2016–17 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2016–17 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's twelfth season participating in the A-League, the FFA Cup for the third time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fourth time.

Brisbane Roar
2016–17 season
ChairmanRahim Soekasah
ManagerJohn Aloisi
StadiumSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
A-League3rd
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupRound of 32
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Maclaren (19 goals)
All: Jamie Maclaren (23 goals)
Highest home attendance20,198 vs Melbourne City
(4 November 2016)
Lowest home attendance8,113 vs Central Coast Mariners
(2 April 2017)
Average home league attendance13,892

Players

Squad information

Correct as of 30 September 2016 – players' numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website[1]

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 Luke DeVere
4 DF  AUS Daniel Bowles
5 DF  AUS Corey Brown
6 DF  GRE Avraam Papadopoulos (Injury replacement)
7 MF  DEN Thomas Kristensen
8 MF  AUS Jacob Pepper
9 FW  AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 MF  AUS Brett Holman
11 MF  AUS Tommy Oar
13 DF  AUS Jade North (Vice-captain)
15 MF  ESP Manuel Arana
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  AUS Nathan Konstandopoulos
17 MF  AUS Matt McKay (Captain)
19 DF  AUS Jack Hingert
20 FW  AUS Shannon Brady
21 GK  ENG Jamie Young
22 MF  GER Thomas Broich
24 DF  AUS Connor O'Toole
25 DF  AUS Kye Rowles
26 FW  AUS Nicholas D'Agostino
28 FW  AUS Brandon Borrello
29 MF  AUS Joe Caletti
33 FW  AUS Joey Katebian

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino18 [2]
16 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos20 [3]

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
25DF Kye Rowles Australian Institute of Sport Free transfer 2 years 3 May 2016 [4]
24DF Connor O'Toole Adelaide United Undisclosed Fee 2 years 3 May 2016 [4]
8MF Jacob Pepper Unattached Free transfer 1 year 6 July 2016 [5]
7MF Thomas Kristensen ADO Den Haag Free transfer 1 year 27 July 2016 [6]
33FW Joey Katebian Unattached Undisclosed Fee 1.5 years 5 August 2016 [7]
10MF Brett Holman Unattached Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2016 [8][9]
15MF Manuel Arana Unattached Undisclosed Fee 1 year 30 September 2016 [10]
6DF Avraam Papadopoulos Júbilo Iwata Injury replacement loan 1 year 14 February 2017 [11]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
16MF Devante Clut Newcastle Jets Free transfer 28 April 2016 [12]
11FW Jean Carlos Solórzano Unattached Free transfer 29 April 2016 [13]
3DF Shane Stefanutto Retired 30 April 2016 [14]
18MF Javier Hervás Željezničar Free transfer 3 May 2016 [15][16]
8MF Steven Lustica Unattached Free transfer 3 May 2016 [15]
15DF James Donachie Unattached Free transfer 1 June 2016 [17]
10FW Henrique Negeri Sembilan Free transfer 16 June 2016 [18]
7MF Corona Almería Free transfer 15 July 2016 [19]
6DF Jérome Polenz Retired 15 August 2016 [20]
23FW Dimitri Petratos Ulsan Hyundai $300,000[note 1] 6 February 2017 [21]

Contract extensions
NamePositionDurationContract ExpiryNotes
Jade NorthCentre back1 year2017[22]
Matt McKayCentral midfielder1 year2018[23]
Thomas KristensenMidfielder2 years2019[24]
Luke DeVereCentre back2 years2019[25]
Jade NorthCentre back1 year2018[26]

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 CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Michael Theo 26 0 4 0 1 2403011000010100
3 DF Luke DeVere 29 1 3 0 0 2513000000040000
4 DF Daniel Bowles 9 0 2 0 0 2+40100101001+10000
5 DF Corey Brown 30 1 10 0 0 2517001010040200
6 DF Avraam Papadopoulos 10 0 5 0 0 702000000030300
7 MF Thomas Kristensen 29 4 6 0 0 24+146000000040000
8 MF Jacob Pepper 17 0 7 0 0 5+70500100003+10200
9 FW Jamie Maclaren 35 23 1 0 0 25+320100100005+13000
10 MF Brett Holman 26 6 3 0 0 18+353000000051000
11 MF Tommy Oar 30 2 0 0 0 19+51000100004+11000
13 DF Jade North 32 0 5 0 0 25+105001000050000
15 MF Manuel Arana 24 2 3 0 0 7+110200000004+22100
16 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos 4 0 0 0 0 0+200000+1000010000
17 MF Matt McKay 29 0 2 1 0 2300101010050100
19 DF Jack Hingert 32 0 4 0 0 2504001000060000
20 FW Shannon Brady 7 0 0 0 0 0+30000000001+30000
21 GK Jamie Young 13 0 0 0 0 5+100000000070000
22 MF Thomas Broich 31 2 1 0 0 19+621000+100004+10000
24 DF Connor O'Toole 2 0 0 0 0 00000000000+20000
25 DF Kye Rowles 4 0 0 0 0 0+200000000020000
26 FW Nicholas D'Agostino 14 2 0 0 0 0+82000000002+40000
28 FW Brandon Borrello 33 9 8 0 0 17+847001000075100
29 MF Joe Caletti 15 0 1 0 0 8+20100000002+30000
33 FW Joey Katebian 6 0 0 0 0 0+400000000020000
43 GK Tomislav Bilic 1 0 0 0 0 00000000000+10000
46 DF Cameron Crestani 6 0 3 0 0 2+102000000030100
50 FW Dane Ingham 7 1 1 0 0 2+11000000003+10100
Players no longer at the club:
23 FW Dimitri Petratos 15 2 1 0 0 12+221001000000000

Pre-season and friendlies
29 July 2016 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Western Sydney WanderersGold Coast, Australia
15:00 AEST Broich  54' Report
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Alex King
20 August 2016 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Sydney FCGold Coast, Australia
15:00 AEST Maclaren  45' Report
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Peter Green
27 August 2016 Brisbane Roar 4–0 BPL SelectBrisbane, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: QSAC
10 September 2016 Brisbane Roar Cancelled Central Coast MarinersBrisbane, Australia
15:00 AEST Cancellation Stadium: Corporate Travel Management Stadium
20 September 2016 Perth Glory 0–4 Brisbane RoarSydney, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
24 September 2016 Brisbane Roar 3–1 NPL Queensland U-23 SelectBrisbane, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report Duckworth  58' Stadium: QSAC
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — 3rd 7 October 2016 16 April 2017
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 21 April 2017 30 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 10 August 2016 10 August 2016
AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Group stage 31 January 2017 10 May 2017

A-League
Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
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 11 9 7 43 37  +6 42 7 4 2 25 14  +11 4 5 5 18 23  −5

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHHAH
ResultDLWWWDDDDWWDLLLWWDDDLWLWWLW
Position597523344433344433345444343
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
7 October 2016 1Brisbane Roar1–1Melbourne VictoryBrisbane
18:50 AEST DeVere  90+6' Report Austin  83' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,805
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 October 2016 2Newcastle Jets4–0Brisbane RoarNewcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,335
Referee: Peter Green
22 October 2016 3Central Coast Mariners0–1Brisbane RoarGosford
17:35 AEDT Report Kristensen  33' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,073
Referee: Adam Fielding
30 October 2016 4Brisbane Roar2–1Perth GloryBrisbane
16:00 AEST
Report Marinković  54' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,428
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
4 November 2016 5Brisbane Roar1–0Melbourne CityBrisbane
18:50 AEST Maclaren  11' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,198
Referee: Peter Green
11 November 2016 6Adelaide United1–1Brisbane RoarAdelaide
19:20 ACDT Guardiola  78' Report Holman  60' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,146
Referee: Chris Beath
19 November 2016 7Brisbane Roar1–1Sydney FCBrisbane
18:50 AEST Kristensen  40' Report Brillante  13' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,322
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 November 2016 8Western Sydney Wanderers1–1Brisbane RoarSydney
19:50 AEDT Kusukami  56' Report Maclaren  18' (pen.) Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 11,201
Referee: Adam Fielding
3 December 2016 9Melbourne City1–1Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEDT Colazo  54' Report Maclaren  38' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,394
Referee: Shaun Evans
11 December 2016 10Brisbane Roar4–0Adelaide UnitedBrisbane
16:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,605
Referee: Peter Green
18 December 2016 11Central Coast Mariners1–2Brisbane RoarGosford
17:00 AEDT O'Donovan  57' Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,063
Referee: Chris Beath
23 December 2016 12Brisbane Roar1–1Western Sydney WanderersBrisbane
18:50 AEST C. Brown  52' Report Dimas  69' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,110
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
30 December 2016 13Sydney FC2–0Brisbane RoarSydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,510
Referee: Shaun Evans
7 January 2017 14Brisbane Roar2–3Newcastle JetsBrisbane
16:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 14,470
Referee: Kurt Ams
13 January 2017 15Melbourne Victory3–2Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 21,103
Referee: Chris Beath
21 January 2017 16Wellington Phoenix0–1Brisbane RoarWellington
19:35 NZDT Report Maclaren  87' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,449
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
28 January 2017 17Brisbane Roar2–1Western Sydney WanderersBrisbane
18:50 AEST
Report Kusukami  32' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,058
Referee: Chris Beath
3 February 2017 18Brisbane Roar0–0Sydney FCBrisbane
18:50 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,095
Referee: Peter Green
11 February 2017 19Melbourne City2–2Brisbane RoarMelbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Maclaren  34' (pen.), 45+1' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,414
Referee: Alan Milliner
18 February 2017 20Perth Glory2–2Brisbane RoarPerth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,762
Referee: Jarred Gillett
25 February 2017 21Brisbane Roar1–2Wellington PhoenixBrisbane
16:35 AEST Borrello  75' Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,723
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
5 March 2017 22Newcastle Jets1–3Brisbane RoarNewcastle
19:00 AEDT Nabbout  10' (pen.) Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,122
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 March 2017 23Adelaide United2–1Brisbane RoarAdelaide
16:30 ACDT
Report Maclaren  60' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,197
Referee: Stephen Lucas
25 March 2017 24Brisbane Roar1–0Melbourne VictoryBrisbane
18:50 AEST Maclaren  51' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,576
Referee: Matthew Conger
2 April 2017 25Brisbane Roar5–1Central Coast MarinersBrisbane
19:00 AEST
Report Ferreira  49' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,113
Referee: Daniel Elder
8 April 2017 26Perth Glory3–1Brisbane RoarPerth
19:00 AWST
Report Holman  57' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,834
Referee: Chris Beath
16 April 2017 27Brisbane Roar4–3Wellington PhoenixBrisbane
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,098
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Finals series
21 April 2017 Elimination-finalBrisbane Roar1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		Western Sydney WanderersBrisbane
19:50 AEST Maclaren  55' Report Antonis  45+2' (pen.) Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,530
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Penalties
30 April 2017 Semi-finalMelbourne Victory1–0Brisbane RoarMelbourne
17:00 AEST Berisha  70' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,202
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

FFA Cup
Main article: 2016 FFA Cup
10 August 2016 Round of 32Brisbane Roar 0–2 Perth GloryBrisbane
19:30 AEST Report Djulbic  12', 19' Stadium: Ballymore Stadium
Attendance: 3,028
Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs
31 January 2017 Preliminary round 2Brisbane Roar 6–0 GlobalBrisbane, Australia
19:00 AEST
  • Borrello  11', 25', 29', 80'
  • Arana  37', 65'
 Report Stadium: Brisbane Stadium
Attendance: 3,657
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
8 February 2017 Play-off roundShanghai Shenhua 0–2 Brisbane RoarShanghai, China
19:45 CST Report
Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium
Attendance: 23,980
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers 6 4 0 2 13 5 +8 12 Round of 16
2 Muangthong United 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11
3 Ulsan Hyundai 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 7
4 Brisbane Roar 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 4
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) 1Brisbane Roar 0–0 Muangthong UnitedBrisbane, Australia
19:00 AEST Report Stadium: Brisbane Stadium
Attendance: 4,536
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) 2Ulsan Hyundai 6–0 Brisbane RoarUlsan, South Korea
19:30 KST
Report Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,303
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
14 March 2017 (2017-03-14) 3Kashima Antlers 3–0 Brisbane RoarKashima, Japan
19:00 JST
Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,558
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
12 April 2017 (2017-04-12) 4Brisbane Roar 2–1 Kashima AntlersBrisbane, Australia
20:00 AEST
Report Nagaki  79' Stadium: Brisbane Stadium
Attendance: 5,567
Referee: Wang Di (China)
26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) 5Muangthong United 3–0 Brisbane RoarPak Kret, Thailand
19:30 ICT
Report Stadium: SCG Stadium
Attendance: 11,807
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
10 May 2017 (2017-05-10) 6Brisbane Roar 2–3 Ulsan HyundaiBrisbane, Australia
20:00 AEST Maclaren  18', 37' Report
  • Seo  9'
  • Nam  54'
  • Y.J. Kim  76'
 Stadium: Brisbane Stadium
Attendance: 3,245
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

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Notes
  1. Following Petratos signing a pre-contract with Newcastle Jets for next season, the transfer fee was split.
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