| 2015–16 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Chris Fong (until 9 November 2015) Rahim Soekasah (from 9 November 2015) | |||
| Manager | John Aloisi | |||
| Stadium | Suncorp Stadium,Brisbane | |||
| A-League | 3rd | |||
| A-League Finals Series | Semi-finals | |||
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:Jamie Maclaren (18 goals) All:Jamie Maclaren (20 goals) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 17,696 vsPerth Glory (2 January 2016) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 5,162 vsWellington Phoenix (12 December 2015) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 12,850 | |||
The2015–16Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's eleventh season participating in theA-League and in theFFA Cup for the second time.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
|---|
| 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] |
| No. | 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] |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager | |
| Assistant manager | |
| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Youth coach | |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | |
| Physiotherapist |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | A-League | FFA Cup | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Michael Theo | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | DF | Shane Stefanutto | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | DF | Corey Brown | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | DF | Jérome Polenz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | MF | Corona | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | MF | Steven Lustica | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | FW | Jamie Maclaren | 26 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | FW | Henrique | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | FW | Jean Carlos Solórzano | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | DF | Jade North | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | DF | Daniel Bowles | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | DF | James Donachie | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | MF | Devante Clut | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | MF | Matt McKay | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | MF | Javier Hervás | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | DF | Jack Hingert | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | GK | Jamie Young | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | MF | Thomas Broich | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | MF | Dimitri Petratos | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25+4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | MF | Tommy Oar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | FW | Brandon Borrello | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 29 | MF | Joe Caletti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 29 | FW | Patrick Theodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 33 | DF | Luke DeVere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 34 | MF | Shannon Brady | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 36 | GK | Andre Jannese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 41 | MF | Luke Pavlou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Players no longer at the club: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | Luke Brattan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 32 | MF | George Lambadaridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 37 | MF | Abraham Yango | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 July 2015 | Brisbane Roar | 1–2 | Brisbane,Australia | |
| 18:45 (AEST) | D. Petratos | Report | Lallana Milner | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) |
| 19 August 2015SE Queensland Tour | Brisbane Roar | 0–1 | Southport,Australia | |
| 19:00 (AEST) | Report | Geria | Stadium:Fankhauser Reserve Referee: Alan Milliner |
| 30 August 2015SE Queensland Tour | Gold Coast All-Stars | 0–10 | Ashmore,Australia | |
| 15:00 (AEST) | Report | Maclaren Borrello Yango | Stadium:Ashmore Village Park |
| 12 September 2015SE Queensland Tour | Brisbane Roar | 0–0 | Redland City,Australia | |
| 14:00 (AEST) | Report | Stadium:Cleveland Showgrounds Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 19 September 2015SE Queensland Tour | Brisbane Roar | 8–0 | Brisbane,Australia | |
| 16:30 (AEST) | Solórzano Lustica Borrello Polenz D. Petratos Hingert | Report | Stadium:QSAC Referee:Chris Beath |
| 26 September 2015SE Queensland Tour | Brisbane Roar | 3–1 | Kawana Waters,Australia | |
| 19:00 (AEST) | Brown D. Petratos Borrello | Report | Fitzgerald | Stadium:Sunshine Coast Stadium Referee:Chris Beath |
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide United(C) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for2017 AFC Champions League group stage andFinals series |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 48 | |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round andFinals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 44 | Qualification forFinals 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[a] | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 70 | −37 | 13 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 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
| 8 October 20151 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–3 | Brisbane Roar | Parramatta |
| Thursday 20:00AEDT | Nichols | Report | Maclaren Bowles | Stadium:Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,122 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 18 October 20152 | Brisbane Roar | 2–1 | Central Coast Mariners | Brisbane |
| Sunday 16:00AEST | Borrello | Report | Bingham | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,471 Referee:Ben Williams |
| 24 October 20153 | Wellington Phoenix | 3–2 | Brisbane Roar | Wellington |
| Saturday 19:15NZDT | McGlinchey Krishna Powell | Report | D. Petratos North | Stadium:Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,103 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 31 October 20154 | Brisbane Roar | 3–0 | Adelaide United | Brisbane |
| Saturday 18:30AEST | Borrello Maclaren | Report | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,707 Referee:Chris Beath |
| 6 November 20155 | Sydney FC | 0–0 | Brisbane Roar | Sydney |
| Friday 19:40AEDT | Report | Stadium:Allianz Stadium Attendance: 12,857 Referee:Strebre Delovski |
| 15 November 20156 | Brisbane Roar | 1–0 | Perth Glory | Brisbane |
| Sunday 16:00AEST | Henrique | Report | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,748 Referee: Shaun Evans |
| 20 November 20157 | Brisbane Roar | 1–1 | Melbourne City | Brisbane |
| Friday 19:00AEST | Henrique | Report | Novillo | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,812 Referee:Chris Beath |
| 28 November 20158 | Newcastle Jets | 1–1 | Brisbane Roar | Newcastle |
| Saturday 17:15AEDT | Kantarovski | Report | Maclaren | Stadium:Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,155 Referee:Peter Green |
| 5 December 20159 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2–1 | Brisbane Roar | Parramatta |
| Saturday 19:30AEDT | Bridge Nichols | Report | Maclaren | Stadium:Pirtek Stadiuk Attendance: 9,860 Referee:Kris Griffiths-Jones |
| 12 December 201510 | Brisbane Roar | 2–1 | Wellington Phoenix | Cairns |
| Saturday 16:15AEST | Lustica Maclaren | Report | Krishna | Stadium:Cazaly's Stadium Attendance: 5,162 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 20 December 201511 | Central Coast Mariners | 0–1 | Brisbane Roar | Gosford |
| Sunday 17:00AEDT | Report | D. Petratos | Stadium:Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,124 Referee:Chris Beath |
| 27 December 201512 | Brisbane Roar | 3–1 | Melbourne City | Brisbane |
| Sunday 18:00AEST | Kisnorbo Borrello Henrique | Report | Fornaroli | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,435 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 2 January 201613 | Brisbane Roar | 2–1 | Perth Glory | Brisbane |
| Saturday 16:15AEST | Maclaren Henrique | Report | Gligor | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,696 Referee:Chris Beath |
| 10 January 201614 | Wellington Phoenix | 0–0 | Brisbane Roar | Wellington |
| Sunday 19:00NZDT | Report | Stadium:Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,774 Referee: Stephen Lucas |
| 15 January 201615 | Melbourne Victory | 4–0 | Brisbane Roar | Melbourne |
| Friday 19:40AEDT | Ben Khalfallah Barbarouses Berisha | Report | Stadium:AAMI Park Attendance: 23,207 Referee: Shaun Evans |
| 22 January 201616 | Brisbane Roar | 1–4 | Adelaide United | Brisbane |
| Friday 19:00AEST | Henrique | Report | C. Brown Djite Carrusca | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,923 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 30 January 201617 | Sydney FC | 1–3 | Brisbane Roar | Sydney |
| Saturday 19:30AEDT | Corona | Report | Maclaren McKay | Stadium:Allianz Stadium Attendance: 12,548 Referee:Peter Green |
| 6 February 201618 | Brisbane Roar | 4–0 | Central Coast Mariners | Brisbane |
| Saturday 16:15AEST | North Maclaren Corona Henrique | Report | Ascroft | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,788 Referee:Matthew Conger |
| 12 February 201619 | Brisbane Roar | 2–2 | Newcastle Jets | Brisbane |
| Friday 19:00AEST | Maclaren Alivodić | Report | Cooper Trifunović | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,382 Referee:Kris Griffiths-Jones |
| 20 February 201620 | Perth Glory | 6–3 | Brisbane Roar | Perth |
| Saturday 18:40AWST | Keogh Harold Marinković Lowry Castro R. Garcia | Report | Maclaren D. Petratos North | Stadium:nib Stadium Attendance: 12,156 Referee:Strebre Delovski |
| 27 February 201621 | Adelaide United | 3–0 | Brisbane Roar | Adelaide |
| Saturday 16:45ACDT | Kamau Djite Sánchez | Report | Stadium:Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,712 Referee: Shaun Evans |
| 4 March 201622 | Brisbane Roar | 3–2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Brisbane |
| Friday 19:00AEST | Maclaren D. Petratos | Report | Andreu Castelen | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 13,157 Referee:Ben Williams |
| 12 March 201623 | Brisbane Roar | 5–0 | Melbourne Victory | Brisbane |
| Saturday 18:30AEST | Maclaren Brown Corona | Report | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,892 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 18 March 201624 | Melbourne City | 3–1 | Brisbane Roar | Melbourne |
| Friday 19:40AEDT | Mooy Cáceres Fitzgerald | Report | Petratos Hingert | Stadium:AAMI Park Attendance: 7,658 Referee:Kris Griffiths-Jones |
| 26 March 201625 | Brisbane Roar | 3–2 | Sydney FC | Brisbane |
| Saturday 18:30AEST | D. Petratos Maclaren Henrique | Report | Hološko | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Shaun Evans |
| 3 April 201626 | Brisbane Roar | 2–1 | Newcastle Jets | Brisbane |
| Sunday 17:00AEST | Henrique Broich | Report | Leonardo Boogaard | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee:Strebre Delovski |
| 9 April 201627 | Melbourne Victory | 0–0 | Brisbane Roar | Melbourne |
| Saturday 19:30AEST | Report | Stadium:AAMI Park Attendance: 20,012 Referee:Peter Green |
| 15 April 2016Elimination-finals | Brisbane Roar | 2–1 | Melbourne Victory | Brisbane |
| 19:30AEST | McKay Broich | Report | Geria Berisha | Stadium:Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,157 Referee:Jarred Gillett |
| 24 April 2016Semi-finals | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5–4 | Brisbane Roar | Parramatta |
| 16:30AEST | Castelen Šantalab Vidošić | Report | D. Petratos Andreu Maclaren | Stadium:Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 20,084 Referee:Peter Green |
| 11 August 2015Round of 32 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 – 0 | Sydney | |
| 19:30AEST | Mebrahtu | Report | Stadium:Penrith Stadium Attendance: 6,028 Referee:Kris Griffiths-Jones |