2023–24 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2023–24 season is the club's 29th national season in the history of Brisbane Roar Football Club. The club will participate in the A-League Men for the 18th time, and participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time. On 2 May 2023, Ross Aloisi was appointed as the club's new head coach.[1]

Brisbane Roar
2023–24 season
ChairmanRahim Soekasah
ManagerRoss Aloisi
StadiumSuncorp Stadium
A-League Men1st
Australia CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henry Hore (2)
All:
Henry Hore
Thomas Waddingham
(4 each)
Highest home attendance7,688
vs. Sydney FC
(27 October 2023)
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance3,926
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(16 September 2023)
Australia Cup
Average home league attendance7,688
Biggest win5–0
vs. Sydney United 58 (A)
(26 August 2023)
Australia Cup
Biggest defeat1–3
vs. Sydney FC (A)
(7 October 2023)
Australia Cup
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2023.

Players

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 Australia AUS Macklin Freke
2 DF Australia AUS Scott Neville
3 DF Australia AUS Corey Brown
5 DF Scotland SCO Tom Aldred (captain)
6 MF Australia AUS Joe Caletti
7 MF France FRA Florin Berenguer
8 FW Australia AUS Jonas Markovski
10 FW Australia AUS Nikola Mileusnic
11 MF Australia AUS Jez Lofthouse
12 MF Australia AUS Taras Gomulka
13 FW Australia AUS Henry Hore
14 FW Australia AUS Rylan Brownlee (scholarship)
16 FW Australia AUS Thomas Waddingham (scholarship)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Australia AUS Carlo Armiento
19 DF Sri Lanka SRI Jack Hingert
22 FW Australia AUS Alex Parsons
23 DF Australia AUS Aaron Reardon
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jay O'Shea
27 DF Australia AUS Kai Trewin
29 GK Australia AUS Matt Acton
30 MF Australia AUS Quinn MacNicol (scholarship)
32 DF Australia AUS James Nikolovski (scholarship)
35 MF Australia AUS Louis Zabala
99 FW Australia AUS Ayom Majok (scholarship)
— MF Australia AUS Shae Cahill

Transfers

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
22FW Alex Parsons Sydney FC Free transfer 3 July 2023 [2]
29GK Matt Acton Unattached Free transfer 3 July 2023 [3]
3DF Corey Brown Unattached Free transfer 3 July 2023 [4]
6MF Joe Caletti Japan Tochigi City Free transfer 1 year 3 August 2023 [5]
7MF France Florin Berenguer Unattached Free transfer 2 years 11 August 2023 [6]
TBDMF Shae Cahill Unattached Free transfer Multi-year 19 September 2023 [7]
8FW Jonas Markovski Australia Altona Magic Free transfer 20 September 2023 [8]
23DF Aaron Reardon Australia Gold Coast Knights Free transfer 1 year 20 September 2023 [9][10]

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
16 FW Australia Thomas Waddingham18 scholarship contract[11]
30 MF Australia Quinn MacNicol15 scholarship contract[12]
14 FW Australia Rylan Brownlie16 scholarship contract[13]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
3DF Jordan Courtney-Perkins Poland Raków Częstochowa End of loan 11 May 2023 [14]
14FW Robbie Kruse Unattached End of contract 11 May 2023 [14]
16DF Josh Brindell-South Unattached End of contract 11 May 2023 [14]
21MF Austria Marcel Canadi Unattached End of contract 11 May 2023 [14]
28FW Joe Knowles Unattached End of contract 11 May 2023 [14]
23GK Jordan Holmes Unattached End of contract 7 June 2023 [15]
22FW Serbia Stefan Šćepović Unattached End of contract 26 June 2023 [16]
7MF Afghanistan Rahmat Akbari Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi Mutual contract termination 28 June 2023 [17][18]
15DF Noah Smith Central Coast Mariners Mutual contract termination 2 August 2023 [19]

Contract extensions
No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
11Jez LofthouseWinger1 year24 May 2023[20]
35Louis ZabalaCentral midfielder1 year24 May 2023[20]
10Nikola MileusnicWinger1 year14 July 2023[21][22]
2Scott NevilleCentral defender1 year25 August 2023Contract extended from end of 2023/24 to end of 2024/25[23]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2023 Brisbane Roar Australia 2–0 Australia Brisbane Strikers Rochedale
19:00 AEST
  • Hore 2'
  • Nash 8'
 Report Stadium: Underwood Park
23 July 2023 Fraser Coast Tour Football Wide Bay Select XI Australia 0–10 Australia Brisbane Roar Nikenbah
13:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Fraser Coast Sports and Recreation Precinct
Attendance: 2,000
26 July 2023 Peninsula Power Australia 0–2 Australia Brisbane Roar Kippa-Ring
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
6 August 2023 Rochedale Rovers Australia 1–7 Australia Brisbane Roar Rochedale
15:00 AEST
  • Dearn 17'
 Report
Stadium: Underwood Park
2 September 2023 Brisbane Roar Australia 3–1 Australia Western United Logan
12:30 AEST
Report
  • Bisetto 44'
 Stadium: Meakin Park
20 September 2023 Newcastle Jets Australia 4–0 Australia Brisbane Roar Coffs Harbour
19:00
Report Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 4,100

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 21 October 2023 26 April 2024 Matchday 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 050.00
Australia Cup 14 August 2023 7 October 2023 Round of 32 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 14 7 +7 080.00
Total 7 5 1 1 18 8 +10 071.43

Last updated: 27 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men
Main article: 2023–24 A-League Men

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Qualification for Finals series[lower-alpha 2]
3 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
4 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
5 Western United 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2023 (1 of 2 matches complete). Source: Keepup.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[24]
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2 1 1 0 4 1  +3 4 1 0 0 3 0  +3 0 1 0 1 1  0

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round
Round123456789101127131214151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAAHHAAHAHNAHAHHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultDW
Position6
Points14
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 October 2023 1 Macarthur FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
15:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
27 October 2023 2 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Sydney FC Brisbane
18:45 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,688
Referee: Alireza Faghani
4 November 2023 3 Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar Wellington
17:30 NZDT Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
12 November 2023 4 Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar Gosford
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
26 November 2023 5 Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory Brisbane
14:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
1 December 2023 6 Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
10 December 2023 7 Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar Adelaide
14:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
16 December 2023 8 Western United v Brisbane Roar TBC
17:30 AEDT Report Stadium: TBC
21 December 2023 9 Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
28 December 2023 10 Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
6 January 2024 11 Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
14 January 2024 27 Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets Sydney
TBC AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
18 January 2024 13 Brisbane Roar v Macarthur FC Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
23 January 2024 12 Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar Newcastle
20:45 AEDT Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
27 January 2024 14 Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar Gosford
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
2 February 2024 15 Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
10 February 2024 16 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City Brisbane
17:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
17 February 2024 17 Perth Glory v Brisbane Roar Perth
18:45 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
23 February 2024 18 Brisbane Roar v Western United Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
3 March 2024 19 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
10 March 2024 20 Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
16 March 2024 21 Brisbane Roar v Macarthur FC Brisbane
16:30 AEST Report Stadium: Ballymore Stadium
29 March 2024 22 Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar Wellington
19:00 NZDT Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
5 April 2024 23 Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:45 AEST Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
13 April 2024 24 Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets Brisbane
TBC Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
20 April 2024 25 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar Melbourne
TBC Report Stadium: AAMI Park
26 April 2024 26 Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United Brisbane
19:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Australia Cup
Main article: 2023 Australia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 August 2023 Round of 32 Newcastle Jets 2–3 (a.e.t.) Brisbane Roar Maitland
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
Attendance: 2,763
Referee: Ben Abraham
26 August 2023 Round of 16 Sydney United 58 New South Wales 0–5 Brisbane Roar Sydney
14:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Alireza Faghani
16 September 2023 Quarter-finals Brisbane Roar 4–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
17:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,926
Referee: Alireza Faghani
24 September 2023 Semi-finals Melbourne Knights Victoria (state) 0–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
18:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Knights Stadium
Attendance: 5,183
Referee: Daniel Elder
7 October 2023 Final Sydney FC 3–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,482
Referee: Ben Abraham

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 27 October 2023
No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Macklin Freke 20 50 70
2 DF Australia Scott Neville 20 3+10 60
5 DF Scotland Tom Aldred 20 50 70
6 MF Australia Joe Caletti 20 51 71
7 MF France Florin Berenguer 20 2+10 50
8 FW Australia Jonas Markovski 0+20 0+20 40
10 FW Australia Nikola Mileusnic 21 51 72
12 MF Australia Taras Gomulka 1+10 0+50 70
13 FW Australia Henry Hore 22 42 74
14 FW Australia Rylan Brownlee 0+20 00 20
16 FW Australia Thomas Waddingham 10 54 64
17 FW Australia Carlo Armiento 00 41 41
19 DF Sri Lanka Jack Hingert 10 50 60
22 FW Australia Alex Parsons 0+10 0+51 61
23 DF Australia Aaron Reardon 0+10 00 10
26 MF Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea 21 51 72
27 DF Australia Kai Trewin 1+10 2+10 50
30 MF Australia Quinn MacNicol 0+10 0+21 31
32 DF Australia James Nikolovski 00 0+20 20
35 MF Australia Louis Zabala 20 51 71
55 DF Australia Nathan Geyer 00 0+10 10
99 FW Australia Ayom Majok 00 0+30 30

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 27 October 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 13 FW Australia Henry Hore 000 300 300
2 1 GK Australia Macklin Freke 100 000 100
2 DF Australia Scott Neville 100 000 100
7 MF France Florin Berenguer 000 100 100
8 FW Australia Jonas Markovski 000 100 100
17 FW Australia Carlo Armiento 000 100 100
22 FW Australia Alex Parsons 000 100 100
26 MF Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea 000 100 100
27 DF Australia Kai Trewin 000 100 100
32 DF Australia James Nikolovski 000 100 100
35 MF Australia Louis Zabala 000 100 100
Total 200 1100 1300

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 27 October 2023
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total
1 1 Australia Macklin Freke 12 3
Total123

References
  1. "Ross Aloisi appointed BRFC Head Coach". Brisbane Roar. 2 May 2023.
  2. "Alex Parsons returns to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 3 July 2023.
  3. "Brisbane Roar welcome back goalkeeper Matt Acton". Brisbane Roar. 3 July 2023.
  4. "Squad Update: Week 2 of Pre-Season Commences". Brisbane Roar. 3 July 2023. Returning Queenslanders Alex Parsons and Matt Acton join the squad for week two of pre-season, with Corey Brown who has also returned.
  5. "Ross Aloisi welcomes back Joe Caletti for the 2023/24 season". Brisbane Roar. 3 August 2023.
  6. "Brisbane Roar signs experienced attacking midfielder, Florin Berenguer". Brisbane Roar. 11 August 2023.
  7. "Brisbane Roar signs exciting young midfielder Shae Cahill". Brisbane Roar. 19 September 2023.
  8. "Brisbane Roar secures exciting young striker Jonas Markovski". Brisbane Roar. 20 September 2023.
  9. Monteverde, Marco (20 September 2023). "Attacking weapon Bernie Ibini on verge of another A-League stint, this time with Brisbane Roar". news.com.au. The Roar has also signed defender Aaron Reardon from NPL Queensland champions Gold Coast Knights
  10. "Centre-back Aaron Reardon returns to the Roar". Brisbane Roar. 28 September 2023.
  11. "Brisbane Roar's young Queensland talent Thomas Waddingham earns A-League deal". Brisbane Roar. 2 August 2023.
  12. "Exciting youngster Quinn MacNicol signs on". Brisbane Roar. 15 September 2023.
  13. "Roar NPL product Rylan Brownlie earns A-League deal". Brisbane Roar. 18 September 2023.
  14. Comito, Matt (11 May 2023). "Robbie Kruse among five players released by Roar". Keepup.
  15. Holmes, Jordan (7 June 2023). "Concluding contract negotiations with the Club in recent weeks, Brisbane Roar has decided to not renew my contract for the coming season, for which I am disappointed about, but understanding. This is football and we move on from disappointments". Instagram.
  16. Milićev, Sara (26 June 2023). "Bivši napadač Partizana Stefan Šćepović o uticaju menadžera na karijeru: Promenio 18 klubova, a razlozi su neverovatni" [Former Partizan striker Stefan Šćepović on the manager's influence on his career: He changed 18 clubs, and the reasons are incredible]. nogomania.rs (in Bosnian). Stefan Šćepović je sa 33 godine u potrazi za 19. klubom u karijeri pošto mu je istekao ugovor sa Brizbejnom. [At the age of 33, Stefan Šćepović is looking for the 19th club in his career after his contract with Brisbane expired.]
  17. Brisbane Roar [@brisbaneroar] (28 June 2023). "Brisbane Roar can confirm the departure of Rahmat Akbari from the club, to pursue other opportunities in Europe. An academy graduate, Rahmat made 82 appearances over two stints for the club, scoring 2 goals.We wish Rahmat all the best in his next chapter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. "Welcome Rahmat Akbari" (in Georgian). Torpedo Kutaisi. 28 June 2023 – via Facebook.
  19. "Popular youngster Noah Smith rejoins Central Coast Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 2 August 2023.
  20. "Jez Lofthouse and Louis Zabala sign on ahead of 2023/24 Isuzu Ute A-League season". Brisbane Roar. 24 May 2023.
  21. Brisbane Roar [@brisbaneroar] (14 July 2023). "Nikola is here to stay 👊" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. "Nikola Mileusnic signs on ahead of the 2023/24 season". Brisbane Roar. 17 July 2023.
  23. "Scott Neville extends contract until end of 2024/25 season". Brisbane Roar. 25 August 2023.
  24. "Competition rules".
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