Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional Australian football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. and has won the domestic title on three separate occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league games without defeat.
Brisbane competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under license from the Australian Football Federation.
The club was formed in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala, and became the Brisbane Lions, before being diverted to the Queensland Roar, playing under that name from the inaugural 2005-06 season of the A-League until the 2008-09 season. Since joining the A-League, the club has won two Premier League Premiership titles, three Championships and has competed in four AFC Champions League competitions, with a fifth appearance scheduled for the 2017/18 season.
Brisbane Roar holds the record for the longest unbeaten run at the top level of any Australian football code, which stands in 36 league games without defeat. Brisbane Roar is also the first and only club to win back to the Hyundai League A Championship.
The club plays home games at Suncorp Stadium, a 52,500-seat versatile venue at Milton, with first-team training taking place at Ballymore Stadium which also hosts club administration staff. In March 2018, the club moved its Play and Administration Headquarters to a built-up training center, $ 9 million in Logan hosting training, sports science and medical facilities for League A teams, W-League teams and more than 16 youth development teams; The new CoE also hosts the club's administrative staff. Brisbane Roar is the only club in the A-League that does not lose the Grand Final.
Youth teams compete in the National Youth League and women's teams compete in the W-League. Beginning in 2014, youth and women's teams are also competing in the Queensland NPL to maintain fitness and develop their skills further. Youth teams compete in senior male divisions while women's teams compete in the U15 boys division. Youth and women's games are played at various locations in Brisbane, including Goodwin Park, QSAC, A.J. Kelly Park, Perry Park, and sometimes the Suncorp Stadium.
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History
The origins and formations (1957-2004)
The origins of Brisbane Roar are traced back to Hollandia-Inala's establishment in 1957, by Dutch immigrants. The club is based in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands. After adopting the Brisbane Lions name in the 1970s, the club joined the National Soccer League (NSL) as one of the founding clubs in the 1977 season and competed until the end of the 1988 season before returning to the Brisbane Premier League thereafter. In the 1990s, the club re-renamed the Queensland Lions after coming to a deal with the Australian rules of football club, the Brisbane Lions.
At the time of the A-League formation, teams from several capitals were preferred to form the foundation clubs. In June 2004, two of the twenty submissions to join the league were sought by a partnership formed in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. On November 1, 2004, the group led by Queensland Lions was chosen as the Brisbane team operator. On March 2 of the following year, Queensland Roar FC was officially announced. The club's first council consisted of chairman John Ribot, former CEO of both National Rugby League clubs Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm, vice-chairman Gary Wilkins, former Queensland and Australian international players, and CEO Lawrence Oudendyk, also CEO of Queensland Lions.
Beginning of the year (2004-2009)
Miron Bleiberg was appointed as Queensland Roar's first manager on March 2, 2005. Under pressure from fans to fulfill his promise of exciting, 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.
Frank Farina's arrival caused a small revival that saw the club narrowly miss what would be Roar's first final appearance, on goal difference. The 2007-08 season, however, saw Farina make up for deficiencies from the previous season, qualifying for the finals for the first time in club history. The impressive performance in the second leg of the semifinals witnessed Roar's defeat with 2-0 rivals (2-0 agg.) Sydney FC ahead (then) a club record of 36,221 supporters to qualify for the final final against Newcastle Jets. The Roar will controversially lose 3-2 to Newcastle, who will eventually win the Grand Final. Farina again qualified for the finals in 2008-09, where Roar sent the Central Coast Mariners 4-2 on aggregate, but eventually lost, again in the final to Adelaide United after failing to capitalize on their dominance.
In 2009, the club was officially renamed Brisbane Roar Football Club because two other Queensland-based clubs entered the competition; it is Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury.
On October 10, 2009, Farina was arrested by the Queensland Police for Driving under the influence. He was initially suspended by Roar and asked to point out the reason why he should not be fired for staining the club's name. Announced that the assistant manager, Rado Vido? I? will step into the nanny's role until a decision has been made that will include the M1 Derby, which Roar lost 1-0 at home. Farina was eventually fired on October 14, 2009, with the club in charge of finding a replacement for the rest of the 2009-10 season.
Postecoglou Era (2009-2012)
Ange Postecoglou arrived mid-season with the task of taking a ragged off-season cut. The first season of the Postecoglou ended as the worst in the club's short history, taking second place from bottom. Postecoglou completed the turn-around in the 2010-11 season. He made major changes to the squad, starting with the replacement of "old-guard" Charlie Miller, Craig Moore and Danny Tiatto and bringing in his own squad which is a mixture of young and talented players. Under the ownership/football attack, he will lead the team to win the club's premier prime minister and go to complete the club's first double by also wrapping up the championship in the impressive Grand A-League 2011 Final in front of the club and then recording 50,168 supporters. The club went on to record Australia's 36-game unbeaten run which started in the 2010-11 season and ran into the 2011-12 season. After much speculation about his future at the club, it was reported that Postecoglou had signed a three-year contract extension.
With such a successful season behind him, there is much talk about whether Roar can be the same or better in the 2011-12 season. Their title credentials were in doubt as the club continued its worst club record of losing five games immediately after the end of a record 36 consecutive unbeaten streak. Postecoglou remains firm in the club's soccer philosophy and the club continues to record only one defeat in the last 14 games of the regular season to complete runners-up league. Unable to defend the Premiers Plate, Postecoglou leads the club to win a back-to-back championship in the 2012 A-League Grand Final in front of 50,344 record-breaking club supporters. Postecoglou also led Roar's early entourage to the 2012 Asian Champions League as a reward for their success in previous seasons. Success mixed, taking two draws from four matches.
On April 24, 2012, Postecoglou left the club with mutual consent, citing the desire to seek "new challenges". Ange left the club as the most successful manager in club history.
On April 26, 2012, it was reported that Postecoglou did not, in fact, sign a new contract at the end of the 2010-11 season due to the uncertainty surrounding club ownership at the time. It allowed his first two-year contract with the club to expire at the end of the 2011-12 season and left to join Melbourne Victory without Victory needing to pay his "contract" with Roar. Mulvey era (2012-2014)
On April 25, 2012, Rado Vido? I? was promoted to manager position after serving seven years as Assistant Manager under three previous managers before him. On December 18, 2012, Vido? I? was removed as a coach, taking on the role of technical director for the club, with Mike Mulvey, then Melbourne Victory women's trainer named as his replacement. Vido? I? only manager for 13 matches before moving on to a new role, similar to that offered to Postecoglou before he leaves early in 2012. At the end of the 2012-13 season, Roar finished in 5th place, brought by striker Besart Berisha 14 goals during season. The club managed to reach the semi-finals in the final series, bowing to premier Western Sydney Wanderers 2-0.
The 2013/14 season begins with a remarkable style, with Roar winning 8 of their first 10 games. This form continues for the rest of the season as the club becomes prime minister dominant. Players like Ivan Franjic, Luke Brattan and Dimitri Petratos shone while the return of former captain Matt McKay strengthened the midfield. Brisbane won the final 2-1 after extra time against Western Sydney Wanderers. Club talisman Besart Berisha and utility star Ivan Franjic will leave the club during off-season for Melbourne Victory and Torpedo Moscow respectively.
The Aloisi era (2015-present)
After poor results at the start of the 2014-15 season, Mulvey resigned from the role of head coach. Frans Thijssen was appointed as the temporary coach for the rest of the season. Captain Matt Smith left the club in December to join Bangkok Glass, and was replaced by former club captain and favorites Matt McKay. The season ends with the club recovering to finish in 6th place and qualify for the final series. Brisbane was knocked out by Adelaide United in a 2-1 elimination final.
On May 26, 2015, John Aloisi was appointed head coach. In the midst of an off-field drama about club ownership during his first season as head coach, Aloisi led Roar into a delightful third place on the stairs, narrowly losing the championship in the final game of the season and completing just one point behind the Adelaide champions.
The 2015/16 performance is enough for Roar to enter qualification for the 2017 Asian Champions League. After defeating Global F.C. and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. by 2017, Brisbane qualifies for the ACL for the fourth time in their history. Brisbane was eliminated in the group stage, winning only one game, and losing four times, including 6-0 to Ulsan Hyundai FC. This 6-0 loss, coupled with the loss of 5-1 Western Sydney Wanderers to Shanghai SIPG F.C. on the same day, Fox Sports commentators Mark Rudan and Mark Bosnich labeled matchday as "the darkest day in Australian club football".
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Color and color
During the first two seasons, Roar plays on the orange house strip with blue shorts and maroon socks. The Queensland sports team has traditionally played in the maroon but the original home strips are kept with the colors used by the team in previous incarnations. The colors orange and blue respect the origin of the Dutch club. On July 31, 2007 the club announced that they had ordered a strip that was half orange and half maroon, but that the colors were made to be famous on television. For the three season home kits have been redesigned, the house strip is still orange but features maroon sleeves, shorts are maroon instead of blue socks and orange are worn. Danny Tiatto and Craig Moore exemplified the launch of the strip on August 1, 2007
Prior to the 2009-10 A-League season, in keeping with the club's change of name from Queensland Roar to Brisbane Roar, the club's logo was also changed with "Queensland" dropped to make way for "Brisbane". On May 20, 2009, Reinaldo and Sergio van Dijk launched a new device for the club, which will be charged for the next two seasons. The club stuck with maroon and orange they used for the last kit, but chose to drop a white slash on home appliances. The oranges used for previous kits are brighter with those used in season 1 of the A-League, with the second design of home kits and the newly changed go. The slash is dropped for the shoulder-pad style. The maroon shoulder pads will be displayed on the orange body, with maroon shorts. It's reversed on the going kit, with an orange shoulder pad on a white body with orange shorts.
Prior to the 2011-12 A-League season, the club announced that Marun, who has performed in several ways on club kits since the start of the A-League, will be removed and replaced with black. On September 5, 2011, the club released their fixtures for the upcoming season. Clubs show off their home gear, which is orange with black diagonal shoulders with a thin white line under black. It's supported by orange with black socks. The away equipment will turn black, with only the orange shoulders at the top with white lines underneath and black with orange banded socks. The same pants will be used for home kits and go, which will sport two orange bands and a white band in black pants. The pack released almost identical to the same design used by Tottenham Hotspur during the 2010-11 season with the only difference is a full diagonal belt and collared neck instead of the "V" neck.
After two seasons inside the diagonal kit, both of which resulted in Final Football, the first season, winning the Grand Final, Puma released a new set of kits, including, for the first time, an alternate strip, considered by the club as "Event" kit. The home furnishings consist of plain orange, with black sides, black sleeve cuffs and a black V-neck collar, which also has a piece of white round robed fabric attached, which has 3 center lines, white in the middle, orange on the left and black on the side right with white on the outside of the black and orange lines. Kit goes back to white with orange sides, black cuffs sleeves and black V-neck collar. Like a home kit, the kit goes with a piece of orange collared cloth attached to the collar, which has 3 lines based on center, orange in the middle with white lines on the left and black on the orange line with orange outside the black and white lines. Alternative, or "show" strip, is silver with top left to bottom right, orange diagonal sash. It also has black arm cuffs and a black V-neck collar with an inner silver cloth and 3 centered centerlines. The silver stripes in the middle with black lines on both sides of the silver and silver lines on the outside of two black lines.
On August 15, 2014, before the 2014 FFA Cup game vs. Stirling Lions 2014-15 season, Roar will reveal that Umbro will make their fixtures for the next 4 years, ending a 4-year term with Puma. Two days later, Brisbane Roar transformed their logos into a more "traditional" shield-type shield, the biggest change since the club was renamed ahead of the 2009-10 season. The revelation received mixed reviews, some saying the loss of plastic, the feel of an American franchise franchise and some saying it was too bland and not enough time was put into it. Another 2 days later, Roar will be releasing their new Umbro home kit, ditching black pants and going with all the orange kits. The top will be completely orange with white piping on the collar with the pants being orange as well and has a white vertical strip going 3/4 of the way up the side of the pants from the bottom, covered with orange socks.
Sponsors
On November 30, 2007, the club signed a two-and-a-half year deal with The Coffee Club's cafe network to sponsor their shirts. The Coffee Club will re-sign with Roar in August 2010 for 3 years, making it one of the longest sponsorship deals in the A-League. After the club's license was taken back by the Australian Football Federation in March 2011, the Coffee Club is committed to their future to the club, signing $ 2 Million dollars, a 3 year contract extension, sealing their future sponsorship until at least 2015.
At the end of the 2010-11 A-League season, the collective agreement of the League kit with Reebok ended which meant that all A-League clubs could enter into their own separate kit maker agreement. On August 2, 2011, Roar announced that Puma would be the club's first club manufacturer kit, and approved a three-year contract with a sports brand. The club announced that Puma will produce official play equipment for all Brisbane Roar teams, including Youth and Women teams and replica kits and other merchandise.
Prior to the start of the 2014/15 A-League season, Brisbane Roar announced that Umbro would replace Puma as a club that plays pair of kit and apparel for the next four seasons. On February 24, 2015, it was announced that Griffith University will be a major kit sponsor for the 2015 AFC Champions League campaign.
On July 3, 2015, it was announced that the former shirt sponsor, The Coffee Club will not renew sponsorship with the club for the 2015/16 season. It was later announced that Ladbrokes would be the front shirt sponsor for Roar's friendly against Liverpool on July 17, 2015.
Steadfast was announced as "Principal Partners" and "Front of Shirt Sponsors" by the club on 10 August 2015 during the 2015-16 A-League season. Steadfast has previously sponsored the backs of men's team shirts and this new partnership will see the Steadfast logo feature on Brisbane Roar's third t-shirt.
Due to the inability of the club to find a major partner, Roar featured the Starlight Children's Foundation brand on the front of its device for the 2017-18 A-League season.
Stadium and facilities
Since its inception, Brisbane Roar has played their home game at 52,500 Lang Park (known as Suncorp Stadium for sponsorship reasons) on the outskirts of Milton City. The stadium also serves as a foothold for Brisbane Strikers in the now defunct NSL. The stadium is also one of five places at the successful 1993 FIFA Youth World Championships where the land hosts seven matches. The Suncorp Stadium has hosted Australia's international matches, matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Rugby League World Cup 2008 and concerts, including the U2 360 Â ° Tour.
At the start of the 2010-11 season, during negotiations with Suncorp Stadium operators, there is suggestion that the club can move its home games to Ballymore Stadium where the club has its administrative and training facilities. However, the club owners chose to stay at Suncorp Stadium with a new restructured contract that will ensure the financial viability of the hosting game at the more expensive Suncorp Stadium.
Following flooding at Suncorp Stadium in 2010-2011 floods in Queensland, Roar was forced to move two home games against Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Heart to Gold Coast United's regular home at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast. This game is the first 'home' league game Roar played in a place other than the Suncorp Stadium in the club's history.
In the spectacular Grand Final A-League 2011, 50,168 strong fans will make history, becoming the biggest audience to watch Roar and a football game in Brisbane. It's better the next season when 50,334 people see Brisbane beat Perth in the A-League Grand Final 2012. The 2012 Grand Final's presence will be better two years later when Premiers 2013-14, the Roar, will double, beating Western Sydney Wanderers at Grand A 2014 Final in front of 51,153 passionate fans.
During their 2015-16 campaign, Griffith Nathan campus became Brisbane Roar's new training base, with Roar's contract at the old Ballymore Stadium training ground ending, and the pitch at their Perry Park administration base previously failed to meet Roar's standards.
In 2016, Brisbane Roar announces the club will move into administration and a permanent training facility in Logan Town. Logan Metro Sports Park for $ 9 million will also be a headquarters for academy clubs, youth and women's sides, as well as Brisbane Football.
In mid-2017, Roar announced a 5-year contract with QUT to put their U12-U16 Academy team on the Kelvin Grove QUT sport field in Brisbane's North. Prior to the start of the 2016-17 season, it was announced that Brisbane would return to Ballymore until their new Logan training center was completed.
Affiliate
- Queensland Lions - Found a club and play a role in Queensland Roar's list of releases.
Ownership and finance
Currently, the club is owned by:
- The Bakrie Group - 100%
Brisbane Roar was founded by Queensland Lions SC in March 2005 as a team that will represent Brisbane in the newly formed A-League. Queensland Lions held a majority stake in the club until 2008. It was understood that in 2008, 25% of the shares owned by the Queensland Lions were purchased by the Roar board at a discount. This has led to financial instability in clubs and club rumors restoring the A-League license to the Australian Football Federation (FFA). On April 16, 2009, reports emerged that FFA was willing to buy up to 55% of Roar's shares to ensure financial stability. 55% of this includes the interest of CEO Lawrence Oudendyk 15%, 25% previously owned by Queensland Lions and 15% of its shares owned by Rob Jones and Rob Jansen. The FFA suggested that an FFA takeover would see Oudendyk replaced as CEO. Finally a new Brisbane-based ownership structure was formed with Emmanuel Drivas investors Emmanuel Kokoris, Claude Baradel and Serge Baradel taking over 100% of the club's ownership.
On April 30, 2009, the FFA confirmed their offer to take control of the Roar. The new ownership group rejected the FFA's assistance on May 22, 2009. The owners' commitment to the club was strengthened in a statement issued by Emmanuel Drivas on behalf of the owner on 12 April 2010 after further speculation that Roar would need financial assistance from FFA after a poor 2009-10 season.
In March 2011, just a week after the club won the first Grand Final, the FFA will take back the club's license, agreeing to finance the club until the new owner is found. The Australian Football Federation, Ben Buckley, thanked the previous owners for pouring money into Roar, who could not keep up with the club's future costs.
On October 4, 2011, The World Game reported that the Indonesian mining king, the Bakrie Group, will take over the club's ownership of FFA within a period of 10 years. Under the terms of the deal, the Bakrie Group pays A $ 8 million for the 70% share of the club, with the FFA retaining the remaining 30% of the shares. Under the terms of this agreement, the Bakrie Group has the option to purchase a further 20% stake in the club with FFA holding the remaining 10% share. After this change of ownership, Roar's new chairman was announced as Dali Tahir.
After becoming the first foreign majority shareholder of the A-League team, on February 6, 2012, FFA announced that Bakrie has acquired 100% ownership of the Brisbane club.
On June 30, it was reported that Roar's owner, The Bakrie Group, was 9 billion dollars in debt, after pledging to inject 3.5 million dollars into the club. He later revealed that the players and staff, due to be paid on June 15 - have not been paid for this month amid rising concerns over the continued survival of the three-time champions under Bakrie control.
Announced on July 10, 2015, owners of the Brisbane Roar Group Bakrie will sell the A-League club and the new owners will have the club later that month. On July 25, the Australian Football Federation threatened to end Brisbane Roar due to unpaid debts
Support
Brisbane Roar maintains one of the highest average presence in Hyundai's A League, usually above the average of the season, and on average the year 2016/17 is 14,152.
Brisbane has two main support groups. The first (and oldest) is 'The Den' which is an 'Active Support Group' located at Bay 332 from the North stands of Suncorp Stadium, where they have been since the inaugural A-League season. The second and newer ones are 'Roar Supporters Federation' or 'RSF' which is a broad-based support group intended to vote for all fans with club owners and management.
In October 2017, fans launched a special support group for the Brisbane W-League team - 'The Roar Corps' to be modeled on support groups at the American National Women's Soccer League.
Rivalry
- Gold Coast United Ã, - It is now dead. Known as the M1 Derby, it shares the name of the main highway between two cities, M1. Due to Brisbane's proximity to the Gold Coast, Brisbane Roar's geographical derby opponents will naturally become Gold Coast United. The luxury beach side won just one more match between the two (4 to 3), having won the first 3 games, all in the first season of the Gold Coast 2009-10. They will, however, only win 1 of the 6 other matches that will be played by both parties. The rivalry, however, ended on 5 April 2012 when the Australian Football Federation formally announced the termination of the Gold Coast side. There is also competition with the (now dead) North Queensland Fury because both clubs are in the same country although widely regarded as a regular match because of the distance between the two teams. The Fury was fired just a year before Gold Coast United was destroyed.
- Sydney FC - Because Roar was originally the only A-League team from Queensland and is in line with long-term competition between New South Wales and Queensland, particularly for Queensland and everything in Sydney -centric , Roar develops a natural competition with Sydney FC. This was initially evidenced by the growing interest that was reflected in the presence at home games against Sydney FC. The first proof of this rivalry on the soccer pitch was the 2007-08 A-League Series when Brisbane Roar (then known as Queensland Roar) sealed victory over Sydney FC after two legs fought hard with the second leg played ahead then the club recorded a 36,211 crowd at Suncorp Stadium. After being tame enough on the pitch for the next season, the rivalry between the biggest clubs in their respective countries was reignited after Sydney FC ended a record 36 unbeaten streaks in the Roar A-League on 4 December 2011. The clash back in Brisbane witnessed a field confrontation between Pascal Bosschaart in Sydney and Besart Berisha in Brisbane following Brisbane's 2-1 Roar win at Suncorp Stadium.
Player
First team squad
- Starting June 5, 2018
Note: Flags indicate the national team as determined under the FIFA eligibility rules. Players can have more than one non-FIFA citizenship.
Club Officers
Management
Soccer Staff
Office Staff
Awards
Domestic
- A-League Premiers (2): 2010-11, 2013-14
- Runners-Up (1): 2011-12
- A-League Grand Finals
- Championships (3): 2011, 2012, 2014
- Final appearance (10): 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
- AFC Champions League
- Group Stage (3): 2012, 2015, 2017
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Posts. s. = Position in the league during the regular season
- Posts. af. = Position in the league after the final series
- Brisbane Roar FC (W-League)
- Brisbane Roar FC Youth
- Official website
Continental
Recordings
See also
References
External links
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