2005–06 Queensland Roar FC season

The 2005–06 Queensland Roar season would mark the first season for the Hyundai A-League. Queensland Lions withdrew their first team from the QLD State League and entered it in the new fledgling competition as ‘The Roar’ having been accepted by Football Federation Australia to take part as the sole representative for Queensland after no other club was able to raise the required funds to participate. The Queensland Roar were previously playing in the Brisbane Premier League under the name Queensland Lions.

Queensland Roar FC
2005–06 season
ChairmanJohn Ribot
ManagerMiron Bleiberg
A-League6th
Pre-Season CupGroup Stage
World Club QualifiersRound 1
Top goalscorerAlex Brosque – 8 Goals
Highest home attendance23,142 v Sydney FC
Lowest home attendance8,607 v New Zealand Knights
Average home league attendance14,785

2005–06 season

The Queensland Roar made their A-League debut against the now-defunct New Zealand Knights, in a 2–0 win in front of over twenty thousand fans at their home ground of Suncorp Stadium. Unfortunately, the Roar were mediocre in the next rounds and after a series of draws and losses would not record their next win until Round 6 against the Newcastle Jets. The rest of the 2005–06 season would follow in a similar fashion as after 21 rounds of the regular season the Roar finished with seven wins, seven draws and seven losses, placing them sixth on the ladder from eight teams. It has been said the Roars first season in the inaugural A-League was more successful off-field than on.

The club was the first to have 100,000 spectators pass through the gates and overall had the second highest attendance for the season (148,609) and despite failing to qualify for the finals, the club's home attendance was the second highest in the opening season (average 14,860 a game). Despite the clubs average win-loss record the club had a number of highlights throughout the year, notably the season's equal highest scoring win (5–0 over the Newcastle Jets in Round 20) and striker Alex Brosque being one of four A-League players awarded the Reebok Golden Boot Award for Top Scorer of the Year with 8 goals.

Inaugural A-League squad

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 Tom Willis
2 DF  AUS Karl Dodd
3 DF   SUI Remo Buess
4 DF  AUS Chad Gibson (captain)
5 DF  AUS Josh McCloughan
6 MF  AUS Todd Gava
7 MF  KOR Tae-Yong Shin
8 MF  AUS Massimo Murdocca
9 FW  AUS Michael Baird
10 FW  AUS Royce Brownlie
11 MF  AUS Jonathan Richter
12 MF  AUS Jordan Simpson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  AUS Tyler Simpson
14 MF  AUS David Williams
15 MF  AUS Matt McKay
16 MF  KOR Hyuk-Su Seo
17 FW  AUS Reece Tollenaere
18 MF  AUS Warren Moon
19 FW  AUS Alex Brosque
20 GK  AUS Scott Higgins
21 MF  AUS Spase Dilevski
22 MF  URU Osvaldo Carro
23 DF  AUS Stuart McLaren
24 FW  BRA Reinaldo

Season 2005–06 results

Round 1

Queensland Roar2–0New Zealand Knights
Brosque  80'
Baird  86'		 (Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 20,725

Round 2

Adelaide United0–0Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 11,029
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3

Perth Glory2–1Queensland Roar
Despotovski  54', 72' (Report)
(Summary)		 Moon  76'
Attendance: 8,509
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 4

Queensland Roar1–1Melbourne Victory
Baird  62'
McKay  40'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Allsopp  88'
Attendance: 15,444
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

Queensland Roar1–3Sydney FC
Timpano  50' (og) (Report)
(Summary)		 Corica  5',  67'
McFlynn  68'
Attendance: 23,142

Round 6

Newcastle Jets0–1Queensland Roar
Carle  31' (Report)
(Summary)		 Moon  68'
McKay  59'  80'
Attendance: 7,436

Round 7

Queensland Roar1–1Central Coast Mariners
Seo  57' (Report)
(Summary)		 Spencer  41'
Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 8

New Zealand Knights0–2Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 Seo  8'
Baird  57'
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 9

Queensland Roar1–2Adelaide United
Brownlie  76' (Report)
(Summary)		 Fernando  59'
Pantelis  89'
Attendance: 15,181
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10

Queensland Roar0–0Perth Glory
(Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 13,685
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11

Melbourne Victory0–1Queensland Roar
Claeys  86'
Muscat  58'  61'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 McKay  15'
Attendance: 13,239
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 12

Sydney FC1–0Queensland Roar
Zdrillic  54' (Summary)
Attendance: 13,030
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 13

Queensland Roar0–1Newcastle Jets
(Summary) Thompson  34'
Attendance: 13,004
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 14

Central Coast Mariners2–2Queensland Roar
Heffernan  89'
Osman  56'		 (Summary) Brosque  7'  78'
Baird  75'
Attendance: 5,194

Round 15

Queensland Roar1–1New Zealand Knights
Brownlie  28' (Summary) Yeo  44'
Attendance: 8,607
Referee: James Lewis

Round 16

Adelaide United4–2Queensland Roar
Rech  40'  63'
Qu  30'
Veart  29'		 (Summary) Baird  83'
Brosque  11'
Attendance: 8,426

Round 17

Perth Glory0–2Queensland Roar
(Summary) Baird  80'
Reinaldo  10'
Attendance: 11,087
Referee: Peter Green

Round 18

Queensland Roar0–1Melbourne Victory
(Summary) Thompson  56'
Attendance: 12,710
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 19

Queensland Roar2–1Sydney FC
Brosque  60'  70' (Summary) Petrovski  85'
Attendance: 13,302
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 20

Newcastle Jets0–5Queensland Roar
(Summary) Murdocca  90'
McKay  83'
Brosque  52'
Richter  44'
Reinaldo  10'
Attendance: 10,271
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 21

Queensland Roar2–2Central Coast Mariners
Baird  60'
Brosque  3'		 (Summary) O'Sullivan  81'
Petrie  33'
Attendance: 13,641
Referee: Ben Williams

Season 2005–06 ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Finals series and 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[lower-alpha 1] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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