List of Brisbane Roar FC players

Brisbane Roar Football Club, an association football club based on the Redcliffe Peninsula,[1] Queensland, and was founded in 1957 as Hollandina-Inala. They were one of two Queensland members competing in the inaugural National Soccer League in 1977 and became the first Queensland member admitted into the A-League in 2005, having spent most seasons in Queensland state leagues. The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.

This article is about Brisbane Roar players with at least 100 appearances. For Brisbane Roar players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Brisbane Roar FC players (25–99 appearances). For Brisbane Roar players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Brisbane Roar FC players (1–24 appearances). For the current Brisbane Roar first-team squad, see Brisbane Roar FC § First-team squad.

Henrique is Brisbane Roar's second-highest all-time goalscorer.

Matt McKay holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brisbane Roar. Between 2005 and 2019 the Australian midfielder played 303 times for the club.[2] As of 2021, three other players have made more than 200 appearances for Brisbane Roar who are Alan Niven, Thomas Broich and Jack Hingert. The club's goalscoring record is held by Besart Berisha, who scored 50 goals in all competitions between 2011 and 2014. He surpassed the previous record of 25 goals in league competition, held by Sergio van Dijk in 2012.[3]

Key
  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 5 March 2022. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the National Soccer League, A-League, FFA Cup, Pre-Season Challenge Cup, AFC Champions League and the OFC Champions League qualification.

Players
Matt McKay is Brisbane Roar's record appearance-maker with 303 appearances and longest serving captain.[4]
Massimo Murdocca played 183 times for the club from 2005 to 2013.
German midfielder Thomas Broich played 203 games, scoring 22 goals for the club.
Ivan Franjic made 139 appearances for Brisbane Roar in two stints for the club.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Brisbane Roar.

List of Brisbane Roar players with 100 or more appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Colin Bennett  Australia DF1977–1983
1986		154115514
Alan Niven  Australia DF1977–1988249325211
John Ogden  Australia MF1977–1988137261638
Jim Hermiston  Scotland DF1978–1981107010710
Nigel Lowndes  England GK1978–198310911100
Steve Hogg  Australia DF1980–198310531089
Russell Stewart  Australia MF1983–1988116111711
Josh McCloughan  Australia DF2005–201090101005
Matt McKay  Australia MF2005–2019300330326
Massimo Murdocca  Australia MF2005–2013148351834
Mitch Nichols  Australia MF2007–2013914713825
Luke DeVere  Australia DF2008–201911651216
Henrique  Brazil FW2009–2016
2018–2019		1057217746
Ivan Franjic  Australia DF2009–2014
2017–2018		132713913
Luke Brattan  Australia MF2009–201579261054
Thomas Broich  Germany MF2010–20171921120322
Matt Smith  Australia DF2010–201411811196
Shane Stefanutto  Australia DF2010–201613531381
Michael Theo  Australia GK2010–201817001700
Jack Hingert  Australia DF2011–196292253
Corey Brown  Australia DF2011–2018
2020–		138171555
Jade North  Australia DF2013–201812731304
Dimitri Petratos  Australia FW2013–2017802210215
Jamie Young  Australia GK2014–202116211630

Captains
Dates Captain
2005–06  Chad Gibson (AUS)
2006–07  Stuart McLaren (AUS)
2007–09  Chad Gibson (AUS)
2009–11  Matt McKay (AUS)
2011–15  Matt Smith (AUS)
2015–19  Matt McKay (AUS)
2019–  Tom Aldred (ENG)
[5]

References

General

  • "Complete Player Listing". ALeagueStats.com.
  • "Brisbane Roar: All Players". Ultimate A-League.
  • "Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers.

Specific

  1. "Fixtures – Brisbane Roar". brisbaneroar.com.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. Howe, Andrew. "Official A-League 2020/21 Season Guide" (PDF). Australian Professional Leagues. p. 40. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. "Berisha closes in on record". Football Federation Australia. Football Australia. 25 October 2012.
  4. Greco, John (18 April 2019). "Roar skipper McKay to retire at season's end". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
  5. "Brisbane Roar :: Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League.

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