2021–22 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar
2021–22 season
Chairman	Rahim Soekasah
Manager	Warren Moon
Stadium	Moreton Daily Stadium
A-League	12th
FFA Cup	Quarter Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Luke Ivanovic (1); All: Cyrus Dehmie (3)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2021–22 season is Brisbane Roar's 16th season in the A-League and their 27th season in professional football. Brisbane Roar will also participate in the FFA Cup for the 7th time.

Players

First team squad

As of 5 November 2021

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	Macklin Freke
2	DF	AUS	Scott Neville
3	DF	AUS	Corey Brown
4	DF	AUS	Anton Mlinaric (on loan from Sydney FC)
5	DF	SCO	Tom Aldred (captain)
7	MF	AUS	Rahmat Akbari
8	MF	GER	Matti Steinmann
9	FW	AUS	Luke Ivanovic
10	FW	AUS	Nikola Mileusnic
11	MF	AUS	Jez Lofthouse
12	GK	AUS	Jordan Holmes
13	FW	AUS	Henry Hore


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	AUS	Jesse Daley
16	DF	AUS	Josh Brindell-South
19	DF	AUS	Jack Hingert
21	MF	AUS	Nick Olsen
22	FW	AUS	Alex Parsons
23	FW	ARG	Juan Lescano
24	GK	NZL	Aidan Munford
26	MF	IRL	Jay O'Shea
27	DF	AUS	Kai Trewin (scholarship)
28	DF	AUS	Izaack Powell (scholarship)
29	FW	AUS	Cyrus Dehmie (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
8	MF	Matti Steinmann	East Bengal	Free transfer	2+ years	16 June 2021	[1]
10	FW	Nikola Mileusnic	Randers FC	Free transfer	1 year	22 June 2021	[2]
9	FW	Luke Ivanovic	Unattached	Free transfer	2+ years	5 August 2021	[3]
23	FW	Juan Lescano	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Free transfer	1 year	6 August 2021	[4]
12	GK	Jordan Holmes	Unattached	Free transfer		14 September 2021	[5]
11	MF	Jez Lofthouse	Olympic FC	Free transfer	2 years	27 September 2021	[6]
13	FW	Henry Hore	South Melbourne	Free transfer		28 September 2021	[7]
21	MF	Nick Olsen	Khaitan SC	Free transfer		24 October 2021	[8]
4	DF	Anton Mlinaric	Sydney FC	Loan	3 months	25 October 2021	[9]
24	GK	Aidan Munford	Unattached	Free transfer		5 November 2021	[10]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
6	DF	Macaulay Gillesphey	Plymouth Argyle	End of contract	16 June 2021	[11]
10	MF	Riku Danzaki	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	End of loan	17 June 2021	[12]
11	FW	Joe Champness	Newcastle Jets	End of loan		[12]
22	MF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	Unattached	End of contract		[12]
29	DF	Jordan Courtney-Perkins	Unattached	End of contract		[12]
23	FW	Dylan Wenzel-Halls	Western United	End of contract	22 June 2021	[13]
17	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	Unattached	End of contract	22 June 2021	[13]
21	GK	Jamie Young	Western United	Mutual contract termination	1 August 2021	[14][15]
9	FW	Masato Kudo	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	7 August 2021	[16]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
27	Kai Trewin	Defender			[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) Friendly	Football Wide Bay Select XI	1–13	Brisbane Roar	Nikenbah, Australia
17:00	Haack ?'	Report	Ridenton ?' Parsons ?', ?' Ivanovic ?' Lofthouse ?', ?' Akbari ?' Dehmie ?', ?' Adams ?' Mileusnic ?' Daley ?' Jelacic ?'	Stadium: Fraser Coast Sports and Recreation Precinct Referee: Alex King

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) Friendly	Brisbane Roar	6–0	Capalaba FC	Gold Coast, Australia
19:30	Akbari ?' Mileusnic ?' Neville ?' Lofthouse ?' Parsons ?' Steinmann ?'	Report		Stadium: Gold Coast Sports Precinct

31 October 2021 Friendly	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Adelaide United	Ipswich, Australia
14:00 AEST	Akbari 6', 8'	Report		Stadium: North Ipswich Reserve

6 November 2021 Friendly	Brisbane Roar	3–1	BRFC Invitational XI	Brisbane, Australia
15:00 AEST	Daley 29' Mileusnic 56' Steinmann 86'	Report	Courtney-Perkins 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Underwood Park

13 November 2021 Friendly	NPL Queensland All-Stars	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:00 AEST	Jelacic 30' (pen.) Adams 44' Ono 68'	Report	Ivanovic 5' Akbari 27'	Stadium: Perry Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	19 November 2021	TBD	Matchday 1	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	000.00
FFA Cup	14 September 2021	TBD	Round of 32	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Total				6	2	1	3	8	6	+2	033.33

Last updated: 11 December 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Perth Glory	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1	4	Qualification to 2022 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 1]
9	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2]	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
10	Adelaide United	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1	3
11	Sydney FC	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
12	Brisbane Roar	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[18]
Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	−5

Last updated: 11 December 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	L
Position	10	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 November 2021 1	Melbourne City	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Good 40' Metcalfe 43'	Report	Ivanovic 71'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,213 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

28 November 2021 2	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:45 AEDT		Report	Trewin 27' (o.g.) D'Agostino 31' Folami 50'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Alex King

4 December 2021 3	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
16:45 AEST		Report		Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 6,549 Referee: Chris Beath

11 December 2021 4	Western United	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Geelong
17:05 AEDT	Pain 50'	Report		Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 2,845 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

18 December 2021 5	Brisbane Roar	v	Perth Glory	Kippa-Ring
18:45 AEST				Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium

27 December 2021 6	Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne City	Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium

FFA Cup

14 September 2021 Round of 32	Peninsula Power	0–3	Brisbane Roar	Kippa-Ring
19:30 AEST		Report	Steinmann 20' Ivanovic 33' Lescano 87'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Adam Kersey

24 October 2021 Round of 16	Lions FC	0–4	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane
15:30 AEST		Report	Brown 8' (pen.) Dehmie 50', 78', 84'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,465 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

22 December 2021 Quarter-finals	Sydney FC	v	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:30 AEDT		Source		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 11 December 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Macklin Freke	4	0	2	0	6	0
2	DF		Scott Neville	4	0	2	0	6	0
3	DF		Corey Brown	4	0	2	1	6	1
4	DF		Anton Mlinaric	4	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF		Tom Aldred	0	0	2	0	2	0
7	MF		Rahmat Akbari	4	0	2	0	6	0
8	MF		Matti Steinmann	2(2)	0	2	1	6	1
9	FW		Luke Ivanovic	2(2)	1	1	1	5	2
10	MF		Nikola Mileusnic	4	0	2	0	6	0
11	MF		Jez Lofthouse	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF		Henry Hore	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF		Jesse Daley	2(2)	0	2	0	6	0
16	DF		Josh Brindell-South	0(3)	0	0(2)	0	5	0
19	DF		Jack Hingert	3	0	2	0	5	0
21	MF		Nicholas Olsen	0(3)	0	0	0	3	0
22	MF		Alex Parsons	0(2)	0	0(2)	0	4	0
23	FW		Juan Lescano	1(2)	0	0(1)	1	4	1
26	MF		Jay O'Shea	4	0	0(1)	0	5	0
27	DF		Kai Trewin	4	0	2	0	6	0
29	FW		Cyrus Dehmie	2	0	1(1)	3	4	3
37	DF		Jackson Hart-Phillips	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

As of 14 September 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	8	MF		Matti Steinmann	0	0	1	0	1	0
Totals					0	0	1	0	1	0

Clean sheets