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

Squad information

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
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes

Transfers in
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
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
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

Squad statistics
N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Michael Theo 9 0 2 0 0 9020000000
3 DF Shane Stefanutto 17 0 5 0 0 15+1050010000
5 DF Corey Brown 15 1 3 0 0 13+2130000000
6 DF Jérome Polenz 1 0 0 0 0 1000000000
7 MF Corona 29 2 3 0 0 29230000000
8 MF Steven Lustica 22 1 1 0 0 6+16110000000
9 FW Jamie Maclaren 26 20 1 0 0 252010010000
10 FW Henrique 24 8 1 0 0 7+17810000000
12 FW Jean Carlos Solórzano 7 0 0 0 0 2+5000000000
13 DF Jade North 30 3 8 0 0 29380010000
14 DF Daniel Bowles 22 1 7 0 0 21+1170000000
15 DF James Donachie 11 0 1 0 0 9+1010010000
16 MF Devante Clut 9 0 1 0 0 0+801000+10000
17 MF Matt McKay 27 2 5 0 0 26250010000
18 MF Javier Hervás 17 0 0 0 0 2+15000000000
19 DF Jack Hingert 29 0 3 1 0 28031010000
21 GK Jamie Young 21 0 0 0 0 20000010000
22 MF Thomas Broich 30 2 0 0 0 28+1200010000
23 MF Dimitri Petratos 30 7 4 0 0 25+4740010000
24 MF Tommy Oar 6 0 1 0 0 2+4010000000
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino 1 0 0 0 0 1000000000
28 FW Brandon Borrello 23 5 2 0 0 21+1520010000
29 MF Joe Caletti 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
29 FW Patrick Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
33 DF Luke DeVere 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
34 MF Shannon Brady 2 0 0 0 0 0+2000000000
36 GK Andre Jannese 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
41 MF Luke Pavlou 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
Players no longer at the club:
18 MF Luke Brattan 1 0 1 0 0 0000010100
32 MF George Lambadaridis 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
37 MF Abraham Yango 1 0 0 0 0 000000+10000

Pre-season and friendlies
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)
19 August 2015 SE Queensland Tour Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory Southport, Australia
19:00 (AEST) Report Geria  71' Stadium: Fankhauser Reserve
Referee: Alan Milliner
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
12 September 2015 SE Queensland Tour Brisbane Roar 0–0 Newcastle Jets Redland City, Australia
14:00 (AEST) Report Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 September 2015 SE Queensland Tour Brisbane Roar 8–0 NPL Queensland U23 All-Stars Brisbane, Australia
16:30 (AEST) Solórzano  5'
Lustica  6' (pen.), 14', 39'
Borrello  21'
Polenz  61'
D. Petratos  76'
Hingert  79'		 Report Stadium: QSAC
Referee: Chris Beath
26 September 2015 SE Queensland Tour Brisbane Roar 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Kawana Waters, Australia
19:00 (AEST) Brown  51'
D. Petratos  59'
Borrello  83'		 Report Fitzgerald  13' Stadium: Sunshine Coast Stadium
Referee: Chris Beath

Competitions

Overall
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
Main article: 2015–16 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to 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[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 −20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 −37 13
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
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
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
15 April 2016 Elimination-finals Brisbane Roar 2–1 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
19:30 AEST McKay  88'
Broich  90+3'		 Report Geria
Berisha  86'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,157
Referee: Jarred Gillett
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
Main article: 2015 FFA Cup
11 August 2015 Round of 32 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 – 0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEST Mebrahtu  69' Report Stadium: Penrith Stadium
Attendance: 6,028
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

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  5. "Roar sign Joeys Captain Caletti". Brisbane Roar. 28 January 2016.
  6. "Oar signs with Roar". Brisbane Roar. 29 February 2016.
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