing their home games at Suncorp Stadium. They officially changed their name to Brisbane Roar FC on 5 May 2009^[1] due to the introduction of other Queensland based teams in the A-League. In the 2010–11 A-League season, the club won its first ever Premiership and Championship after a season which saw them go undefeated in 28 games. With that feat, they won automatic entry into the 2012 AFC Champions League.^[2] Brisbane Roar holds the record for the longest unbeaten run at the top level of any Australian football code, which stands at 36 league matches without defeat.^[3] Brisbane Roar are also the first and only club to win back to back A-League Championships.^[4]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Formation 1.2 A-League 1.2.1 Previous Seasons 1.2.2 2012/13 season 1.3 Grounds 1.4 Affiliations 1.4.1 Clubs 1.4.2 Personnel 2 Crest and colours 2.1 Shirt sponsors and manufacturers 2.2 Kit Design History 2.2.1 A-League 2.2.2 Asian Champions League 3 Ownership and finances 4 Support 4.1 Rivalries 5 Players 5.1 First team squad 5.2 Internationally Capped Players 5.3 Youth squad 5.4 Women's squad 6 Notable former players 7 Representatives 8 Managers 8.1 Bleiberg 8.2 Farina 8.3 Postecoglou 8.4 Vidošić 8.5 Mulvey 9 Personnel 10 Honours 10.1 Domestic 10.1.1 League 10.1.2 Cups 10.2 Continental 10.2.1 Asia 10.3 Worldwide 11 Records 11.1 A-League 11.1.1 Overall 11.1.2 Home 11.1.3 Away 11.2 AFC Champions League 11.3 Club 12 End of Season Awards 13 IFFHS Ranking 13.1 World 13.2 Asian Confederation 14 Footnotes 15 References 16 External links

History [edit]

Formation [edit]

The original operators of the Brisbane Roar can trace their history back to the founding in 1957 of the Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club by Dutch immigrants and was based in the Brisbane suburbs of Richlands. After adopting the name Brisbane Lions in the 1970s, the club competed in the defunct National Soccer League from 1977 until the end of the 1988 season before reverting down to the Brisbane Premier League thereafter. The club changed their name to Queensland Lions after coming to an agreement with the Brisbane Lions AFL club in the 1990s.^[5]

At the time of conception of the A-League, teams from several capital cities were preferred to form the foundation clubs. By June 2004 two of the twenty submissions for joining the league were sought by partnerships formed in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland.^[6] On 1 November 2004 the group headed by Queensland Lions were chosen as operators of the Brisbane team. In March the following year the Roar were officially launched as a club. The Roar's first-ever board consisted of chairman John Ribot, a former CEO of both National Rugby League clubs Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm, deputy chairman Gary Wilkins, former Queensland and Australian player, and CEO Lawrence Oudendyk, who is also Queensland Lions CEO

A-League [edit]

Previous Seasons [edit]

The A-League would run its first season in 2005–06. At the start of the 2009–10 season, the club were forced to rename themselves "Brisbane Roar" due to two other Queensland-based clubs entering the competition; that being Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury.

2005–06 Queensland Roar season 2006–07 Queensland Roar season

2007–08 Queensland Roar season 2008–09 Queensland Roar season

2009–10 Brisbane Roar season 2010-11 Brisbane Roar season

2011–12 Brisbane Roar season

2012/13 season [edit]

Having been the first signing for former coach Ange Postecoglou, Olyroo international Andrew Redmayne signed a contract with Melbourne Heart on 21 January 2012. Having featured on just 2 occasions for the first team, Redmayne would officially join the Heart on 31 May 2012, citing he needed to play first team football.^[7] The Roar would welcome two South Korean's to the club on trial to see if they could potentially be a signing for the club. With one spot left on the visa list with the departure of Canadian Issey Nakajima-Farran, only one could be signed. However, with the trial having finished, neither player was signed and inevitably, both players left the club. With his future in the air and several clubs interested in his services, former Gold Coast United player Ben Halloran would eventually sign with the Roar on a three year contract on 13 May 2012, with ex Roar coach Postecoglou missing out on his signature.^[8] On 15 June, Brisbane Roar W-League coach Jeff Hopkins would be announced as Rado Vidošićs right hand man for the coming season, with his tactical knowledge and analytical skills being described as excellent and beneficial for everyone at the club.^[9] Just 4 days later, The 2012–13 A-League season would be drawn, with a rematch of the previous seasons Grand Final taking place in Perth, with the game taking place at Paterson Stadium. This will see the first time football (soccer) has been played at the stadium since the 2003-04 National Soccer League Preliminary Final which saw the Glory defeat Adelaide United 5-0.

On 9 July 2012, Bahraini central defender Sayed Mohamed Adnan would knock back a contract offer to remain at the Roar, citing the need for him and his family to move back to the Middle East.^[10] The leaving of the lanky defender would free up a second Visa spot for the club for the coming season. With this news circulating, the Roar have been rumoured to have a high intention of filling the now open visa position with another foreign defender.^[11] Just a day later, the defensive unit at the Roar would get a reprieve with the promotion of Youth League goalkeeper Matthew Acton on a 2 year contract. The promotion would see a second goalkeeper join the first team since the departure of Andrew Redmayne.^[12] On 17 July 2012, one of the South Koreaans who trialled with the club back in May, Do Dong-Hyun, signed a 3 year contract with the Roar, taking one of the two visa spots left open by the departures of Issey Nakajima-Farran and Sayed Mohamed Adnan. The 19 year old left winger brings the number of players in the squad to 20.^[13] Exactly a week later, the Roar would open their pre-season account against Brisbane Olympic at Goodwin Park in Yeronga. The Roar would turn on the style, easing to victory in a 5-0 romp over the Brisbane Premier League side. A George Lambadaridis header via a cross from new signing Do Dong-Hyun would take the Roar to a 1-0 lead at half time, before a hat-trick by Besart Berisha and an own goal by an Olympic defender would seal the win in the second half.^[14]

On 1 August 2012, Michael Theoklitos would change his surname via deed poll to Michael Theo. Theo would claim that “Around the football traps, I’ve always been known as Michael Theo so I just thought, why not make it official?” ^[15] Just 4 days later, youngster Kofi Danning would sign with fellow Bakrie Group owned team, Belgian side C.S. Visé on a two year contract with the option of a third year.^[16] On 14 January 2013, Brisbane Roar were knocked out of the 2013 AFC Champions League losing 3-0 on penalties to Buriram United after a scoreless draw. This made them the first ever A-League side to fail to make the group stages of the tournament after getting a Play-off Spot.

Grounds [edit]

The Brisbane Roar have always played their home matches at the 52,500 capacity Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Previously known as Lang Park, the stadium was also the home ground for the Brisbane Strikers in the now-defunct NSL. The stadium was also one of five venues in the successful 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship where the ground hosted seven matches. Suncorp Stadium has hosted Socceroos international fixtures, games at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, 2008 Rugby League World Cup and concerts, including the U2 360° Tour.^[17]

At the beginning of the 2010–11 Season, during negotiations with the operator of Suncorp Stadium, there were suggestions that the club may move its home games to Ballymore Stadium where the club has its administration and training facilities. However, the owners of the club opted to stay at Suncorp Stadium on a new restructured contract that would ensure the financial viability of hosting games at the more expensive Suncorp Stadium.^[18]

Following the flooding of Suncorp Stadium in the 2010–2011 Queensland floods, the Roar were forced to move two home games against Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Heart to the regular home of Gold Coast United at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast. These matches are the first 'home' league fixtures that the Roar have played at a venue other than Suncorp Stadium in the clubs' history.^[19]

In a spectacular 2011 A-League Grand Final, the 50,168 strong fans would make history, being the largest crowd to watch both the Roar and a football match in Brisbane.^[20] This was bettered the following season when 50,334 people saw Brisbane defeat Perth in the 2012 A-League Grand Final.^[4]

Affiliations [edit]

Clubs [edit]

• Queensland Lions – Founded the club and played a part in Queensland Roar's inaugural roster.
• Atlético Mineiro – The partnership was signed in 2008 and it will assist both the Roar and Atlético Mineiro in footballing matters both on and off the field in areas of sports medicine, physiology, fitness training and club marketing. The partnership also adds the possibility of pre-season fixtures between the two teams, as well as an opportunity for the Roars younger players to learn skills with the Atlético Mineiro junior-development programs.
• Arema FC^[21] – Affiliation due to The Bakrie Group ownership.^[22]
• C.S. Visé – Affiliation due to The Bakrie Group ownership.^[22]
• Deportivo Indonesia – Affiliation due to The Bakrie Group ownership.^[22]

Personnel [edit]

• Patrick Kluivert^[23] – Kluivert was brought to the Roar in the 2009–10 season by then manager, Ange Postecoglou for a two week coaching role. Following the completion of Kluivert's time with the Roar, he was named as an official club ambassador,^[24] though the term and/or duties involved with the ambassador role are unknown. Kluivert is the current FC Twente Youth team coach.

Crest and colours [edit]

During the first two seasons the Roar played in a predominantly orange home strip with blue shorts and maroon socks. Queensland sporting teams traditionally play in maroon but the original home strip kept with the colours used by the team in its earlier incarnations. The colours of orange and blue honour the club's Dutch origins. On 31 July 2007 the club announced that it had ordered a strip that was half orange and half maroon, but that the colours were manufactured for prominence on television. For season three the home kit had been redesigned, the home strip is still orange but features maroon sleeves, the shorts are maroon instead of blue and orange socks are worn. Danny Tiatto and Craig Moore modelled in the strip launch on 1 August 2007^[25]

Before the 2009–10 A-League season, in accordance with the name changing of the club from Queensland Roar to Brisbane Roar, the club's logo was also changed with "Queensland" being dropped to make way for "Brisbane". On 20 May 2009, Reinaldo and Sergio van Dijk unveiled a new kit for the club, which would be worn for the next two seasons. The club stuck with the maroon and orange they had used for the last kit, but instead opted to drop the white slashes on the home kit. The orange used for the previous kit was brightened to the one used in season 1 of the A-League, with the design of both the new home and away kits changing. The slashes were dropped for a shoulder-pad style. The maroon shoulder pads would be displayed on an orange body, with maroon shorts. This was reversed on the away kit, with the shoulder-pads being orange on a white body with orange shorts.^[26]

Prior to the 2011–12 A-League season, the club announced that maroon, which had featured in some way on the clubs' kits since the A-League inception, would be removed and replaced with black.^[27] On 5 September 2011, the club released their kits for the upcoming season. The club showed off their home kit, which was orange with black diagonal shoulders with a thin, white line under the black. This was supported by orange with black banded socks. The away kit would turn out to be predominately black, with only the orange shoulders on the top with the white line underneath and the black with orange banded socks. The same pants would be used for both the home and away kits, which would sport two orange bands and a white band on black pants.^[28] The kits released were the same design used by Tottenham Hotspur during their 2010–11 season.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers [edit]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2005–2006	Reebok	none
2006–2007		Jayco
2007–2011		The Coffee Club
2011–	Puma

On 30 November 2007, the club signed a two and a half year deal with cafe chain The Coffee Club to be their main shirt sponsor.^[29] The Coffee Club would re-sign with the Roar in August 2010 for another 3 years, making it one of the longest sponsorship deals in the A League.^[30] After the clubs license was taken back by Football Federation Australia in March 2011, the Coffee Club committed their future to the club, signing a $2 Million dollar, 3 year contract extension, sealing their future as sponsors until at least 2015.^[31]

At the conclusion of the 2010-11 A-League season, the A-League's kit deal with Reebok came to an end meaning that all A-League clubs could enter into their own separate kit manufacturer agreements. On 2 August 2011, the Roar announced that Puma would be the clubs' first kit manufacturer decided by the club itself by signing a three year deal with the sports brand. The club announced that Puma will manufacture the official playing kits for all Brisbane Roar teams, including the Youth and Women’s teams as well as replica kits and other merchandise.^[32]

Kit Design History [edit]

A-League [edit]

Home 2005–2007

Home 2007–2009

Home 2009–2011

Home 2011–

Away 2005–2007

Away 2007–2009

Away 2009–2011

Away 2011–

Asian Champions League [edit]

Home 2012

Away 2012

Ownership and finances [edit]

Currently, the club is owned by:

• The Bakrie Group – 100%

Brisbane Roar was established by Queensland Lions SC in March 2005 as the team that would represent Brisbane in the newly formed A-League. Queensland Lions held a majority share in the club through to 2008. It is understood that in 2008 the 25% share owned by Queensland Lions was bought by the Roar board at a discount. This led to financial instability in the club and rumours of the club handing back its A-League licence to Football Federation Australia (FFA). On 16 April 2009 reports surfaced that the FFA were willing to purchase up to a 55% share in the Roar to ensure its financial stability. This 55% encompassed CEO Lawrence Oudendyk's 15% per cent interest, the 25% previously owned by Queensland Lions and the 15% share owned by Rob Jones and Rob Jansen. FFA advised that any takeover by the FFA would see Oudendyk replaced as CEO.^[33] Ultimately a new Brisbane-based ownership structure was formed with investors Emmanuel Drivas, Emmanuel Kokoris, Claude Baradel and Serge Baradel taking over 100% ownership of the club.

On 30 April 2009 the FFA confirmed their offer to take a controlling share in the Roar.^[34] The new ownership group declined the FFA's assistance on 22 May 2009.^[35] The owners' commitment to the club was reinforced in a statement released by Emmanuel Drivas on behalf of the owners on 12 April 2010 after further speculation that the Roar would require financial assistance from the FFA after a poor 2009–10 season.^[36]

In March 2011, just a week after the club won its first Grand Final, the FFA would take back the clubs license, agreeing to fund the club until new owners were found. Football Federation Australia CEO Ben Buckley thanked the previous owners for pouring money into the Roar, who could not keep up with the future costs for the club.^[37]

On 4 October 2011, The World Game reported that Indonesian mining magnate, The Bakrie Group, would takeover ownership of the club from the FFA under a 10-year term. Under the terms of the deal, The Bakrie Group paid A$8 million for a 70% share of the club, with the FFA retaining the remaining 30% share. Under the terms of this deal, the Bakrie Group had the option to purchase a further 20% stake in the club with the FFA holding the remaining 10% share. The Bakrie Group also own Indonesia Super League club Pelita Jaya FC and Belgian Second Division club C.S. Visé. Following this change of ownership, the new chairman of the Roar was announced as Dali Tahir.^[38]

After becoming the first majority-share foreign owner of an A-League team, on 6 February 2012, the FFA announced that Bakrie had acquired 100 percent ownership of the Brisbane club.^[39]

Support [edit]

Brisbane Roar have two supportter groups, the main supporter group is known as The Den. The Den are located in Bay 332 of the Northern stand of Suncorp Stadium, where they have been since the inaugural season of the A-League. .^[40][41]

In 2010, a breakaway supporters group, the River City Crew (RCC), were formed. Originally members of the Den, the RCC were located opposite the Den, in Bay 310 of the Southern Stand of Suncorp Stadium. While members of the Den the group was known as Brisbane Boys, however broke away to form their own identity. Prior to the commencement of the 2012/2013 season, Brisbane Roar Football club announced to the River City Crew that they would no longer have a designated section in the southern end at Suncorp stadium on match days. The Roar however permitted the group to move to the northern end of the stadium if they wished to actively support the club. The reason for actions taken, in the eyes of the club, were deemed to be down to behavioral issues, with offensive language and the lighting of flares. The issue was fought by the members of the RCC to re-gain a place at Suncorp and continue their support for the team.^[42] The group, after many negotiations, and support from around the country, was awarded another section in the stadium, section 326, the closest bay to the den on the Eastern stand of the stadium. Since moving to the new section of the stadium, the group would change their name to the River City Collective, the core of the group originally members of the Den.

The group prides itself on being able to offer European style and active support to the people of Brisbane.^[43]

Rivalries [edit]

• Gold Coast United – (M1 Derby). Due to its proximity to Gold Coast, Brisbane Roar's derby match was naturally against the Gold Coast United. This, however, concluded on 5 April when Football Federation Australia officially announced the axing of the Glitter Strip side, just a year after the axing of other A-League side, North Queensland Fury.^[44] There was also a rivalry with (now defunct) North Queensland Fury due to both clubs being in the same state although it was widely considered a regular match due to the distance between the two teams.

• Central Coast Mariners – Although it is not a geographical rivalry, the Roar have developed a passionate rivalry with Central Coast Mariners.^[45] The Rivalry came about at the tail end of the 2010–11 season through either sides strong will to not be defeated by the other. This would be highlighted in the 2011 A-League Grand Final, where in the 1st half of extra-time, the Mariners would take a 2–0 lead into half time. With the Roar's will to win still strong, they would come back to level the game at 2–2, with their goals coming in the 117th minute and the other with the last kick of the game from a corner. During extra-time, Central Coast Mariners striker Daniel McBreen would sledge Roar goalkeeper Michael Theoklitos. This would come back to haunt the Mariners' striker, with Theoklitos saving McBreen's penalty kick in the resulting penalty shoot-out.^[46]

• Sydney FC – The Roar have also developed a heated State of Origin-style rivalry with Sydney FC which was first ignited in the 2007–08 A-League Finals Series when Brisbane Roar (then known as Queensland Roar) secured victory over Sydney FC after two hard fought legs with the second leg being played in front of a then club record crowd of 36,211 at Suncorp Stadium. After being stagnant for the seasons to follow, the rivalry between the biggest club in their respective states re-ignited after Sydney FC ended the Brisbane Roar's record-breaking 36-game unbeaten streak in the A-League on 4 December 2011. The return clash in Brisbane saw an on field clash between Sydney's Pascal Bosschaart and Brisbane's Besart Berisha following Brisbane Roar's 2–1 victory at Suncorp Stadium.^[47]

Players [edit]

First team squad [edit]

Correct as of 10 May 2013 - players numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website^[48][49]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Theo 2 DF Matt Smith (Captain) 3 DF Shane Stefanutto (Vice Captain) 5 DF Ivan Franjić 7 FW Besart Berisha 8 MF Massimo Murdocca 10 FW Henrique 11 MF Ben Halloran (Youth) 12 FW Julius Davies (Youth) 13 DF Jade North 14 MF Steven Lustica

No. Position Player 15 DF James Donachie (Youth) 16 FW Do Dong-Hyun 18 MF Luke Brattan 19 DF Jack Hingert 20 GK Matt Acton (Youth) 22 MF Thomas Broich 25 MF George Lambadaridis (Youth) 26 DF Corey Brown (Youth) 29 FW Kwame Yeboah (Youth) MF Ben Litfin (Youth)

Internationally Capped Players [edit]

Player	Country	Caps	goals	Years Active
Matt Smith	Australia	3	(0)	2012–
Shane Stefanutto	Australia	3	(0)	2007–09
Ivan Franjic	Australia	3	(0)	2012–
Besart Berisha	Albania	17	(1)	2007–
Jade North	Australia	39	(0)	2002–

Youth squad [edit]

Correct as of 30 November 2012^[50][51]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 25 MF George Lambadaridis [Note 1] 26 DF Corey Brown[Note 1] (Captain) 29 FW Kwame Yeboah 30 GK Nicholas Tubbs 33 GK Fraser Chalmers 34 DF Cameron Crestani 45 DF Lachlan Jackson

No. Position Player 36 DF Brian Fok 37 MF Ross Archibald (Vice Captain) 38 MF Kenneth Dougall 39 MF Ben Litfin 40 MF Brandon Borello 41 FW Jordan Lambi 42 FW Patrick Theodore

In addition 4 "over-age" players from the First Team may play for the Youth Team.

1. ^ ^{a b} Football Federation Australia regulations allow for 3 players young enough to play in the NYL to be paid full-time wages outside the A-League salary cap.

Women's squad [edit]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Hoshimi Kishi 2 DF Laura Alleway 3 DF Amy Chapman 4 DF Clare Polkinghorne (Captain) 5 DF Brooke Spence 6 MF Ashley Spina 7 MF Erika Elze 8 MF Elise Kellond-Knight 9 FW Emma Pittman 10 FW Lana Harch

No. Position Player 11 MF Vedrana Popovic 12 DF Rebecca Price 13 MF Tameka Butt 14 DF Georgia Chapman 15 FW Hannah Beard 16 MF Sachiko Tatsuoka 17 FW Emily Gielnik 19 MF Katrina Gorry 20 GK Kate Stewart 30 GK Joanne Buckley

Notable former players [edit]

This list of "famous" or "notable" persons has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria. Please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria. (March 2013)

Representation Key

Bold	Represented their country whilst playing for the club
Italic	Represented their country after leaving the club
‡	Full internationals prior to arriving at the club.

Australia Alex Brosque Luke DeVere Spase Dilevski Chad Gibson Robbie Kruse Josh McCloughan Matt McKay Ante Miličić ‡ Craig Moore ‡ Damian Mori ‡ Tommy Oar Saša Ognenovski Andrew Packer Liam Reddy Adam Sarota Milan Susak Danny Tiatto ‡ Dario Vidošić Rocky Visconte Michael Zullo Bahrain Sayed Mohamed Adnan ‡ Brazil Marcinho Reinaldo

Canada Issey Nakajima-Farran ‡ China Yuning Zhang ‡ Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano ‡ Germany Marcus Wedau Indonesia Sergio van Dijk New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses ‡ Republic of Korea Hyuk-Su Seo Tae-Yong Shin ‡ Scotland Simon Lynch Stuart McLaren Charlie Miller ‡ Switzerland Remo Buess

Representatives [edit]

The following players are currently or were formerly Socceroos:

• Mitch Nichols
• Shane Stefanutto

The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national teams:

• Besart Berisha

The following players are currently or were formerly Matildas:

Laura Alleway Ellen Beaumont Joanne Burgess Tameka Butt Catherine Cannuli Kim Carroll Casey Dumont

Lana Harch Sasha McDonnell Kate McShea Clare Polkinghorne Karla Reuter Brooke Spence

Managers [edit]

Bleiberg [edit]

Miron Bleiberg was appointed as the then Queensland Roar's inaugural manager on 2 March 2005. Under pressure from the fans to deliver on his promises of attractive, attacking and successful football he resigned on 12 November 2006 following a poor start to the 2006–07 season. After much speculation, Bleiberg was replaced by former Australian national team coach, Frank Farina just three days after Bleiberg's resignation.

Farina [edit]

Frank Farina's arrival led to a mini-revival which saw the club narrowly miss out on what would have been the Roar's first finals appearance, on goal difference. The 2007–08 season, however, saw Farina make up for the shortfall of the previous season, qualifying for the finals for the first time in the club's history. A memorable performance in the second leg of the semi-final saw the Roar defeat arch rivals 2–0 (2–0 agg.) Sydney FC in front of a (then) club record 36,221 fans to qualify for the preliminary final against the Newcastle Jets. The Roar would controversially lose 3–2 to the Newcastle side, who would ultimately go on to win the Grand Final. Farina again qualified for the finals in 2008–09, where the Roar dispatched of Central Coast Mariners 4–2 on aggregate, however they ultimately lost, again in the preliminary final, to Adelaide United after failing to capitalise on their dominance. On 10 October 2009, Farina was arrested by Queensland Police for Driving under the influence. He was initially suspended by the Roar and asked to show cause as to why he should not be sacked for tarnishing the name of the club. It was announced that assistant manager, Rado Vidosic would step into a caretakers role until a decision had been made which would include the M1 Derby, which the Roar lost 1–0 at home. Farina was ultimately sacked on 14 October 2009 and was replaced by former Australian Under-20 national team coach, Ange Postecoglou.

Postecoglou [edit]

Ange Postecoglou arrived mid-season armed with the task of picking up the pieces of a season in tatters. The 2009–10 season ended as the worst in the club's short history, finishing second from the bottom. Postecoglou completed a turn-around in the 2010–11 season. He made wholesale changes to the quad, commencing with the replacement of the "old-guard" of Charlie Miller, Craig Moore and Danny Tiatto and brought in his own squad which was a mixture of youth and talented experience. Under his brand of possession/attacking football, he would lead the team to win the club's inaugural Championship and go on to complete the club's first Double by also wrapping up the Premiership in a memorable 2011 A-League Grand Final in front of a then club record 50,168 supporters. The club went on an Australian sporting record 36-match unbeaten run which commenced in the 2010–11 season and ran through to the 2011–12 season. After much speculation on his future at the club, it was reported that Postecoglou had signed a three-year contract extension.^[31]

With such a successful season behind him, there was much talk as to whether the Roar could equal or better that in the 2011–12 season.^{[citation needed]} Their title credentials were in doubt when the club went on a club-record worst losing streak of five matches immediately following the ending of their record 36-match unbeaten streak. Postecoglou remained steadfast in the club's footballing philosophy and the club went on to record just one loss in the last 14 games of the regular season to finish league runners-up. Unable to retain the Premiers Plate, Postecoglou led the club to back-to-back Premierships in a 2012 A-League Grand Final in front of a club-record 50,344 supporters. Postecoglou also led the Roar's initial foray into the 2012 Asian Champions League as reward for their success in the previous season. Success was mixed, picking up two draws from four matches.

On 24 April 2012, Postecoglou left the club by way of mutual consent, citing a desire to seek "a new challenge".^[52] Ange leaves the club as the most successful manager in the club's history.

On 26 April 2012, it was reported that Postecoglou did not, in fact, sign a new contract at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season due to the uncertainty around the club's ownership at the time. That allowed his original two-year contract with the club to expire at the conclusion of the 2011–12 season and leave to join Melbourne Victory without the Victory needing to pay out his "contract" with the Roar.^[53]

Vidošić [edit]

On 25 April 2012, Rado Vidošić was promoted to the Managers' position after serving seven years as Assistant Manager under the three previous managers before him.^[54] On December 18, 2012, Vidosic was removed as coach, taking up the role of technical director for the club. Vidosic was only manager for thirteen (13) matches before transferring to the new role, similar to the one offered to Postecoglou before his exit earlier in 2012.^[55]

Mulvey [edit]

On 18 December 2012, Mike Mulvey was appointed manager after Rado Vidosic was "removed" from his position.

Personnel [edit]

Senior Club Officials Chairman: Dali Tahir Vice Chairman: Chris Fong[56] Technical Director: Rado Vidošić[57] General Manager: Sean Dobson[56] Commercial Manager: Steve Guise Marketing Manager: Kurt Brutton Media & Communications Manager: Daniel Lato Events Manager: Bruce Stalder Financial Controller: TBD

Senior Squad Coaching and Medical staff Manager: Mike Mulvey[58] Assistant Manager: Jeff Hopkins[9] Conditioning Coach: Ken Stead Goalkeeping Coach: Jason Kearton (Interim) Physiotherapist: Tim Oostenbroek Sports Scientist: Matt Conwell Doctor: Dr Neville Blomeley Team Manager: Ian Dalzell Assistant Physiotherapist: Ryan Timmins

Youth Squad Coaching Staff Manager: John Sime Assistant Manager: Joel Smith Team Manager: Billy Dawson Physiotherapist: Nigel Smith Assistant Physiotherapist/Team Manager: Ryan Timmins

W-League Team Coaching Staff Manager: Belinda Wilson[59]

Honours [edit]

(Features Honours as Queensland/Brisbane Roar)

Domestic [edit]

League [edit]

• A-League:
  • Champions (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
    • Runners-Up (0):
  • Premiership (1): 2010–11
    • Runners-Up (1): 2011–12
  • Finals Series Appearances (5): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

• A-League Northern Conference

Champions (2): 2008-09, 2010–11

Cups [edit]

Continental [edit]

Asia [edit]

• Asian Champions League Appearances: 2
  • 2012 — Group Stage
  • 2013 — Qualifying play-off

Worldwide [edit]

Records [edit]

Streaks are counted from first result of streak up until date of last win/draw/loss in said streak.

A-League [edit]

Only competitive matches are counted. All streaks counted only include A-League & Finals Series matches

Overall [edit]

Correct as of 22 April 2012
Biggest Victory

• 7–1 vs Adelaide United, 28 October 2011

Biggest Defeat

• 1–5 vs Gold Coast United, 26 December 2009

Highest Scoring Game (Most Goals)

• 7–1 Win vs Adelaide United, 28 October 2011

Longest Undefeated Streak

• Thirty-Six matches, 18 September 2010 – 26 November 2011 – (Longest in the A-League + Longest in an Australian Sporting Code)

Longest Winning Streak

• Five matches, 26 January 2011 – 19 February 2011
• Five matches, 18 March 2012 – present

Longest Losing Streak

• Five matches, 4 December 2011 – 26 December 2011

Longest Winless Period

• Six matches, 22 October 2006 – 24 November 2006

Most Games Without Conceding

• Four matches, 2 November 2007 – 25 November 2007
• Four matches, 8 August 2010 – 5 September 2010

Most Games Without Scoring

• Four matches, 5 November 2006 – 24 November 2006

Home [edit]

Correct as of 31 March 2012
Biggest Victory

• 7–1 vs Adelaide United, 28 October 2011

Biggest Defeat

• 0–3 vs Newcastle Jets, 7 December 2006
• 0–3 vs Central Coast Mariners, 17 October 2009

Highest Scoring Game (Most Goals)

• 7–1 Win vs Adelaide United, 28 October 2011

Longest Undefeated Streak

• Twenty-Three matches, 30 January 2010 – 26 November 2011 – (Longest in the A-League)

Longest Winning Streak

• Six matches, 23 November 2008 – 13 February 2009

Longest Losing Streak

• Four matches, 31 August 2008 – 8 November 2008

Longest Winless Period

• Eight matches, 18 September 2005 – 15 January 2006

Most Games Without Conceding

• Three matches, 26 August 2006 – 22 September 2006
• Three matches, 30 January 2010 – 27 August 2010

Most Games Without Scoring

• Three matches, 19 September 2008 – 8 November 2008

Away [edit]

Correct as of 8 April 2012
Biggest Victory

• 5–0 vs Newcastle Jets, 26 January 2006

Biggest Defeat

• 1–5 vs Gold Coast United, 26 December 2009

Highest Scoring Game (Most Goals)

• 3–4 Win vs Central Coast Mariners, 10 January 2009

Longest Undefeated Streak

• Sixteen matches, 3 October 2010 – 19 November 2011 – (Longest in the A-League)

Longest Winning Streak

• Six matches, 4 February 2012 – present

Longest Losing Streak

• Three games, 4 December 2011 – 26 December 2011

Longest Winless Period

• Eight matches, 26 December 2009 – 12 September 2010

Most Games Without Conceding

• Three matches, 1 October 2005 – 4 November 2005
• Three matches, 12 December 2010 – 2 January 2011

Most Games Without Scoring

• Five matches, 6 February 2010 – 12 September 2010

AFC Champions League [edit]

Club [edit]

Premierships: – 2010–11

Runners Up: – 2011–12

Wooden Spoon: –

Championships: – 2010–11, 2011–12

Finals Appearances: – 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Grand Final Appearances: – 2010–11, 2011–12

AFC Champions League Appearances: – 2012 (2011–12)

Attendances

• Largest crowd: 50,334 vs Perth Glory (A-League 2011-12, Grand Final – 22 March 22)
• Lowest crowd: 3,522 vs Wellington Phoenix (A-League 2010-11, Round 27–26 January 2011)^[60][61]
• Largest season average crowd: 16,951 (A-League 2007-08)

End of Season Awards [edit]

Current Winners:

Senior Team:
Gary Wilkins Medal: Besart Berisha
Player's Player Award: Besart Berisha
Member's Player of the Year: Besart Berisha
Golden Boot: Besart Berisha
Brisbane Roar's Club Person of the Year Award: Lorna Dent

Women's Team:
Player of the Year: Tameka Butt
Player's Player of the Year: Aivi Luik

National Youth Team:
Player of the Year: James Donachie

IFFHS Ranking [edit]

World [edit]

Source: IFFHS 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011
Previous Ranking: 397th
347. 0 Sriwijaya FC, C.D. Olimpia
353. 0 Orlando Pirates FC, C.D. Olimpia, FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, Stade Malien de Bamako
357. 0 Brisbane Roar, Vitória SC, Daring Club Motema Pembe
360. 0 West Bromwich Albion FC, Pachuca CF, Tromsö IL, Al Ahed, AS Nancy-Lorraine, FC Honka

Asian Confederation [edit]

Source: IFFHS 21st Century (2001–2011)
Current: 7 May 2012
166. 0 Changchun Yatai
167. 0 FK Samarkand Dinamo, Megastar Nam Dinh
169. 0 Brisbane Roar
170. 0 Al-Mabarrah
171. 0 Changsha Ginde FC, Muang Thong United FC
173. 0 Newcastle United Jets

Footnotes [edit]

1.^ Brisbane's record unbeaten streak of 36 games considers only the leagues which currently represent the top level in each of the four major football codes, and any predecessors to those leagues, specifically: the VFL/AFL in Australian rules football; the NSWRL/ARL/NRL in rugby league; Super Rugby in rugby union; and the NSL and A-League in association football. The record does not include other leagues in these sports, including those which were once considered to be of equivalent standard to today's top leagues.^[62]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official A-League Brisbane Roar website

Preceded by Sydney FC A-League Premiers 2010/11 (First title) Succeeded by Central Coast Mariners

Preceded by Sydney FC A-League Champions 2010/11, 2011/12 (Back to Back titles) Succeeded by Incumbent

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